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Me1: A House Divided by Thevina Finduilas
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2549
Rating: R adult sexual situations (not explicit)
Romance Partners: Morwen of Lossarnach/Thengel and Morwen/Aragorn
Summary:A story about the lesser- written, earlier-generation marital
uniting of Gondor and Rohan- a telling of the lives of Morwen of Lossarnach
and Thengel, their family, and those who intersect with it: Ecthelion,
Aragorn, Rangers and Marshals.

Me2: Bindings of Gold by Lyllyn
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=626
Rating: PG adult themes
Romance Partners:
Summary:The Witch-king reflects on his choice and its consequences.
Vignette.

Me3: Captain, My Captain by Isabeau of Greenlea
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Events in RoTK as experienced by a young Ranger of Ithilien. Main
character is OFC. Faramir is featured prevalently in the first half, the
second half features, among others, Imrahil, the sons of Elrond, Elrond
himself, Eowyn and Eomer, Arwen and Lord Celeborn. Warning--this is a
novel-length story.

Me4: Gift Horses by Jedishampoo
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3266
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:How is Eowyn to get out of the Houses of Healing or escape an
inescapable future in Rohan?

Me5: Kinsmen by Dwimordene
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=944&SPOrdina=l=2
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Aragorn/f
Summary:From father to son, the line of Isildur has remained unbroken
through long years of toil and peril. Of the names of Chieftains recorded, a
full quarter of them died untimely but were able to pass their title to
their sons. This is a tale of the Dúnedain, and of keeping the line alive at
all costs, as seen through the eyes of two mothers.

Me6: Night in Hollin by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=751
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Aragorn discovers something less than orthodox about Boromir's
teaching methods.

Me7: The Believer by Cori Lannam
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter_view.cfm?NGID=90&STID=2061&SP
Ordinal=11
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Boromir and Aragorn have a little chat about some Gondorian
superstitions..

Me8: The Sickle of the Valar by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1588051
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Denethor listens to a lesson about the stars.

Me9: Thorongil by Eledhwen
URL: http://www.dreamyaspirations.co.uk/thorongil.htm
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Between 2957 and 2980 of the Third Age, Aragorn undertook his great
errantries and journeys. In this time he also served Thengel of Rohan and
Ecthelion of Gondor under the name 'Thorongil' - Eagle of the Star.

Me10: Through A Glass by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=273
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Faramir's answer to the challenge question: Eowyn, heroine or
deserter? Gapfiller set during RotK.


Fouth Age
Me4-1: A Kind of Valediction by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=585
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:A Minas Tirith ghost story. Ten years after the pyre, Faramir is
still haunted by the past.

Fouth Age
Me4-2: Black Captain by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1307131
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Office politics in Minas Tirith; Aragorn and Faramir

Fouth Age
Me4-3: Fair Game by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1488736
Rating: PG violent death
Romance Partners:
Summary:In which people go bird-watching and find their courage. Set a
little while after the events of 'A Game of Chess'. Faramir, Eowyn, Eomer,
OCs

Fouth Age
Me4-4: Light Lingering by Earmire/Nol
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1605
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Over swordplay, dreams and academics, Faramir, Prince of Ithilien,
makes a new friend.

Fouth Age
Me4-5: Missing by Firerose
URL: http://www.viragene.com/missing.htm
Rating: PG-13 adult situations implied, language
Romance Partners:
Summary:The new Steward delves into the past, whilst coming to terms with
the present, and the future.

Fouth Age
Me4-6: My Dark-haired Love by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2636
Rating: PG some nudity
Romance Partners:
Summary:On the night of her wedding to Faramir Eowyn thinks about love and
words.

Fouth Age
Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The morning after
Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at the practice
grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a friendship, and how
Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer needs. Mild
angst.

