And also to the Hobbit.
And you may well ask: but bunn, why did you write a happy ending to the Silmarillion? And why is it 41291 words long? Did you have nothing better to do?
I have no answer to these questions and am avoiding your eyes.
The House of Fëanor : Little Pity
And you may well ask: but bunn, why did you write a happy ending to the Silmarillion? And why is it 41291 words long? Did you have nothing better to do?
I have no answer to these questions and am avoiding your eyes.
The House of Fëanor : Little Pity
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I know I for one have been eagerly awaiting this last part, so I'm very glad you didn't find anything else.
Why write a happy ending for the Silm, you ask? Well, I think we've all had our share of tears reading marvelously, impossibly sad stories (Yes, Maedhros, I'm looking at you!). This struck a perfect balance between canonical tragedy and a joyful resolution. Who doesn't want to see Feanor at his very best?
I'm only feeling guilty because my time management skills suck and so when I start writing it becomes very hard to concentrate on other things.
(Nerdanel would say that means the other things are not important, which is all very well for her to say, since she is a professional sculptor who is also occasionally Queen of the Noldor, and doesn't need to earn money to eat!)
You weren't writing a quick fix, you were writing a proper eucatastrophe. Those take a lot of words, and work, as Tolkien himself could have told you!