Exception

by WildflowerWhisper

Perhaps Aragorn was not the only foster-child safeguarded in Imladris during the Third Age. And perhaps he was not the last child of the Dunedain at all. Perhaps, just maybe, there had been an exception. This is the exception's story.

1. Introduction

Many pieces of the puzzle came together with which to get this story off of the ground.

The first piece was a scene I wrote between Calahdra and her father in Chapter 26 of Ever and Ever. It was simply a scene, a conversation, a memory in which a father spoke to his young, beloved daughter. As I wrote the scene, a feeling of such joy came over me that I knew that my next piece of work had to be centered around a child and her relationship with her parents. The innocence of youth has always captivated me, and in that moment, as the words appeared upon the screen, I knew that I needed to write about it.

And then I watched Born of Hope, which is a fairly decent portrayal of Arathorn and Gilraen's relationship by way of independent film. In the very first scene, a young girl stands bewildered and terrified in the heart of an orc attack upon her family. Her name is given as Maia, and her fate is vague.

I will admit now and only now that I am borrowing her for this story, and I owe her existence to the writer's of Born of Hope.

Finally, I had been meaning to play with around with a homosexual elf relationship for some time. Not slash simply for the sake of erotica, but a genuine male/male relationship that encompassed ALL parts of such a relationship.

And then it all just slipped together.

What if the fates of all three were intertwined? What if these three became a family? What role would they play in the darkening days of the Third Age?

But the deeper questions remain unanswered. Can such fates (mortal/immortal, young girl/gay father figures) intertwine? Is such a family possible? And how would such a relationship (and this is the $64,ooo question) fit into the ibigger picture/i?

We shall have to wait and see, I guess…