Fouth Age
Me4-8: The Endless Knot by E.M Theis
URL: http://www.illegiblescroll.net/The%20Endless%20Knot/title.htm
Rating: R violence, much angst.
Romance Partners:
Summary:Shortly after the Ring is destroyed, a group of warriors travels to
eliminate the remnants of Mordor's forces at the citadel of Minas Morgul.
Led by Éomer, the newly crowned King of the Mark, and by Faramir, Steward of
Gondor, the warriors find more at the Moontower than any expected. The
simple mission turns out to be the trial of Faramir's life, and the attack
on Minas Morgul becomes a struggle to simply survive.

Fouth Age
Me4-9: The Unsung by Alexcat
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/A/Alex/LOTR/Q_Z/U/Unsung.htm
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Aragorn thinks back to how many gave so much.



Gondor
MeG1: *Stargazers by Henneth Annun Writers (Altariel, Starlight, Acacea,
Fileg, Chris, Forodwaith)
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=488924
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Who taught Faramir about the constellations? A series of linked
stories about his lessons.

Gondor
MeG2: A Pale Light Lingering by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1098780
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:The old year ends, and Faramir makes the journey from Minas Tirith
to Ithilien. Written in response to the Winter Solstice Celebrations
Challenge at HASA.

Gondor
MeG3: Chance Meetings by Tanaqui
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1401
Rating: R discussion of adult themes/situations - ie prostitution and
intergenerational sexual taboos
Romance Partners: Denethor/OFC and Faramir/OFC
Summary:The Steward of Gondor and the White Lady of Rohan are to be married.
The right ceremonies must be performed in the right way. But Faramir and
Éowyn have a few rituals of their own to conduct. Adult-rated for explicit
sex scenes. This is the third in my sequence of stories about Faramir and
Éowyn's relationship, following on from "Knight's Service" and "Later".
There are some references to events in the earlier stories but it should not
be necessary to read the other stories first.

Gondor
MeG4: Choices by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1002
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Beregond's friendship with Pippin, from their first meeting until
their parting.

Gondor
MeG5: Courting The Lady by Celandine Brandybuck
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=362
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Finduilas/Denethor
Summary:Denethor, Finduilas, and Thorongil [aka Aragorn] - how did Denethor
ever end up married to Finduilas of Dol Amroth? First of the Steward's
Family sequence.

Gondor
MeG6: Death by Water by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=588202
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:A gapfiller set shortly before the events of TTT. Faramir and
Denethor await news of Boromir, and Faramir dreams of water.

Gondor
MeG7: From the Other Riverbank by Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=5
Rating: R mature themes related to homosexuality
Romance Partners:
Summary:The curious shall read, the others will blithely remain ignorant of
even the 'pairing.'

Gondor
MeG8: Hearth Companions by Alawa
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=780
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:A woman of Minas Tirith goes about her business in the aftermath of
the Siege of Gondor.

Gondor
MeG9: Homecoming by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=363
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Boromir Returns to Minas Tirith

Gondor
MeG10: How Many Years? by Marta
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1664
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:The road to the hallows above Minas Tirith is travelled only once a
generation, on the twentieth birthday of the current steward's oldest son.
Denethor leads Boromir down that scarce-walked path, and Denethor finally
gives Boromir an honest answer to a question he asked as a child.

Gondor
MeG11: I will always be your brother by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1960
Rating: PG-13 death and dying mentioned
Romance Partners:
Summary:Boromir and Faramir's first meeting when Boromir comes home from his
first campaign. There are so many things you can't promise.

Gondor
MeG12: In His Brother's Shadow by Celandine Brandybuck
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=119
Rating: PG-13 discussion of sex and mild adult themes
Romance Partners:
Summary:A glimpse at Faramir's youth - his first meeting with Gandalf and
his relationship with Boromir. Seventh and last of the Steward's Family
sequence.

Gondor
MeG13: Lady of Silences by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=935836
Rating: PG-13 abusive father (Denethor
Romance Partners:
Summary:In Minas Tirith, Finduilas remembers the sea. Features Boromir,
Faramir, and Denethor. A very bleak vignette.

Gondor
MeG14: Leaves on the Wind by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=269
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Letters from Faramir to Boromir before the last defense of
Osgiliath.

Gondor
MeG15: Possessions by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1285796
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:In the library in Minas Tirith, Gandalf makes a new friend
(Faramir).

