All That Is Gold by cuarthol

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Fanwork Notes

​Postcard Text

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

-Rainer Maria Rilke

Postcard Image - Anérea

Agama lizard with a blue head and mottled orange body sitting on a sunny rock

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Túrin struggles to protect Níniel and slay Glaurung, but which has he done?

Alternate Universe - Canon Divergent based on The Children of Húrin

Major Characters: Glaurung, Gurthang, Nienor, Túrin

Major Relationships: Niënor/Túrin

Genre: Alternate Universe

Challenges: Manwë's Mailbag

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death, Suicide, Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 824
Posted on 23 December 2022 Updated on 25 December 2022

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What a stunning twist! And you set it up very cleverly, too!

Even in canon, Glaurung seems to take an oddly personal interest in Turin, for a dragon, so, with hindsight, it makes a kind of sense to push that a bit further...

As fatal an attraction as in canon, but in a different way.

The story of Túrin is so tragic (and sometimes difficult to "enjoy") for the sheer number and depth of depressing events. Nienor being the dragon Glaurung is just another layer of tragedy to top it all when Túrin kills her. Just kill me now too.... ❤️

It is another layer of tragedy and I didn't even know I *could* make it worse but here we are. 

No dying for you, have some hot (tea/coffee/chocolate/cider/other beverage of your choice) and perhaps a nice piece of (toast/cake/bacon/orange/preferred food option) and snuggle down in this lovely chair with a blanket and kitties and I'll put on something lighthearted to watch.