Aerin and Broddun by Himring
Fanwork Notes
This is the story of two women who come to mean a great deal to each other but, as far as the author's knowledge and intentions go, not the story of a physical relationship (or even UST). Nevertheless, it seemed that the International Day of Femslash might not be a bad date to start posting this, although it is incomplete.
The story is made up of two true drabble sequences: written in response to weekly prompts at the Tolkien Weekly community on LiveJournal for the Communication Challenge and the Sounds Alike Challenge
Additional warning for self-induced miscarriage (abortion) in Part II and arguably suicide in Part III
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Summary:
The story of Aerin of the House of Hador and Broddun of the Easterlings, Brodda's sister. After the crushing defeat of the Edain in the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, the Easterlings have occupied Dor-lomin. Brodda has taken Aerin to wife by force.
Aerin and Broddun find ways of dealing with it and with each other. Their friendship grows and survives amid difficulties, but the end is bitter.
Now added: an extra drabble.
Major Characters: Aerin, Brodda, Lorgan, Morwen, Original Character(s), Sador Labadal
Major Relationships:
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges:
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Rape/Nonconsensual Sex, Character Death, Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate)
Chapters: 9 Word Count: 3, 930 Posted on 20 July 2013 Updated on 9 December 2018 This fanwork is complete.
Table of Contents
Reading the Signs
Prompt: Sign Language
Turning and Turning Outward
Prompt: Body Language
Learning the Language
Prompt: Speech
Mapping the Past
Prompt: Drawing (Communication by Drawing)
Prompt: Writing
Prompt: Mind Reading
A second drabble sequence, written to the prompts of the Tolkien Weekly Sounds Like challenge.
Prompts: Sounds Like (Hair): hare, hare-brained, hair-breadth, hair-raising, err, heir, heirloom, hair
After Turin and Asgon have left, Aerin sets fire to Brodda's hall.
Broddun, Brodda's sister, faces evidence of Brodda's physical abuse of Aerin.
The title is, of course, taken from the passage about Maglor's fosterage of Elrond and Elros, but there is no explicit reference to them and the parallel is not exact.
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