There Will Be Singing by StarSpray

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the Legendarium Ladies April prompt: If They Were Women

Though to be honest I've headcanoned Elemmírë as a woman for so long, I often forget it isn't explicitly canon.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

"So the great darkness fell upon Valinor. Of the deeds of that day much is told in the Aldudénië, that Elemmírë of the Vanyar made and is known to all the Eldar. Yet no song or tale could contain all the grief and terror that then befell." - Of the Darkening of Valinor

Major Characters: Elemmírë

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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Drama, General

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Rating: Teens

Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 679
Posted on 14 April 2017 Updated on 14 April 2017

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Comments

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This was lovely--sad, but lovely.

Your description of the Darkening and the arrival of Unlight was very nicely done. I've often imagined it in similar terms--as an entity, a thing of malice and substance that inspires senseless terror--but your details about the smell and taste of it were a great addition. *shudders*

But what I love most is the quiet strength of Elemmire (whom I've also thought of as a woman for so long that it'd be weird to read dude!Elemmire at this point! :). Of her commitment to the simple task of remembering and singing, of her courage when she is given leave to flee without being thought less of, of the implied connection between her song and the healing of the earth and the new beginning that the Sun and Moon represent.

I loved it. ^_^