Tolkien Elven Imagines and Headcanons Volume 1

129. Maeglin Training You to be a Blacksmith - Headcanons

- When you ask Maeglin to train you to become a blacksmith, he is incredibly hesitant and flustered that you'd ask him to train you!

- If anything he will try and offer that someone else train you, even though Maeglin is incredibly confident in his skill teaching you will be distracting.

- Maeglin will hesitantly begin to set you up with another smith, entrusting them to show you the ropes as Maeglin will want you to have the opportunity to explore his interests.

- In truth, as you begin to work with the smith Maeglin will find it incredibly distracting, and perhaps even jealous that you're working so close with someone other than him.

- It won't take long before he inserts himself into your training, prompting the other smith to back off entirely.

- Maeglin is a hen, so once he takes over your training anticipate for him to be constantly telling you to be careful and standing over your shoulder to make sure you do things with care.

- He will also make sure that you wear heavy gloves, aprons, and even going out of the way to do your hair in intricate and tight braids to keep your hair out of your face.

- Maeglin knows the pain of being burned in the forges and doesn't want you to suffer the same pains even if it is inevitable.

- Maeglin will want to do things with you gently, not wanting to train you the way that his Ada trained him.

- He will show what to do and what not to do, doing so incredibly thoroughly making him far more talkative than he normally is- even for the forges.

- Maeglin will make sure that you absolutely take your time, wanting you to get familiar with the ebb and flow of the forges before allowing you to do anything by yourself.

- Even once you're confident enough to work by yourself in the forges, Maeglin will be right over your shoulder until he is comfortable with you working alone in the forges.

- Since getting hurt is absolutely inevitable despite all the precautions, when it happens Maeglin will fret over your wounds.

- He's quick to drop everything even if it risks ruining a project to help take care of it, sending immediately for a healer.

- Maeglin is very tender and gentle, keeping close with you and doing what he can to soothe your wounds until the healer arrives to help aide you.

- It will take Maeglin a considerable amount of time for him to be confident in letting you work by yourself again, though he will eventually get comfortable with again.