Argon son of Fingolfin

"We will be victorious. We fight. That's what we do."

"Off the top of my head, I would go with the sense of manifest destiny."

"A little excitement, something to tell your grandchildren."

"I do this to avoid doing that."

"You know, I do what I do, and you do what you do."

"Can't stand the sight of blood. Not so much as a paper cut."

"Haven't you heard?"

"It's obvious I don't belong here."

"Never asked. Don't care."

"Battle is the great redeemer."

"I got to be free, man."

"Remember, there's no courage without fear."

"Look alive if you want to stay that way."

"How bad is it? Is there a lot of blood?"

"I'm sorry. I'm trying to save you."

"Knock off the grab-ass!"

"Who said you could talk to me?"

"Have I got something on my face?"

"You come with me. Now."

"You have to die. Every day."

"First of all... this is a terrific presentation. Terrific."

"What are you expecting from me?"

"So this is all just some theory?"

"I think I broke something."

"The only thing I can feel are my lips."

"Think we better start over, don't you?"

"Hold on. Hold on. Listen. List— Ok. Do it."

"I mean, have you— you know, tried ALL the options?"

"How many times?"

"Keep your eyes open."

"Again."

"No. I can still feel my toes."

"You can do this. You can."

"I do not need to get to know you."

"How do you know that name?"

"Let me guess. You're afraid of heights."

"I'm afraid of crashing. And not at all ashamed to admit it."

"I think we should just reset."

"I can't believe you found coffee."

"You're wasting time!"

"Why does it matter what happens to me?"

"I wish I didn't know you. But I do."

"Have you been drinking?"

"There isn't any other way. We're finished."

"That's because you're stubborn."

"What have you done?"

"I was out of those things in three minutes flat. What's wrong with you?"

"I thought you were dead."

"The longer I talk, the more rational I appear."

"There is a chance. A slim one."

"We've been through worse."

Oh, there is Nórima!  I wonder if she'd like to go riding tomorrow?

Good friend or not, if you trip me one more time I shall have to push you down a flight of stairs.  (And then run away, on my long long legs.)

Are all mortals this strangely inquisitive--wait, I shouldn't lump all mortals together in my mind, should I? 

Please tell me that you aren't the reason my brother is in a bad mood.  Again.

sharpglance Jaeger brooooo hello hello it is I, your Secret Santa!!!  Tumblr is a dumb and doesn't allow audio post submissions, so I had to resort to doing it this way.  Anyway, here is your present!!!!  I wrote you a song about Maeglin and sort of his mother!  I hope you like it and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!! <3

Lyrics

It all began one long ago day On a ride from the mountains The lady she was led astray Ne’er to return to her stone fountains For there it was she met her doom Though she knew not yet it was he And there she stayed amid the gloom As her child of the night grew swiftly

[chorus] Oh child born of the twilight wood What would your mother say Oh child, do you think she could Stand to see you this way?

You are dark and born of the night You thrive at the touch of the moon Now you abide in the city of light But your shadow will snuff it out soon

[chorus]

For you have brought the walls crashing down For you have wrought this ruin This last bit of hope now has been drown’d No, day shall not come again

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//Nah, it is fine. I am just too tired to process everything right now. Anyway, your answer is lovely, but I have one problem: how do I even make my muse react to this? XD

Arakáno blinked and then smiled, shifting a little bit closer to his newly-restored-to-life brother.  It was still a little bit amazing that he wasn’t dead anymore, and even more that he was here, back at home and almost okay!  And that made Arakáno very happy indeed.

"Well, aren’t you just a bucket of cheer," the younger brother muttered, looking away and shivering slightly despite the blanket draped over his shoulders.  Why, exactly, had he thought it was a good idea to ask Turukáno about good memories of Elenwë, to try to make him remember what it was like to be happy?  It backfired, apparently.  Every attempt to get him to smile again backfired these days.

"So, if I just never get married, are you saying that would be better?" he prodded after a few moments of a sullen silence that grew and grew in the chilly tent.  "Turno, please.  Just…" no, wait, he shouldn’t say that.  Atar would frown and Iryë might smack him.  She would want you to be smiling right now wasn’t really something that Turno needed to hear right now, was it?

“Pointless?" No, that was not a word Arakáno would tolerate, not when speaking of his brother’s actions in Gondolin, of his refusal to leave the city when it fell.  Incredulous and offended on Turukáno’s behalf, he turned abruptly to face the other elf, his height lending him the advantage in looking somewhat intimidating, to be sure.  Years upon years may have passed and he may have readjusted to life in Valinor, but Turukáno had yet to return from Mandos and he would not hear a word like “pointless” used to describe the fall of Gondolin!

"I think, my lady," he said icily, "that you should reevaluate your choice of words before speaking to me of such matters."  My brother’s death was not pointless.  You have no place to judge him, you who followed the sons of Fëanor even after they abandoned you to the Grinding Ice.

"Yes, well, I can’t really do much about that, though I do agree with you," the prince shook his head, the barest hint of a disapproving frown crossing his face as he observed the procession in the courtyard below.  The two of them stood near the large window in the sitting room, watching the people milling about outside—one of the other lords who swore fealty to High King Fingolfin had arrived with his company for a visit, today.  This particular elf had no great liking for Men, though he did not mind them per se, and it wasn’t hard to see why it would rub Firië the wrong way.

"Love is hope. It fuels our dreams."

"It will leave an emptiness inside. A void you will never be able to fulfill."

"Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing."

"Love is weakness."

"You must trust me because if you don't, there are other ways."

"There's always people in this world who want you to give up. Don't make their jobs any easier."

"I guess if true love was easy, we'd all have it."

"Did I forget to shave?"

"Generally speaking, if you think something you want to do is wrong, it is."

"What is strong enough to drown out your own conscience?"

"I'm not bossy, I'm the queen."

"Giving in to one's dark side never accomplishes anything."

"No matter what you do. I will always find you."

"You want a side of bacon with that whiskey?"

"If he's playing a game, you can win."

"Love's the worst. I wish there was a magic cure."

"It's dangerous to confuse vengeance with justice."

"As long as you live in the past, you'll never find your future."

"I'm done reading about heroes. I want to be one."

"You have all sorts of sore places I can make you hurt."

"Maybe we met for a reason. Maybe something good happened from us being together."

"Wouldn't be the first flying monkey I've dated."

"I, for one, would like to be able to eat this week."

"By the way, have you been taking kick boxing and not telling me about it?"

"It's only going to leave a giant hole in your heart."

"Just because it seems too good to be true doesn't mean it is."

"Not a day will go by that I won't go by that I won't think of you."

"You always brought out the best in me and right now I need that."

"Can't help but feel personally violated about that part."

"No matter what you think, no matter what anyone tells you, I do love you."

"So brave. So gallant. So pointless."

"I've lived a life of selfishness, cowardice, and dishonesty."

"I think it's time to haul her ass out of bed and get her to move past this."

"One thing I excel at is surviving."

"Helping you is my life."

"You need to be alive. You need to be awake so you can spend all your days knowing that I have taken everything that was suppose to be yours."