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Check Ballot #2

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mistakes before the official ballot is released.

Drabble
HobD1: A New Season by Alexcat
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/A/Alex/LOTR/I_P/N/NewSeason.htm
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Sam begins again

Drabble
HobD2: Can't Take His Medicine by Marta
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2100&cid=8698
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Merry is healed orc-fashion as he crosses Rohan

Drabble
HobD3: Mother Gamgee by Marigold
URL: http://marigoldsredbook.crickhollow.net/fic_mothergamgee.html
Rating: G Discussion of death
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A set of four drabbles from Frodo's pov in which Bell Gamgee
touches his life

Drabble
HobD4: Resting Places by Marigold
URL: http://marigoldsredbook.crickhollow.net/fic_restingplaces.html
Rating: G Discussion of death
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A group of four themed drabbles, on the final resting places of
Frodo's parents, Merry's sisters, and Sam's mother, Bell.

Drabble
HobD5: Small Hands by Marta
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2100&cid=8695
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir sees Bilbo volunteer to take the Ring at the Council of
Elrond.

Drabble
HobD6: Then and Now by Marigold
URL: http://marigoldsredbook.crickhollow.net/fic_thenandnow.html
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A group of themed drabbles, the first drabble in each set takes
place in Pippin's childhood, the second in the set is about a similar theme
to the first, but takes place during the Quest.

Drabble
HobD7: What Do we Get? by Alexcat
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/A/Alex/LOTR/Q_Z/W/WhatDoWeGet.htm
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Smeagol wants his present.

Poetry
HobP1: Autumn's Gift by White Gull
URL: http://http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/WhiteGull.html
Rating: R Sexual pairing
Romance Partners: Frodo/Rose
Summary: Could *you* share the same house with post-quest Frodo Baggins and
not feel this way?

Poetry
HobP2: Furry Little Thief by Pervinca
URL: http://www.geocities.com/pippinsplayground/furry_little_thief.txt
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A little poem about Bilbo's meeting with Smaug, written in the
attempted style of Sam's Troll poem.

Poetry
HobP3: Mad Baggins by Marta
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1809
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A hobbit drinking song about Bilbo's disappearance on his 111th
birthday.

Poetry
HobP4: Old Will Whitfoot by Tanaqui, co-written with Marta
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter_view.cfm?NGID=169&STID=3258&S
POrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A hobbit drinking song about Will Whitfoot, mayor of the Shire.

Poetry
HobP5: Shire Songbook by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=399
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Songs collected by Peregrin Took, from the Shire and faraway lands.

Poetry
HobP6: The Lay of Peregrin Took by Llinos
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1637800
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Written for Baylor's story Fate and the King's High Falcon. It is
the song that Legolas makes for Pippin after his recovery in Ithilien and is
based on Baylor's story.

Poetry
HobP7: Too Young by Lindelea
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1468
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Merry's thoughts shortly after arriving in Ithilien.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-1: A Crate of Lemons by ShireDweller
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1247016
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The morning after 'Garden Plot' is full of surprises, when a
special delivery from Gondor arrives at Bag End.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-2: A Small and Passing Thing by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=796
Rating: PG torture (nasty ruffians)
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Sequel to "The Rebel". The Healing of the Shire. Comprising
chapters taken from the latter pages of the Red Book.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-3: At the End of His Rope by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=309
Rating: PG nasty ruffians
Romance Partners: Pippin and Diamond
Summary: Peregrin I, Traveller and Thain, had many difficulties to surmount
in the early years of his Thainship.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-4: Beyond the Havens by jodancingtree
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=758&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: At the end of a long life, Sam follows Frodo into the West.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-5: Drunkard of Bag End by jodancingtree
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2383
Rating: PG-13 adult themes, alcohol abuse
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The malevolent voice still lingered in his mind, over a year after
the Ring went into the Fire, till Frodo felt he must be driven mad by it.
Could he buy a few hours of peace, with a bottle of brandy?