Gondor
MeG16: Proof by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1381980
Rating: PG death by hanging
Romance Partners:
Summary:How to win friends and influence people. Faramir and the Ithilien
Rangers. Epilogue added: 'Intent'.

Gondor
MeG17: Reasons by Saralitazie
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=836
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Boromir and Faramir, the night before Boromir leaves for Imladris.

Gondor
MeG18: Requiem by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=49
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:How Boromir and Faramir remember their mother

Gondor
MeG19: Singer by the Shore by Beth Winter
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3435
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:On a dark night in Dol Amroth, Boromir and Faramir meet a singer who
only sings the truth. Denethor's sons are children in this introspective
story.

Gondor
MeG20: The Burial of the Dead by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=130
Rating: PG-13 Violent implications
Romance Partners:
Summary:Denethor remembers the dead and the dying - Boromir, Faramir,
Finduilas

Gondor
MeG21: The King is dead by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1124984
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Denethor teaches a young Faramir the game of chess.

Gondor
MeG22: Ties of Love by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2051
Rating: PG
Romance Partners:
Summary:Boromir and Faramir and the ties that bind us. Boromir explains a
Gondorian superstition to Pippin.

Gondor
MeG23: Too Late for Misgivings by Shadow975
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1197684
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:the parting of Boromir and Faramir, in which the brothers again
address the question of which of them should go to Imladris

Gondor
MeG24: Worship by Destina_Fortunato
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=77
Rating: PG mentions consummated relationship
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Boromir
Summary:very man needs something to believe in. Slash fic



Incomplete
MeI1: Adrift by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1282483
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:A spin-off from chapter 12 of 'Captain My Captain' involving the
Steward of Gondor and the Cygnets of Dol Amroth.

Incomplete
MeI2: Blackbow by Isabeau of Greenlea
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1333043
Rating: PG-13 some violence
Romance Partners:
Summary:How Hethlin became a Ranger of Ithilien.

Incomplete
MeI3: Of One to Me by M. N & E. M. Theis
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1380712
Rating: R violence, graphic descriptions of wounds, much angst
Romance Partners:
Summary:A fall in Moria sets Legolas and Boromir on a different and very
dangerous road.

Incomplete
MeI4: Orcbrat by The Lauderdale
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1184601
Rating: R Violence, rape, bad language
Romance Partners:
Summary:Orcs destroyed Maevyn's village. She wants revenge

Incomplete
MeI5: The Queen's Orc by jodancingtree
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1741
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:He was the Ringbearer's Orc, bound to him by solemn blood-pact, and
he wore the Jewel that Frodo gave him. That was all Aragorn knew of him
until he appeared in Minas Tirith, seeking the Queen whose Jewel he wore.
Was it blessing or curse that he came during the last springtime of
Aragorn's reign?

Incomplete
MeI6: There and Back Again: The Fellowship Goes to Stalag 13 by San Antonio
Rose
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=596681
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:A funny thing happened on the way through the mines, and WWII will
never be the same.... Hogan's Heroes/Lord of the Rings/Newsies crossover.



Poetry
MeP1: An Elegy for Elfhild by Alawa
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1391656
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Theoden after the death of his wife in childbirth.

Poetry
MeP2: Ascension by Fileg
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=1425&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:a terzanelle that questions the futile nature of waiting for
redemption

Poetry
MeP3: Darkness Falls by flick
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2575
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:A sestina on the death of Boromir. Inspired by both book-verse and
movie-verse.

Poetry
MeP4: Eowyn, my fair one by Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1233
Rating: PG-13 sexuality (non-explicit)
Romance Partners: Grim/Eowyn, sort of
Summary:A very Bitter (and belated) Valentine's Day poetry challenge. Grima
lets his inner poet loose. Pity the world. And Eowyn, of course.

Poetry
MeP5: Home by Morning by Fileg
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=1765&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: A Ranger and his partner
Summary:A love poem from the heart of war and a Nursery Rhyme to scare the
daylights out of the little ones when you tuck them in.

