I really liked this; it was as enjoyable to read as the first time. :o)

Effectivement, quelle famille ! XD 

Turgon m'a fait rire, avec son plan et sa réaction !

What a wonderful story to wake up to on a dreary, rainy Sunday morning! I love it.

<i>‘It's their Vanyarin blood,’ he muttered, trying to find an explanation for the effect these children of Finarfin had on him. He was forgetting that full-blooded Vanyar had never quite managed to reduce him to a comparable state.</i>

Great lines.

<i>'It's my family,' said Turgon to Elenwe. . . .

Elenwe could see that he was both extremely embarrassed and extremely proud of all of them.</i>

What a wonderful expression of ambivalence. Poor Turgon.

This brought a huge smile to my face.

Poor stallkeeper, to be robbed of two of his harps!

But this concert may also be good promotion fot the quality of his instrumemts...

How would I love to listen  to such a *best of * jam performance!

Maybe Huan howling would complete the sound, he is a very special dog... Awhoooooooooooo...

Thank you for cheering up in a hot and sleepless night!

Lia

I really enjoyed the thought of this impromptu concert with everyone coming from the different places in the market to join in. I can almost hear the flutes and harps now. The embarrassment and pride of Turgon at the end is the perfect touch.

I think (I hope) I've said it before on a different venue, but I'll say it again: This is just delightful! I'm so glad a last-minute addition I made to "Doggerland Skull" prompted this great plotbunny/scene.

"Huan sat down on his haunches with a sigh. He raised his snout but caught Celegorm's stern eye and thought better of howling."

Haha!  And M with the tambourine, and I with her descant :).  Too rarely are these sorts of happy moments recounted, but even this most dysfunctional of families must have had enough of them to give them all a store of pleasant memories.  As usual, great stuff!