I like to think that when Elrond and Elros were first taken captive by Maehdros and Maglor, they accidentally convinced them that Elrond’s name was Elros and Elros’ name was Elrond. Not deliberately or as any kind of prank, mind. They just spent the first few weeks refusing to acknowledge their captors, and when Maglor finally convinced them to at least say who was who, Elros said he was Elros with as dirty a look as a six year old can pull off.
Which then convinced Maglor that he was lying, and through a combination of the perpetual state of suspicion that Morgoth had them all living under as well as being older brothers who have had to babysit uncooperative younger brothers and cousins many times, the last two sons of Fëanor duped themselves into thinking that their very unhappy child captives were trying to trick them.
Cue the world’s grimmest comedy of errors, where Maglor pretends to go along with the “trick” in the way that adults condescend to children while they wait for them to confess their wrongdoing, Maedhros has no time for this and only calls them by their “real” names, and Elrond and Elros are bewildered. Why does Maglor always say their names in such an odd way? Is Maedhros deliberately insulting them by calling them the wrong names, or does he simply not care who they are?
Feat. the weirdest conversations around the dinner table:
Maglor, all but winking: So, Elros, tell me about your lessons today. How did you like the story of the Awakening at Cuiviénen?
Elros, bewildered: ...Fine?
Maedhros, bored: Eat your vegetables, Elrond.
Elrond, with a mouthful of turnips: ???
Elros, slipping his carrots to the hounds: ???
Eventually Maglor talks himself into accepting the names that people choose for themselves and stops trying to “catch them out” on “the truth.” Maedhros just gets used to calling them the opposite names. Elrond does actually figure most of it out one night several years later, lying awake in bed. He attempts to explain it to Elros, who grumbles sleepily, kicks him in the shins, and tells him to talk about in the morning. A half hour later, the Star of Eärendil flies over Middle-Earth for the first time, and all thoughts of names and identities escape everyone’s minds.
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Actuallly, one last personal life story this week kinda just to air it out? One of my coworkers who like graduates high school within the next month was serving with me on friday and he just out of nowhere looked me dead in the eyes with a like smile on his face but a kinda lost… helpless look in his eyes and said in a kinda scared desperate voice: “I think I might be depressed”
And like we aren’t really close? I’m his manager and he’s a team leader and he does talk to me a lot but just like over silly things like star wars and he asks me to watch movies and listen to music he likes sometimes, so my first thought was it’s a joke right?
But he’s not the kinda person to joke about that? And we were…. Kinda busy…? So i sort of just started asking him if school was almost over, cause he’s in a bunch of ap courses and had a lot of tests that week so i knew that was probably part of it
But then, i didn’t really… talk to him about it? And I didn’t close for once and forgot to circle back?
So all weekend I’ve been worried about him cause he’s literally just this… kid who is super smart and leaving us for a great college in the fall but is starting to get depressed and he clearly trusts me??? Which is horrifying, like of all the people he chose me to confide in???
So my plan is to get him something. Like physical that he can hold that will remind him that people care about him and are rooting for him and like i know that’s not going to cure depression but like maybe it’ll make him feel a little better
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