With Elrond, history tends to repeat itself.

Thranduil is tipsy, Gildor is amused, and both are very much in love.

Gilraen is worried by Estel's strange behaviour.

Exchange programs are an exciting and fun way to get to know different cultures and make new friends... right? 

Prepare for the strangest AU you've ever seen. Yes, you read that right, this is as AU as they come. Includes sudden teleportation, a balrog in the bathroom, Gondorian Folk Dancers, anachronisms, food fights, unlikely family ties, all the goodness of Genderswapped!Morgoth... and much more! Also, Mairon has a guitar and he's not afraid to use it. Brace yourself!

"He had, above all, planned on avoiding Makalaurë, who had sent him five letters in the past month, imploring to meet him."

Édebar was a tidal island. It had been a resting place of the Lady Uinen who had gifted it to a group of those who had pledged devotion to her to create a sanctuary for those who were mentally distressed or unhappy to find peace again. It was a far more discrete option than the long trip to Lorien, and Lorien was usually reserved for extreme cases.

Girls crying about their marriage prospects was not considered extreme.