Post-WOTR
Hob4-6: Fair Folk At The Free Fair by Snowballjane
URL: http:// www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1286101
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Fourth Age, Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir and Celeborn visit the
shire and find unexpected ease for their heartaches.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-7: Firestorm by Lindelea
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1322393
Rating: G
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond
Summary: Peregrin Took did not automatically follow his father, Paladin, as
Thain. This is the story of how he proved himself to the rest of the Tooks,
earning the right to be called The Took, and Thain.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-8: Flames by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=156
Rating: PG-13 graphic violence or suggestion in some chapters
Romance Partners: m/f
Summary: From the occupation of the Shire by ruffians, to the instating of
Peregrin I as Thain, events as seen through the eyes of the Tooks.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-9: Garden Plot by ShireDweller
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=784544
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Frodo finds solace while doing some light gardening with Sam at Bag
End.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-10: Linden and Laurel by Ariel & Aralithiel
URL: http://www.bagendwest.net/LL.html
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Sam knew his master had to leave the Shire, knew he could never
have found healing in middle earth, but did Frodo ever become whole in the
West? A tender and mystical tale of how Sam learned, in the end, that he
had.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-11: Reckoning by Aratlithiel
URL: http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/Reckoning.html
Rating: PG So much angst!!!!
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Sam helps Merry and Pippin to understand why Frodo had to cross
over the Sea

Post-WOTR
Hob4-12: Runaway by Lindelea and Jodancingtree
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=678
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Pippin panics when his young son Faramir goes missing.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-13: Shining Through by Dana
URL: http://dana.rosiesamfrodo.com/writing/fan/st.htm
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: When the darkness returns to haunt Merry, Pippin knows he just
needs light.

Post-WOTR
Hob4-14: What Dreams May Come by katakanadian
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1533920&chapter=1
Rating: PG-13 attempted rape
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Fills in some gaps of Rose, Sam, and Frodo's lives after the
Scouring of the Shire. No slash, no profanity. Some violence.

Pre-WotR
HobPW1: *River Stones by Jeodo Brandybuck
URL: http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/servlet/ReadGenStory?storyID=45
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Frodo, Sam and Merry take Pippin on his first adventure camping in
the Shire and come across a few adventures that they didn't expect.

Pre-WotR
HobPW2: *The Apprentice by pippinsqueak
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1390
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Bilbo has his gardener's youngest son in for tea.

Pre-WotR
HobPW3: A Mother's Day by Pearl Took
URL: http://http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1309496
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Merry, Pippin, and Pervinca are full of mischief and behaving a bit
oddly-- driving poor Eglantine to the brink of madness.

Pre-WotR
HobPW4: Gandalf and the Seahobbit by Pippinfan1988
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1382
Rating: G a little violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Gandalf recollects his days with Pippin and some of the "lesser"
Tooks

Pre-WotR
HobPW5: Irrepressible Pippin by Pippinfan1988
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1348
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: It's the first warm days of spring, Pippin turns thirteen, and his
tutor is getting on his last nerve...

Pre-WotR
HobPW6: Legacy by Anglachel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=342
Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of sexual (slash)
scenes -- not point of story
Romance Partners: Frodo/OCs
Summary: Ten days in Buckland as Bilbo tries to convince his relatives that
Frodo belongs with him. Mature themes in all chapters, descriptions of
sexual activity and violence in later chapters. Significant speculation
about minor LOTR characters, and gap-filling on Shire culture, society,
politics and economics. Bilbo, Frodo, Rory, Gilda. By Anglachel.

Pre-WotR
HobPW7: Messing About in Boats by Grey Wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1785
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Frodo and Merry would like for Sam to try boating on the
Brandywine, but Sam has serious doubts about this idea. Will Sam learn to
enjoying boating or does the 'sinking feeling' that Sam has about all of
this mean anything?

Pre-WotR
HobPW8: The Shaping of Samwise by Jodancingtree
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=2010
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: When the time came that Frodo must carry the Ring, Sam would not
let him go alone. But loyalty that deep has to begin somewhere...

The Lord of the Rings
HobL1: Because it's my Birthday by Pervinca
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1301
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Pippin celebrates his 29th birthday in Minas Tirith, introducing
Beregond and Bergil to the hobbit gift-giving tradition. But will Merry -
still recovering from his encounter with the Witch-King - remember his
favourite cousin's birthday?

The Lord of the Rings
HobL2: Bedside Chatter by Silvermoon Lady
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=931
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Standing watch over the wounded at Cormallen, Eomer loses a few
misconceptions and finds a new respect for the smallest warriors among them.

The Lord of the Rings
HobL3: Riding the Nightmare by Budgielover
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1222
Rating: PG scary, graphic
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: On the banks of the Anduin, the surviving members of the Fellowship
of the Ring followed their missing Ring-bearer to a terrible, tragic
ages-old secret.

