Untouched by cuarthol

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Fanwork Notes

Non-con is implied rather than depicted.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Aerin is taken to wife by Brodda.

Major Characters: Aerin

Major Relationships: Aerin + Brodda

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet

Challenges: Middle-earth Is Multitudes

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Mature Themes, Rape/Nonconsensual Sex
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 19 March 2023 Updated on 19 March 2023

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Fear and grief in equal measure flooded her chest to near bursting.  She would not let it show.  Her father and brothers had not returned over the mountains; instead these strangers had come, taking their homes, and making slaves of those who remained.

Standing tall under the invader’s gaze, she refused to feel dirty.  His words were unknown but his leer was easy enough to read.  She was young still, not of age to marry by her own people’s measure.

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There was no courtship, no ceremony, no recourse.  Her one solace: she'd never bear him a child.

Chapter End Notes

Neither Aerin's exact relationship to Húrin nor her age are ever given, only that she is his kinswoman by some measure.  I have considered she may have been quite young when the Easterlings came to Dor-lomin, and Brodda took her for his wife because she would have not been previously married/widowed.

More subtly implied that either she or someone who remained was able to secretly provide contraceptives.

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There are those moments when, no matter how much you love him, Túrin very much ceases to be a sympathetic character.  His treatment of her is one of those times, in a huge way.  Whatever enchantment drove him to go back home did not force him to be such an ass.

And yes, the story is tragic no matter what, but to layer on a much younger Aerin just seems to be the kind of additional tragedy that would fit right in with the rest of the story :(

 

Oof you have dedicated yourself to making me feel angsty - thank you, I love it! Haha no, but seriously, I'm just using a bit of levity because the subject is so utterly painful, and Aerin is so defiant in her stance. Poor girl :(