Masked_Man_2
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The love that heals the wound (after the war is through) by Masked_Man_2 for fakebodies
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jun 2025
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“I forgive you,” Boromir says, just as grave as the captain before him, accepting his demotion to knighthood with far more grace than most would afford a too-bold babe. “An’ I dub you Sir ‘Rongil, so you must help protect nana. ‘Cos you’ve a real sword an’ can cut down real foes, until I have one, too, and can protect her better.”
So saying, he drives the point of the sword into the ground, and turns to face Finduilas, legs trembling a little with the effort to hold himself back from bouncing.
“No fear. No harm. Not while we’re here. So swear I.”
“So swear I,” Thorongil intones, after the fashion of the knights of old. Boromir turns back to him, taking both his hands to wrap them about the hilt of the toy sword, and for one selfish moment Finduilas is glad her son no longer faces her, that he might not see the tears spilling from her eyes.
Series
- Part 2 of Boromir Week 2025
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Long Nights and Lone Soldiers by Masked_Man_2
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 Jun 2025
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Just one night. Just one night alone, unseen, unasked for, unneeded. Just one night, when no one needed him to be strong, or cheerful, no one needed him to be anything at all, that he might break apart in peace, and piece himself back together with none the wiser once his hands grew steady again. Make himself whole again, that he might be of use. For broken pieces left only mess, and he had to clean up the mess. He could not, would not let the dream come to pass.
Just one night. Surely it was not so gross a sin, to not be strong for just one night.
A tale of nightmares, grief, and late-night conversations.
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- Part 1 of Boromir Week 2025
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Measure Still for Measure by Ardent_Autumn, Masked_Man_2
Fandoms: SHAKESPEARE William - Works, Measure for Measure - Shakespeare
24 Jun 2024
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“Haste still pays haste, and leisure answers leisure; like doth quit like, and measure still for measure.”
Shakespeare’s play leaves us with several unresolved conflicts, such as Vincentio proposing marriage to Isabella (does she accept it or not?), Claudio dealing with the aftermath of his near-death experience, Angelo losing his title, etc. We, as readers, may well be prone to questioning precisely what the outcomes are. This work is our take on each of the conflicts.
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Of Monsters and Men by Masked_Man_2 for fakebodies
Fandoms: The Frankenstein Chronicles (TV)
27 May 2024
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"He always slept flat on his back, hands hidden beneath the heavy quilt. Like a corpse, she had thought more than once, and couldn’t have said why the thought discomfited her."
John is plagued by nightmares. Esther notices. Something like an understanding is reached.
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"There was no one keeping track anymore. No one to count the years and months and days he’d lost to wandering the fog. Trying to find Seamie. Trying to find himself in Seamie, the bits of his self that Seamie had taken with him. Because Seamie wasn’t here. But he wasn’t anywhere else, either. And Tadhg couldn’t be if Seamie wasn’t."
Recent series
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Boromir Week 2025 by Masked_Man_2
Fandom The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jun 2025
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Wanderers' Unholy Trinity by EatSnowAndDie, Masked_Man_2, MyDaedricGravemind
Fandom Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Dungeons & Dragons - All Media Types
16 Aug 2017
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Martin Blackwood works inside the lighthouse to support himself and his mother. She belongs to the sea. He does not.
Then, three researchers appear from out of town and throw everything out of order.
Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
13 Feb 2026
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The Brighter Brothers by timelessutterances
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
11 Feb 2026
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"It was only later, Elrond's hands on the hidden casket and Faramir watching the way he didn’t let himself hesitate, that rhetoric drained out. That the thing stopped being a half-cocked mission and became simply what it was: two half-men in a stone room, in the middle of the night, trying to carry the remains of brightness out into a diminished world. For a moment neither of them moved. Then Elrond reached in and lifted the skull with an indecent tenderness that made Faramir need to look away. "
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After the coronation of Aragorn, Elrond asks Faramir for his help in retrieving a relic stored in the vaults of Minas Tirith: the bones of Elros Tar-Minyatur, the first king of Númenor, Elrond's beloved brother and technically speaking, Faramir's distant ancestor. In return, he receives a new, clearly unhelpful yet strangely compelling way to approach the hole Boromir left in his heart.Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
11 Feb 2026
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And All the Stars were Crashing 'Round by fakebodies
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
09 Feb 2026
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Faramir did not ask for a child, but the Valar saw fit to bless him with one anyhow— a blessing he feels woefully unprepared to handle. Yet time marches ever onward, and all one can do is live.
(the title comes from The Crane Wife 1 & 2 by The Decemberists)
Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
09 Feb 2026
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End Racism in the OTW | Music for a Moody Mangrove by Sweety_Mutant
Fandoms: Dredge (Video Game)
22 May 2023
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Curious about the title of this fanwork? Read more here!
Three years ago, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) - the parent organization for AO3 - committed to acting on harassment and racist abuse that can currently happen through the site, including things like including using racial slurs against commenters, posting racist “spitefic” deliberately written to hurt and silence fans of color, naming critics of their fanworks in the tags of their fic to incite others to harass them, and more.
Join us in holding the OTW to their commitment and demanding change that will help keep all of us safer! Read more in our Call to Action, where you can find detailed information on the problem, what we’re demanding from the OTW, and how you can signal boost and get involved.
A day in the life of the Travelling Merchant.
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- Part 8 of Motivational Bingo 1
- Part 1 of Gen Prompt Bingo Round 24
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- English
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Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
01 Feb 2026
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“Have I ever told you about my mum?”
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There is a story to be told, of two people, a mother and a son. Of their history together, and the sacrifices they made for each other. Perhaps they loved each other once, but that thread of connection has weakened on one end, fraying away. And it is so, so cold.
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A story about Martin Blackwood and life growing up with his mother.
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- English
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Bookmarked by Masked_Man_2
30 Jan 2026