The Lord of the Rings
HobL4: The Conspiracy of Hobbits by Dreamflower
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1707
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: How the famous conspiracy formed by Frodo's friends came about.

The Lord of the Rings
HobL5: Through Shadow by Citrine
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1897
Rating: PG bit of naughty humor
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Merry and Pippin reunited in Ithilien after the Black Gate. Short
story, mild humor, very light angst.

Hob1: A Partnership in Villainy by Llinos
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1141429
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A Yuletide Story of Merry and Pippin. When the hobbits tasted
chocolate in Baradur during Recaptured - it evoked a certain memory - this
is it.

Hob2: A Path With No Returning by Citrine
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1794
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Two badly wounded hobbits find each other after the Battle of
Fornost.

Hob3: Autumn's Requiem by Aratlithiel and Ariel
URL: http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/ARIndex.html
Rating: R Sexual content
Romance Partners: Frodo/Rose
Summary: A 'what if' Frodo/Rose romance which deals with the nature of
loyalty,love and friendship.

Hob4: Big Enough to be Thain by Llinos
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1211951
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: According to Tolkien's records, Paladin Took was a farmer when
Pippin was born, and did not become Thain until after Ferumbras III died,
and Pippin was 25. This shows a different possibility.

Hob5: Going, Going, Gone by Lindelea
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1333851
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: What might have happened had Frodo not sailed into the uttermost
West.

Hob6: Moonlight on Summer Leaves by Silvermoon Lady
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=850
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A little piece of history, long lost and now told anew, to whisper
to the hearts of the next generation...

Hob7: Of Dwarvish Ale and the Fairer Sex by Ariel
URL:
http://www.frodosharem.org/cgi-bin/stories/display.cgi?id=250&sort=date&cat=
10
Rating: PG-13 sexual innuendo
Romance Partners: m/f
Summary: A barrel of Dwarvish ale loosens the tongues of our hobbit heros.

Hob8: On Merry Yule by Anglachel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=712
Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of sexual (slash)
scenes -- not point of story
Romance Partners: Frodo/OCs
Summary: Two weeks in Buckland as Bilbo and Frodo visit during Yule and
attend the Wintermark celebration. Mature themes in almost every chapter,
descriptions of sexual activity and violence in several chapters. Not a
cheerful feel-good holiday story in any way. Sequel to Legacy. By Anglachel.

Hob9: Recollections by Silvermoon Lady
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=431
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: "I didn't know my grandfather long but he so vividly marked my
young memory that I felt I'd known him for ages."

Hob10: Ring around the Merry by Aelfgifu
URL: http://www.geocities.com/aelfgifuemma/RATM.html
Rating: R Violence, adult situations, emotional tormant, very heavy angst,
some slash, 1 chapter with non-con.
Romance Partners: Merry/Pippin but I would not count it as "romance"
Summary: Merry holds the Ringbearer captive at Crickhollow "for the
salvation of the Shire." with baleful results for all. Merry will be
corrupted, Pippin will be conflicted, Frodo will start to break, Sam will
try to save him, and each of the hobbits will be challenged and changed in
unexpected ways.

Hob11: Sam's Garden by Shireling
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1225
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Love expressed through the creation and nurturing of a garden

Hob12: Sam's Rose by jodancingtree
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1179
Rating: PG adult themes
Romance Partners: Sam and Rose
Summary: The girl he left behind him -- and came home to. His thoughts go
back to her again and again, even in Mordor. But when they return, can he
make a life with her -- and Frodo?

Hob13: The Cooking Conspiracy by eretria cowritten with Murron
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=835881
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A comedy of errors in which Frodo tries to cook a birthday meal,
Pippin takes a liking to washing things, Merry gets caught wearing a dress,
Sam saves the day, and Lobelia Sackville-Baggins takes the blame.

Hob14: The Farmer's Wife by Nessime
URL: http://www.mikekellner.com/Library/Story_Read_Head.php?STid=25
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Farmer Maggot & Mrs. Maggot
Summary: A pair of vignettes, recalling one especially eventful day - and
evening.

Hob15: Unfair by Anglachel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter.cfm?STID=1556&NGID=44
Rating: G
Romance Partners: Lobelia/Otho
Summary: What is the story behind Lobelia and Otho Sackville-Baggins's
marriage?

