#findimmire

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I want to hire you. My father. He's been murdered... Please. My father...he had many rivals, maybe enemies... Please. I just want to see justice done.

Private investigator Elemmírë has been hired by Lady Findis, the oldest daughter of Lord Finwë Noldoran, to find her father's murderer. As she gets to know the House of Finwë and their associates, the web of lies surrounding each of them seems to stretch further and further. Danger lurks in every corner of Formenos Lodge, not the least of which is the enchanting nature of her client. If she is to prevent further harm to the family—or her own heart—she must solve this case as quickly as she can. Yet with so many suspects and so many motives, where should she even begin?

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For the @tolkienrsb 2023: a Victorian Murder Mystery AU, starring detective Elemmírë and Lady Findis! Read @lithgaeril's fantastic fic of my art beginning on September 8!

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incident occurred at the Noldoran manor in the Formenos countryside. At the scene of the crime [cut off]

The client is one Findis Noldoran, daughter of the victim by his second wife. Suspects include the victim's eldest son, Fëanáro Noldoran, notably obsessive and vindictive to his half-siblings. Fëanáro showed immense grief and instability following his father's death, which could point to a guilt-ridden mind, or a true spiral of grief [cut off]

looking beyond family members, business and political rivals abound as well. Noldoran was popular among his staff but the same cannot be said of Melkor Bauglir, who was last seen on the property on the very day of the murder. This does not preclude his innocence, especially given the rivalry between him and Finwë Noldoran's eldest son, and the [cut off]

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In the interest of making ship content easier to find, I’m rounding up some F/F ship names. Here’s what I’ve seen so far:

Anaire/Earwen = Anarwen Elemmire/Findis = Findimmire Finduilas/Nienor = Ninduilas Galadriel/Melian = Meladriel Indis/Miriel = Mindis Luthien/Thuringwethil = Luthuri

If you use or know of others, please share!

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When Fingon and Maedhros work on theoretical papers about the distribution of light in Arda for their academic pursuits, they get closer than expected.

I received this wonderful story from Sylanna for @myslashyvalentine 2022! Featuring trans!Maedhros, awkward young Russingon, and background Findimmire <3 Give it a read!!!

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42 for the kiss prompts, for Findis/Elemmírë if they are still open :)

42. Distracting kisses from someone that are meant to stop the other person from finishing their work, and give them kisses instead.

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“Come to bed, meldë,” Elemmírë murmured, pressing kisses to Findis’ neck, her hair draping down over her face.

Findis lifted aside the curtain of white-gold locks, peering closer at her papers. “Mm, I’m busy, Mírë,” she said. Ever since the Darkening, she’d been busy, pulled back into politics against her wishes. But it was important, she knew it was important, if she let her duties slide she knew...she knew that...

But oh, it was so hard to think with her wife’s hands on her shoulders, her hot mouth on her ear.

“The Noldor will not suffer for your taking a night off, dearest,” Elemmírë purred. “But I will, if you do not.”

Findis sighed, putting down her quill. It was hard to put up a fight when she would so much rather be spending the evening with her wife.

“Very well, you win,” she conceded, and yelped in surprise as Elemmírë lifted her out of the chair and into her arms, kissing her firmly on the lips as she carried her to bed.

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HCs about Elemmírë?

Oh man, for a character we have next to no information about other than “Vanya” and “sang a really sad song about the Trees,” I have a lot of headcanons for Elemmírë!

First of all, Elemmírë is named after a heavenly body (possibly Arda’s version of Mercury?) and the name is not given in either a masculine or feminine form, so we don’t know Elemmírë’s canon gender. This of course means that Elemmírë is trans, you can’t change my mind! I’ve seen depictions of them as nonbinary, which I love, but personally my Elemmírë is a trans woman!

All the rest of my headcanons are pretty much made up whole cloth :)

I intended to make like, a bullet point list of headcanons, but I ended up referencing my recently created personal timeline of the Years of the Trees and the First Age, and...it kind of expanded into an essay on Elemmírë’s role in the larger story of that verse of mine. So, under the cut is a roughly 2,000 word essay on my take on this blank slate of a character!

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Elemmírë is one of the Unbegotten elves who awoke at Cuiviénen. When she awoke, everyone assumed she was a male elf, which didn’t really sit right with her but she didn’t know how to express herself at the time. For the first part of her life she lived as a nér.

