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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Haladriel Exchange! We’ll be sharing all 31 fics today. Please check out the full collection, and keep spreading the love with comments, kudos, & reshares. We’ll be back next year! archiveofourown.org/collections/2026_Haladriel_Exchange

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 written for: jeduffy by: @jinrosemoon.bsky.social A young Celebrían wonders how her mother and father met. archiveofourown.org/works/82340581

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 written for: @rey-jake-therapist.bsky.social by: MarciaGraceSaulRouge It’s Galadriel’s world- we are just living in it. archiveofourown.org/works/82362291

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 written for: Brunheaut by: @myrsinemezzo.bsky.social Dragged back to Valinor on the heels of Morgoth’s defeat, Mairon has been working in Aulë’s forge. There, he meets Artanis, the golden daughter who wishes to become a smith. archiveofourown.org/works/82367176

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐮 written for: @shady-swan.bsky.social by: @bluececilia.bsky.social Sleep deprivation brings Galadriel to new lows. archiveofourown.org/works/81738031

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞 written for: @eastwynds.bsky.social by: @catherloki.bsky.social Have you ever kissed your enemy so hard you end up trapped together in a mind-labyrinth? archiveofourown.org/works/81046251

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

𝐀𝐭 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 written for: @netteisms.bsky.social by: @jinrosemoon.bsky.social Sauron does everything in his power to bring Galadriel back to his side. archiveofourown.org/works/81046941

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 written for: scriberated by: @thatsouthernanthem.bsky.social Galadriel marries for peace. Sauron marries for "love". archiveofourown.org/works/81724351

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐀 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 written for: @bluececilia.bsky.social by: @bellagia.bsky.social Galadriel is the spoiled governor's daughter checking in to the Presidential Suite. Halbrand is the scruffy maintenance man who helps her solve her mattress problems. archiveofourown.org/works/81232311

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞? written for: @catherloki.bsky.social by: myfavouritelunatic What starts as a dark reunion quickly becomes something neither of them expected. archiveofourown.org/works/80959561

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 written for: @poeticmemory.bsky.social by: @netteisms.bsky.social He wants to pick her apart piece by piece until he understands every bit of her and then he wants to put her back together perfectly. archiveofourown.org/works/82132701

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐰 written for: NeverSerious by: ReyKryzeJakesTherapist Galadriel accepts Sauron’s proposal, but she has conditions. archiveofourown.org/works/81614506

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 written for: @willowaus.bsky.social by: @softlight.bsky.social "Did you think I would let you go that easily?" archiveofourown.org/works/81076566

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 written for: @cozyships.bsky.social by: Silverscream In which Galadriel is offered the One Ring, and makes a different choice. It remains to see who is left to deal with its consequences. archiveofourown.org/works/81918861

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 written for: @bellagia.bsky.social by: @myrsinemezzo.bsky.social There was no time to worry for such a thing as her spirit and soul, now. She had said it was done. But truly, it had just begun. archiveofourown.org/works/81696951

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀 written for: @lisenberry.bsky.social by: @nixxypie.bsky.social If she'd actually bothered to read back in detail, she might have realised that their intended destination for the celebration was a strip club. archiveofourown.org/works/80935261

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

𝐀 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬, 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 written for: wearethewitches by: Shady-swan-jones To leave Númenor is to bargain with loss. archiveofourown.org/works/81741851

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩 written for: @thatsouthernanthem.bsky.social by: jeduffy Hal and Gal are facing being Empty Nesters for the first time in 20 years. archiveofourown.org/works/80003676

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐘! written for: @nixxypie.bsky.social by: @cozyships.bsky.social He forces himself back, shaking his head to clear it of these wild, possessive thoughts, only to be faced with the perfect mark he's left on her skin. archiveofourown.org/works/81988561

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐥 written for: BigBootyHose by: @lisenberry.bsky.social Once upon a time, deep in the marches between England and Scotland, there lived a young maiden, fair as the sun… archiveofourown.org/works/81796576

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐨𝐰𝐬 written for: @jinrosemoon.bsky.social by: Scriberated In a world where names hold power and vows bind fate, the most dangerous thing of all may be choosing who to trust. archiveofourown.org/works/81761241

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

𝐀 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 written for: @mirroringdust.bsky.social by: @aeviagreenleaf.bsky.social Galadriel had left Sauron no choice but to bind her with his darkness. Maybe here, in his illusion, he can know what it would have been for her to bind him with her light. archiveofourown.org/works/81607176

