I have been wanting to revise Anestel for a long time now, as I have always been aware that especially in comparison to the later chapters of Cuil Eden, it is very much lacking in quality. Of course, when I first began to write and post Anestel, it was to escape from writer's block and the despair that I seemed to be unable to finish a longer story, in addition to feeling like I was censoring myself, because I did not think I could write about the themes that intrigued me without alienating a lot of people. Thus, when writing Anestel I went for quantity over quality, wanting to preserve the impetus of the story before inspiration would dry up again and leave me with a half-finished story.
Quite a few years and more than 250 000 words later, I do not think that this is something I have to fear anymore, and so I decided to revise Anestel to get rid of the many mistakes I made when I first began to write Tolkien fanfic, and to make it read more smoothly. This is still not perfect, but now at least I feel like I no longer have to wince when someone tells me they are rereading this.
I'm going to repost this in parts of about 5 of the former short chapters, although it will probably take me some time, as I do not want to neglect Cuil Eden.
And as always, if you find any inconsistencies or mistakes, feel free to point them out to me. :)
Title: Anestel
Part: 1-5/33
Author: Esteliel
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Glorfindel/Legolas
Rating: NC-17 for the entire story
Warnings: non-con, MPREG, d/s
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