Captain Tinkerbell by Lipstick (G)

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Fandom: SILMARILLION
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: maelipstick
Author Website: Lipstick at fanfiction.net
Why this must be read:

At the end of the First Age, Maglor casts his Silmaril into the sea, and it is said that 'thereafter he wandered ever upon the shores, singing in pain and regret beside the waves ... but he came never back among the people of the Elves.' Many fine stories have been written about Maglor's wanderings through recorded history, and I hope to draw your attention to some of the others later, but I think 'Captain Tinkerbell' is my favourite. It's written as Maglor (Makalaure)'s diary in the trenches of 1916, and it's quite brilliant. I'll let Lipstick's words speak for themselves...

'When a shell hits, there are no poems. What the men usually say, when they say anything at all, is one word, simple, brutal, monosyllabic and obscene. It strikes me as a fair comment.

Lament would be blasphemy. It is only the lesser words that can convey the experience of routine slaughter.'

If you only read one of my recommendations, I urge you to read this.

Captain Tinkerbell