Til We're on the Other Side by StarSpray  

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the Everyman challenge for the prompt: "So it came to pass, some years ere the coming of Oromë, that if any of the Elves strayed far abroad, alone or few together, they would often vanish, and never return; and the Quendi said that the Hunter had caught them, and they were afraid." - The Silmarillion, "Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor"

Takes place in my meanwhile the world goes on 'verse, but can be read standalone.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

It was only the second time Finwë had come out foraging with them, and of course this would happen—of course the Hunter would come, the Dark Rider on his steed with its terrible, heavy footfalls, and the deep-throated laughter that held no mirth, only malice. 

In the dark woods near the Waters of Awakening, Finwë's brothers are taken.

In Valinor, when the Trees wither, Finwë is slain.

In the Fourth Age, things take place long thought impossible.

Major Characters: Original Character(s), Finwë, Gandalf

Major Relationships: Finwë & Original Character

Genre: Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort

Challenges: Everyman

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate)

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meanwhile the world goes on
Chapters: 3 Word Count: 9, 836
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Table of Contents

loosen your hands
is there such a thing as day?
bring you back to me

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How utterly heartbreaking for these two, Returning just as the Darkening happens, and missing out on a reunion with Finwë - which we know will eventually happen thousands of years later, but they're in a strange new land where there's just so much they don't know or understand. Poor, poor Urwë, weeping into the lake - I think that's one of the saddest parts of your writing I've ever read, as he's so far from home and finds something which feels familiar. Ouch. His doubts about Nienna make so much sense. At least he and Lindo have each other and won't be parted again.

Reading Desert (before the final chapters) made me wonder about Finwë's family: since Elves are reembodied, where are they? You've answered this so well here, in classic heart-rending Silm-style.

T-T T-T T-T

what a queer, lonely, side-long existence the two of them have had--but then they finally get to reunite with Finwë!  And all the rest of their family!

I couldn't tell if it was going to happen, and I was just hoping & hoping, and then they did!

the way you've portrayed Cuivienen and the existence of the Elves who don't make it into the main stories is heartrending