2023-08-20

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(This is the first in a series of promo posts we’ll be making over the signup period highlighting the smaller Tolkien canons, with the hope that people will enjoy them, request them, and/or offer them. If you have a particular favourite small canon that you’d like to write a promo for in roughly the format below, please let us know!)

Summary: The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is a collection of poems set in Middle-earth around the time of Lord of the Rings. Some of them are purported to be written by Frodo or Sam, but many have more mysterious origins, or have clearly been passed down from older times as oral tradition among hobbits.

Why should I check out this canon?
If you’re into hobbit lore, poems, exploring the corners of Middle-earth and mysterious things happening in strange places, then definitely have a look. Some of the themes of the poems involve shadows and reflections, trolls, Frodo’s experiences after the War, dragons and their hoards, Elves inviting mortals to go to Valinor, cats, Mewlips and Gorcrows, the Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, and much more.

Where can I get this?
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil is sold as a book on its own wherever you would normally purchase books. It’s also available in Kindle format from Amazon. If you aren’t able to obtain it for whatever reason, let me ([personal profile] elwinfortuna) know, and I’ll provide you with a copy.

What fanworks already exist?
There are 12 works so far on AO3, and they involve everything from femslash about Mee and Shee, to exploring what Gorcrows are, to works inspired by the various poems.
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If you nominated in the Smith of Wootton Major fandom, please review the tags to verify your tags are in as you intended them! (We've had a question about whether a few of the character tags with ships should be Nell or Nan. The mods are not qualified to answer this - we approved the tags as nominated.)


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Once you have read through the Sign-Ups Info Post, go ahead and sign up. (Even if you've participated in previous rounds, please read the info post - there have been a few changes this round!)

This year the following fandoms require mod approval to offer Any Character:

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