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Celebrimbor will probably make a few more appearances in Maedhros and Fingon's world, and Maedhros will probably visit his workshops in Tirion and Formenos. This particular Celebrimbor prefers to spend time in the North.
Oh, what an excellent explanation how Maedhros's attempt to decorate the room with lilac came about!
I was just sitting in the sunshine today with the printout of the next chapter of Midwinter's Feast and thinking what a wonderful cousin your Celebrimbor is to have, for Celebrian, despite all the looming issues.
And here, he is, being equally wonderful, extending understanding, encouragement, and forgiveness!
I think Celebrimbor is a very good cousin to Celebrian and I think he'd be a good kinsman and friend to Maedhros here. They've certain similarities in experience and in temperament that I think would help them to understand one another.
Celebrimbor, in A Midwinter's Feast, is an interesting character to write; we see him from Celebrian's perspective so it is a little softer than it might be from another view, much as that of her mother is sterner than might appear from another angle. I think, in the last chapter or two, there are certain complexities that may be more apparent about him and some of which are difficult, but he means so very well.
I think that is a lesson that Celebrimbor was, for understandable reasons, slow to learn, and I do not think he would want someone else to wait as long as he did to accept the fact and gift of being loved in whatever form love comes.
Himring's Maedhros and her Celebrimbor, though this one is a partly my own rendering, are very lovely, and I am very glad she asked for someone to play a little in the world she's made.
Thank you. It was lovely to write and to play in Himring's world of Maedhros and Fingon for a little while. I think, in this case, Celebrimbor would have a lot to offer his uncle.
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