A small but insistent ache by Quente  

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Summary:

Arwen's stomach hurts and she ponders mortality; Éowyn provides medicine and a sympathetic ear.

Major Characters: Arwen, Éowyn

Major Relationships: Arwen & Éowyn

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Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear

Rating: Teens

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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 895
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I'm writing from the October 2025 prompt "fear." In this case, it's the fear of all that comes with being human, with its messiness and mortality and weakness.

  • I am vaguely amused by using the Tolkien-appropriate word for humans, "Men", to describe people going through menstruation.
  • I am using a hazy movie-verse description of Arwen's choice for this, that she went through some things when deciding to take up the gift of Men.
  • I also speculate that since Elves choose when to have children, they can also choose to turn on or off their fertility, and as such don't go through messy mortal issues as shedding the uterine lining monthly. Good luck, Arwen!

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Yikes! Poor Arwen! Cramps after an Age of not having to deal with menstruation? Especially if she wasn't expecting it - and why would she be, given it's not a problem Elros had to deal with? 

 

I'm loving the friendship, it feels very natural, with Arwen still retaining her otherworldly air and queenly status, but feeling more human too with the addition of human messiness. Great work. 🌟