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I got an idea that I could write here about my various activities in the Silmarillion fandom. These are just little things how I interact with fandom daily. I hope this will become a recurring topic in my blog.

Today I took part in the paint-in event on the SWG discord server. It was a low pressure event where everyone who wanted gathered to paint or draw (or to do any kind of art, really) together. We had a text chat on a channel where we told others what we're doing, and took pics of what we were working with. It was really fun! And I made some art.
( Art here )

Snowflake Challenge #7 was about interacting in the fandom. In your own space, interact with a community or a fic.

I went to my ever-growing list of "Marked for Later" fics on Ao3 and chose something from an author I didn't know well. I read a fic and left a comment. The fic I found was a true gem, so I decided also to rec it here!

The fic I read was The Unexpected Kindness of the Air by Cherepashka. It's a Silmarillion fic, gen, and a canon-divergence AU about Maeglin who survives the Fall of Gondolin (and his own fall), goes to the War of Wrath and meets there Celebrimbor and some unexpected kindness. The fic is c. 3000 words so it's a nice one-shot read, and it's very well written; Maeglin's voice feels authentic.