elwinfortuna | Dear Worldbuilder:

I'm

edgeoflight. (Previous username was amyfortuna, I have recently changed it, see here for why.)

I'm so excited that you'll be writing/drawing for me! I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Prompts are optional; if you get another idea, run with it! Feel free to combine worldbuilding tags or prompts across fandoms, to explore ideas across Ages and eras, to use the prompts or tags as a jumping-off point, or to just simply create what's inspired you about these characters and tags.

What I generally love to see in fanworks:

Loyalty and genuine devotion.
Meaningful sacrifice.
When repressed emotion comes out, especially if it's about love that the character thinks is unrequited but turns out to be requited.
A strong sense of love and caring.
Hope in the midst of despair.
Endearments and affection.
Desperate need or longing for love (that is then provided).
Rescues from the brink of death.
Eucatastrophe (the opposite of catastrophe - a sudden joyous turn in a story).
Quarrels and fights, high emotional stakes and risks, passion raging out of control, desperation, and sudden impulses.
Canon-divergence! (Especially Fëanorians Win AUs.)
Meeting someone for the first time and feeling an instant kinship with them.
Loyalty or devotion to a cause or a person.
Working together like a well-oiled machine.
Battlefield friendships.
Enemies working together to defeat a common greater enemy (then figuring out that they aren't really enemies anymore).
Admiring someone's skill or competence.
Compassion, mercy, and pity as themes.
Geopolitics, maps, layouts of houses and lands.
Fashion and landscape descriptions.
Thinking outside the box: coming up with new and different takes and spins on events, characters, and concepts. Wanna write something you think is a bit cracktastic? I'm your person.
Trans (including non-binary) and intersex characters, especially explorations of the Elven concept of gwegwin.
Fic inspired by my own fic: remixes, based on, set in the same 'verse, using the same plotline, etc.

For art: Visual depictions of any of the prompts would be really good - I've tried to give prompts that can be depicted as art in some way. But mainly I'm interested to see your vision of the setting and the characters. I am utterly indifferent to conventional beauty standards and would in fact prefer to see age lines where appropriate, as well as people of varying sizes, shapes, and skin tones.

I absolutely adore maps and architecture; I draw clumsy layouts of houses and lands when I need to visualise where in a space people might be, and I would love anything you can come up with -- a layout of Himring, a map of Rivendell, architectural plans for Bag End, etc, etc.

I'm especially interested in art as character study: what a character wears, carries, is using, is doing, says so much about who they are as a person.

If you'd like to draw me smuttier art, I love suggestive clothing just as much as full nakedness and am always on board for one partner being fully clothed while the other one is naked. I love rumpled garments, clothing half off, blissful expressions on faces, arms around each other, hard nipples on men and women, erections for men, women who are visibly wet. I adore hair - long hair on heads, underarm hair, beards where relevant, women with muff. I would be in the seventh heaven to receive art depicting any scene from my own fic.

Regarding romance/sex:
I love kink and smut! I'm cool with any kind of ship: poly relationships, het, femslash, and slash, as well as of course solo masturbation and sex that doesn't really fall into the above categories at all, including smut involving trans and intersex characters. I'm cool with underage as long as all parties have been through puberty, and I adore teacher/student dynamics or situations where the parties involved have unequal levels of power (especially if it's Complicated). Loyalty kink is my FAVE, and I like it to be mutual.

For BDSM specifically, I prefer mind or power games to whips and chains, or alternatively, playful experimentation rather than Serious BDSM Is Serious. Dubious consent can also be fun to play with, especially somnophilia or scenarios that involve sex pollen or being forced to have sex by a third party. I love seeing characters so mutually overwhelmed by desire that they can't resist each other. I have no real boundaries when it comes to kink or sex acts (other than my DNWs) and will happily read anything, though I particularly enjoy:

For ships involving only men: auto-anal and auto-fellatio, rimming, watersports, comeplay of all kinds, nipple sucking (especially ritualised), intercrural sex, frottage (especially clothed frottage including coming in pants), and lovingly described blowjobs. Anal sex is good too, but I prefer it not be considered the be-all and end-all of sex between men.