Elemmírë has a sister*, Calima (one of my OCs). Calima marries an Avar, who she manages to drag with her on the Great Journey despite his reluctance to go West. Right before Ulmo takes the Vanyar and the Noldor to Aman, Calima’s husband leaves her and disappears into Taur-im-Duinath...but not before Calima becomes pregnant. Elemmírë comforts her and supports her through the birth of her child, Elenwë - the first child to be born in Aman.

*(My headcanon around Unbegotten siblings is that some elves woke with soul bonds that connected them to other elves, which while they aren’t genetically related, they consider to be siblings of their fëa. This is the case for Elwë, Olwë, and Elmo; I also gave Nowë (Círdan) and Ingwë OC siblings. Finwë is a loner, which is part of why he’s so concerned about creating and keeping a marriage bond...)

While Ingwë is busy building Tirion with Finwë, his sister-in-law Alcariniel (the mother of Indis; her spouse died on the Great Journey and has yet to be reborn) leads some of the Vanyar to the foot of Taniquetil and founds what will become Valmar. Calima, Elenwë, and Elemmírë go with Alcariniel.

At this time, Elemmírë enters into the service of Varda. She develops a close relationship with her Vala, and feels more comfortable in the beautiful starry robes and among the company of mostly priestesses than she ever did in the more gendered Vanyarin society. She sings and composes hymns to Varda and the heavens.

About a century later, Elemmírë is an established and well-renowned musician in Valmar. It is then that she meets Findis, daughter of Indis, when Findis is visiting Taniquetil with her grandmother Alcariniel. Findis greatly admires Elemmírë’s songs and engages her in a discussion about poetry; the two quickly become friends.

After another hundred years or so, Findis’ half-brother Fëanáro has his fourth child. Finwë invites his whole family to the celebration; Findis now lives in Valmar and does not always attend these begetting day parties, but she happens to be in Tirion for the occasion - with Elemmírë, who tags along to the party.

At the celebration, Makalaurë (a young teen in Elf Years) sings a piece he wrote for his new baby brother, and Elemmírë is greatly impressed by his talent and offers to teach him personally. He’s had music tutors before, but none so renowned, and he is absolutely star-struck. Fëanáro has an inherent distrust of the Vanyar, but he cannot deny his son anything, especially when it comes to furthering his craft, so he agrees to let Elemmírë teach Makalaurë, on the condition that she move to Tirion. Findis offers to move back as well, so her friend won’t be alone; they move in together.

A few years later, Elemmírë takes her star student Makalaurë to Valmar so he can perform at her niece’s 200th begetting day party. This is, of course, Elenwë; Makalaurë is immediately besotted with her, and does his best to impress her. Of course, Elenwë is well into adulthood and Makalaurë is still an awkward adolescent, so nothing ever comes of this, but they do eventually become friends.

All this time, everyone has assumed that Elemmírë is a nér, but with every passing year she becomes more and more certain that is not actually the case. At last she confesses to her dear friend Findis that she thinks she might be a nís, and while Findis isn’t quite sure what that means at first, she’s very supportive and encourages Elemmírë to go to Varda with this revelation.

I do operate in a verse where some homophobia and transphobia exist in Aman, kind of accidently put into place by a well-meaning but ultimately harmful decision by Manwë, but Varda is significantly more chill than her husband. She doesn’t really get what Elemmírë is saying, but she supports her servant’s change in expression. Elven gender roles are pretty loose, so it’s not really that much of a difference, and with Varda’s support Elemmírë feels more confident in herself and comes out to the public.

Most elves, especially the Vanyar, likewise don’t really get it, and privately they still see her as a nér, but there is a firm taboo against rudeness which means they will refer to Elemmírë with the correct pronouns and honorifics and such because it would be incredibly rude not to. The discomfort with someone else’s non-normative expression is easier to deal with than the social impropriety of deliberately refusing to respect someone’s wishes about their personal identity.

This, along with Varda’s kind-of-confused-but-she’s-still-got-the-spirit support of  Elemmírë means it’s a pretty smooth transition process for her. Since her name isn’t gendered, she decides to keep it, and she is much happier now that she can express her true self. She also has a staunch ally in Findis, who she has recently begun courting.

Again, there is some homophobia in my verse, and two níssi in a relationship is generally frowned upon, but the half-acceptance of Elemmírë’s gender allows them to exploit a loophole in that particular Law/Custom. Manwë, at least, still sees Elemmírë as a nér, and so doesn’t see anything wrong with her dating Findis. It’s not the ideal situation, but Elemmírë and Findis aren’t really the “fight the system” type, so they’re content to live with the happiness they’ve been allowed.

