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SubCategory Genres: Humor: General

Irreverence (619): Aratlithiel
URL: http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/Irreverence.html
General, Reason for Rating: Snarky hobbits and the slightly-snarky
language that results therein.
Romance Partners: n/a
Pippin has a question.

Lord Námo's Yule Gift (335): Fiondil
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5110
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Even the Lord of Mandos can use some holiday cheer at times and who
better to give it than a couple of hobbits. WARNING: Character deaths
(though you wouldn't know it to look at them).

Thinking of Marigold (349): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/servlet/ReadGenStory?storyID=695
Teen, Reason for Rating: Naked hobbits, suggestive conversation
Romance Partners: N/A
While Tom Bombadil is off locating the Hobbit's ponies, the four
Hobbits have a talk about an interesting subject.

A Boy and His Lob (162): Ignoble Bard
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter.cfm?STID=6729&NGID=494
Teen, Reason for Rating: Implied masturbation, mild profanity.
Romance Partners: NA
Legolas makes a pet of a giant spider with a unique talent.

The Fëanorieli (530): Istarnie
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3485009/1/
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Fëanor has a very bad dream.

Great Books (149): Lady Aranel
URL: http://www.legolasfanfiction.net/archive/viewstory.php?sid=33
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Legolas makes his first journey to Rivendell, only to find they have
some very strange customs there!

Of Dragons and Manicures (714): Llinos
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5495&cid=23010
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Frodo and Sam confront a dragon! Yes, really!

To Represent the Elves (810): Nieriel Raina
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3627056/1/To_Represent_the_Elves
General, Reason for Rating: N/A Fellowship fluff
Romance Partners: N/A
As the Nine Walkers travel south, the oldest and youngest members of
the Fellowship become better acquainted.

The Arachnid's Appeal (114): TrekQueen
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=3166
General, Reason for Rating: The story contains no violent or sexual
overtones.
Romance Partners: N/A
Shelob writes to her friend Sauron concerning some requests she has.
All is meant in good humor. The ficlet was written as an Open Scrolls
Archive challenge entry for "Letters From" where a character from LOTR
is writing to another character in a letter format.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Children

Boys Will Be Boys (555): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3696&cid=22986
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: n/a
A young Boromir confronts issues of leadership and mortality; Mag the
Cook helps him along the way. Written for the "Change of Heart"
challenge at LJ community tolkien_weekly.

Sea Food (53): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5494&cid=23005
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: n/a
An early-morning excursion to the seashore has surprising results for
young Boromir, Faramir, and Uncle Imrahil.

A Useful Skill (46): EdorasLass
URL: http://edoraslass.livejournal.com/99751.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
Denethor finds Faramir learning an unexpected new skill: sewing.

Dance of Desire (405): Ellie
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4968
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Rumil lives his dream, but all is not as it would seem.

Knave of Hearts (252): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5071&cid=20785
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Someone has stolen some of Esmeralda's tarts and Frodo may be in
trouble in spite of his innocence.

Marbles (197): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5205&cid=21509
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Frodo has his hands full while watching a very small Pippin.

Three Things About Pippin (133): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5240
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A very young Pippin seems to be causing more trouble than joy in his
family's home and his sisters aren't at all happy about it.

All that is gold... (42): Perelleth
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5252&cid=21751
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
A fateful first meeting in Imladris, and a sequel to Mathom.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Drabble

An Unexpected Party (16): Branwyn
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4652&cid=21323
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Thorin interviews a group of dwarves for the expedition to the Lonely
Mountain. With abject apologies to Tolkien.

Too Many Adverbs (660): Branwyn
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4652&cid=21319
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
A war of words between young Boromir and his tutor.

Mistaken (490): Fawsley
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/tolkien_weekly/263682.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Gandalf comes to visit Frodo. Frodo has a beautiful golden ring which
Gandalf suspects might be more than it first seems. But is Gandalf
always right?!

Clothes Make the Man (625): Gandalfs apprentice
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=5150&SPOrdinal=10
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Celeborn/Galadriel, Aragorn/Arwen
Celeborn has a word with Aragorn on his first visit to Lothlorien.

A Queen Among Farmers' Wives (635): Imhiriel
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=2865
Teen, Reason for Rating: Depiction of inter-marital, good-natured
tussling.
Romance Partners: Farmer Maggot/Mrs Maggot
Farmer Maggot returns home from a jolly evening with Tom Bombadil. His
wife is not amused.

Rauros, golden Rauros-falls (624): Imhiriel
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=2593
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Boromir!Lives... - at least, for a little while.

