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The Price of Freedom by Erin Lasgalen (explicit)
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cloudtrader and I'll be recommending awesomeness for you this month! I recommended comics fandom awesomeness last month and for May I'm driving TWO vans, Sherlock Holmes and Middle-Earth (OMG, who will write me that story!??!). Ahem, anyway, yes. With The Hobbit movie coming soon starring Martin Freeman, the irony and coincidence is delicious. Hopefully, I won't become too mixed up while driving both these vans. Enjoy the fic!
Fandom: THE LORD OF THE RINGS (mostly movieverse, but with definite Silmarillion references and background)
Pairing: Éowyn/Legolas
Length: 128,000ish words
Author on LJ:erinlasgalen (I think? Same name, but there is only Doctor Who fic there and the last update was over a year ago. I believe that this author also wrote DragonBallZ fanfic under another pseudonym, too.)
Author Website: The Awakening, on fanfiction.net, on Stories of Arda
Why this must be read:
DO NOT RUN AWAY SCREAMING AT THE PAIRING. No, really, just don't. This fic is transcendent. It was written in 2003-2004, but even eight years later I can honestly say that it is one of the most impressive stories of Arda that I've ever read. This, coming from someone who isn't that fond of movie!Legolas and thinks that Éowyn/Faramir is romantic and awesome. This Éowyn is strong and competent -- every ounce the woman who killed the Witch-king of Angmar. She rescues Legolas and they form a bond in adversity and it's fun and amazing.
Did I mention the vampires? NO, DON'T RUN AWAY!!! Seriously, it is all woven together with canon explanations and it makes SENSE. This is an author that deeply loves the whole universe that Tolkien created, as see through her exploration of femininity and love in a medieval society, even when she portrays the pain Éowyn experiences when rejecting the traditional role of a woman in her society. Don't believe me about how awesome it is? When I was researching this author for this rec, I found several other people recommending this story, too. This recommendation sums up my feelings pretty well, too.
Author's Summary: In the aftermath of the War of the Ring, Eowyn comes to the painful realization that the wounds of the heart she still bears cannot be healed by going back to the cage, however gilded, however loving the master. Four years and hundreds of leagues later, her past is about to catch up with her in more ways than one.
The Price of Freedom by Erin Lasgalen
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cloudtrader and I'll be recommending awesomeness for you this month! I recommended comics fandom awesomeness last month and for May I'm driving TWO vans, Sherlock Holmes and Middle-Earth (OMG, who will write me that story!??!). Ahem, anyway, yes. With The Hobbit movie coming soon starring Martin Freeman, the irony and coincidence is delicious. Hopefully, I won't become too mixed up while driving both these vans. Enjoy the fic!Fandom: THE LORD OF THE RINGS (mostly movieverse, but with definite Silmarillion references and background)
Pairing: Éowyn/Legolas
Length: 128,000ish words
Author on LJ:
erinlasgalen (I think? Same name, but there is only Doctor Who fic there and the last update was over a year ago. I believe that this author also wrote DragonBallZ fanfic under another pseudonym, too.)Author Website: The Awakening, on fanfiction.net, on Stories of Arda
Why this must be read:
DO NOT RUN AWAY SCREAMING AT THE PAIRING. No, really, just don't. This fic is transcendent. It was written in 2003-2004, but even eight years later I can honestly say that it is one of the most impressive stories of Arda that I've ever read. This, coming from someone who isn't that fond of movie!Legolas and thinks that Éowyn/Faramir is romantic and awesome. This Éowyn is strong and competent -- every ounce the woman who killed the Witch-king of Angmar. She rescues Legolas and they form a bond in adversity and it's fun and amazing.
Did I mention the vampires? NO, DON'T RUN AWAY!!! Seriously, it is all woven together with canon explanations and it makes SENSE. This is an author that deeply loves the whole universe that Tolkien created, as see through her exploration of femininity and love in a medieval society, even when she portrays the pain Éowyn experiences when rejecting the traditional role of a woman in her society. Don't believe me about how awesome it is? When I was researching this author for this rec, I found several other people recommending this story, too. This recommendation sums up my feelings pretty well, too.
Author's Summary: In the aftermath of the War of the Ring, Eowyn comes to the painful realization that the wounds of the heart she still bears cannot be healed by going back to the cage, however gilded, however loving the master. Four years and hundreds of leagues later, her past is about to catch up with her in more ways than one.
The Price of Freedom by Erin Lasgalen
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