Love is no argument by Himring

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Poem (or song lyrics) for two voices. Well, Fingon and Maedhros, obviously.

For International Poetry Month.

Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Poetry, Slash/Femslash

Challenges:

Rating: General

Warnings: Suicide, Character Death, Violence (Mild)

This fanwork belongs to the series

Doom, Gloom and Maedhros
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 81
Posted on 5 April 2010 Updated on 5 April 2010

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Chapter 1

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Fingon:

Against the overwhelming evidence for death,

stopped heart, stopped breath, divorcing each from each

—my weakening fingers scrabbling for yours in the dust—

love is no argument

and argues everything.

 

Maedhros:

Against the overpowering proof of evil,

the double helix of despair and violence

—the blood of kin congealing black upon my blade—

love is no argument at all

and still persists.

 

Fingon:

This time, I climbed the mountain to its peak and could not find you...

Maedhros:

I plunged into the bowels of the earth and lost your name...

Fingon:

but...

                Maedhros:

                ...here you are.

 

Comments

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This has been on my radar since you posted it and I've been hoping to get to it before it slipped from the Most Recent page! (For no better reason than I'm lazy and clicking on your name is one extra step. ;) I am not disappointed; this is wonderful with brilliant turns of phrase:

the double helix of despair and violence
I plunged into the bowels of the earth and lost your name...

And, of course, I'm a sucker for Maedhros/Fingon. :) Well done!

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like those particular lines, as they were ones I was worried about. As for the end of the second one (Maedhros "losing" Fingon's name), I've written about that subject also in one of the stories, although I wouldn't by any means go so far as to say that the line of the poem necessarily presupposes that version of the tale.