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A Valinor Trilogy by Europanya (NC-17)
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Author: Europanya
Author website: West of the Moon: Europanya's stories
Pairing: Sam/Frodo
Rating: NC-17
Why this must be read:
Sam, as the last of the Ringbearers, travels over the sea to Valinor - and Frodo. This is practically a gift from the gods to slash writers and this trilogy is one of the most thought-provoking, poignant and beautiful stories in the fandom.
Frodo and Legolas, for different reasons - Legolas has tasted the sea air and Frodo, who has never grown old, is endlessly searching for something he can't name - cannot settle in Valinor and periodically go off in Legolas's boat to explore the oceans around Valinor. The first in the series follows Sam as he waits for Frodo to return, the second explores with Frodo and Legolas and the last is from Gandalf's point of view. It is the last which is the most poignant and heart-breaking.
This is a very brave story with lovely prose and characterisations that are very true to the original - book, rather than movie canon, however. There is a quiet inevitablity about this story which in no way lessens the emotional impact.
The ship came at sunfall to a chorus of trumpets and light singing of the elves who kept these harbours, though arrivals were now no more than memory. All the ships had gone to dock save one. Galadine was her name. She was a small ship with a single purple sail and Legolas was her captain and builder. She had borne both the elf-prince and Gimli to this place beyond the shadow of evils, beyond the reach of time. Now it was the ship who took his master away.
Sam and Gimli had spotted her mast in the setting light, a waving shadow above the line of the sea. They'd moved to the very edge of the planks, squinting into the dimming light. The shapes Sam saw moving on her bow were greyed and muted, flowing and merging with the shadows. Then his eyes caught the white billows of a shirt set upon a small frame under a shock of dark hair, and there his heart lit until Galadine found her berth and welcomed the seafarers home.
What Sam Knew
What Frodo Saw
What Gandalf Heard
Author: Europanya
Author website: West of the Moon: Europanya's stories
Pairing: Sam/Frodo
Rating: NC-17
Why this must be read:
Sam, as the last of the Ringbearers, travels over the sea to Valinor - and Frodo. This is practically a gift from the gods to slash writers and this trilogy is one of the most thought-provoking, poignant and beautiful stories in the fandom.
Frodo and Legolas, for different reasons - Legolas has tasted the sea air and Frodo, who has never grown old, is endlessly searching for something he can't name - cannot settle in Valinor and periodically go off in Legolas's boat to explore the oceans around Valinor. The first in the series follows Sam as he waits for Frodo to return, the second explores with Frodo and Legolas and the last is from Gandalf's point of view. It is the last which is the most poignant and heart-breaking.
This is a very brave story with lovely prose and characterisations that are very true to the original - book, rather than movie canon, however. There is a quiet inevitablity about this story which in no way lessens the emotional impact.
The ship came at sunfall to a chorus of trumpets and light singing of the elves who kept these harbours, though arrivals were now no more than memory. All the ships had gone to dock save one. Galadine was her name. She was a small ship with a single purple sail and Legolas was her captain and builder. She had borne both the elf-prince and Gimli to this place beyond the shadow of evils, beyond the reach of time. Now it was the ship who took his master away.
Sam and Gimli had spotted her mast in the setting light, a waving shadow above the line of the sea. They'd moved to the very edge of the planks, squinting into the dimming light. The shapes Sam saw moving on her bow were greyed and muted, flowing and merging with the shadows. Then his eyes caught the white billows of a shirt set upon a small frame under a shock of dark hair, and there his heart lit until Galadine found her berth and welcomed the seafarers home.
What Sam Knew
What Frodo Saw
What Gandalf Heard