Post-quest genfics

Last night I read the first chapters of two new genfics posted by friends of mine in the last week. It is so cool to see people starting new multi-chapter fics and I am really looking forward to reading more of these two.

gentlehobbit has a new fic called White Shores about Frodo on Tol Eressëa. There is angst but not too much angst, and she does a great job working in her ideas, things I'd never thought about and that give me a new perspective on LotR, without that getting in the way of the story she wants to tell.

And shirebound is writing A Rohan Tapestry, about the hobbits coming to Rohan for Théoden's burial after the quest. It has Shirebound's wonderful light touch and will feature that rare and wonderful thing that is omg Merry healing(!!!), which, she says, "will propel Frodo into protective and wise elder-cousin mode"! Eeeee!!

This reminds me of an older genfic I read on Stories of Arda a couple months ago and meant to post about but never did: Turnabout by Ariel/elasg, which is also post-quest featuring Merry and Frodo healing. It starts out with some kind of classic h/c – a building collapses on the two of them in Minas Tirith and there is much suspense and tension around getting them out and will they be all right – but in the later chapters it turns into a sadder and more serious thing about their relationship and what's going to happen to them after they go home.

I think post-quest is my favorite kind of h/c. I like that the hurts are substantial so when there's healing it really means a lot, and I like it when all the hobbits are their mature post-quest selves and are taking care of each other (though it's nice if there is also a big man or an elf or two or three helping out).

Yay, gen! And now I'm off t read some rps with fetishism and then write some more interspecies noncon.