Knifework by Kaz

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Fanwork Notes

This is a snippet of a larger female!Elrond AU that is currently making itself at home in my brain, drinking all my mental tea and hogging my working memory. You may or may not see more, but in any case I figure this bit stands on its own pretty well.

The warnings are for some disturbing talk about violence and canonical character death, not graphic.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

A female!Elrond AU. Somewhere in the wilderness of Beleriand, Maedhros and Elrin talk weapons training, differences in combat-related gender roles between the Noldor and the Sindar, and mutual family history.

Major Characters: Elrond, Maedhros

Major Relationships:

Genre: Alternate Universe, General

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 788
Posted on 6 February 2013 Updated on 6 February 2013

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Ah, very nice!  I think this is the first time I have read a sexswapped Elrond, and this vignette really works for me.  Elrin and Maedhros' dialogue is revealing in a number of ways, and I especially appreciated how the disparity of the Noldorin and Sindarin cultures are highlighted.  And that Nimloth gutted Caranthir!  At any rate, there's a lot churning in the undercurrents of this short piece, and it's nicely drawn out in your prose.

On "Elrin."  The name works for me.  Quenya would be Elrinë, so "Elrin" is a perfectly logical Sindarized form.

I'd like to read more. Yep.