For ships involving only women: cunnilingus, any kind of anal play, especially rimming, strap-on play, nipple play, and tribadism.

For ships involving a man and a woman: femdom, pegging, cunnilingus, especially queening, vaginal sex, anal sex, and nipple play. I like it when the pair are either both equally in control or a woman is but that doesn't necessarily mean she has to be on top. Not a fan of het fic where the man is totally in control and the woman is virginal and sort of swept away by him, I like men who are more submissive than dominant, or who at the very least are more concerned with their partner's pleasure than their own.

For threesomes/moresomes involving men and women, or people who don't really fall into the above categories: Double penetration is fun, but equally non-penetrative sex including frottage, oral sex, intercrural sex, or handjobs.

And then, there are some things I don't love and would rather not see in fic:

Outright and graphically described/depicted rape/noncon, torture, extreme physical or mental suffering, 'misery porn', or grimdark.

Harm to animals that goes beyond what's expected in canon. Fine to note that a horse was killed in battle, or that a rabbit was shot and cooked for food, or that an Elf defended themselves from a bear attack, but no graphic or senseless harm to animals, especially cats or dogs.

A focus on sickness or illness, pregnancy and babies, or very young children (except where specifically prompted). Okay to mention these things as they are part of life, but I don't want a fic all about them.

Extreme, out-of-character, romantic angst or miscommunication. If the problem keeping the lovers apart can be solved with one straightforward conversation which they totally have opportunity to have and just keep not having, then it's gone too far. Legitimate misunderstanding or miscommunication is entirely fine.

For smut: scat, emetophilia (vomiting kink), food involved in sex, heavy BDSM like ritualised whipping or beating, using safewords during play that isn't specifically consent play (a 'no' or 'stop' should suffice in all other cases).

Homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, racism, sexism or the effects thereof as a major part of the story.

Character-bashing. Don't do it to any character, but especially not to the Fëanorians. I love them and want them to be happy.

"Redemption" or characters feeling that they need to be redeemed, sorrow for "sin," angsting forever by the seaside, the Valar being right and good in everything they do, and characters needing to suffer for the things they've done. In general, the concept of 'sin' in Tolkien's work is something I'd rather not see at all. Maglor can angst a little by the seaside if it's necessary for the story but ultimately he should move on with his life in whatever way.

Onward to the fandoms!

The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-earth

Characters:
Finwë
Beleg
Original Fëanorian Host Characters
Any or No Characters
Maedhros
Maglor
Finrod
Original Noldorin Character

Worldbuilding Tags:
WB: Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
WB: Mortal Death As Perceived By Elves
WB: Roles and Responsibilities in the Noldorin Royal Family
WB: Maglor's Kingship between Maedhros' capture and rescue
WB: Fëanorian Lamps
WB: Dealing with psychological trauma in Valinor
WB: Magic as a connection to the Music/the Song
WB: Shoes In First Age Beleriand

Prompts/Ideas:

An exploration/critique of the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth in later Ages, perhaps by Elrond or Arwen, written as in-universe meta and then commented on by Finrod himself in Valinor?

Finrod, Maedhros, or Original Elf Characters and their response to mortal death? Perhaps with an idea of how their perception changes over time as they see more of it?

Finwë, Finrod, Maedhros, Maglor, and other members of the Noldorin royal family, their duties, responsibilities, problems, different approaches, training, etc?

Shoes! Beleg's unique (or not so unique?) fashion sense? What are they made of, how produced, how dyed, etc?

