Motley Crew by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

Double drabble written for the Jubilee Challenge during the Insta-drabbling session for the following three prompts:

  • By The Sea: In the southern hemisphere, it’s summer - the perfect time for a seaside holiday or a BBQ on the beach! Create a fanwork featuring the sea. (Holiday Party challenge)
  • Image prompt showing delightedly smiling old woman against railing under autumn leaves. 
  • Song prompt: Frank Sinatra, That's Life.

 

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Maglor survives the tsunami that hit the coast of Middle-earth during the Fall of Numenor, in the company of a somewhat unexpected group of fellow survivors.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Maglor

Major Relationships:

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet

Challenges: Block Party, Holiday Party, Jubilee

Rating: General

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

This fanwork belongs to the series

Instadrabbling
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 305
Posted on 8 January 2023 Updated on 8 January 2023

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Motley Crew

Warning for reference to the eating of animals; the effects of the tsunami itself and Maglor's darker past are only hinted at.

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Thank you!

Yes, there is a riddle that goes like that, isn't there? I'm pretty sure I had it at the back of my mind, when I populated that boat, originally. (There are several different versions of that riddle, I think.)

A poet, a prince, a puppet.

I didn't spell the implications of that out too much, so I'm glad you clearly got it anyway!

 

Oh I remember this from the instadrabbling! Nice to revisit it all together. And Maglor's self assessment as to who he is. (Also noted that he answers what he was, rather than who.)

Thank you! 

The interaction with the Avar partly relates to the suggestion elsewhere that the Avari knew quite well where Maglor was, after the end of the First Age, but treated him as taboo. Here he discovers that this particular Avar does not seem to be as upset about having been so close to him, as he expected, and also that they have given him a name of their own, in the meantime.

Lovely! I also totally believed the fox never thought the hens were food. 

Maglor and boats... Not a love story here uh? 

I wish him luck for the future, if possible without further troubles of the sea sort.