Eeee! The sequel's up!

Ah, Elrond. His heartache comes through so clearly.

I'm glad you are writing a sequel!

That is a great first chapter!

Loving this!

Sauron might possibly have the power to block Maglor's voice, but this comprehensive loss of music seems more like a trauma response?

Maglor has lost a lot of faith in himself and other things, but he is slowly healing nevertheless.

I'm really loving this! Poor Maglor, he's so lost inside his own echo chamber he just can't comprehend that the kindness and compassion he's receiving is actually from genuine love for him. And so lost in layers of trauma of so many kinds. And hearing others singing when he can't. So owie!

This is the first story I have read on this site - actually, the first LOTR fanfic I have managed to read all the way through, being both a lifelong Tolkien nerd and seasoned fanfic author, therefore terrified of the Gawdawful possibilities:).

...And it is perfectly lovely.  Thank you.

Great chapters! Thank you for sharing!

I can't believe I've got to the end of chapter 17 without commenting. I'm so sorry! There's so much wonderful writing here, and it's hard to know where to start. And I must confess that I haven't read much of Unhappy into Woe yet, because I wanted to be sure that things would get better first...

But I found this a particularly powerful, interesting chapter – although there seems no end to poor Maglor's suffering. Him thinking about Finwë's death and his father's reaction really hit me (I feel incredibly sad for Fëanor and all his family in that moment, as it must have been such a terrible shock). In general though, there's so much I love about this story: Elrond's children are so kind and delightful, and Tari is wonderful, and I'm just so glad that Maglor has made it to Rivendell to be loved and cared for by Elrond. Thank you for writing such a long tale, and for updating so regularly. :)