This is a very cute story--I was never expecting Celebrian to be the smith! I rather like the idea of her and Galadriel with their hair braided and their hands and minds at work in a blacksmith's shop.
And you're right about the elven smith's being a little mad--who would've thought?
~~Lady Altara

Aw, I like that a lot! I would have never expected the twins' mother be the one to teach them, I was pleasantly surprised when we learned that it's her.

I liked this story very much. I love the note at the bottom about the famous elven smiths.

In your list of mad smiths, you left out Maeglin who betrayed all of Gondolin to Morgoth, even though he just made swords and a great gate.

I really don't know what to say, besides an inane "it's good! I like it!" The family dynamics are wonderful, I enjoy your characterizations, and the idea of Celebrian teaching her sons swordcraft is delightful.

It didn’t occur to me that the twins could have been the ones re-forging the sword, but I wondered if there may have been some significance to that in the movie…good catch and imagination. It also is a treat to imagine the twins doing this for their foster brother, Aragorn. I like to imagine them absolutely loving him as a “real

Yeah, that's pretty ironic all right, prefering swordsmiths to jewelers! But given the family history one can scarcely blame Celeborn and Celebrian for feeling the way they do!
I wonder if Elrond is any kind of smith...he is the grandson of Turgon of Gondolin, (who seems to have been a metalsmith) and did spend some millenia among the Noldor of Lindon.

well that is a controversial tought, for instance Eöl wasn't the nicest of elves, now was he? but I guess if you put it that way then makign swords is better... then again Maeglin also made swords and he was responsible for the fall of Gondolin... ;D

Hey hey hey, where is everyone leaving Mahtan?? Poor thing!! He was a great smith too!! ;)

This is great! I was arguing in a forum the other day that the twins could not be the ones in the forge, because Elrond (or anyone in the family) would be rather horrified with all the bad implications it would have.
But this is great! (again), I loved it, everybody was so in character, although it surprised me a little bit to see Celebrian as a smith, but then again why not. The twins are rather young, but not quite adults yet, right? like "teenagers".
I thought the look between Celeborn and Celebrian when Elrohir said he would be like Celebrimbor had something to do with the rumored crush Celebrimbor had on Galadriel!! haha glad to see i was wrong
However, and it may have been the lighting of the scene (the light was rather white), I am almost certain the elven smiths were blond (or at least one of them was). I wouldnt mind a blondish Elrohir, hehe.

Cute, without being overly fluffy - which most elfling fics tend to become.:)
Feanor takes offense at being called mad. He says that the correct term is 'misplaced intelligence'.

Ah, brilliant! :-) This was really very, very good - and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing a strong, skilled Celebrian teaching her boys... "You cannot put happiness into a jewel." - wise, wise words, especially in Middle-earth! And I admit I got a chuckle out of imagining Galadriel trying to teach a reluctant Celeborn... Any chance that you will ever write a vignette of that special scene? ;-)
Wonderful work, as always! :-)

dont forget Aule! he wasnt elven, but he was a smithee ^^ and i dont think he was crazy, though the elves may think so for he created dwarves, lol! great fic! i didnt even THINK about the smithees being elladan and elrohir. thats it, must see rotk AGAIN ^^ (joy!)

Glad you posted this, Marnie! All of us twins fans saw the smiths as our last hope for seeing Elladan and Elrohir in the movies, so you gave the smiths names, purpose for still being in Imladris, and an explanation for their skills, built around Tolkien's work. I likes it very much.

Nice story and you are right all the great elven smiths were more than a little mad. Not to mention that Sauron and Saruman were both Maia of Aule.
PS. Curufin would like to remind you that he was mad and an Elven Smith as well. It's just that the professor severely neglected him and didn't mention all his great creations. :D

That was adorable. :-D (And yes, the smiths in ROTK were definitely the twins. ;-))