verhalen
| Fan | |
|---|---|
| Name: | verhalen | FlameAndSong |
| Alias(es): | baktag, DumpsterPhoenix, FlameAndSong, MyLovelyHorse, verhalen |
| Type: | fanwriter, fanartist, mod |
| Fandoms: | The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Star Wars, Father Ted, Game of Thrones, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine |
| Communities: | |
| Other: | https://verhalen.neocities.org/ |
| URL: | verhalen at AO3 FlameAndSong at AO3 FlameAndSong at deviantART flameandsong at Dreamwidth verhalen at SquidgeWorld |
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verhalen aka FlameAndSong is a fanwriter and fanartist. He also was a mod on snowflake_challenge. He changed his username from Verhalen to FlameAndSong in December 2023 [explanation on his blog]. He is a Gen X transmasc Jewish convert who primarily writes M/M erotica with an emphasis on trans men, heavily featuring Maglor and his OCs Sören, Anthony and Nicholas meeting and finding love in different scenarios across multiple universes, and makes portraits of these characters as well as various Tolkien elves.
In most of these universes, Maglor is still wandering the world thousands of years post-canon, pretending to be human to blend in and avoid problems. In most of these universes, Fëanor, Fingolfin and Finarfin reincarnate as mortal in the modern era - which I began to play with in 2019. [However, in Shades Of Silver-Gold/Keep You Like An Oath, Finarfin never dies and Fëanor and Fingolfin are re-embodied rather than reincarnated; this is not something I plan on revisiting as I have difficulties with writing canon era.] I have written fics where they reincarnate as human earlier in the 20th century and before the 20th century, and may play with other historical AUs in the future. Most of my multiverse works are set in the 21st century.
While some people have written Fëanor and his family in a modern Earth setting, my multiverse has Fëanor and his brothers reborn as human OCs who have some traits that carry over [e.g. Sören, who was Fëanor, is an artist] and commonly dream of their past lives, and sometimes figure out those dreams aren't just dreams and there's a reason why they encountered each other. We find out in some stories that Fingolfin and Finarfin agreed to be reincarnated first [so Fëanor is the youngest of the three this time] in order to protect Fëanor.
This is also rather [unintentionally] the opposite of most OC-centric Tolkien fic, where a modern girl falls into [canon-era] Middle-Earth.
Though the multiverse draws on elements of Tolkien's Legendarium, it is equally influenced by Stephen King's The Dark Tower and his concept of the ka-tet ["one made from many" or "a group of people summoned by ka"]; The Dark Tower also contains a multiverse.
He has also written some Tolkien canon-era AU fic focused on the House of Finwë, and occasionally dabbled in writing short works in other fandoms including Star Trek and Father Ted. As of 2024, he has over three million words between his two accounts.
Permissions Statement
Blanket "no" for everything unless you are Detergent, SemperViridis, or CogitatingKerfuffle. A more detailed explanation (including why) can be found on his Neocities site.
Notable Works
Shades Of Silver-Gold - AU where Finarfin arranges for Maglor and Maedhros to be brought back to Alqualondë; Finarfin/Maglor, BDSM, rated E, 118,559 words. From 2022.
OnlyMags: Anthony and Sören are an FTM trans couple who run a bookstore-coffee-shop in Maine and began doing OnlyFans as a side hustle when the pandemic started. They encounter "Mark", a down-on-their-luck customer, who has secrets of his own. T4T, rated E. 190,648 words. From 2022.
Learning To Fly: An AU set in the UK where Maglor [as "Mark"], Anthony, Sören and Nicholas find, lose, and find each other again, and eventually learn how deep their connection runs. Seven works, 645,182 words, written from 2019 through 2021.
To The East And To The West: Sören celebrates his five-year transition anniversary by going on an epic road trip across the lower 48 United States [and through part of Canada into Alaska] with his two best friends, Anthony and "Mark", who are two trans guys in a relationship. Sören is in love with both of them but doesn't want to ruin their friendship. Little does he know the feeling is mutual, and that the feelings "Mark" has for him aren't the only secret he's keeping. T4T, rated E. 74,857 words. From 2023-2024.
Seeds Of Fire - A series telling the story of Omega Fëanor giving birth to his sons, and a look at some other members of the House of Finwë in an Omegaverse setting. 42 works, 183,526 words total, written through 2019 to 2022.