Poetry
MeP6: I Ride by RennWench and Alstaria
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/R/RennWench/IRide.htm
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners:
Summary:Faramir's thoughts as he brings news from Osgiliath to Minas Tirith.

Poetry
MeP7: Oh, Elessar by Malissa Koebel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1812621
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Poem of Elessar coming to the throne of Gondor after the fall of
Sauron.

Poetry
MeP8: The Hamster by Dwimordene
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=2423&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners:
Summary:Poe pastiche silliness. Obsession and the care and dealing with
hamsters collide-welcome to Denethor's world.



--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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> Fouth Age
> Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The morning after
> Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at the practice
> grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a friendship, and how
> Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer needs. Mild
> angst.

This is set the morning after Aragorn's coronation, so it's post
Ring-War but still in the Third Age. I'm not sure if you want to
recategorize it, or perhaps just rename the subcategory to "post-Ring
War", or something like that?

Marta

Hi Ainae

some corrections :-D

> Fouth Age
> Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The morning

after

> Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at the

practice

> grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a friendship,

and how

> Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer needs.

Mild

> angst.

This isn'r Fourth Age, it's post-Ring War Third Age (it takes place on
the morning after Aragorn's coronation).

> Gondor
> MeG3: Chance Meetings by Tanaqui
> URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1401
> Rating: R discussion of adult themes/situations - ie prostitution

and

> intergenerational sexual taboos
> Romance Partners: Denethor/OFC and Faramir/OFC
> Summary:The Steward of Gondor and the White Lady of Rohan are to be

married.

> The right ceremonies must be performed in the right way. But

Faramir and

> Éowyn have a few rituals of their own to conduct. Adult-rated for

explicit

> sex scenes. This is the third in my sequence of stories about

Faramir and

> Éowyn's relationship, following on from "Knight's Service" and

"Later".

> There are some references to events in the earlier stories but it

should not

> be necessary to read the other stories first.

Urk - this has totally the wrong sumamry! (I thought we had identified
and corrected this :-( It's in a message from Marta on 3rd May.)

The correct summary is:

For the Ruling Steward and his sons, the personal is the political and
private acts can have public consequences. Faramir's odd behaviour on
his return from his first month as Captain of the Ithilien Rangers
troubles Denethor, both as a father and as Ruling Steward. An
unexpected meeting in a place neither thinks to find the other only
adds to the tension - and results in an order that, ten years later,
will have significant consequences in the War of the Ring.

Thanks, Liz

Can someone tell me exactly when the Fourth Age started?

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:33 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Men Check Ballot #1
>
>
> > Fouth Age
> > Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
> > Rating: G
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The
> morning after
> > Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at
> the practice
> > grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a
> friendship, and
> > how Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer
> > needs. Mild angst.
>
>
> This is set the morning after Aragorn's coronation, so it's
> post Ring-War but still in the Third Age. I'm not sure if you
> want to recategorize it, or perhaps just rename the
> subcategory to "post-Ring War", or something like that?
>
> Marta
>
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I was under the impression the first day of FA was the day Frodo threw the ring
into the fire, March 25, TA 3021



--- Ainaechoiriel <mefaadmin@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Can someone tell me exactly when the Fourth Age started?
>
> --Ainaechoiriel
> MEFA Admin and Founder
>
> "This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
> it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
> Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:33 PM
> > To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Men Check Ballot #1
> >
> >
> > > Fouth Age
> > > Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
> > > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
> > > Rating: G
> > > Romance Partners:
> > > Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The
> > morning after
> > > Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at
> > the practice
> > > grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a
> > friendship, and
> > > how Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer
> > > needs. Mild angst.
> >
> >
> > This is set the morning after Aragorn's coronation, so it's
> > post Ring-War but still in the Third Age. I'm not sure if you
> > want to recategorize it, or perhaps just rename the
> > subcategory to "post-Ring War", or something like that?
> >
> > Marta
> >
> >
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Liz [mailto:liz.warren@blueyonder.co.uk]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 4:06 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Men Check Ballot #1
>
> Hi Ainae
>
> some corrections :-D
>
> > Fouth Age
> > Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
> > Rating: G
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:Faramir, Legolas and a bow of the Galadhrim. The morning
> after
> > Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at the
> practice
> > grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a friendship,
> and how
> > Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer needs.
> Mild
> > angst.
>
> This isn'r Fourth Age, it's post-Ring War Third Age (it takes
> place on the morning after Aragorn's coronation).

