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Elostirion by hennthgalad
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings
Pairing/Characters: Merry, Pippin, Gildor Inglorion
Rating: General
Words: 4364

Author's summary: Gildor Inglorion invites Merry and Pippin to ride to Elostirion with him, in the second year of the fourth age.

Quote:
He remembered the first time they had met Gildor, when only Frodo had been counted as an elf-friend, and was choked with pride. He tried desperately to think of something elvish to say, but the only words he could remember were the ones they had seen on the Doors of Moria. He laughed then. 'Mellon !' he cried, and the elves laughed.
Gildor himself slid down from his tall horse, and bowed to the two hobbits 'Mae govannen ! Ha, if you have learned only one word of our speech, you have truly learned the most important word !'

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The Doctor's Rulebook by megzseattle
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Ten, Rose, Martha, Eleven, Amy, Rory, Clara, Jack, Donna
Rating: General
Words: 18389 (WIP, 19 of 24 or 25 chapters)

Author's summary: The Doctor has many rules. He's just not aware of some of them until they get broken.
Additional tags: Fluff and Humor, Occasional angst, Action/Adventure

My comment: "Quite enjoying this so far [chapter 8]. I like your sense of humor and of everyone's voices."

Quote:
"Strax," Clara said, "where are the kids?"
He straightened up proudly. "They are in the backyard sharpening sticks to be used in combat training. At least if they've finished piling up the grenades I provided." He noted their frowns. "Don't worry, they're only stun grenades."
Clara turned and poked the Doctor, who was trying to back away quietly, square in the chest. "Rule!" she cried. "Sontarans are not allowed to babysit!"

Harmony by thebunnyinthetardis
Fandom: Doctor Who
Pairing/Characters: Tenth Doctor (duplicate), Eleventh Doctor, Amy, Rory, Rose, Tyler family, historical persons, OCs; a little Amy/Rory and Tentoo/Rose content, but this is an adventure fic, not a 'ship fic.
Rating: Teen
Words: ~54,500

Author's summary: Life on the Slow Path has never been more agonizing than now. Years have passed since that fateful day when the Doctor left him with Rose Tyler on a desolate beach in Norway. Years for both of them--and while life goes on, he is reasonably sure his has not been the fairy tale the Time Lord might have intended it to be. Now, as fate would have it, their paths are once more to cross, leading them on a journey through Time, a journey in Space, and a journey toward Wholeness. A voice he cannot identify calls. A 17th century cannon ball lands in the garden. A blue box he never thought he would see again lands in the forest. And a Time Lord is running out of Time.
Author's notes: See here if you're interested.
Author's warnings: None
Additional tags: [edited] Drama, Psychological Drama, Historical Accuracy, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Action/Adventure, Humor, Character Study, English Civil War

My comment: "I'll have you know I cried at the end!"

Quote:
He looked back over his shoulder once more at Brentford, burning in the night. They had made their escape, but how many others had not? How many more would die during this bitter, bitter civil war? Brother pitted against brother.
“This isn’t the way it’s supposed to be,” the Doctor said, bitterly. “It isn’t the way I work--we work--it’s all wrong. All of it. We didn‘t make a difference here at all. We didn‘t do anything and just like that it‘s all over? We just go home?”
He raised an eyebrow at that. “It’s far from being all over.”
“Oh, shut up, me,” the Doctor told him. “Remind me again why I followed you here?”
“You couldn’t resist a big shiny, swirly-whirly space portal anymore than I could?”

Is it me, or is Newt Scamander's costume channelling the Eleventh Doctor?



(screencap from http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2016/04/11/frame-by-frame-analysis-of-the-new-fantastic-beast-trailer/)

(bow ties are cool magical)