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In Rare Form: Epistolary (fic recs)
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hhimringThree recs for Silm fics in the genre "epistolary" for the "In Rare Form" challenge.
They show how diverse the genre can be!
(Links go to AO3, but I've added an extra link for each)
Letters Home from the War (6004 words) by bunn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amarië/Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
Characters: Elemmírë (Tolkien), Ingwion (Tolkien), Ingwë Ingweron, Amarië (Tolkien), Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
Additional Tags: The Vanyar, War of Wrath, Epistolary, First Age, Beleriand, Valinor, Letters, Elf Culture & Customs
Series: Part 3 of War of Wrath
Summary: Letters between Elemmírë, the great poet-singer of the Vanyar and Amárië, beloved of Finrod, and between Ingwion, Captain of the Vanyar Host in the War of Wrath, and his father Ingwë, High King of the Elves.
With the odd intrusion from Finrod, because Finrod likes to turn up uninvited and just start doing his thing.
On SWG: link
When The Moon Hits Your Eye (633 words) by zopyrus
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros
Characters: Fingon, Maedhros
Additional Tags: Original Female Character - Freeform, Dwarves, Letters, Bad Poetry, Moon-letters, Long Distance Relationships
Summary: In Hithlum, Fingon receives the first of many Dwarf-made gifts.
At B2MeM community (LJ): link
A Little More Conversation (36209 words) by keiliss
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor
Additional Tags: correspondence!fic, Second Age, founding of imladris, slow lovestory
Summary: A story told through letters of the friendship that grows between Glorfindel, sent to take charge of the newly-discovered valley of Imladris, and Erestor, an assistant to one of Gil-galad’s military advisors.
On SWG: link
Extra rec, mainly epistolary but with more frame narrative:
Scion of Kings (4693 words) by jane_ways
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fingon | Findekáno/Maedhros | Maitimo, but very minimal - Relationship
Characters: Ereinion Gil-galad, Maedhros | Maitimo, Fingon | Findekáno, Eluréd (Tolkien), Elurín (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Adoption, Orphan Gil, Daddy Issues, but not like that, Maedhros can't stop accidentally adopting kids, Fingon is Very Excited to be a dad
Series: Part 1 of Kings of the Second Age
Summary: Gil-galad struggles to write a letter to the man he thinks (hopes) might be his father. Or, in which we are all Gil-galad, failing to start an email.
On SWG: link
They show how diverse the genre can be!
(Links go to AO3, but I've added an extra link for each)
Letters Home from the War (6004 words) by bunn
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amarië/Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
Characters: Elemmírë (Tolkien), Ingwion (Tolkien), Ingwë Ingweron, Amarië (Tolkien), Finrod Felagund | Findaráto
Additional Tags: The Vanyar, War of Wrath, Epistolary, First Age, Beleriand, Valinor, Letters, Elf Culture & Customs
Series: Part 3 of War of Wrath
Summary: Letters between Elemmírë, the great poet-singer of the Vanyar and Amárië, beloved of Finrod, and between Ingwion, Captain of the Vanyar Host in the War of Wrath, and his father Ingwë, High King of the Elves.
With the odd intrusion from Finrod, because Finrod likes to turn up uninvited and just start doing his thing.
On SWG: link
When The Moon Hits Your Eye (633 words) by zopyrus
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros
Characters: Fingon, Maedhros
Additional Tags: Original Female Character - Freeform, Dwarves, Letters, Bad Poetry, Moon-letters, Long Distance Relationships
Summary: In Hithlum, Fingon receives the first of many Dwarf-made gifts.
At B2MeM community (LJ): link
A Little More Conversation (36209 words) by keiliss
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor
Additional Tags: correspondence!fic, Second Age, founding of imladris, slow lovestory
Summary: A story told through letters of the friendship that grows between Glorfindel, sent to take charge of the newly-discovered valley of Imladris, and Erestor, an assistant to one of Gil-galad’s military advisors.
On SWG: link
Extra rec, mainly epistolary but with more frame narrative:
Scion of Kings (4693 words) by jane_ways
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Fingon | Findekáno/Maedhros | Maitimo, but very minimal - Relationship
Characters: Ereinion Gil-galad, Maedhros | Maitimo, Fingon | Findekáno, Eluréd (Tolkien), Elurín (Tolkien)
Additional Tags: Adoption, Orphan Gil, Daddy Issues, but not like that, Maedhros can't stop accidentally adopting kids, Fingon is Very Excited to be a dad
Series: Part 1 of Kings of the Second Age
Summary: Gil-galad struggles to write a letter to the man he thinks (hopes) might be his father. Or, in which we are all Gil-galad, failing to start an email.
On SWG: link