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞 written for: @myrsinemezzo.bsky.social by: Brunheaut She thinks she has issues with her diploma, but she also has housing problems. archiveofourown.org/works/81744891

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

𝐀𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 written for: Bosworth by: NeverSerious A new companion has joined Galadriel and her search party as they march through the icy lands of Forodwaith, in their quest to find Sauron. archiveofourown.org/works/81666401

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 written for: @liminalzone.bsky.social by: @orcas86.bsky.social He asks something of her, he casts it into her mind, lets it ring in her blood like a song, but she does not reply. archiveofourown.org/works/81782341

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐳𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐈 written for: silverscream by: wearethewitches ‘Let go.’ Sauron flexed his magic along the reigns, dark and covetous, to reach the instrument she’d forged. ‘I don’t think I shall,’ he said. archiveofourown.org/works/81714931

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡, 𝐌𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 written for: myfavouritelunatic by: klynnvakarian A Modern Vampire AU: Can Galadriel, a Hunter, save Halbrand from the curse of Sauron and the Vampires? archiveofourown.org/works/81740131

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥'𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 written for: @softlight.bsky.social by: @wyrdsyster.bsky.social She’s signed no contract for her powers, has not bound herself to a devil in eternal servitude, as Halbrand had. No, Galadriel’s magic is a gift from the Valar. archiveofourown.org/works/81797916

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 written for: @wyrdsyster.bsky.social Syster by: liminal-zone Before all is lost, a servant must choose between his master and his oldest enemy. Welcome to the end of the world. archiveofourown.org/works/81698391

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐬 written for: @aeviagreenleaf.bsky.social by: @mirroringdust.bsky.social I cannot tell you when it began or when it ended and maybe there is neither an end nor a beginning, but I can tell you what I remember. archiveofourown.org/works/81742801

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 written for: @orcas86.bsky.social by: @eastwynds.bsky.social Facing off with Sauron in the midst of a battle, Galadriel confronts her buried memories of the ring-forging in Eregion. archiveofourown.org/works/81600626

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞 written for: mostchalantcinderella-gladiator by: @willowaus.bsky.social With Morgoth’s escape from the Void, after all others have failed, Galadriel is sent to talk some reason into Sauron. It doesn’t quite go as planned. archiveofourown.org/works/80918426

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! And happy Day 1 of the Haladriel Fic Exchange! Every day for the next 10 days, we will reveal 3 fics a day*, so watch this space! archiveofourown.org/collections/... *except today there will be 4!

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

REMINDER!! Tomorrow (2/28) is the last day you can drop out of the 2026 Exchange and still be eligible for next year's!! Contact the mods if you have any questions.

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Haladriel Fic Exchange assignment emails sliding into people's inboxes like:

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Today is the last day to sign up for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange! Applications close tonight at midnight!! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Applications for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange close tomorrow, January 9! Have you submitted yours yet? haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Just two (2) days left to apply for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange! Applications close at midnight on Friday, January 9. Come join the fun! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Did you know that this year you have the option to submit up to **three** prompts for the Haladriel Fic Exchange?? Only three (3) days left to submit — applications close on Friday, January 9! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Just four days left to sign up for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange! Applications are open until end of day Friday, Jan. 9. Will you join our fellowship? haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Last year, the Haladriel Exchange had a record breaking number of submissions! With roughly 40 writers participating, here's a breakdown of the most popular tropes and settings of 2025! Interested in skewing our data for 2026? Sign up today! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Our ship has many names 😈 But no matter what you call it, all are welcome in the the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange! Applications are now open and will close on January 9! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Applications are now open for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange and will close on January 9! Come join the fun! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

THE DOOR IS OPEN! Applications are now open for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Tomorrow's the day! Applications for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange will be open from Jan. 1 - Jan. 9. For the full schedule, questions, a sneak peek at the application, and examples of prompts, check out our website! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Sample application screenshots end here: (4/4) For more, check out our website! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Love Haladriel? Comfortable with Discord? Want to get more involved with the Haladriel Fic Exchange? We’re looking for some additional help running the Haladriel Exchange Discord! More information in the application, which closes at 11:59pm EST Dec. 12 shorturl.at/TZ3iQ

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Haladriel Fic Exchange @haladrielxchange.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The kick off for the 2026 Haladriel Fic Exchange is fast approaching! Watch this space for upcoming announcements, FAQs, and memes. Applications open on January 1. For more information, check out our updated website! haladrielexchange.carrd.co

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