Seeing Red (121): Linda hoyland
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6625
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Why did Denethor have so little regard for his youngest son?

Bathing Boromir (645): Marta
URL: http://telperion1.livejournal.com/21115.html
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Some healers in the Houses of Healing are rather over-eager to give an
injured Boromir his bath.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor or Rohan

A Truth Universally Acknowledged (556): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4643&cid=18597
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: n/a
Lothiriel is happy to assist her cousin Boromir in finding a bride;
however, he has some rather stringent qualifications. A blatant
rip-off from Austen and Shakespeare, as well as Tolkien.

Foreign Ways (54): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5493&cid=23001
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: n/a
When Eowyn first seeks to introduce some Rohirric customs to Ithilien,
she finds an unexpected ally in Mag the Cook.

A Princeling Lost (795): Cuthalion
URL:
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2362217/1/HOUSE_WITH_THE_CEDAR_SHINGLES_A_Princeling_Lost
Teen, Reason for Rating: No mentioning of any adult themes (only the
pregnancy of the heroine...)
Romance Partners: Noerwen (OFC)/ Damrod
When the King of Gondor is about to visit Emyn Arnen, young Elboron,
son of Faramir and Éowyn, decides that he has no need of festive
ceremonies and flees the palace, to hide in the keeping of the Healer
of Ithilien (my OFC from "Winter Fire"). His parents are in panic,
King Aragorn is amused and the punishment for Elboron's "escape" turns
out to be slightly different than expected...

The Promise in her Eyes (100): EdorasLass
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5244
Teen, Reason for Rating: Minor romantic kissing; off-screen light violence
Romance Partners: OMC/Eowyn
A travelling minstrel recalls a memorable kiss in Edoras.

The Steward's New Clothes (511): GypsieRose
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2429963/1/
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Denethor/Finduilas
The approach of autumn brings the renewal of an old battle between a
Steward and his tailor.

Mardil Goes A-Courting (366): Le Rouret
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5239&cid=21710
Teen, Reason for Rating: There is a good deal of sexual conversation
in this story. Mardil is Middle Earth's version of the 40-year-old
virgin, and Legolas is bound and determined to get him safely wed and
reproducing. There is nothing overt, but it is freely discussed, and
Legolas especially is open about the relations between a husband and wife.
Romance Partners: m/f
Mardil of Ethring needs a wife, and Legolas has the perfect girl for
him. Never mind the Green Knight has no opinion on romance and thinks
tender sentiments a waste of time. He's an Elf, right? What could
possibly go wrong?

Rohan's Future (79): Madeleine
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5098
Teen, Reason for Rating: Nothing sexual or violent, just the
description of a few pranks which shouldn't necessarily being copied.
Romance Partners: N/A
Ten years after the events of "To Become a Queen"
To attend to their royal duties, Éomer and Lothíriel have to leave
their offspring behind in Edoras in the care of slightly overextended
servants and of their Uncle Amrothos. The latter soon has to realise
that can be a real challenge to look after three little Rohirric
princes . . . from hell.


Gentlemen's Night Out (181): Oshun
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6195
Teen, Reason for Rating: Discussion of sexual mores with references to
sexual experiences both het and slash.
Romance Partners: N/A
Nothing graphic in this tale, but the entire story is a discussion of
sexual mores with references to past sexual experiences both het and
slash.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet

Gifts (500): Acacea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4798
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Denethor and Faramir spend some quality time together. A double drabble

No Pain, No Gain (435): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3696&cid=22988
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: na/
Two drabbles using the same dialogue. Written for the "Parallel
Dialogue" challenge at tolkien_weekly

Love Story (273): Gandalfs apprentice
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=5875&SPOrdinal=7
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Bilbo critiques a theater piece.

Romance (375): Greywing
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=6648&SPOrdinal=7
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Eomer, Lothiriel
The shortest romance, ever. Eomer and Lothiriel meet.

Don't Be Deceived (351): Imhiriel
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=2632
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Looks can be deceiving. And meeting a stranger at an inn may not prove
to be what it seems.

A...Like An Antagonistic Arwen (758): Linda Hoyland/Raksha the Demon
CoAuthors
URL: http://www.freewebs.com/lindahoyland/alphabetofarda.htm
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Even the grace and patience of Arwen Undómiel has limits; as various
Elves and Men discover...

A Mother's Touch (44): Raksha the Demon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6926
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Mother Knows Best, as one special young fellow discovers.

