B2MeM09:: Day Thirteen: Friday the 13th!
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silwritersguildIt's Friday the 13th! Time to get scary!
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Day Thirteen--Friday the 13th!
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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.
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Date: 2009-03-13 10:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-13 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-13 11:34 pm (UTC)Title: Unraveled
Character: Denethor
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Tolkien
He stares at his son’s limp body and feels the remaining threads of what was his own life start to unravel. In the dimness of the room, worsened by fog that rises from the bubbling concoctions the healers have boiling somewhere he cannot see, his eyes fix on his son’s knife for what must be the millionth time. He gave him that, he thinks, when he turned twelve. A fitting gift for a warrior it had been, yet Faramir had been happier for the chess set. Whoever brought him home from the fight left it carelessly on the night-stand, unsheathed. It bothers Denethor, that.
Since Faramir came from the field he has endured the veiled glances—accusing, disapproving—of those who still dare to look him in the eye, what few there are among the living. It is harder to endure the scorn of the dead.
And so he braves the stone one more time—wherein lies the peril anymore? He sees her face, the only woman who could ever induce him to lower his guard. Finduilas. He sees her pained face, Boromir’s agony, Ecthelion, Adrahil, and that accursed face from his past… anybody, everybody he had ever felt something for sneers at him in derision: For all your zeal you have failed in everything that was ever entrusted to you! Failed to hold the hearts of your men, failed to keep the life of your wife, failed to prevent the fate of one son and rushed unbidden to decree the fate of the other one failed to recognize the signs of the King’s coming failed to save Osgiliath failed to keep the White City safe failed to stay the tide of Mordor because against it there is no victory and you failed failed failed failedfailedfailedfailedfailedFAILED!
He curses the Lord of Darkness on the other end and vows that he will not fail in the one thing that is left him from this shambles.
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Date: 2009-03-14 02:18 am (UTC)Fear
Date: 2009-03-14 02:19 am (UTC)Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing:Aragorn,Nazgûl,Frodo
Rating: PG
Warnings: Mild horror
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
Instinct bade him flee, to run from this place as fast as his long legs could carry him and find somewhere safe to hide!
An icy dread gripped Aragorn’s heart. Well he knew what these loathsome beings neither living nor dead could do to a man. Their very presence made the bravest fear, while their weapons dealt a fate worst than any death.
He had given his oath. He could not, would not flee. He would not abandon Frodo in his hour of need
Aragorn snatched up two flaming brands and raced towards the Nazgûl. He would defeat them or perish.
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Date: 2009-03-14 03:15 pm (UTC)http://whitewave16.livejournal.com/30752.html
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Date: 2009-03-15 12:46 am (UTC)Re: Fear
Date: 2009-03-15 12:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-15 12:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-15 01:53 am (UTC)http://telperion-fic.livejournal.com/55119.html
Re: Fear
Date: 2009-03-15 02:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-15 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-15 02:35 am (UTC)Thanks for all the awesome prompts; I'm having a great time coming up with stories :-)
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Date: 2009-03-15 05:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-25 01:19 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2009-03-25 02:02 am (UTC)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. :)
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Date: 2009-03-25 02:10 am (UTC)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
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Date: 2009-03-25 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-25 11:59 pm (UTC)(I loved every word of it! ;)
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