The short career of the fanfic writer The Mole by Himring  

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Fanwork Notes

For the Beginners' prompts of the Matryoshka Challenge.

Hopefully, this is too cracky to need warnings, except a heads-up that this Maeglin is more or less the kind of storybook villain he tends to be in  the early version in the Fall of Gondolin (with canonical one-sided Maeglin/Idril).

 

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Maeglin tries his hand at the Beginners' prompts of the Matryoshka Challenge (Total crack)

Major Characters: Maeglin

Major Relationships:

Genre: Crackfic

Challenges: Period Drama

Rating: General

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 296
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The short career of the fanfic writer The Mole

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Maeglin stared at his scroll in despair.

Apart from the little sketch of a mole at the bottom (a rather neat one, even if he said so himself) it was still completely blank.

It had seemed such a good idea to try out a Silmarillion Writers Guild monthly challenge. Uncle Turgon had suggested gently he should diversify his interests. And Maeglin had picked such a clever nom de plume: The Mole. Who would ever guess?

Maybe he should not have started with the Matryoshka challenge. He could have waited another month; maybe the next one would be easier. But the Beginner’s Challenge! Only two prompts—how hard could it be!

That first terrible prompt stared him in the face, as it had done for the last hour.

No, he finally scrawled vehemently.

No, I am definitely a poor little meow-meow. I am not a character with three or more unlikable traits, even if I can’t face myself in the mirror most days.

Yes, I know Idril would not agree and my cousin has impeccable taste, usually! But in this case, she is just plain wrong, wrong, WRONG! For the following reasons:

At this point inspiration deserted him again completely. He really, really wished that the SWG would allow the use of AI to complete the fic.

In frustration, he hurled the quill onto his desk, spattering it with ink, and tore the scroll into little pieces. After a moment of consideration, he did save the little sketch of the mole.

He would have to find a different way to diversify his interests to please Uncle Turgon, some other day.

For now, he would just indulge in an afternoon of easy digging in the mines of Anghabar to help him calm himself down again!

Chapter End Notes

Yes, this bit of crack forced itself on my brain when I had  decided I had no ideas for this challenge whatsoever and was trying to go to sleep. Why do you have to ask?

(This is not the usual Himring-verse Maeglin, by the way.)

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Oh dear. (And of course he would burrow into your brain when you were trying to fall asleep! Inspiration, and the lack of it, is such a funny thing!)

Yes, he did burrow in the most mole-like fashion! Glad you were amused!

There certainly is something recalcitrant about inspiration. Sometimes it only comes when you have already concluded it won't, and often it takes surprising swerves and twists.

Oh no, poor Maeglin! This is great fun, and I very much sympathise with him - I can't seem to get started with Matryoshka challenges either! I do hope he'll try next month's challenge instead - perhaps with art rather than writing? :) 

Oh, this was hilarious! And unexpected - I’m glad that the news of the SWG monthly challenges have reached Gondolin. But perhaps Maeglin should try drawing next, sounds like he has some skill in that. I loved the crackfic and meta aspects.