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Day Nineteen

If you could pass on three pieces of wisdom to future generations, what would they be?

Now, from the point of view of a character, what three things would this character want to pass on to his or her children and grandchildren? How similar are they to yours?

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All righty then, I am trying for a Heretic Geek shiny for this one; but only if it doesn't put me in competition with the Time-of-Trees, First-Age or Star-Wars Crossover chibis. The Bar Joke (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=479) (Then, again, it may not even be funny to those less enamoured with the Noldor and less cynical than me.)

Edited 2009-03-20 01:03 (UTC)

Fabulous! I have been trying all day to coerce the muse to give me a story for this prompt (not happening), and in a few lines you have managed to set up such an awesome situation with such a punch-line. Loved it! *still giggling*

Oh, thanks, F_reworks! Glad it worked for you. That was a killer prompt for me also. My main characters, as I write them, have gained plenty of wisdom and certainly stuck to their principles, but I cannot imagine them speaking in terms of greatest bits of wisdom.

Here it is... after so many attempts, I managed to come up with *something*

At Peace
http://f-ireworks.livejournal.com/43872.html#cutid1
featuring a conversation between Theoden and Eomer (I get nervous writing scenes that I really care about; does this happen to anybody? I get scared that I won't be able to portray them right. This was one such scene...)

*bittersweet sigh* This was lovely. The conversation itself was, of course, well written, but the conclusion just brought it all together perfectly. Really nicely done! :)

And, yes, those scenes that I have loved and imagined so much are nerve-wracking for me too. :) I always feel like I'm writing to get to them, then when I'm there, I can't possibly do justice to all of the imagination and emotional weight that I've put behind them. :^/

Advice

“Be ever mindful,” his father would say. “The Enemy's snares are many.”

“Be patient,” his mother had said. “Haste so often ends badly.”

“Be strong,” advised his brother, who was entirely too young to counsel but cared not where Faramir was concerned. “War is coming.”

The old man looked upon the anxious, frowning boy with his books and his head full of stories and heart full of cares, and a pair of shoulders that would some sad day stiffen and broaden under years and toil under a sword's edge, and he laughed.

“Lad,” Mithrandir said kindly, “it does you no harm to listen to your elders, for 'tis all well-said, and right. But you shan't hear it rightly, unless you learn to listen well – there is a trick to it, you see.” Leaning on his staff, he hunched down, and looked the seven year-old straight from eye to eye.

“Be fearless,” he said. “See to that” – a gnarled pair of fingers tapped against a skinny breastbone, right over the boy's heart – “and the rest will come, and you'll laugh the better, too, and more often.”

I liked this very much.It is so very Gandalf!

Thanks, Linda! I'm glad this struck you as suitably wizardly advice.

Dwim

I *loved* this very much. It reads so much like a fable! They are perfect bits of advice and characterization--I think this is one of my favorite pieces ever :-) Thanks!

I'm very complimented, then! I'm glad both Gandalf and Faramir read well and as themselves, even though Faramir is only seven.

Thanks for your comments!

Dwim

This is such a great piece! I agree with Linda and others who have said that you write Gandalf so well. He is just as I have always imagined him. :)

Three lessons all together was harder than I would have imagined, so you get three linked vignettes. On Denethor, chess, and lesson-giving; or, "The Art of War" by any other name. :-)

http://telperion-fic.livejournal.com/56754.html

Apparently this was the deceptively difficult prompt! :) When I posted it, I didn't think much of it, but I can see (in retrospect) how it would be a challenge.

Again, really excellent work here. (I, too, feel like I am repeating myself! :D) The game is really an excellent way for the advice to be shared (and I loved your invented source material too! It read like a real source. :)

Here is a link to my attempt for today.This was a tough prompt!

http://lindahoyland.livejournal.com/143167.html

I think a lot of people found this one challenging! And it's funny because I did not think it much harder than any of the others ... though I can certainly see now how it would be! :)

However, I like how, in this piece, you've shown how Aragorn came to regard his advice as important. This was really a great scene to show that! Nicely done! :)

I think I find the more specific prompts the hardest!I'm pleased you enjoyed my attempt.

Here's mine: http://indy1776.livejournal.com/9613.html

Once again, I have to break out the Earendil icon ... ;)

This is such a poignant piece. I love how the advice connects so strongly to both Maglor's life to this point and to Elrond's life in the future. Very nicely done! :)

I'm glad it worked for you! It's one I'm less happy with, because it's mostly dialogue and much of it is self-evident to the readers.

ecthelion of the fountain and what he might have said: scales (http://community.livejournal.com/100_indecisions/17707.html)

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