Snowflake 2020 - Day 7
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narya_flameAKA the self-rec thing. These are all genfic and star Maglor, Celegorm, or both - I'm nothing if not predictable. They should all work as standalones.
This year I finished The Ways of Paradox, a novel about Maglor living in modern day Scotland. It's narrated by his friend Claire James, a postgraduate student at the University of St Andrews who starts to get to know Maglor when they appear in a production of The Pirates of Penzance together. The premise sounds a little silly, and yes, there is humour, but it also has its fair share of melancholy moments and a couple of scenes I found genuinely upsetting to write (all warned for in the AO3 tags). It's not particularly plotty or pacy, and the town is (deliberately) as much of a character as Maglor, Claire and their friends. 133k words; rated M for language and said upsetting scenes.
In terms of shorter fics, I was really happy with my Darkest Night fic, Fire on the Mountain, which I wrote forindependence1776 . Maglor is caught in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and faces a fight for survival. Also stars a cast of OCs I'd like to write more about, one day. 5k words; rated T for peril and non-graphic descriptions of injuries.
I also have a soft spot for What's in a Name?, a cracky drabble featuring a reborn Celegorm. Rated G; 100 words exactly.
Finally, since I was moaning about lack of content for the smaller Tolkien canons, I'm going to mention the two Silmarillion/Father Christmas Letters crossovers I wrote this year:
The Elf Who Saved Christmas, written forbunn for TRSB19. Maglor leads a quiet life as a Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. When his scars begin to hurt on one damp November evening, the last thing he expects is to find a letter on his desk summoning him to a mysterious meeting - a letter signed only with an initial, and bearing a stamp from the North Pole... T for peril and potentially upsetting imagery; 9k words.
Snow Bears, written forelwinfortuna for Innumerable Stars. A hunting trip in the mountains goes awry, and Celegorm finds himself responsible for a trio of bear cubs. Guest appearance by the Great Bear from the FC Letters. Rated G; warning for animal death; 4k words.
This year I finished The Ways of Paradox, a novel about Maglor living in modern day Scotland. It's narrated by his friend Claire James, a postgraduate student at the University of St Andrews who starts to get to know Maglor when they appear in a production of The Pirates of Penzance together. The premise sounds a little silly, and yes, there is humour, but it also has its fair share of melancholy moments and a couple of scenes I found genuinely upsetting to write (all warned for in the AO3 tags). It's not particularly plotty or pacy, and the town is (deliberately) as much of a character as Maglor, Claire and their friends. 133k words; rated M for language and said upsetting scenes.
In terms of shorter fics, I was really happy with my Darkest Night fic, Fire on the Mountain, which I wrote for
independence1776 . Maglor is caught in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, and faces a fight for survival. Also stars a cast of OCs I'd like to write more about, one day. 5k words; rated T for peril and non-graphic descriptions of injuries.I also have a soft spot for What's in a Name?, a cracky drabble featuring a reborn Celegorm. Rated G; 100 words exactly.
Finally, since I was moaning about lack of content for the smaller Tolkien canons, I'm going to mention the two Silmarillion/Father Christmas Letters crossovers I wrote this year:
The Elf Who Saved Christmas, written for
bunn for TRSB19. Maglor leads a quiet life as a Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. When his scars begin to hurt on one damp November evening, the last thing he expects is to find a letter on his desk summoning him to a mysterious meeting - a letter signed only with an initial, and bearing a stamp from the North Pole... T for peril and potentially upsetting imagery; 9k words.Snow Bears, written for
elwinfortuna for Innumerable Stars. A hunting trip in the mountains goes awry, and Celegorm finds himself responsible for a trio of bear cubs. Guest appearance by the Great Bear from the FC Letters. Rated G; warning for animal death; 4k words.
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