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Erestor lay up against a tree, brown washed to black in the wet of the snow. The black disc of the new moon sailed across the dark sky. Erestor wished it were gone. He had no need to look into dark eyes any longer.
He was dying.
(AKA Erestor unwittingly travels back in time to the…
Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.” “It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?” “It’s not as though I…
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
Concerned by his responses to the paraphernalia of healing, Fingon steals Maedhros from his room for an impromptu garden excursion. Maedhros battles with dark thoughts.
Rescued from a brutal Angband hunt, an ex-thrall with a strange and powerful artifact embedded in his spine is brought to Himring, for it is one of the only places in Beleriand which welcomes such folk. Though he has no memories of his life before, Anniavas slowly becomes accustomed to his new…
On the night before the battle, Caranthir and his ally share thoughts about their peoples' traditions:
Burning bones ward off evil.
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I love this!! I've now read it 3 times. What a fabulous birthday present! I'm so flattered you wrote this crossover between our worlds. Thanks so much for giving all our boys some joy. Hugs!!
Believe me, it was a complete pleasure to write these boys of yours. They seemed to have a life of their own. I know they may never get to see a life together like the one I've imagined, but I thought it would be nice to glimpse what it might be like.
That way you can still be the ruthless author who puts them and us readers through the wringer.
Thank you for letting me play with them!
And you know, the "upstairs" part may still be written... ;o)
You know I love this! I think it's a wonderful, seamless crossover of both 'verses, and I really, really hope you do write more of this d;-) And that Elfscribe writes more Elegy of course. Great bribe *g*
Thank you! You know, I considered writing the adventures of Eönwë in Númenor, but I thought they would be a diversion from the main plot of Mirages. I don't discard the idea in the future. But I had the idea for this crossover for ages, probably since I wrote the Númenor scenes of my story (a few chapters in the future, relative to what's posted already).
Bribe, blackmail, begging, I'll resort to anything to get her to finish Elegy!
Crossover! Yay! And this is a particularly beauiful one. Has the same humor and hotnes as the original. Feel free to write the next scene, I am ready and eager to read it.
Thank you, oshun! It was lots of fun to write it, I love elfscribe's OCs. I'd love to write the next part when I'm suitably inspired but... aren't we overdue a threesom from you, too? :o)
LOL. Elfscribe has also expressed her dissatisfaction about missing the action. So if you all gang up together and exert the right type of pressure, I might be persuaded to carry on.
I'm glad you enjoyed, despite the fade to black. It was great that Elfscribe allowed me to do a cross-over with her magnificent Elegy. I had fun writing Eönwë along her wonderful original characters in a possible future for them as they stood at the end of Book I.
I just reread this after so long. I still love it so so much. Love your descriptions and how you depict T & S having survived to be able to live in secret together. That they meet with danger all around, but there's time for comfort, good food, and sensuality as well. I love so much that your Erestor/Eonwe could join them. Some day you'll write me the scene in the loft. For now, dear friend, thanks so much for this gift and for your friendship and encouragement over the years.
Without your "Elegy for Númenor" story I wouldn't have met you; and without your help and your friendship I would have never finished my own tale, let alone written a crossover fic to combine both. I have so much to thank you for!
It was such a pleasure to be able to step into your version of Arda, and meet your amazing (and extremely handsome!) original characters even more closely, after learning to love them so well!
I thought lots about what would happened in that loft. I n my mind it was a beautiful scene, and fun was had by all. I'm sorry I chickened out... LOL.
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