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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…
Over the course of his very long life he had found a handful of messages in bottles, but it had been a very long time. So when he found the glass bottle on his little stretch of pebbly beach, he picked it up with the intention of tossing it into his recycling. But it wasn’t, he found, just…
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…
When uneasy dreams bring him back into Beleriand, Daeron finds a pair of twins who have lost their home, and an enemy who has lost himself. The Shadow's reach is growing ever longer, and if they are to survive, they must do it together.
Elrohir has been found after his long abduction by the Black Númenóreans of Umbar. He comes home to Rivendell, but all is not well: the Elf-child that was taken is now a Man grown. War and darkness have left Elrohir deeply scarred, and even at home there is danger...
Idiomatic
Raining cats and dogs. A short fuse. Up a creek without a paddle. A piece of cake. Sometimes colorful, sometimes puzzling without backstory or explanation, these delightful turns of phrase enrich our language—whichever one it happens to be. Prompts this month are idioms from languages around the world.
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I'm enjoying this very much! Feanor and Nerdanel in their teens is quite irresistible. I hope Feany succeeds in keeping his hands off her though. I'm staying tuned.
Crap, I'd totally forgotten I'd sent anything to you. Then again, I forget a lot of things these days. I lost my USB stick and found it in a shoe last year. O.o Anyways, I am so happy to see you writing this! I absolutely adore your Feanor. I can so see him causing mayhem in Mahtan's house. Especially if he "doesn't want to keep his hands off Mahtan's daughter". Which I know he won't. :P (And wow, I'd go mad if my computer broke down for three months. I can't stay off for a few hours, let alone months.) Thanks for writing! I can't wait to see how this all turns out!
Yes, it was ultra-depressing to not have a computer! I was reduced to using the ones at the public library, which suck. :0 But thank you very much for suggesting I write something like this and I hope you like it!
Feanor's horse was named Chocolate? =D =D And the possibility of Finarfin accidentally sitting on a wild boar made me crack up so bad. No family's perfect, indeed. Feanor had better think up some more detailed lies soon, methinks. Changing the subject all the time must get tiring even for him. ;)
What an amusing take at Nerdanel's and Feanor's youth! I'm curious how long Feanor can keep on fooling his kind hosts. Looking forward to the next instalments!
Yes, once again, Feanor punches or gets punched by someone. He never learns.
Well, at least he hasn't drawn a sword against Bril ;)
Yay, a new chapter! I really enjoy this story, it's so completely different from all the other "Young Nerdanel and Fëanor falling in love" stories (including my own) and extremely entertaining. Very curious to see how the race will turn out, and what will happen when eventually "Ernil's" identity is revealed...
How incredibly like Feanor, just rocking up at Tirion in the middle of the night! The nonchalance and sheer randomness you've given him are so funny and for me, very in-character. I don't think there's a single chapter I've read so far that didn't make me giggle uncontrollably.
"She’s looking at me the way that Indis looks at other people’s shoes" asdfgh. Finarfin accidently sitting n a bear. I'm so glad I'm not done with this fic yet - it really is dangerously funny, espeically dangerously so when eating.
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