Eventually, Makalaurë reaches his first coming of age** and Elemmírë takes her student on a tour of all Eldamar to show off how exceptional a musician he has become. He is declared a master singer, and leaves Elemmírë’s side to pursue mastery in instruments, beginning with the harp. His teacher couldn’t be more proud.

**(In my headcanon, elves have two coming-of-age ceremonies: one when they reach age 50, and are considered physically mature and old enough to be given more freedoms in their decisions, including now being of a socially acceptable age to start dating; and the other at age 100, where they are considered a Full Adult and able to marry. Sometimes elves marry younger than that, but it isn’t super common. Age pretty much stops mattering, especially when it comes to age gaps in relationships, when an elf is about 150.)

Not long after this, Elemmírë and Findis get married! Makalaurë performs his then-masterpiece at their wedding. Also at the wedding, Findekáno is caught up in all the glorious romance, and the possibilities of same-gender marriage now that two níssi (one a princess!) can be wed, and confesses the depth of his love for Maitimo. Maitimo...immediately panics and brings up all the reasons why their love is doomed, how their aunts are the exception and not the rule and besides there’s that loophole they’re taking advantage of that doesn’t really work for néri like us - but notably does not deny that he feels the same way. Findekáno is heartbroken by the rejection; Maitimo is terrified of his feelings and distances himself from his beloved cousin for a time.

But of course that doesn’t last long - and it’s at the celebration of the birth of Laurefindil, Findis and Elemmírë’s son, that Maitimo brings himself to reconcile with Findekáno...platonically. Of course. Until a few months later where he just can’t take it anymore and breaks down and confesses he can’t deny his feelings any longer, and they get together at long last.

Findis, Elemmírë, and Laurefindil return to Valmar and settle down there. Laurefindil is buds with both his Vanyarin cousin Elenwë and his oodles of Noldorin cousins. At his first coming of age celebration, he introduces his cousin Elenwë (on Elemmírë’s side) to his cousin Turukáno (on Findis’ side), and Turukáno immediately falls madly in love and begins some intense pining that will rival even his older brother’s romantic dramatics.

As strife grows among the Noldor, Findis and Elemmírë distance themselves from Tirion as much as they can; Makalaurë is pretty much the only Finwëan who is allowed to visit them. However, Laurefindil misses his Noldorin cousins and, after his second coming of age, chooses to move to Tirion and join his grandfather Finwë’s court. He becomes even closer to Turukáno (who has by now married Elenwë) and is very loyal to his older cousin.

At the Darkening, Elemmírë is deeply grieved at the destruction of the Two Trees, and it is then that she composes her most famous song, the Aldudénië, “Lament for the Trees.” Her grief is compounded when her son chooses to go into exile with his Noldorin kin - and, almost worse, when her niece Elenwë chooses to leave as well.

Elenwë is the only Vanya who leaves (well, the only Vanya who is fully culturally Vanyarin without any Noldorin ancestry), mostly because she cannot bear to be separated from her husband and young daughter, but also because she knows the story of her Avarin father who stayed behind in Endórë and hopes that she will meet him on the hither shore. (Unfortunately, she perishes crossing the Ice. Idril will eventually meet her maternal grandfather, but not until just before she and Tuor sail West. Elenwë is reborn in Aman shortly after the founding of Gondolin; she reunites with her Vanyarin family and with her good friend Amárië.)

I don’t have a whole lot of headcanons for Elemmírë and Findis during the events of the First Age; they live mostly a quiet life. I think Elemmírë rededicates herself to the service of Varda, and pleads with her Vala to show mercy for the Noldor in their need. (Perhaps that helped to convince Varda’s husband to send an eagle to Thangorodrim?)

When they hear of Laurefindil’s death in the Fall of Gondolin (because of course Glorfindel followed his favorite cousin Turgon to his hidden city, and got a noble house out of it!), Elemmírë and Findis grieve his loss all over again. They don’t know how long it will be before his rebirth, and they soon decide to have another child together. This is their daughter, Faniel, who grows up on stories about her brother’s bravery.

Eventually Glorfindel is reborn, and he has a few good centuries in Aman with his family (and his husband Ecthelion, who he finally gets to marry; they had gotten betrothed the day before Gondolin fell, RIP) before the Valar send him back to Middle-earth to play the hero again. Elemmírë and Findis are once again heartbroken to lose him, but they are at the same time incredibly proud of their son for his bravery and dedication to all things good in the world. This time, he leaves with the blessing of Varda, his mother’s patron Vala, and a promise that he will return when his task is complete. He does, but not until the Fourth Age, when he sails back to Valinor with Elladan and Elrohir!

