AMC--Chapter Twenty-Six

[dawn_felagund]

I am rating this chapter for adults only for reasons of discussing topics about sexuality. There is no graphic sex--it is merely Macalaurë musing about love and marriage and children and his thoughts on all of these things--but I want to play it safe. If you're not sure if you want to read this chapter, please don't hesitate to contact me, as

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[dawn_felagund]

I'd have thought that five was rather too young to give a child a technical explanation (even for a human), but then Feanor must expect his sons to be as precocious as him!

I'd say he does. :) But I was around that age when I learned the facts of life, through wanting to be an entomologist and encountering things that I didn't understand. Then my mom had to explain things to me...and whenever it was my turn for show and tell, I had to be sent to school with a reminder not to talk about "mating" to my class, as they probably wouldn't understand.

I think poor Macalaure was a little traumatized by it.... ;)

*attemps to avoid arguing that Finwe couldn't have been much more than 1000 when he married, even with Tree Years*

No need to argue! I admit that I'm dodgy on timelines. And canon in general. This will get changed during the edit. Thanks, as always, for noticing.

I like that you've introduced an actual quarrel between Finwe and Feanor about the Valar.

I figure that it couldn'tve been *all* happy sunshine between them. I don't think Feanor inspires happy, sunshiney thoughts in many people at all, all the time--even beloved Finwe.

[fanged_geranium]

I don't think Feanor inspires happy, sunshiney thoughts in many people at all, all the time--even beloved Finwe.

It adds a new perspective to Feanor leaving home as soon as he could - Finwe might have encouraged him to go!

[dawn_felagund]

In Felak!verse, they have a fight about his half-brothers, Feany storms out and goes to Mahtan's, tells Nerdanel he's leaving home and asks her to go with him. And the rest is history! ;^P