Better Days Ahead (51): Raksha the Demon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6720
Teen, Reason for Rating: implication of orc violence
Romance Partners: N/A
Down and out after the Ring War, Shagrat endeavors to cheer up his
dispirited comrades.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody

One Frodo Too Many (683): Baranduin
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/baranduinfics/8476.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Mentions of slash in parody.
Romance Partners: Many (m/m)
Why can't the Frodos get along and what effect does it have on their
fanfic readers and writers? Written after a minor pairing preference
kerfuffle on a Yahoo group.

Comes Now The Plaintiff, Frodo Baggins (17): EdorasLass
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4982
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
Frodo files a lawsuit against a number of people, demanding
compensation for his mental and physical anguish. References to many
characters.

A Texas Gay Boy in King Thranduil's Court (182): Ignoble Bard
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6549
Mature, Reason for Rating: Sexual activity between two males. Sexual
innuendo.
Romance Partners: Legolas/OMC
A gay man from Texas unexpectedly finds himself caught up in events in
Middle Earth.

The Unbearable Smugness of Being Feanor (164): Ignoble Bard
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3452340/1/
General, Reason for Rating: NA
Romance Partners: NA
In the void beyond the stars Feanor is joined by an unwelcome guest.

The Tragedye of Leaflet, Prince of Mirkwood (243): Jael
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=6486&SPOrdinal=1
Teen, Reason for Rating: slashy innuendo.
Romance Partners: N/A
Lord of the Rings meets William Shakespeare. What's not to like?
Contains some innuendo.


Late Start, Early Finish (602): Lily Baggins
URL: http://horizontalfrodo.livejournal.com/6156.html
Mature, Reason for Rating: Some slash sexual situations and bawdy humor.
Romance Partners: Frodo/Aragorn
Some readers claim Frodo is never written as mature enough. It seems
almost impossible, in fact, to write a Frodo who IS mature enough to
satisfy them. However, in the face of repeat criticism, I've decided
to give it the old college try yet again and attempt to satisfy the
naysayers.


At the Sign of the Hungry Hobbit (475): Mews1945
URL: http://www.west-of-the-moon.net/servlet/ReadGenStory?storyID=544
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
On a rainy evening at the Hungry Hobbit Pub, Samwise Gamgee expounds
upon life, the Universe, and all that.

The Witch-king's Cloak (106): Radbooks
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5062&cid=20721
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A tongue-in-cheek look at the Witch-king's reaction after his
encounter with Aragorn at Weathertop.



SubCategory: Genres: Humor: The Shire or Buckland

More than Meets the Eye (128): Dadgad
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6698
General, Reason for Rating: Humorous story about hobbits
Romance Partners: N/A
The year is 2747 and the sons of Elrond are having a difficult
interview with their father, and his advisors Erestor and Glorfindel.

Just how did Bandobras Took receive the nickname 'Bullroarer'? And who
was prompted to visit Hobbiton for the first time in a 1000 years?

A Passing Troll (210): Dreamflower
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4556&cid=19951
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
In this little AU we learn the possible fate of Reginard Took's
estranged wife, Hyacinth.

Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners (239): Dreamflower
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4819&cid=19283
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
The Shire Hobbit's Guide to Proper Behavior for Every Occasion
"Dora was Drogo's sister and the eldest surviving female relative of
Bilbo and Frodo; she...had written reams of good advice for more than
half a century..." In S.R. 1403, at the age of 102, she presented her
life's work to the Shire...

"Dumpling" (777): grey_wonderer
URL: http://talechallenges.livejournal.com/16621.html#cutid1
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Young Merry does battle with a rather tricky foe.

Poking The Badger (209): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2364&cid=20009
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Merry is in a very cross mood and Pippin must offer advice.

The Big Green Bottle (208): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=2364&cid=19834
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Pippin has a special gift for Merry and he wants to share it.

Decorum (59): Larner
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6291
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Dora Baggins has written a book on manners, and has trusted Bilbo and
Frodo to copy out and bind volumes for her to present as gifts. And
she finds she was both mistaken and right as to the amount of decorum
being shown by Bilbo's heir.


Inspired by Dreamflower's "Miss Dora Baggins's Book of Manners."
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4819


Tea and Crumpets (799): Llinos
URL: http://llinos.livejournal.com/39740.html#cutid1
Teen, Reason for Rating: Implied (but not actual) slash
Romance Partners: Merry/Pippin implied
In English "crumpet" has two meanings:
1. A toasted teatime treat.
2. A person that you fancy.
Merry wants his teatime crumpet and is determined to have it, one way
or another.