Lives Apart by Lyra

Aw, thank you very much! I blame this entirely on B2MeM - I chose to play Eärendil because my usual characters tend to be rather angsty, and what happened? I discovered Eärendil\'s angsty side... ;) Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much!

Thank you so much - although I'm sorry it made you cry. I hope it's the cathartic sort of teariness...

Yes, that family's history is pretty depressing, isn't it?
Thank you!

I think he does. He observes that they behave like "Mortals or Feanorians" in leaving their weapons, and although he feels that they qualify as neither, "not really", he is aware that in some ways, they are both (half-)mortal and (raised) Feanorian.
I was also trying to allude to their Feanorian upbringing with my cumbersome description of their assymetrical cloaks, covering their right shoulder (and thus, their right arms). I probably didn't make a very good job of it, but in my 'verse, this is a typically Feanorian thing - a fashionable show of solidarity with Maedhros ("Our leader can't use his right hand, so we hide ours, too"). It's distantly inspired by the Renaissance mantella, only reversed, and as a long cloak rather than a cape. Although Elrond and Elros are no longer among the Feanorians at this point in the story, they continue to wear their cloaks "Feanorian-style", possibly as an act of rebellion or a covert vote of confidence. I am not sure Eärendil picks up on that, however, although he does pick up on the strangeness of the cloak.
But anyway, yes, he knows, and when he assumes that they "called another man their father", he means Maglor.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found them all relatable and believable.

I think they have come to understand - or at least accept - their parents' decisions at that point. And neither of them strike me as cruel people. Eärendil's fate, meanwhile, is a lot crueller than it may at first appear! Thank you for liking and letting me know!