Now look at what you and Marta have done.... You've gone and made me do
research. And to top it off, you made me learn something. I think you
should be ashamed of yourselves.


;-)


Okay, I actually opened the book and looked at the timeline. I had thought
that the Fourth Age started when Aragorn took over as King. Nope, the Third
Age ends when Frodo goes over the sea.

I had originally put in sub-categories of Pre-LOTR and Post-LOTR but didn't
think they sounded very good. While Fourth Age just sounded so much
better.....

Guess I'll go back the other way.

> > Gondor
> > MeG3: Chance Meetings by Tanaqui
> > URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1401
> > Rating: R discussion of adult themes/situations - ie prostitution
> and
> > intergenerational sexual taboos
> > Romance Partners: Denethor/OFC and Faramir/OFC Summary:The
> Steward of
> > Gondor and the White Lady of Rohan are to be
> married.
> > The right ceremonies must be performed in the right way. But
> Faramir and
> > Éowyn have a few rituals of their own to conduct. Adult-rated for
> explicit
> > sex scenes. This is the third in my sequence of stories about
> Faramir and
> > Éowyn's relationship, following on from "Knight's Service" and
> "Later".
> > There are some references to events in the earlier stories but it
> should not
> > be necessary to read the other stories first.
>
> Urk - this has totally the wrong sumamry! (I thought we had
> identified and corrected this :-( It's in a message from
> Marta on 3rd May.)

It could have. I'll go look for it.

Oh, good, I don't have to!

> The correct summary is:
>
> For the Ruling Steward and his sons, the personal is the
> political and private acts can have public consequences.
> Faramir's odd behaviour on his return from his first month as
> Captain of the Ithilien Rangers troubles Denethor, both as a
> father and as Ruling Steward. An unexpected meeting in a
> place neither thinks to find the other only adds to the
> tension - and results in an order that, ten years later, will
> have significant consequences in the War of the Ring.
>
> Thanks, Liz

Thank you!

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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> Gondor
> MeG7: From the Other Riverbank by Dwimordene
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=5
> Rating: R mature themes related to homosexuality
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:The curious shall read, the others will blithely remain

ignorant of

> even the 'pairing.'

Summary has been changed to:

"Gondor on the brink of war is a political crucible. Those who would
dwell in it must learn never to blink, even when old loyalties are in
doubt and faith in the most basic relationships is shaken."

> Incomplete
> MeI1: Adrift by Altariel
> URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1282483
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:A spin-off from chapter 12 of 'Captain My Captain' involving the
> Steward of Gondor and the Cygnets of Dol Amroth.

I admit to confusion here. Una will correct me if she feels this is
the appropriate category, but I conside this story to be complete. It
is a tangent to CMC, and could stand on its own without reference to
it all. There is certainly nothing more to add to it per se.

Dwim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwimmer_laik [mailto:dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:57 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Men Check Ballot #1
>
>
> > Gondor
> > MeG7: From the Other Riverbank by Dwimordene
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=5
> > Rating: R mature themes related to homosexuality Romance Partners:
> > Summary:The curious shall read, the others will blithely remain
> ignorant of
> > even the 'pairing.'
>
> Summary has been changed to:
>
> "Gondor on the brink of war is a political crucible. Those
> who would dwell in it must learn never to blink, even when
> old loyalties are in doubt and faith in the most basic
> relationships is shaken."

Okay, but there needs to be some clue as to who the 'pairing' is. Remember
"That Which Needs to Be Identified".

> > Incomplete
> > MeI1: Adrift by Altariel
> > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1282483
> > Rating: G
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:A spin-off from chapter 12 of 'Captain My Captain'
> involving
> > the Steward of Gondor and the Cygnets of Dol Amroth.
>
> I admit to confusion here. Una will correct me if she feels
> this is the appropriate category, but I conside this story to
> be complete. It is a tangent to CMC, and could stand on its
> own without reference to it all. There is certainly nothing
> more to add to it per se.

