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Made this a little while ago, I'll be doing more when I have the spoons for it lol.
The Silmarillion as Vines
Don't think about little Elrond being sleepy but cold and waddling through the halls of Amon Ereb with a blanket around his shoulders dragging like a cape. Don't think about him letting himself into Maedhros' room without knocking because he no longer feels he needs to. Don't think about Maedhros silently watching Elrond climbing up onto the bed beside him where he's reading and curling up against Maedhros' side, immediately falling asleep. Don't think of Maedhros completely content with this and bringing his own blanket up around Elrond's shoulders and gently resting his arm around Elrond while he sleeps. Don't think about it đ„č
"Dennis the Menace" AU but it's Elros and Maedhros
Does anybody have any good Silmarillion Kidnap Dads fanfic recommendations on ao3? I just don't want any russingon. Fourth Age stuff is appreciated.
Comment any fic titles with their authors if you wish to offer!
Hey, you know that movie "Gunpowder Milkshake" on Netflix? Tell me why it's was so kidnap-dads coded. Like:
- new parental figure killed/disposed of the child(ren)'s parental figure(s) (third kinslaying/ Sam kills Emily's dad)
- child(ren) goes through terrifying circumstances with new parental figure (hanging out with fëanorians, watching Sirion burn, etc.../ seeing her dad's corpse, helping kill people, being kidnapped)
- child(ren) dislikes new parental figure after a Situation, only to forgive the new parental figure later (E&E definitely hate M&M after Third Kinslaying/ Emily learns that Sam killed her dad and did not like that)
- end of generational trauma (M&M try to be good parents in a war zone [not saying FĂ«anor and Nerdanel were bad parents]/ Sam helps create a loving, safe environment for Emily so that she won't have to kill people)
- child(ren) is kidnapped no less than one time (self-explanatory)
This came to me after school, yall.
Elrond: so you're just to accept three rings of power---that are shiny---made by FĂ«anor's grandson, when the three shiny things FĂ«anor made led to the deaths of thousands of people?????
Gil-Galad, CĂrdan, and Galadriel, who were all directly affected by FĂ«anor's Crazy: I mean, come onnnnn. What could POSSIBLY happen??
Elrond: *flashbacks to his dads arguing about some shiny rocks over dinner* ORPHANS AND SUICIDES COULD HAPPEN, THAT'S WHAT
Cause yall. Bro has firsthand experience of what shiny metals/rocks/jewelry does to the brain. His mom, his adopted dads, like the whole shebang. And all these people that Elrond looks up to, and likely sees as close family/friends, are just being stupid!!!! ALL OF THEM lived through the First Age, so there's no reason for this tomfoolery!!
Yes, I know that they were deceived by Annatar, and I know that no one is infallible, but guys!!!! Three objects of power!!! You gotta wonder were we saw that last! đ€
Maedhros: You're adopted.
Elrond: *Confused*
Elrond: I was there when you adopted me.
So there was a post a while back about Ben Solo always being told "don't do (x), that's how uncle luke lost his hand" when he was a kid - and I raise you: Elrond and Elros being told "don't do (x), that's how Maedhros lost his hand"??
Like, at Amon Ereb when the twins were newly acquired and refusing to eat their vegetables and Maglor is Mag-mothering them until Erestor, feral half-sane clinically depressed anarchist Avari hostage/patient/infiltrator and Certified Little Shit, hits em with:
"I would listen to the Lord Maglor, winyamor, he well knows the dangers that come to young elflings who don't eat enough vegetables - after all, that's how his brother lost his hand."
Elrond looks conflicted. Elros squints suspiciously. "Truly?"
Erestor, practically comatose since the massacre but ultimately saved from Fading by the biological compulsion to fuck with you, lays a hand over his heart. "I would never lie about such a thing! Just what do you take me for? This is a true tale and a grave warning - the Lord Maedhros' hand was tragically lost in the days of his youth, whilst he was still growing as you are. He refused to eat his vegetables and so, cruelly deprived of the strength it needed to grow strong, his body started to fall apart! First his fingers, then his thumb, and then his palm and wrist - all turned blue and dropped off!"
"No!" Elrond gasps. Elros looks both terrified and impressed. Maglor's face is scrunched up into something that the twins probably interpret as pained - at reminder of the horrors of limbs falling off! - but is actually just him busting a rib trying not to laugh.
"Yes!" Erestor cries with relish. "And it never grew back. All because he didn't eat his vegetables. Isn't that right, Lord Maedhros?"
Maedhros, a looming terror at the head of the table, scarred and solemn and impenetrable as his fortresses, narrows his eyes consideringly at the unfolding shenanigans and the rascal behind it. His conclusion? Fuck it. He gives a slow, solemn nod. Completely deadpan and exaggeratedly formal, because it may have been centuries since he last had his brothers smothering laughter at political dinners but the Finwëan sense of humour, once caught, is not an ailment easily cured.
Maglor conceals his wheezes behind his goblet as Erestor nods sagely to the wide-eyed twins, who suddenly seem a sight more interested in their vegetables.
maglor made it look more dramatic in his songs so the future generations don't laugh at them
elrond knows what it really looked like only bc maedhros talks in his sleep, is silent about it out of mercy
galadriel had no mercy