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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…
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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...
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Awww, this was so lovely and sweet! I like your Idril. She knows what she wants and is not going to stand by and wait to be wooed. And her rebuke to Tuor reminds us as well how much she deserves this happiness.
And your Tuor is very, very cute. (Although I personally have a penchant for men with beards! :D)
And your Tuor is very, very cute. (Although I personally have a penchant for men with beards! :D)
Somehow, I got it into my head that I had a reference that Tuor shaved. I might have just imagined that or extrapolated from the Numenoreans having scanty beards or none canon. Please do not tell me that is fanon! I will be embarrassed. Personally, I am not a great fan of beards (Bobby has a nice beard, however--but he is exceptionally good-looking also). I am glad you did not reject my version of Tuor because of the beard question.
Tuor, the cute guy raised by Elves, gets even better as he grows older in Gondolin, becoming "mighty in stature and in mind" (The Silm.). You will have to excuse me, I am very silly this morning.
Thanks for noticing that I just keep cranking out those bios (it's a pleasure, in general!). Speaking of this particular storyline. I seem to recall you wanted to write a bio of Voronwe? I really adore his role in this story and can see him being an awesome candidate for a bio by you.
I always like your characters and Idril comes off as so real and sweet in this. How could she help but notice the handsome, heroic Tuor. I especially like the bit about his raggedy whiskers. :-) But of course the best part is how their shared tragic pasts make them able to bond and find happiness at last with each other.
Thanks, sweetie, for commenting! I really appreciate you reading it so late at night. You are very generous with me. I think they make a great couple and I enjoy that, although not without a lot of pain and suffering, they more or less get a happy ending! Yay! Thanks again.
Oh, this is nice, just the fic to give one a warm and fuzzy feeling on a grey morning, Oshun! I like that glimpse of Tuor surrounded by Voronwe and his Falathrim friends. And I like how she reminds him that she has known hardship herself and wasn't always the princess surrounded by luxury. "I insist we consider ourselves to be equals" - what a generous and sweet thing to say. And what a lovely ending! Thank you very much for writing this for me!
Thank you so much for commenting here (I like to think of this as my home base~). I would like to write a longer story about them someday. Thanks so much for reading.
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