Five Gil-Galads Walk Into A Bar by herenortherenearnorfar
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Summary:
The Halls of Mandos are known to be strange but there's no precendent for running into other people who claim to be you.
Gil-Galad meets some other Gil-Galads and reflects on the essence of Gil-Galadness.
Major Characters: Gil-galad
Major Relationships:
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Humor
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Rating: General
Warnings: Violence (Mild)
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 5, 581 Posted on 24 November 2021 Updated on 25 November 2021 This fanwork is complete.
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Post-reembodiment Gil-Galad fic is always fundamentally weird because this is a character who has built his entire life around his job and then suddenly moved somewhere where that job was already taken care of. He's on enforced vacation now and he simply doesn't know what to do with himself. At least our other ex-Kings of the Noldor had actual lives before they became figureheads. Gil-Galad has molded himself into the perfect High King his whole life! Poor guy.
This is also why so many Gil-Galad backstories work and why I actually don't care that much about Gil-Galad's parents. His core drive is not his parentage, its his responsibilities, his upbringing in the very latest stages of the war. He wasn't built like that, he built himself like that.
Extra points if you can pick up on the secret Gil-Galad backstories two of our Gil-Galads are hiding.
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