This week's Container Challenge is cup(s).

So this week our container is Flask.

Title: Sweeping up
Author: Himring
Characters: Anaire, wife of Fingolfin
Rating: PG13
Warnings: Serious disagreement among a married couple
Book/Source: Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Disclaimer: Tolkien says Anaire refused to follow Fingolfin to Middle-earth because of her friendship with Earwen. He probably did not envision this scene.

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A twofer....

Title; Envy - Frodo.
Challenge: Travel- By River. Container; Barrel
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Frodo.
Rating: PG;
Source: LotR


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Apologies - the week is running away from me.

Our reprise of the Containers Challenge for this week is Pitcher.

In another community I help run (photo_scavenger ( we have sometimes gone back to challenges from the past as newer people haven't done them before, or others have new ideas about them. This is what I did here for the Rainbow challenges, of course, and it spurred me to go back and look at the older ones.

I did think to go right back to the beginnings of this community, 15 years ago, but challenges were a bit more random to start with, and so I decided to go back to a point before I joined in late 2008. And I liked the look of the Container Challenges, s0 I thought it might be fun to revisit them.

I do hope other community members are okay with the idea of revisiting previous prompts; please tell me if not and I promise I then won't ever do it again.

Th original set was longer, and a bit random in itself - I will pick out six that seem to go together, starting with;

BARREL

Title; Envy - Éomer.
Challenge: Travel- By Wagon.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Éomer.
Rating: PG;
Source: LotR

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And as there are always farewells... the final prompt is

SAILING

But arrivals are also very acceptable, as long as it's by sea.

Title: An On-Board Conversation
Author: Himring
Characters: Bilbo, Galadriel, Frodo
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Book/Source: Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion
Disclaimer: The characters are Tolkien's, the ship is Cirdan's and the conversation is by Himring.

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And this section of the journey might be a little damp, because we are travelling...

BY RIVER

...barrel, canoe, ferry, floating or even by swimming! How are you travelling down river? (Or is that up!)

Title: Chance Meeting
Author: Lady_Branwyn
Characters: Boromir, Original Character
Source: Fellowship of the Ring (book)
Rating: G

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Title: A Strange Customer
Author: Lady_Branwyn
Characters: Barliman Butterbur
Source: Fellowship of the Ring (book)
Rating: G

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Title: Beating the Bounds
Author: Lady_Branwyn
Characters: Original Character, Boromir
Source: FotR
Rating: G

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Title; Envy - Gimli.
Challenge: Travel- On Horseback.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Gimli.
Rating: PG;
Source: LotR
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Title; Envy - Aragorn.
Challenge: Travel- On Foot.
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Aragorn.
Rating: PG;
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This week travelling requires some help, for you/us/we/they are being...

CARRIED

Title: The Great Wain
Author: Branwyn
Characters: Merry, Eowyn
Rating: G
Source: ROTK (bookverse)
Warnings: None
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This week we will be travelling by...

WAGON

...cart, wain... or even wheelbarrow! As long as our transport has wheels. ;-)

Title: Rider
Author: Lady Branwyn
Character: Ioreth
Source: bookverse ROTK
Warnings: none
Note: AU

https://lady-branwyn.livejournal.com/369805.html

Title; Dreams, part 2
Challenge: Rainbow - Green, Blue, Purple
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Arwen, Legolas, Thranduil
Rating: PG;
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.

And I have finished the set! Here are the second group of three.

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Title; Dreams
Challenge: Rainbow - Red, Orange, Yellow
Author: Curiouswombat
Characters: Elrond, Glorfindel, Galadriel
Rating: PG;
Source: LotR

Disclaimer: The characters in this story do not belong to me, but are being used for amusement only, and all rights remain with the estate of JRR Tolkien.

I got the first line of the first one on the bus yesterday, and today I wrote these three. I hope to do the others but I am still thinking about them.

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This week's mode of travel will be...

ON HORSEBACK

Title: The Walking Wounded
Author: lady_branwyn
Characters: OC
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Source: ROTK bookverse

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Title: Something for Nothing
Author: Himring
Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Egalmoth of the Heavenly Arch
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Book/Source: Silmarillion, History of Middle-earth
Disclaimer: Gondolin and its Houses and their lords are Tolkien's


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This set of challenges are all prompted by ways to travel

The first one being...

ON FOOT

Walk, run, climb, stroll or wander - Middle-earth has plenty of travellers.

Apologies for not posting last week - there was a family trauma.

As you would have guessed, last week's prompt should have been blue.

This week, as we do six prompts per set, I thought you could either go with purple, to sum up both indigo and violet, or you can you use either or both of those colours if you prefer.

A late entry - rainbows to follow soon - hopefully!

Title: All Too Soon…
Author: Kortirion
Characters: Young Théodred and Young Boromir
Rating: G
Source: Pre Ring War (never happened)
Disclaimer: Tolkien wrote the cannon, Kortirion scribbled this bit in the margin.

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This week is, of course, Green.