YES!!!!! A NEW FIC OF FINROD WHUMP!!!!!

(Because I am nothing if not predictable and on-brand in what captures my mind and what is the result!)

Archive warnings: Rape/Non-Con, further details in the tags. Fairly dark, hurt/comfort at the end though.

14k words, one-shot

Findaráto has always known that what he seeks, what he craves, what he needs, is unacceptable. It is a fact of the world; immutable as the dance of the stars, the ebb and flow of gold and silver light, the tide of the sea. How he sates it, who he gives himself over to when in need—that doesn’t matter. It’s fine. Until it isn’t. Or rather, until someone else recognizes that it isn’t.

This is the first fic in the series Liberties

Modern cars are computers on wheels - they have more sensors than you can count and are constantly phoning home with telemetry data like your location, speed, fuel levels, sudden accelerations/decelerations, video footage, driver attention data from eye monitoring systems, and hundreds of other data points. Cars have inward- and outward-facing cameras. They have microphones. They have always-on modems. It’s all enabled by default with difficult or meaningless opt-outs, and your data is monetized through brokers like LexisNexis or Verisk. This all brings a host of security and privacy issues - here are some over the years:

In 2025 Subaru had vulnerabilities allowing anyone to remotely unlock customers’ cars, as well as access the real-time GPS location and location history of the car of the car

Car manufacturers share your driving data with insurance companies, which then increase your premiums

In 2023 Tesla employees internally shared camera footage of naked customers and other sensitive images

In 2015 Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek famously took over a Jeep Cherokee with full control of the ignition, brakes, locks, steering, etc.

Mozilla detailed how 25 car manufacturers scored abysmally on privacy and how they collect data including “sexual activity, immigration status, race, facial expressions, weight and genetic information.” They sell this data to third parties and use it to build profiles about you covering “intelligence, abilities, characteristics, preferences, and more.”

Tesla had a vulnerability in 2017 that allowed anyone to remotely see your car’s location, manage other features, and even summon the car to themselves

The Car That Watches You Back details how cars are now serving you ads, as well as collecting vast amounts of data about you. The Hacker News discussion about this article is what prompted this blog post

And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10:7, 8.

Perilous times are before us. The whole world will be involved in perplexity and distress, disease of every kind will be upon the human family, and such ignorance as now prevails concerning the laws of health would result in great suffering and the loss of many lives that might be saved....

As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions. For their own sake, they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure. And those who do this will find a field of labor anywhere. There will be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will need help, not only among those of our own faith, but largely among those who know not the truth.

The medical work done in connection with the giving of the third angel’s message, is to accomplish wonderful results. It is to be a sanctifying, unifying work, corresponding to the work which the great Head of the church sent forth the first disciples to do.

Calling these disciples together, Christ gave them their commission: ... “And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.” “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” Matthew 10:7, 8, 16.

It is well for us to read this chapter and let its instruction prepare us for our labors. The early disciples were going forth on Christ’s errands, under His commission. His spirit was to prepare the way before them. They were to feel that with such a message to give, such blessings to impart, they should receive a welcome in the homes of the people.

God reaches hearts through the relief of physical suffering. A seed of truth is dropped into the mind, and is watered by God. Much patience may be required before this seed shows signs of life, but at last it springs up, and bears fruit unto eternal life.

In only a few months, Donald Trump’s second presidential time period has drastically reshaped the USA federal authorities and moved to consolidate the facility of the chief department. On the behest of the president, quite a few federal companies have undertaken aggressive, invasive initiatives to crack down on immigration, police speech, examine political opponents, curtail US public well being…