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Title: Let's make the most of this beautiful day

Rating: Gen / Major character death (canonical)

Fandom: Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood and Silmarillion

Word count: 2,693

Summary: A very great man dies, and asks if he can be of more help to the universe because it has been so good to him.
...Eru Illúvatar takes him up on the offer.

I've probably never written a stranger crossover fic (I have the monthly challenge theme to thank for this one), but somehow Mister Rogers slid right into the Silmarillion as if he was meant to be there.

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Melian stood behind him, her hand on his arm. Her voice, speaking near his ear, sounded more like a bird's liquid notes than anything human -- even though she spoke as they did, in the language of Thingol's court. "Here -- do you feel it? It should feel like walking through mud, or lying on wet ground. Or walking through the watery air before a thunderstorm."

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