OMFG! I Actually Posted an SWG Challenge Story ON TIME!

[dawn_felagund]

This thing, which is technically a response to the SWG's "Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song" challenge (using the Smashing Pumpkins' song "Thirty-Three" that was in fact an Important Song to the nascent love story of Dawn and Bobby Felagund), got out of control because it was also inspired in myriad ways by the Mereth Aderthad, most obviously grundyscribbling's idea of the Feanorian Family Vacation and hrymfaxe's request for fail!sex. It ended up *gulp* 15,000 words, which probably means that just my hardcore readers will bother with it, but at least it was fun (if long!) to write. Here is the Official Summary^TM from the SWG archive:

Against Maedhros's wishes, Fingon is off to a summer retreat in the mountains, a retreat designed by the Valar for newly reembodied Elves. Amid games of kickball and group therapy, Fingon makes a friend, discovers the Noldor haven't actually invented everything, and begins to grasp the complexities of his post-reembodiment relationship with Maedhros. Maedhros/Fingon, set in my Republic of Tirion verse.

I am just posting it to the SWG for now: Swans. I will likely cross-post it later this weekend; preparing a 15K-word story for posting is tedious and I'm ready to be done with it for tonight!

I also finally created a series for these Fifth-Age stories I've been writing lately--Republic of Tirion--so they're all in one place and in order.

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[dawn_felagund]

Findekano in this verse is ridiculously fun to write. He has made his way in a family full of celebrities by being slightly irreverent. (The whole series itself is slightly irreverent, though now Serious Issues are starting to rear their heads, but it means he fits well, which is probably why I want to keep writing about him.)

Thank you so much for taking time off from your dissertation (no small ask, I know!) to read my story. I hope you continue to enjoy it. ^_^