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Maedhros/Fingon
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| Pairing: | Maedhros/Fingon |
| Alternative name(s): | Russingon, Fingros |
| Gender category: | slash, m/m |
| Fandom: | Silmarillion |
| Canonical?: | No |
| Prevalence: | common |
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Maedhros/Fingon (more popularly known as Russingon or sometimes Fingros) is a popular pairing in the Silmarillion fandom.
The romance is between Maedhros, son of Feanor, and his half cousin, Fingon, son of Fingolfin.
Both are Noldor Elves.
Canon
Fandom
Maedhros/Fingon has been around for a long time; fanworks on FanFiction.Net date back to 2002. Today it is one of the most often written about pairs from the Tolkien Fandom on Archive of Our Own.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Under the Curse, by Finch on FF.net — One of the first Maedhros/Fingon fanfics
- The Starless Road, by emilyenrose on AO3 now on orphan_account — The Maedhros/Fingon with the major number of bookmarks in AO3 as of 2021, a must read in its epic journey to return Maedhros from the Void and Fingon's perspective on the crimes his old lover comitted.
Fan Art
- Russingon by Melkorts4
- Russingon by Elfinfen
- Fingon and Maedhros in Dor-lómin by SaMo-art
- Maedhros and Fingon by m0rket
- Fingon and Maedhros by Perplexingly
- Late-Night Russingon Sketch by cy-lindric
- Fingon braiding his and Maedhros’s hair together by Gemennair
- Someone’s Sleepy by WretchedNothing
- Fingon and Maedhros Angst by bunnybunnyloves
Gallery
Maedhros x Fingon by the-ALEF
Maedhros placing a flower crown on Fingon's head by the-ALEF.
Links and Resources
- Fingon | Findekáno/Maedhros | Maitimo relationship tag at Archive of Our Own
- [Maedhros, Fingon] pairing filter at FanFiction.Net
- Fanworks Tagged with Fingon/Maedhros at the Silmarillion Writers' Guild