Subject: Silmarillion goodfic (and musings, because it's me).
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Posted on: 2015-05-14 13:32:00 UTC

The story first:

Magweth Pengolodh: The Question of Pengolod is a tale of Numenor at its height, and of Beleriand in its decline, and of elves, and of mortals, and of wonder, and of terror. I've linked to it by way of the author's note, which points out the reasons you might not want to read it:

You may enjoy this if you are interested in Númenor or in the Silmarillion in general, or if a philosophical exploration of differences between elves and mortals is up your alley. There will be 12 parts. 'Magweth Pengolod' has got linguistics, romance, drag queens, schemers, villains, boats galore, and through the tale-within-a-tale device, plenty of Silmarillion glimpses and some HoME characters getting fleshed out.
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A 12-part story based on HoME characters? Spiced up with linguistic obsession and drag queens? If I'd sat down and thought really hard about how to scare off 95% of Tolkien fan readers, that's what I'd come up with.


I really enjoyed it; it's one of those stories that takes you into the world for a walk-around, rather than the kind that drags you along with plot. ;) It spends a lot of time showing you the things around the edges of Tolkien's world, the bits he never got to write - what it was like to fight in the Fall of Gondolin, for instance. Plus, did you read that description? It's got linguistics!

Stories like this always leave me feeling... different. Like I'm halfway into the world myself, like I could spend hours looking at the stars, and can almost hear the voices of the trees. Not just Middle-earth, either - give me a story of magic I've not read, and you'll have me half convinced the magic's real by the end. ;) Some books even alter my way of speaking for a little while - I get stuck in 'noble speechifying' mode, it's kinda hilarious. ;)

hS

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