"Of Inventions and Regret" by Lyra

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B2MeM Challenge: "Manhattan Project" on the Maglor in History 1 BINGO card, "Cold War" on the Maglor in History 2 BINGO card, "Pipeweed" on the Smells BINGO card

Format: Short story (~1500 words)

Genre: Crossover w/ Real World History

Rating: General

Warnings: Sloppy research

Characters: Maglor, J. Robert Oppenheimer

Pairings: none

Creators' Notes (optional): Started for B2MeM 2012, finished for B2MeM 2016...

Summary: Maglor and J. Robert Oppenheimer meet in a diner in the 1960s. They speak of television and the bomb, and in a way, of Silmarils.

"Of Inventions and Regret" on SWG

Comments

[hhimring]

I don't know enough about the period to be a good judge, I guess, but it's so densely textured that you've quite convinced me of the setting, at any rate.
And that "harnessing light" idea works really well to connect your themes.