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Reflecting Into Yours

After (finally) getting some answers to their questions about what makes a marriage bond, Findekáno and Russandol slip away to (finally) fulfill their long-burning desires.

MORE Fake Dating AU!! I promise I am working on Finno’s POV, but in the meantime have some more smut :) 

Rating: E | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon, background Findis/Elemmírë Characters: Maedhros, Fingon, Findis, Elemmírë Word count: 5.6k

READ IT ON AO3!

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Findimmire anon happy for more \o/ I think 41 is the last one left? :D

(Tolkien: doesn’t give us a gender for a character. Me: she’s trans now!)

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41. “I feel like I can’t breathe,” Elemmírë whispered, clutching her friend close. “It’s just...there’s so much...I’m a singer, a performer, I shouldn’t be so afraid...”

“Shh, it’s alright,” Findis murmured, rubbing comforting circles on her back. “Fear doesn’t always make sense, Mírë. But I think this time it’s justified, dearest. It’s a lot of people, and you’re showing a different side of yourself to the world.”

Elemmírë shook. She never wanted to let Findis go—she’d known that for awhile, now, though she hadn’t gotten the courage to tell Findis how she felt. It had been hard enough to tell her that she was nís and not a nér, especially when such things were almost unheard of in Aman. (On the Journey, at Cuiviénen, it had been different. But Elemmírë had followed her king to Valimar, and she loved the life she had here.)

“I don’t know what I would do without you, Findis,” she confessed. “I don’t know how I managed before you.”

“You did just fine,” Findis scolded her gently. “You made a name for yourself, you shared your voice with all Aman, you befriended Varda of all people! It is a wonder you want me around at all!”

“Don’t say that, never say that,” Elemmírë protested. “I love you, Findis. I never had a family—I am Unbegotten, and was not called to another soul as some were when we first woke. But with you...” She trailed off, her heart beating faster than it had been already. Oh, she had already said too much!

But Findis looked at her tenderly, the same love reflected in her eyes. “Mírë, I love you too. I...I have hoped you would consider me family, even if we are not tied by blood.”

“Maybe I should call this off,” Elemmírë stammered. “I—I know I’ve been planning this, this song to share who I am with the world, and...I want to sing it, I want people to know that I am truly a nís, but—” She blushed. “I want to share myself with you alone, in this moment.”

Findis stared. “It’s your big day,” she said softly. “Are you sure?”

In answer Elemmírë kissed her. Findis let out a surprised squeak, but when Elemmírë pulled back, terrified that she would reject her, Findis only drew her close again for another kiss.

“Oh,” Findis whispered at last. “I had hoped...but then you said you were a nís, and I...thought that meant you looked to néri...”

“It’s you, Findis, it’s always been you,” Elemmírë replied, tears of joy streaming down her cheeks. “Nís or nér, it’s always you. I don’t want to be your sister, I...I want to be your wife.”

Findis gasped, then kissed her again. “My wife!” she exclaimed in hushed tones. “My wife...”

“It’s fast, I know, but I’ve known you for so long,” Elemmírë began, only for Findis to cut her off with another kiss.

“I want that too,” she said. “I want to be your wife. Is...such a thing possible? Two níssi...?”

“It happened at Cuiviénen,” Elemmírë said, “though those níssi did not come to Valinórë...nor did the néri who were partnered. And the King of the Air has laid down rules. But my Queen of the Stars has blessed me as a nís, and I trust she would bless us together. Manwë may not understand, but I think to him I seem still a nér...”

“You are not a nér,” Findis said. “You’re a nís—my nís. As I am yours.”

“Damn the performance,” Elemmírë decided. “I’ll come out with my song another day, with you at my side. My Findis.”

“My Elemmírë,” Findis sighed, and kissed her once more.

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Niche content, I know, but: Findimmírë manor house murder mystery AU, where P.I. Elemmírë is hired to solve the murder of Finwë Ñoldorán but she accidentally falls in love with his eldest daughter Findis, recently widowed single mother of Laurefindil...

The real mystery is, of course, who killed Finwë, because this happened at a family reunion and everybody is suspicious and I don't think it's interesting if Melkor is the murderer because duh, obvious. Maybe Findis is the murderer...and she's seducing Elemmírë to avoid getting caught? Though why she would want to kill her dad, idk.

Also, Fëanáro is incredibly upset over the whole situation, he definitely hired Elemmírë, and his number one suspect is Ñolofinwë...