Hob16: Weight of Stone by Chris
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=243&cid=907
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A quick look at a harmless superstition

--Ainaechoiriel
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> Drabble
> HobD2: Can't Take His Medicine by Marta
> URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2100&cid=8698
> <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2100&cid=8698>
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners: n/a
> Summary: Merry is healed orc-fashion as he crosses Rohan

Add period?

> Post-WOTR
> Hob4-6: Fair Folk At The Free Fair by Snowballjane
> URL: http:// www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1286101
> Rating: G
> Romance Partners: n/a
> Summary: Fourth Age, Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir and Celeborn visit the
> shire and find unexpected ease for their heartaches.

There's a space between "http://" and the rest of the URL. If it's like
that on the web page it probably won't link correctly.

>
> Pre-WotR
> HobPW6: Legacy by Anglachel
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=342
> Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of sexual (slash)
> scenes -- not point of story
> Romance Partners: Frodo/OCs
> Summary: Ten days in Buckland as Bilbo tries to convince his relatives
> that
> Frodo belongs with him. Mature themes in all chapters, descriptions of
> sexual activity and violence in later chapters. Significant speculation
> about minor LOTR characters, and gap-filling on Shire culture, society,
> politics and economics. Bilbo, Frodo, Rory, Gilda. By Anglachel.

Should you delete "By Anglachel." at the end? As that's given in theauthor?

> Hob8: On Merry Yule by Anglachel
> URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=712
> Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of sexual (slash)
> scenes -- not point of story
> Romance Partners: Frodo/OCs
> Summary: Two weeks in Buckland as Bilbo and Frodo visit during Yule and
> attend the Wintermark celebration. Mature themes in almost every chapter,
> descriptions of sexual activity and violence in several chapters. Not a
> cheerful feel-good holiday story in any way. Sequel to Legacy. By
> Anglachel.

This is actually significantly before Lord of the Rings? It's the Yule
after Faramir first came to live with Bilbo, so it's several years
before Bilbo's party. It can go in the same subcategory as "Legacy", I
think.

Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:59 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Hobbits Check Ballot #2

> > Post-WOTR
> > Hob4-6: Fair Folk At The Free Fair by Snowballjane
> > URL: http:// www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1286101
> > Rating: G
> > Romance Partners: n/a
> > Summary: Fourth Age, Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir and
> Celeborn visit the
> > shire and find unexpected ease for their heartaches.
>
>
> There's a space between "http://" and the rest of the URL. If
> it's like
> that on the web page it probably won't link correctly.

I'm not going to reply to every little edit, just the significan't ones.
Rest assured that I'll get them though. Thanks for catching this one. It
is significant.

>
> >
> > Pre-WotR
> > HobPW6: Legacy by Anglachel
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=342
> > Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of
> sexual (slash)
> > scenes -- not point of story
> > Romance Partners: Frodo/OCs
> > Summary: Ten days in Buckland as Bilbo tries to convince
> his relatives
> > that
> > Frodo belongs with him. Mature themes in all chapters,
> descriptions of
> > sexual activity and violence in later chapters. Significant
> speculation
> > about minor LOTR characters, and gap-filling on Shire
> culture, society,
> > politics and economics. Bilbo, Frodo, Rory, Gilda. By Anglachel.
>
>
> Should you delete "By Anglachel." at the end? As that's given
> in theauthor?

Yep.

> > Hob8: On Merry Yule by Anglachel
> > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=712
> > Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of
> sexual (slash)
> > scenes -- not point of story

>
> This is actually significantly before Lord of the Rings? It's
> the Yule
> after Faramir first came to live with Bilbo, so it's several years
> before Bilbo's party. It can go in the same subcategory as
> "Legacy", I
> think.

Not having read it, I had no way to know. 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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Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> > > Hob8: On Merry Yule by Anglachel
> > > URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=712
> > > Rating: R exploration of adult themes, graphic portrayal of
> > sexual (slash)
> > > scenes -- not point of story
>
> >
> > This is actually significantly before Lord of the Rings? It's
> > the Yule
> > after Faramir first came to live with Bilbo, so it's several years
> > before Bilbo's party. It can go in the same subcategory as
> > "Legacy", I
> > think.
>
> Not having read it, I had no way to know. Thanks.

Of course not. I was the one who nominated it, and I probably should
have made that clearer from the start.

And if you haven't figured it out, I meant Frodo for Faramir earlier.
I'm afraid my mind was elsewhere.

Marta