Fic: "Close in Friendship: Homosocial Relationships in the First Age" (The Silmarillion, multiple)

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“Close in Friendship”: Homosocial Relationships in the First Age (1505 words) by Cinaed
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barahir (First Age)/Finrod Felagund | Findaráto, Haleth/Original Character, Fingon/Maedhros
Characters: Faramir, Maglor, Caranthir, Maedhros, Fingon, Haleth, Barahir, Finrod
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Letters, Essays
Summary:

The collection gathers diaries, essays, and letters that span over a four thousand year period, beginning with Faramir of Ithilien’s private musings on the relationship between Maedhros and Fingon, and ending with a modern essay concerning a cache of letters recently discovered in the Gondorian Archives that sheds further light on several homosocial relationships, particularly amongst the Haladin.