I unintentionally went on writing. I don't know why. I intended to finish writing Dead Feanor and the War of Wrath, then finish my old Arthurian story that has been sitting around for ages. But Dead Feanor got to rather a gloomy bit that I seem to find difficult to finish, so instead I wrote some cheerier things:
Love, Politics and Pastries 6327 words of Elrond, newly arrived in the West, and Celebrían in Tol Eressëa, discussing the House of Fëanor as pastries, and the Breaking of the World.
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima 5525 words in which Frodo Baggins and Maglor, son of Fëanor have a chance-encounter with Elrond's father on the shores of Tol Eressëa, take him back to meet Elrond and talk about song and stories. I suppose technically this is a post-LOTR story rather than a post-Silmarillion one, since Frodo has quite a large role, but I feel obscurely awkward about tagging it as LOTR. And I think it would not make much sense to someone who has not read the Silmarillion, whereas surely everyone who has read the Silmarillion has also read LOTR.
There seems to be a lot of chat and drinking in this series and not much actually happening!
Love, Politics and Pastries 6327 words of Elrond, newly arrived in the West, and Celebrían in Tol Eressëa, discussing the House of Fëanor as pastries, and the Breaking of the World.
Aiya Eärendil Elenion Ancalima 5525 words in which Frodo Baggins and Maglor, son of Fëanor have a chance-encounter with Elrond's father on the shores of Tol Eressëa, take him back to meet Elrond and talk about song and stories. I suppose technically this is a post-LOTR story rather than a post-Silmarillion one, since Frodo has quite a large role, but I feel obscurely awkward about tagging it as LOTR. And I think it would not make much sense to someone who has not read the Silmarillion, whereas surely everyone who has read the Silmarillion has also read LOTR.
There seems to be a lot of chat and drinking in this series and not much actually happening!
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If you tag it both for the Silmarillion and LOTR, people can make up their own minds, whether they want a Silmish bit. It would be a pity if Frodo fans were going to miss him in this piece, just for the tagging.
Edited at 2017-05-29 14:15 (UTC)
If I tag it LOTR then anyone who doesn't know who Maglor is is would be very confused, I think, given that it's from his point of view. I'd expect them to have some idea about Eärendil, but not Maglor.
And the suggestion that he sneaked/sneaks back from time to time and meets sailors in Middle-earth is absolutely brilliant.
I think Earendil (and Ulmo) would definitely argue that it's not really Middle-earth unless you actually put foot on solid ground. He probably spends time with Cirdan too: the perspective all changes if you think of the sea as not being around the edges, but in the middle...