What if the Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl were an Orc by Himring  

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Fanwork Notes

For the "drowning" prompt of The Only Thing to Fear challenge.

There are other fears in here, although less explicitly. It is rather a weird angsty little AU, despite some lighter moments. (In my defence, this was written in November in the northern hemisphere.)

Warnings for mental health issues and suicidal ideation.

The Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl is a rather obscure character from Tolkien's drafts of the Tale of Earendil, in one draft they are Idril, in another one of Turgon's sailors. 

This take does not fit the timeline implied in those drafts.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Sheer terror helps an orc escape Morgoth, but their troubles are not over. AU.

Major Characters: Orcs, Original Nonbinary Character(s), Nienna, Maiar

Major Relationships:

Genre: Alternate Universe, Experimental

Challenges: The Only Thing To Fear

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 793
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What if the Sleeper in the Tower of Pearl were an Orc

This piece features Wingildi, who are lesser Ainur of the Sea (spirits of sea foam, water fays), from the Book of Lost Tales.

The orc character was written as nonbinary.

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Like a pastel painting, or artwork made with shells, this is very delicate and light and calming. Like sitting at the seaside. Very lovely, maybe especially because of the orc 💗

Awww, I really enjoyed this and the vivid imagery it evokes throughout: the desperately terrified orc climing the mountain, that great wave, Ossë and Uinen (playing frisbee) tossing the raft, the orc on the shores of the isle, the wingildi keeping company, and the Tower (built like one of those homes I've seensome small sea creature make, long funnels of little broken bits of pearly shell).

The idea of Ossë and Uinen saving this orc is lovely, and poses questions as to the fate of the others, partialy answered later by Nienna's report in other orcs — which I love too, that the Valar are attempting to help the orcs recover, although they're not doing very well at it, which is very understandable, considering their track record of actually understanding the Children. That the Wingildi have incidentally had better success makes total sense, partly because I think they have more involvement with the folk of Middle-earth than the Valar in general, and also because they weren't trying to rehabilitate and instead just being friends, which imo works a very different magic than therapy. 

I really love this! 

Awww, I really enjoyed this and the vivid imagery it evokes throughout: the desperately terrified orc climing the mountain, that great wave, Ossë and Uinen (playing frisbee) tossing the raft, the orc on the shores of the isle, the wingildi keeping company, and the Tower (built like one of those homes I've seensome small sea creature make, long funnels of little broken bits of pearly shell).

The idea of Ossë and Uinen saving this orc is lovely, and poses questions as to the fate of the others, partialy answered later by Nienna's report in other orcs — which I love too, that the Valar are attempting to help the orcs recover, although they're not doing very well at it, which is very understandable, considering their track record of actually understanding the Children. That the Wingildi have incidentally had better success makes total sense, partly because I think they have more involvement with the folk of Middle-earth than the Valar in general, and also because they weren't trying to rehabilitate and instead just being friends, which imo works a very different magic than therapy. 

I really love this!