After the Darkening by Selkiessong

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Fanwork Notes

Thank you to Dawn Felagund who had a story dealing with a similar topic on this site a few years ago.

 

 

Fanwork Information

Summary:

What Feanaro may have been thinking before that speech in Tirion

Major Characters: Fëanor

Major Relationships:

Genre: Experimental

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 133
Posted on 11 February 2019 Updated on 11 February 2019

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Chapter 1

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Father, sons, jewels, safety. Dead, threatened, taken, lost.
All his life people have praised his mother’s insight- Feanaro, Spirit of Fire, but she had miscalculated ever so slightly, the infinitesimal mistake that leads to pile of rubble rather than a sculpture. He is not the fire, he is the fire’s feast, an endless supply on which to feed on, to burn, to consume.
Father, sons, jewels, safety. Taken, lost, threatened, dead.
And the Valar, the untrustworthy Valar, don’t they know, don’t they understand? He needs the Silmarils, needs their light, needs their strength. When they’re gone he’s unsettled, as though the best part of himself is gone and lost, howling for him in the Darkness.
Father, sons, safety, light. All gone, all lost. Only his Silmarils calling for him from across the sea.

Chapter End Notes

Ok so this is my first work on this site. Comments are welcome, especially if they include how to add accent marks on Word!

Comments

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This feels very convincing - and very dire. It explains how one thing led to another until even the slaying of other Elves felt justified. I particularly liked the image of Fëanor as the fuel rather than the actual fire. Nice foreshadowing, in a way!

(As for the accents: Insert -> Symbols, then pick the desired accented letter from the overview table! Mind you, I haven't worked with Word after Office 2007. Not sure if it still works like that in later versions.)

Thank you! For me, making the Silmarils to be these adictive items not only explains how everyone who comes in contact with one comes to fixate on it, but also can explain how Feanaro goes from someone who holds discussions with his wife and listens to her input to who he is at their last encounter. Because that's what additction is all about. Eventually all that matters is the next fix, and anything becomes justified. 

 

Thank you so much for the tip, I'll try it out :)