Torchsong by Dawn Felagund, Elleth

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Fanwork Notes

This piece started during instadrabbling, in response to Anna's prompt: "This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn." Dawn wrote the first ficlet, which envisions the Noldolantë not just as a sad poem (as she wrote in the channel) but one that called the Noldor to task and was likely uncomfortable for many.

Elleth wrote the following two ficlets, which show the reactions of two women (the wives of Maglor and Fingon, both Mithrim Sindar, respectively) in the room.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Maglor performs the Noldolantë and the room reacts.

Major Characters: Maglor, Original Female Character(s)

Major Relationships:

Genre: Ficlet, General

Challenges:

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 3 Word Count: 898
Posted on 19 January 2025 Updated on 13 March 2025

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Table of Contents

Torchsong
Reaction: Lasbaneth

Maglor's wife reacts to his song. 

Reaction: Alphangil

Fingon's wife reacts to the Noldolantë.

Comments on Torchsong

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Ahhh I love that she's been an influence on the song. I love her rolling her eyes at Thingol decreeing what's already happening (how I see it also). You say so much about their relationship with so little. Fantastic last paragraph. 

Oooh I didn't realise or forgot they were cousins! Interesting to see her reaction not just to Maglor but to Fingon and Lasbaneth's reactions to Maglor. Also interesting to learn from HER (not Lasbaneth) of the rift between her and Maglor that he had to work to heal. A conflict resolved often leads to a deeper bond! 

Chuckling at "That goes double for Maglor's poetry, whose complexity and triple meanings make her head spin even in her native Mithrimmin dialect."

I can totally see it. 

 

That is an interesting context for a performance of the Noldolante!

I enjoyed your description of this Noldorin relapse into old habits.

Very struck by that image of the Maglor in Formenos and the torch.

I liked the contrast between their two reactions, from their different vantage points!

The ways they are both included and not, because of being from Mithrim, and how that also connects them.