Highly Cursed Musician

Finwë, to himself as he walks out the door: This will work great. Maitimo is eagerly supported by Fëanáro and his people, and respected (if sometimes begrudgingly) by Nolofinwë and his people. Moreover he’s a competent politician in his own right, genuinely interested in the work of rule, level-headed with responsibility… I bet we can stretch this vacation to a decade or even semi-retirement without anyone blinking. Nothing with disrupt it.

Maitimo, the second Finwë is out the door: For my first royal decree, let it be known that marrying your half-cousin is totally okay, and incidentally Findekáno and I are getting married next Tuesday. You’re all invited!

@shrikeseams 1. Years, obviously; this is Maedhros we’re talking about. 2 (implied). My vague idea of the timeline here is:

a couple months ago: Fingon & Maedhros decide that fuck it, yeah, let’s just ELOPE! …but not right this instant; there’s the bridge-opening ceremony, and then Aredhel’s begetting-day party, and then…

so in, like, 2 months? Yes, 2 months. That’s the plan. “Hunting trip” just the two of them, nothing unusual, handle the consequences when they get back…

about 1 month ago: Finwë announces his vacation plans, including the kingship while he’s gone

Fingon: Oh no! Should we elope right now? Should we put it off longer? I don’t WANT to put it off any longer, I want to take you—

Maedhros: No no no no no—I got this. I can work with this. WE can work with this. We just need to arrange an entire royal wedding in a month, secretly, while still coordinating with Grandfather for my coronation—and secretly planning yours, after the wedding— We can combine those to compress the logistics. All the same people will attend. We need invitations; two outfits each, or at least two sets of jewelry; venue and seating; musicians; refreshments; someone on duty to keep my father from starting a fight, someone on duty to keep your father from starting a fight—easier job, but it’ll satisfy Father to see— Help me clear off this table and we can start the seating chart! And designing your crown—what kind of symbolism do you want? It should be strongly Noldorin, but I think we can afford a hint of Vanyarin aesthetic if you’d prefer—

Celegorm handles all the Vala-sweet-talking required, starting with subtle hints to Orome and ending with less-than-subtle hints delivered to Manwe via hawk messenger

Maedhros does the logistics, of course, but Caranthir and Turgon are the ones who figure out how to procure the budget for a royal wedding without alerting anyone to suspicious withdrawals from the family coffers

Turgon also helps arrange the venue. after all, he is quite skilled at arranging hidden locations ahead of time

Aredhel volunteers to tackle anyone who tries to start a fight

they don't tell Curufin, but they do try to drop enough hints that he won't be excessively surprised when it happens. one Feanor is enough of a fight risk to deal with for now, and nobody wants a shocked and angry Curvo jumping in as well

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- my dog is trained with cooperative care skills, the process is not stressful for her, she gets paid heavily for her cooperation and looks forwards to the opportunity to earn extra snacks with the grooming

We need Gilgamesh's hat back. Specifically we need Tarvek to find Gil's hat, and for his eyes to light up evilly, and for him to design an entire outfit around it for Gil. Because Tarvek would never compromise his sartorial principles by making the outfit bad, so Gil would probably really like it. Except for the hat.

Agatha's wasp eater isn't going anywhere, even after she's no longer chemically dependent on it, because Agatha does not let go of people who are hers, even if those people are small flying caterpillar weasels.

A queen at the long fall of her empire