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I don’t particularly care about Aredhel/Celegorm as a romantic relationship but Aredhel looking like a female Finwe and Celegorm looking like a male miriel just has something wonderfully torturous to it. On the other hand, Fingon looking like Finwe and Maedhros looking like a male red haired miriel with an eerily similar personality.

Safe to say Feanor, Finwe, Indis etc are very unnerved in either scenario

Intezaar 🌅

In the trap

Random Headcanons for Mahtan and his Grandsons

It seems like not many people talk about Mahtan, let alone his relationships with his grandsons, so I just felt like jotting down a handful of thoughts about them.

- Maedhros and the twins are his absolute pride and joy.  He adores them.  He calls all three of them “Russa” and always ruffles their hair when he sees them. To the casual observer, it would seem like they are the obvious Favorites.  They are the ones he asks about first.  His workshop is plastered with drawings of them made by their mother, and he loves showing off his favorites.  He is super proud of every tiny thing they do, and even when they misbehave, he can’t stay mad at them for long.  He brags about them to everyone he talks to.  He dotes on them almost to the point of spoiling them.  He loves to make them things, always out of copper: jewelry, circlets, play weapons and armor, anything they want.  Maedhros in particular is his Little Prince, and the twins his Little Treasures.

- The one he’s most likely to get choked up over, though, is Maglor.  He’s the one most similar to his mother, and even if he doesn’t have the red hair, every time Mahtan looks at his secondborn grandson, he sees his precious baby girl.  He sees her in Maglor’s smile, in his mannerisms, those little gestures, a thousand subtle ways.  Maglor isn’t a smith, but Mahtan sees the same joy in him when he’s writing and performing his songs as he did in Nerdanel when she was learning her art.  He is there for every concert, every recital.  He can listen to Maglor talk and sing for hours on end and never get tired or lose interest in what he’s saying.  They may not have much overlap in hobbies, but they have the best conversations.

- Celegorm is his Little Buddy.  He learned early on not to let Tyelko into his workshop, but he loves to play with him.  He would give him piggyback rides all the time when he was little, and tickle fights, arm wrestling and other rough-house horseplay were common.  They’d go on nature walks together and Celegorm’s constant chatter and excitement makes him laugh.  Even if he’s otherwise busy, he always takes time to have fun with Celegorm.

- His relationship with Caranthir is a bit more mysterious.  He teaches Caranthir how to channel his temper productively.  He has a ready ear if he ever wants to talk, and Caranthir knows he can tell his grandpa anything and doesn’t have to worry about his reactions.  Sometimes, they can just work beside each other on separate projects, never saying a word, but communicating in small ways.  A hug from Grandpa Mahtan can always make Caranthir feel better if he’s unhappy about something.

- Curufin is his Little Helper.  Whatever Mahtan is working on, Curufin wants to help.   He brings Grandpa tools and equipment or helps clear away things no longer needed.   He absorbs EVERYTHING Grandpa has to teach him and he’s eager to show off his ideas and projects.  Curufin is the one full of questions and wanting to know how things work, and he is rapt with attention when Mahtan explains and demonstrates.  He’s one of the people Curufin looks up to most, aside from his father.