B2MeM09:: Day Thirteen: Friday the 13th!

[dawn_felagund]

It's Friday the 13th! Time to get scary!

Day Thirteen--Friday the 13th!

What makes you the most afraid? How would you react if you had to face this situation? Think or write briefly about your greatest fear and how you would face it. Now write a story, poem or create an artwork where the characters have to confront their greatest fears.

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Comments

[watersandwilds.livejournal.com]

Still hanging in there on the organisational front? :P Let me know if you need a hand keeping the links list updated or whatnot. (And in the mean time I'll add more things to be linked unmercifully. Mwhahaha).

I thought I'd give a stab at writing Elwing for a change. :P A Swift Death (http://watersandwilds.livejournal.com/56482.html): A part of her had always known that the Oath of Fëanor would not remain quiet forever, but she’d never imagined it ending like this.

[dawn_felagund]

Still hanging in there on the organisational front?

Yes I am! Thank you so very much for asking; it makes the sometimes Herculean task of keeping this project up-to-date just a bit less scary, to know that someone has my back if I need it! :)

Only six more prompts left to post ... *whew!*

I, too, have always wondered about Elwing's choice at Sirion. I've always chalked it up to the bad influence of the Silmaril (I have a whole host of theories about this ... I'll spare you ;); I am more mystified by the tendency by first JRRT and then fandom to characterize this as a good or noble choice. The whole episode is fraught with problems for me.

You response here is chilling, to say the least. The motivation behind her decision is ... *shudder* I can't put it into words better than you already have; I'll suffice to say that this is one of the darker interpretations I've seen, and I mean that in a good way, of course. :)

[watersandwilds.livejournal.com]

Good to know you haven't gone stark raving yet! :P (I know I would have XD).

I don't mind theories -- it's never sat well with me, and I do agree that the Silmaril had some sort of influence (Elves have a -2 modifier to Shiney, clearly), as it clearly drove everyone involved to do things they might not otherwise have done. But I agree that it's odd that it's considered a 'noble' choice -- though perhaps that's because of how things turned out in the end? Maybe everyone went 'well, Elrond turned out all right... Elros' descendants were a bit of a pain, but that Aragorn chap wasn't too bad.. And Elwing did bring the Silmaril to Eärendil, which was a good thing, so...' and just decided to look the other way, history-wise?

I hadn't intended for it to be so chilling at first -- but that seemed really the only way it could go given the approach I was taking, but I'm glad to hear that it worked out all right. :D Thanks for reading -- and, as I said, let me know if you need help. :D