Viv, this is brilliant! Besides the great portraits of Finwe and Elwe, the dual inventions of wine and metaphor (two of my favorites, I'll admit ;) is fantastic.

(PS--there was a boo-boo with italics tags at the end. I fixed it for you. ;)

Ha! It's good to know who's responsible for inventing booze and where linguistic literacy comes from :D Utterly funny and greatly done!

Glad to have found out that you post here, Viv :)

All the best,

Binka 

This is great.  “And thus, within mere hours, did the Quendi invent both booze and the rhetorical trope.”  Creative and very amusing.  Good job.

Great!  I think the author who gave us Golfimbul's head being knocked into a rabbit hole to both win the battle and invent the game of golf in one fell swoop (literally) would appreciate the humor of this piece.  Why does it not surprise me that Elwë is enamored with the beauty of creation while Finwë is bent on naming and defining each new experience? 

I can't believe I never read this! This is wonderfully done. Adore the playing with the numbers of the awakened elves (hey, literary conceit or fact, those numbers?).

Great short story! 

Viv, this is hilarious.! :D

You may have discovered the real reason why some of the Eldar never made it past the Hithaeglir: they were worried about the possible abscence of grapes on the other side of the mountains (and in Valinor). *g*

Wonderful ficlet!