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Maedhros' rescue from Thangorodrim left him deeply scarred. But how did it impact Fingon as his rescuer? A drabble sequence from Thangorodrim to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Snippets of life of a midwinter in Fëanáro and Nerdanel's household in Valinor, during the Age of the Trees.
Prompts will be as follow, taken from the Midwinter Bingo card (board by AdmirableMonster) :
Family ; Carols and Singing ; Death and rebirth ; Candles ; Sledding
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A reworking of the 2018 article for Long Live Feedback that includes data from the 2020 Tolkien Fanfiction Survey, pointing to a lack of comments as related to skill, confidence, and community connection.
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Annatar realises that he might like Celebrimbor too much.
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Festival of Lights Fest 2024
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well errr... I have posted it before but this is more of the place where I feel I can get reviews from a select group of people, a narrower selection (ie Silmarillion fans, rather than anyone who comes across it). Most of my stories get posted on sites where I belong as I only have three *laughs* which are publishable haha, and this is my best so goes up first!
I'm impressed that this is your first story. :)
Big big big grin!
Thank you for shring which are your favourite parts, I am particulary pleased with the second quote as I had always seen that connection but was unsure whethre to put it in as people mighn't have understood it. :)
Maglor repenting is life, a theme I never get tired off. You give us some lovely visuals here, I think for me the most powerful is this one:
I will never see my mother again. I wonder how she fares. Alone. I wonder sometimes how she felt after we left. Where she dwells, if she still sculpts the statues that looked real. All of us left her in the madness of the Oath.
Thank you for reviewing! It really makes my day-honestly!
I always wondered what the Feanorions would have though about their mother and how they left her behind. I hope that I gave a new perhaps different insight into Maglor repenting, as it is a common one :), but I hope Ido it justice and not ruin what Tolkien wrote. :)
You captured Maglor's character, and his thoughts and feelings, very well. Above all, his repentance and his longing for his family were all the more heartbreaking because they were unfulfilled.
A lot of people have found things in this story that were not completly unintentional and whenever people review, there is always a new emotion they have found.
I am extreamly slow at writing, so I wouldn't expect anything anytime soon! XD I like Kudos, it makes me feel happy!
I particularly like, "I am so cold. It is so dark. Even the stars veil their faces against me." It makes wonder where he is, and how far he has wandered. In the same vein, his not knowing the eventual fate of Elros and Elrond really emphasises his loneliness.
I read some of your reviews, but till now, not your story.
Your penname, on one of your reviews, made me curious, sorry.
I had been to Lindale, near Grange-over-Sands, two times last summer, on holiday, and I booked this summer for the Netherwoods, and again for Lindale, in Juli and August, and therefore I wondered, if you are living at lovely Lindale...
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