Let There Be Light by StarSpray

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Fanwork Notes

Written for Ainur Week 2023 and also for the Roaring Twenties bingo prompt Galaxies Beyond the Milky Way

Fanwork Information

Summary:

When the Valar descended from the Timeless Halls into Eä, they found all in darkness, with nothing there of the world they had seen and sung.

Major Characters: Ilmarë, Varda

Major Relationships:

Genre: Ficlet, General

Challenges: Roaring Twenties

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 566
Posted on 4 September 2023 Updated on 4 September 2023

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Let There Be Light

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This is fantastic! I particularly like the way you've seamlessly blended science with the myth. And your descriptions are, as ever, so vibrant and vivid. Love it!

Oh! And I forgot to mention another fave bit, where Melkor’s mangling only aids the others. I've always wished for other examples of this than those in Ulmo's domain.

Thank you so much! I spend a lot of time looking at images from Hubble and the James Webb telescope and it was really fun to use some of that inspiration in this peace.

I'm glad you like the bit with Melkor! I wanted to include supernovas and his meddling producing the very first ones just made sense.

The descriptions and imagery of Varda creating the stars, and Ilmarë tending the star nurseries, are just beautiful. But somehow Melkor blowing up stars and creating the other building blocks needed for Arda is, I think, my favourite part of this piece. 

This was fantastic! I love the mixture of the Ainulindalë myth and modern cosmology in this fic. It must have been a great shock to the Valar that the world was yet empty and they needed to work to make it a reality. And of course it’s Varda who is the first to realize this. Her great moment! What a wonderful idea to put Ilmarë tending the star nurseries.