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  1. Rec 5

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    On a sunny day in spring, Frodo got the urge to go north and west, up into Arnor, which was still quite wild and uninhabited outside of newly-built Annúminas, and the slow trickle of work happening around the ruins of Fornost, which even the Dúnedain were still sometimes reluctant to visit. When he spoke of his plan, his dad told him to remember to pack enough food and not to forget a bit of rope, and his mother said not to forget his cloak. Most of his siblings were too young yet to be permitted to go along, but Elanor immediately asked if he wanted company.

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    16 Oct 2025

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    Lovely!

  2. Rec *

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    "Maedhros sought destruction body and spirit, and found both. When Mandos summoned him, he refused, and first of them all he has been taken by the void that they swore themselves to. He is not in the world, and will not come again. Deeper darknesses are there than that which Morgoth made below Thangorodrim!” Fingon paused and looked at Finrod. “Should I not then have killed him as he asked me?”

    “No!” said Finrod, but Turgon said nothing.

    Sam grew even more upset. “Now that’s not right,” he said, “that can’t be right! Just or not – and I don’t know that it is, begging your pardon, sir – still, no story should end that way!”

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    04 Dec 2015

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    Absolutely brilliant.

  3. Rec 6

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    Fëanor did not know how to explain the ill-defined uneasiness and the almost instinctual dislike he felt, how impossible it was to reconcile the impression he had gotten from the tapestry in Mandos to the reality of Daeron in person, in life. “He seems careless,” he said, because he did not know how else to explain.

    “That is certainly not true,” said Nerdanel, “though I know well that I cannot expect you to take my word for it. It is long since you placed any trust in anyone’s judgment aside from your own, flawed though it is.”

     

    Midwinter is meant to be a time of feasting and merriment, but Fëanor does not find it so, especially with Daeron of Doriath in attendance.

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    27 Sep 2025

  4. Rec 37

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    Their little band of conspirators was rich with loyalty and stout hearts, but Merry had been the one to make the preparations, to list out and discreetly purchase supplies and provisions; he was the one who had lain awake in his bed night after night in the months leading up to Frodo's departure from Bag End, making sure he hadn't forgotten anything that would be wanted.

    All his meticulous planning was being dismantled piece by piece in front of him. There was a stranger in their company. And he could not scrub the feeling of evil hands from his skin.

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    24 Sep 2025

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    Perfect characterizaton, great writing!

  5. Rec 12

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    After reembodiment, Finrod struggles to make sense of his life, death, and return. Amarië complicates his efforts.

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    20 Sep 2025

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    If your relationship issues stem from a profound disagreement on the nature of fate and free will, then you’re Finrod.

    Brilliantly written, lots of heavy dialogue, I love Finrod’s post-reembodiment POV - poor guy is disoriented and has an existential crisis, but is not woobified at all. His self-command is perhaps too good, because it took Amarië quite a long time to realize she should Tread More Carefully. She is as strong headed as as he is, after all. Love them both. 100/100, go read it.