Going Home (to a place we’ve never been before.) Chapter Fifteen; Learning through Weaponry and Art

[curiouswombat]

Oh my goodness - I have been aiming at a chapter a month but it is over 2 months since I finished the last one! I can't even blame Christmas and other festivities - I have spent at least the last three weeks with the front and back and no middle, so to speak, considering whether to stick to my original story line and trying to make this work

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[seaivy]

my commiserations !!!!!

I was stuck with no middle
somebody who also writes messaged me
beginning and end are easy
it's the middle that does you in

[curiouswombat]

The problem was I knew which conversations would take place, but it was hard work to make them concise and interesting (at least I hope they are interesting!).

[wiseheart]

Congratulations to wrestling the muse into obedience! :)

[curiouswombat]

Thank you!

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Wrestling with Muses is a back-breaking job. There might be moments where you think that maybe instead of breaking your back you better wring their neck!

[curiouswombat]

Honestly - the characters all wanted to talk too much!

[epiphyta]

Such talky toasters! And where has that wizard gotten to?

That's an interesting observation about Gil-galad, that here he's shifted down a level in status and doesn't seem to mind . . . .

That so many of the Noldor in Tirion are openly incurious is not going to endear them to our OCs - but Naltatamë is a fitting exception to that. And mail, wonderful mail!

“This could be Minas Tirith on midsummer’s morning, and for us it will always mean Arwen and Estel.”

OWWWWWWW

“I wonder if she will miss us tonight?”

“Part of me hopes she does,” Elladan answered. “But another part hopes she has a really good night and gathers a sheaf of ribbons.”

The two are not mutually exclusive, silly ellyn!

[curiouswombat]

Honestly - the chapter took so long to finish as they were all talking too much! And you know what they say about wizards...

I wondered about Gil-galad - and thought he had never really had a carefree youth (and that's a double entendre if ever I wrote one!). But Finarfin/Arafinwë clearly thought he might need to do some leading, when he suggested Gil-galad should head the expedition inland!

I feel that a lot of the Noldor firmly belief there can be nowhere better than Tirion so why look further. The Vanyar don't agree, but rarely bother arguing.

When they were in Imladris they could still imagine Arwen and Aragorn were in Minas Tirith. But that decision to finally leave Middle Earth both confirms the reality, and yet makes a few moments of imagining the other two are still there but out of reach more bittersweet, I think.

And yes - both are not only possible, but likely!