Finrod: 30-Day Character Study - Study Days by cuarthol

23. Drop Everything and Read, Part Three.

Drop Everything and Read, Part Three. Take at least a half-hour to familiarize yourself with fan fiction created about your character. If you are working on a rare character about whom little has been written, you may substitute reading about a group of characters to whom your character belongs (e.g., Dwarves, female characters, commonfolk, craftspeople, etc.)

Oh, gee, spend half an hour reading Finrod fic?  Wellll if I must!

I could list dozens of amazing Finrod fics here but I take the meaning of today’s prompt to find and enjoy fics not previously read.

Thankfully there is no end to the Finrod fics to browse through, but this one came across my dash and fell into my lap and now I am having the most intense feels I can’t even

Atandil and the follow-up Grief in All Her Guises on AO3 by EilinelsGhost

The first is an absolutely soul-wrenching dialogue between Finrod and Aegnor with regard to Andreth and Aegnor's decision.

I adore this depiction and find myself almost swayed to this version against my will!  (I desperately want Finrod not to be responsible for this but dammit it’s just so compelling!)

The second is an amazing glimpse into Finrod's time with the Edain when he first found them.  It has some absolutely stand-out moments, including folk-tales, songs of power, and unexpected moments of mortality.

11/10 would read again