Psychological trauma and how it's dealt with in Valinor: you can approach this with Finwë and Fëanor and their unique circumstances, you can explore this post-canon and post-rebirth with Maedhros or Finrod or other Noldorin characters, especially any of the Fëanorian host, or you can look at this from Maglor's perspective after his return to Valinor. Please pay careful attention to my DNWs here; this should be about trauma and recovery, not about "redemption." Please do not put any characters on trial, punish them or have them punish themselves, or make them angst about "sin" or how evil their deeds were.

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Characters:
The Narrator of the Sea-bell
Original Character(s)
Any or No Characters
Fastitocalon

Worldbuilding Tags:
WB: Hobbit Poetry
WB: Monsters of the Deep
WB: Mewlips and Gorcrows

Prompts/Ideas:

Who wrote The Sea-Bell, under what circumstances? How is the poem thought of in-universe?

Any or all of the poems as examples of Hobbit Poetry. How does it compare with Rohirric or Gondorian or Elven poetry? Does Sam recite any of it in Valinor? Is there a book of it in Gondor's archives? How do the poems in here form the basis for some of the myths and legends carried on down into our own Age?

Fastitocalon and his buddies! What's down there in the depths? Who came up with/created Fastitocalon anyway? Feel free to bring in any of the Valar or Maiar you think might be relevant here.

The Mewlips and Gorcrows are horribly fascinating! Are there any other hobbit poetry/folklore/tales about them? Is there a reality beyond the stories? What are they anyway?

Middle-earth Legendarium

Characters:
Fëanor
Maglor
Any or No Characters
Original Elf Character
Celebrimbor
Bilbo Baggins
Arwen
Gandalf

Worldbuilding Tags:
WB: Songs and Words of Power
WB: Maps and those who made them
WB: In-universe authorial bias in historical texts
WB: Trade in Middle-earth
WB: Magical Communications

Prompts/Ideas:

Trade in Middle-earth, across lands, Ages, and time, perhaps combined with maps. Who does the trading? What sort of risks and rewards do they face? As time passes and events occur, how does trading change?

Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map! Who explores the far regions in order to map it? How do maps change over time? Does a Palantir help with mapping? Was Fëanor mapping Valinor on his long journeys?

How do Fëanor, Celebrimbor, Gandalf, Arwen, Maglor, or other characters use Song and Words of Power in their work? How do Song and Words of Power work anyway? Do these skills tie in with communication and telepathic powers?

Bilbo translated, effectively, the Silmarillion into Westron. What accidental bias did he bring to the translation? What about the original writer(s), what biases did they bring? How were actual events or characters' mindsets different from what was portrayed?

The Lord of the Rings

Characters:
Any or No Characters (LOTR – Tolkien)
Gandalf (LOTR – Tolkien)
Arwen (LotR - Tolkien)
Aragorn II Elessar (LOTR - Tolkien)
Original Elf Character (LOTR – Tolkien)

Worldbuilding Tags:
WB: Libraries & Archives (LotR - Tolkien)
WB: Relations between the Dúnedain and Rivendell (LOTR - Tolkien)
WB: The Early Fourth Age (LOTR – Tolkien)
WB: Elves in the Fourth Age (LOTR – Tolkien)
WB: Aragorn's great journeys and errantries (LotR - Tolkien)

Prompts/Ideas:

Tell me about Aragorn's journeys into the far southern regions! What was he doing there? What impact did those journeys have on his life and outlook? Who did he meet along the way? Did he travel with or alongside Gandalf at any point?

How did the relationship between the Dúnedain of Arnor and Rivendell work? Was there trade, joint erranties, contracts, or was it all a bit loose and random? How did things change over time? Who in Rivendell managed the relationship -- was it Elrond, his sons, Erestor?

Aragorn's reign in the early Fourth Age must have been interesting! What were Gondor's relationships with the various kingdoms like? What about the elves that were still around? How did Arwen feel about her life changing so completely from living almost entirely among Elves to almost entirely among humans?

Libraries and archives! How do they vary from realm to realm and among the different peoples of Middle-earth? When Moria, for instance, was lost, how much knowledge went with it, and was any of it recovered in later years?