consider the hairpin turn by atlantablack

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The footsteps come to a stop in front of him and he does not have a moment to wonder at his brother’s intentions before fingers are sliding into his hair and tugging his head back. He glares up at Fëanáro, tears on his cheeks, heart racing like a plea. Fëanáro stares back, expression strangely blank as he studies Ñolofinwë’s face. And despite his thoughts, despite his belief, he still finds himself smiling mirthlessly and asking, “Well, have you come to kill me in truth? Make your exile worth it?”

Something flickers through Fëanáro’s eyes too fast for him to catch and the fingers in his hair tighten painfully. “I would have thought that upon successfully usurping the crown you would be far more pleased,” Fëanáro says darkly, lip curling in disgust.

Major Characters: Fëanor, Fingolfin

Major Relationships: Fëanor/Fingolfin

Genre: Alternate Universe, Romance

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Rating: Teens

Warnings: Incest
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 326
Posted on 19 May 2025 Updated on 19 May 2025

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Your end notes are always a laugh! Yes... relations.... we will not mention of what kind.

It's a nice little glimpse into Fingolfin's thoughts. This is more forgiving and less stubborn than I usually think of him. But he has a point: perhaps things would have been very different if the Valar had not caused them to be separated.

I gotta give y'all a little bit of humor at the end to make up for everything else haha 

It is honestly a little more forgiving at that time in particular than I normally think of him but I was kind of poking at the idea of like, I feel like alllll the blame for everything somehow gets set on Fëanor's shoulders, and like sure, yes, he's the one who escalated it to physical violence, but it is very clearly pointed out in text that that the Fëanorians were not the only ones making swords. They were very much not the only ones spreading rumors and causing trouble. And I think that like, there's something to be said for how violating it would feel to find out that you've been manipulated for such a long period of time in such a way that you've effectively just decimated your relationship with not only your brother but probably all of your brother's people because of that manipulation. And now he's being exiled for 12 years and you won't even get a chance to try to fix things and like, it isn't as if it's difficult to figure out that Fëanor will not in fact be reflecting or whatever while he's gone. My guy can hold a grudge like nothing else I swear. Also like, it helps that Fëanor suspiciously followed him and confronted him pretty much immediately while he was still kind of reeling from said revelations. Given a day or two that would nottttt have worked & would have just escalated into a whole fight. Anyway. Yes I think the exile was stupid and caused more problems than it fixed. 

But yes!! I'm happy you liked it <3 Thank you for commenting!