Una? Is this a WIP or not?

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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> > Summary has been changed to:
> >
> > "Gondor on the brink of war is a political crucible. Those
> > who would dwell in it must learn never to blink, even when
> > old loyalties are in doubt and faith in the most basic
> > relationships is shaken."
>
> Okay, but there needs to be some clue as to who the 'pairing' is.

Remember

> "That Which Needs to Be Identified".

It is. Or it should be--in the DB's romance pairing field, I have
"slash". If that's not sufficient, it can be appended to the last line
of the summary.

Dwim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwimmer_laik [mailto:dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:11 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Men Check Ballot #1
>
>
> > > Summary has been changed to:
> > >
> > > "Gondor on the brink of war is a political crucible.
> Those who would
> > > dwell in it must learn never to blink, even when old
> loyalties are
> > > in doubt and faith in the most basic relationships is shaken."
> >
> > Okay, but there needs to be some clue as to who the 'pairing' is.
> Remember
> > "That Which Needs to Be Identified".
>
> It is. Or it should be--in the DB's romance pairing field, I
> have "slash". If that's not sufficient, it can be appended to
> the last line of the summary.
>
> Dwim

OK. That will work

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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"Ainaechoiriel" wrote:

> Now look at what you and Marta have done.... You've gone and made

me do

> research. And to top it off, you made me learn something. I think

you

> should be ashamed of yourselves.

*Liz high fives Marta*

Uh, Ainae, you do know we're *both* HASA admins and setting nuzgul of
all kinds on people is our sacred duty, don't you? No shame here at
all, I'm afraid >:-E

Seriously, thanks for the corrections. And I know you don't need any
more nuzgul, so I will stop bothering you now. You (and all the other
people helping you manage the awards) are doing a great job.

Cheers, Liz

Hi all you hard-working check-balloters,
I found (aside of the explained 'Alas ! Poor Uruk !'
see end of this mail)
no missing stories in web or database of those I nominated.

But I found missing romance partners:

> Me4: Gift Horses by Jedishampoo
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3266
> Rating: PG
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:How is Eowyn to get out of the Houses of Healing or escape an
> inescapable future in Rohan?

Romance partners: Eowyn/Faramir

> Fouth Age
> Me4-6: My Dark-haired Love by Avon
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2636
> Rating: PG some nudity
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:On the night of her wedding to Faramir Eowyn thinks
> about love and
> words.

Romance partners: Eowyn/Faramir

> Gondor
> MeG1: *Stargazers by Henneth Annun Writers (Altariel,
> Starlight, Acacea,
> Fileg, Chris, Forodwaith)
> URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=488924
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners:
> Summary:Who taught Faramir about the constellations? A series
> of linked
> stories about his lessons.
>

For Star-gazers is the only approval missing that of Starlight ?
Excerpt Database:
HASA Writer's Group (Altariel, Starlight, Acacea, Fileg, Chris, Forodwaith)
Stargazers (Men) Yes|Not Yet|Yes|Yes||Yes|Yes

Assuming that to be the case I sent to Starlight through HASA
a plea for her author approval.

Although I did not understand why Lindorien had to revoke her
author approval for 'Alas ! Poor Uruk !'
(she tried to explain) I have to accept it ;-)

But I think I truly did not understand the categorization rules.
For me Alas ! Poor Uruk ! has to be categorized as
1. Races&Places: men
2. Genre: humour
3. Time/Book: LoTR
as described in http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/Awards%20FAQ.html Part
IV D
But when I looked into the nomination table I saw that many
stories where humour or romance with no indication of the race ????

Maybe next time you could write a bit more about the categorization ?
It seems to me now, that the order of the three categories has to be
selected
by the nominator or the author as may be indicated in Part III A.5
So that there should have been 5 WIP in humour to have
Lindoriens Shakespearean travesty in the web ?

