A blip on the radar by daughterofshadows

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Fanwork Notes

A prompt fill for the Crossover challenge, as well as the Tengwar prompt silmë (starlight).

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Humanity took to the skies. Eärendil and Ilmarë adjust.

Major Characters: Eärendil, Ilmarë

Major Relationships:

Genre: Crossover

Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Tengwar

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 138
Posted on 18 May 2024 Updated on 25 May 2024

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A blip on the radar

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There is a rumour amongst Starfleet personnel. It speaks of a wooden ship sailing the sky, and a light so bright it rivals the stars.

 

The skies are busy these days. No longer is Eärendil’s ship the only one sailing the vast expanse of the heavens.

Now there are also man-made ships of metal, instead of wood, powered by mechanisms far beyond Eärendil’s understanding.

He does his best to avoid them, guided by Ilmarë who wraps shadows around the light of the Silmaril.

Neither of them is keen to find out what adventurous humans would do with a jewel like that.

Especially with Maglor’s whereabouts unknown.

And so Vingilot is but a blip on the radar of her space-faring siblings. Easily overlooked and easily forgotten. Just how her crew likes it.

Chapter End Notes

Crew might be a bit excessive, but I think this might be set in the same universe as Fly me to the Moon, where Arwen and the Spirit of Minas Tirith join Eärendil in the sky, so there is at least 3 people on the ship! Four if you count Ilmarë XD

Comments

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Well done, Ilmare! 

I like this very much as it is. But I saw your comment below, so my brain immediately went to Maglor seeing that blip on the radar and being the one to recognize it for what it is...

Gosh, yes, keep that gem away from humans, they can't be trusted to care for anything! And spaceman Mags, homing in on it.

Ha! I really like this.

....with "diamond"!

I agree that he definitely needs to hide from the neighbours out there in space, especially since Maglor is still unaccounted for.

Wait a minute.... The Vulcans! Those ears! And one of them even sang a ballad about Bilbo. 

This made me grin so broadly. I am a HUGE Star Trek fan. Although I do wonder how the Rihanssu would react if they discovered Elves... they are alike in many ways.

Thank you for both of your comments!

I'm glad this put a smile on your face and also thank you for suggesting Romulans as an option for Maglor to hide amongst! I know very little about them, and even though I'm currently not planning to dive much deeper into this silly little scenario, it's been fun chatting with everyone about their ideas!

Love the take on these two teaming up to keep the Silmaril hidden in the future. It's always so fun to think about space age humans accidentally finding various Ainur and other mythical figures out there ^^

Or - here's a thought - we know time goes wobbly in black holes. We know Iluvatar's domain is called the Timeless Halls. What if black holes are portals between our universe and Iluvatar's dwelling place?

And the Straight Road to Valinor is really a wormhole to a hidden world that only the Elves can access.

edit: now I want to write a fic about this. Elves - In - Spaaaaace!