That's Not Funny! by oshun

Thanks, Dawn! Poor Neylo! Well, he gets his revenge in my later stories where they have to listen to what he says.

Yes, Much too much time around teenage boys. Until a couple of years ago, this place was crawling with them all the time and they never watched their mouths around me either.

Thank you so much for reading and commenting. I love them all--with all their flaws and virtues, heroic and tragic. So glad you enjoyed them!

Thanks! And, sorry! (About the immature giggles, I mean.) There were a couple of parts where I though "I can't believe I wrote that" and then thought "No. I'm not gonna cross it out." I did feel like I was channeling teenage boys somehow.

I realized I missed responding to this comment! So sorry. I love torturing Maedhros in this period. The earnest, responsible oldest brother must have been such a target for those guys. From the dynamics of a large family, I recall that sheer joy of us younger ones finding out that one of the older siblings, who knew more, had more privileges, and yet so often was called upon to enforce parental policy, had a weakness. An irresistible target, I’m afraid.

Thanks for the comment. I conceptualized it thinking of how funny a houseful of sons of Feanor would think any secret crush would be and only that much moreso if it involved their well-behaved oldest brother. (Shameless Fingon is, of course, a no brainer in my verse.)

Thanks, Binka! I do not know why I am provoked to have Maedhros's brothers tease him so much. (This must be at least the third story or ficlet where I have brought it up.)

Thanks for the great comment. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I imagine that those seven brothers lived in one another’s pockets. And poor Maedhros must have gotten payback in teasing from that headstrong crew for the role in was forced to play as surrogate parent at times—the dynamics of a large family are very familiar to me. \r\n\r\nI loved the idea of the slightly older Maedhros pining after young Fingon when I wrote my very first story in this cycle (Maitimo and Findekáno). But as I developed Fingon over the last couple of years, I realized what a tarty little flirt he must have been been during that period when Maedhros was waiting for him to growup just a bit. (I love watching dressage.)

Dawn made me do it! I was inspired by scenes in Another Man's Cage when Macalaure does so incredibly baldly at dressage. I thought it would be fun to make Fingon good at it.