Best wishes Elanor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elanor of aquitania [mailto:elanor@codacode.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:38 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: AW: [MEFAwards] Men Check Ballot #1, missing romance
> partners Jedishampoo, Avon + ? Star-gazers
>
> Hi all you hard-working check-balloters, I found (aside of
> the explained 'Alas ! Poor Uruk !'
> see end of this mail)

> no missing stories in web or database of those I nominated.

Good to hear. We're still 3 off though, from somewhere.

> But I found missing romance partners:
>
> > Me4: Gift Horses by Jedishampoo
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3266
> > Rating: PG
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:How is Eowyn to get out of the Houses of Healing or
> escape an
> > inescapable future in Rohan?
>
> Romance partners: Eowyn/Faramir

Thank you!

> > Fouth Age
> > Me4-6: My Dark-haired Love by Avon
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2636
> > Rating: PG some nudity
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:On the night of her wedding to Faramir Eowyn thinks
> about love
> > and words.
>
> Romance partners: Eowyn/Faramir

Thanks.

> > Gondor
> > MeG1: *Stargazers by Henneth Annun Writers (Altariel, Starlight,
> > Acacea, Fileg, Chris, Forodwaith)
> > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/profile.php?userid=488924
> > Rating: G
> > Romance Partners:
> > Summary:Who taught Faramir about the constellations? A series of
> > linked stories about his lessons.
> >
>
> For Star-gazers is the only approval missing that of Starlight ?

Yes. We haven't heard from her yet.

> Excerpt Database:
> HASA Writer's Group (Altariel, Starlight, Acacea, Fileg,
> Chris, Forodwaith)
> Stargazers (Men) Yes|Not Yet|Yes|Yes||Yes|Yes
>
> Assuming that to be the case I sent to Starlight through HASA
> a plea for her author approval.

Thanks. Maybe she'll reply. We've got until June 30th, so just 10 more days.

> Although I did not understand why Lindorien had to revoke her
> author approval for 'Alas ! Poor Uruk !'
> (she tried to explain) I have to accept it ;-)

Well, she wanted it in the Humor category and since Humor/Incomplete wasn't
viable, we would have had to move it out of Humor. But there's always next
year!

> But I think I truly did not understand the categorization rules.
> For me Alas ! Poor Uruk ! has to be categorized as 1.
> Races&Places: men 2. Genre: humour 3. Time/Book: LoTR as
> described in
> http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/Awards%20FAQ.html Part
> IV D But when I looked into the nomination table I saw that
> many stories where humour or romance with no indication of
> the race ????
>
> Maybe next time you could write a bit more about the categorization ?
> It seems to me now, that the order of the three categories
> has to be selected by the nominator or the author as may be
> indicated in Part III A.5 So that there should have been 5
> WIP in humour to have Lindoriens Shakespearean travesty in the web ?

It's confusing. In Trek it's easy. First category is done by series. Then
broke down by there based on genre (Gen and Romance mostly), then by
prominent characters or pairings respectively. But they don't have Elves
and Hobbits. Yeah, they have other species but for the most part stories
deal with canon crews or original crews, not races/species.

We have a wide variety here. We could only go by race/place (Gondor will be
a good canditate for a main category next year as there were quite a few
Gondor stories this year. Or we could go only by genre. Or just by the
books/times the stories fall in. Some stories can go either way. So we
gave the nominator gives three choices. The author can trump the nominator
in choosing a category. And we Staff can trump both only to make viable
categories.

We try to stick with first choice everywhere we can. We only moved stories
around to break up a non-viable category or to make a viable category.
Humor, Incomplete just didn't have enough, nor were there enough spares
elsewhere. By spares I mean the story would have had to have humor in the
2nd or 3rd choice or we'd just have to know it's main theme is humor. An
adventure story with a little humor thrown in, wouldn't do. And we'd rather
go with a 2nd choice than a third. But sometimes it happened.

We could always discuss this in the "post-mortem" (borrowed term from the
ASC Awards) and decide what worked this year, what didn't, and what could be
done better for next year.

Thanks.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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