There would of course be massive amounts of family drama, Elemmírë would initially suspect Maitimo and/or Findekáno but then realize that their secret is that they're kissing cousins, not murderers. She would then turn a suspicious eye to Artanis, who seems way too eager to help out, and then to Carnistir who is just generally sketchy. But the key to this story is that it's told from Elemmírë's POV, and she's an outsider to the Finwëans, not caught up in all the drama until Findis drags her further in...

I probably will never write this but! What a fun idea!

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10 Findis/Elemmire For the dialogue prompts :D

10. “Come here,” Elemmírë sighed.

Findis pouted at her wife. “Must I? You are so far away and I am so very pregnant.”

“I am only across the room; your feet are not so swollen that you cannot walk a few paces to meet me.”

“If I stand up, my water might break,” Findis protested, batting her lashes coyly.

“And then we can welcome our child into the world, what joy!” Elemmírë teased. “If that is all it takes, I ought to pick you up myself and—”

“I wouldn’t say no to being carried.” Findis flashed her a winning smile.

Elemmírë raised an eyebrow. “But you are so very pregnant, my love. How could I possibly carry you and the baby?”

“I have to carry my weight and the baby all the time!” Findis cried. “It’s your turn!”

“Alright, alright,” Elemmírë grumbled, but she smiled as she swept her wife into her arms and carried her—and the baby—to their bed.

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@finweanladiesweek day three | findis and elemmírë

          The first child of Indis and the second of Finwë, F I N D I S took after her mother in mood. Even before the unrest of the Ñoldor, she gravitated toward her Vanyarin kin and spent much time with her mother’s family. In Valmar she met and married the great Vanyarin singer E L E M M Í R Ë, and from their love was born a son, Laurefindil. Unlike his mother, he was close in kinship with his Ñoldor cousins and departed with them to Middle-earth to become the Lord of the Golden Flower in Gondolin.

          As a child Elemmírë transitioned with the aid of her patron Vala, Varda, to a form and station that matched the feminine fëa with which she had been granted. Her voice was always beautiful and became more so as she raised it in hymns to Varda and her star-strewn heavens. After the destruction of the Two Trees, Elemmírë composed her greatest song in the midst of her grief at the loss of light and also the departure of her son Laurefindil, crying a lament thereafter known as the Aldudénië.

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Findis and Elemmírë must part with their son too many times, but they are always there to welcome him back upon his return.

first fic for @finweanladiesweek! day 3: findis & lalwen, ft. findis/elemmire and glorfindel :)

READ IT ON AO3!

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An unexpected second chapter for my fic Comings and Goings! This is a belated entry to @finweanladiesweek, making up for my decision to omit Faniel from the event 3

READ IT NOW ON AO3!

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OKAY final round of prompts! Below the cut are the prompts I have not yet gotten a request for. This time around I will not be taking repeats and I ask that you only send in rare pairs, crack ships, or non-Silm fandoms.

So: no Russingon or Glorestor, but Turgoldo or Findimmire would be fine; as would something like idk, Varda/Nellas or something, I just made that up. Those are just examples...although I would LOVE if I got a Turgoldo request lmao, and I know there’s anon who wants more Findimmire! and Maedhrog is enough of a rarepair that I’d take it even though I’ve already written it twice :)

However if you wanted to request something for TAZ I would take like a Blupjeans request, or a Courferre request for Les Mis, or WangXian for The Untamed, bc those aren’t Silm fandoms. Other Tolkien fandoms would also work; I’d take a Kiliel or Farawyn request, for example. (caveat that I won’t write any Fili ships and Gigolas is the only Legolas ship I will write)

Also, feel free to request any gen relationship!! I love gen content lol.

Prompts below the cut - I will cross them out when they’ve been taken! There are only 13 so act fast! Thank you <3

1. “It’s really not that complicated.”

2. “Close the door.”

16. “I can explain.”

20. “I don’t believe you.”

21. “Sometimes, being a complete nerd comes in handy.”

25. “I want an answer, goddamnit!”

35. “Do you regret it?”

36. “Tell me I’m wrong.”

38. “You’ve thought about this, haven’t you?”

41. “I feel like I can’t breathe.”

46. “What happens if I do this?”

49. “I don’t want to screw this up.”

50. “People are staring.”

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Aaaa, so there could potential be more adorable Findimmire?! :D :D The last prompt was so cute!

absolutely there could be!! i really love that ship :) keep an eye out for prompts reopening... i can’t help myself, lol