Oh Dawn! This is beautiful! I toyed with the idea of Nerdanel making statues of her sons and Feanor when I first read of her talent in making lifelike statues, and even wrote a little crappy thing on paper- but to see it in actual writing- *like this*- it's like a wish come true.
It's interesting how you made it that after her sons were born, she did not make statues but instead the shapes- which were named after emotions. That line from Morgoth's Ring had me scratching my head, wondering what they could look like, but: "they twisted into strange shapes and bore the names of emotions", this evokes a clearer image for me for some reason.
And I love how the story has a, if not exactly happy, good ending.
I'm glad that you liked it! (And happy official birthday too, btw, since I posted this about an hour before midnight EST, the day before!)
I'm sure that the "crappy little thing on paper" is quite wonderful actually; you don't give your talents enough credit. Yes, I've only written one piece of fiction that you've written, but it was much better than I could have written at your age. (Now it makes me sound all old and stuff ... ;^D) But seriously, that and your drawings ... you've got talent, girl! :^D
So I hope that you'll share that thing on paper someday. ;)
I love that line from MR about "shapes strong and strange" ... I wish that and everything else about Nerdanel had survived into The Silm. (Have you ever noticed just how little about her did? And always in conjunction with the men in her life--Mahtan, Feanor, her sons--and never her own individuality ... booooo.) I have a picture in my head of shapes that don't make much sense but that one looks upon and feels something and very strongly too. Kind of like modern art that
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Thank you vewy much *huggles back* I was having a terrible beginning to my day, actually, but then I read this and whoosh! my spirits skyrocketed. So thank you for being the highlight of my morning!
Nerdanel is such an intriguing character- when first reading the Silm, I remember pausing and thinking, "Seven sons, *and* she was the only one whose counsel Feanor took! Wow!" I suppose Christopher Tolkien had his reasons for keeping the extra info. out of the Sil, but dang! If I hadn't read MR I'd be missing out on a lot of interesting character-building bits.
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened. (I notice she doesn't like Feanor much. Big surprise.)
Modern art makes me giggle. (Or should that be new-age art?) Particularily pieces like this:
*snicker* I love that! I wonder if Nerdanel's "strong and strange shapes" ever took that particular shape. *evil grin*
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened.
Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ... I'd suggest OSA as they're so supportive over there, but it's an adult archive. :^/ The SWG LJ community doesn't get a lot of feedback but lots of people read there.
I'm not sure what my stance towards my writing/drawing is. >.> The only concrete thing I have is that I'm really cagey about them/it.I think that's normal. I see my writing/painting as full of flaws. Sometimes, I think that you all
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Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
Ah yes, I saw that. *grins* February seems to have been the flaming month. (Flamer Flaunting Festival...I can see it now.) Everything has quieted now.
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ...
Funnily enough, I joined up at HASA on the 24th. It seems to have a wonderful atmosphere. And eep! I feel extremely bad about not giving feedback over at SWG, and basically being inactive. :| *must try to remedy that*
Yeah, February was ... weird. Entirely too much time was wasted on stupid stuff.
Not that I regret standing up for what I did, but my stomach lining doesn't need the petty foolishness of a few eejits. ;)
On HASA ... I was kind of slow in getting readers there. Now, I get the second-most feedback there of the four archives where I am posting AMC. (The first being, of course, the Pit of Voles. :) I've always gotten along well there, but then, I've gotten along well at all of the archives I belong too. That might be more my easy-going nature than anything. :)
But when you post there, please let me know! I've gotten readers from people who saw my stories reviewed in the comments section, so I'll leave you lots of comments! ;)
(And hopefully, in a few months, SWG will have a real archive for posting too!)
"I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened.?
Grrrr. That makes me crazy that you would feel self conscious because of her! But I am afraid to post a couple of stories at FF.net that I for sure would have posted there if it were not for her existence. (Makes me mad because I get such a lot of page clicks there!) Anyway, why not post somewhere else? If you do, I for sure will read them.
Aww, thank you muchly! I remember edging into the Silm fandom a little more than a year ago, and with my, er, 'qualifications' of Harry Potter and an anime fandom fanfiction, I felt completely intimidated by pretty much everything, but especially by the few 'flamers'. It's taken time, but now I know that her and all the other ones are simply stuck-up. But thank you again for your kind words! ^.^
It's interesting how you made it that after her sons were born, she did not make statues but instead the shapes- which were named after emotions. That line from Morgoth's Ring had me scratching my head, wondering what they could look like, but: "they twisted into strange shapes and bore the names of emotions", this evokes a clearer image for me for some reason.
And I love how the story has a, if not exactly happy, good ending.
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I'm sure that the "crappy little thing on paper" is quite wonderful actually; you don't give your talents enough credit. Yes, I've only written one piece of fiction that you've written, but it was much better than I could have written at your age. (Now it makes me sound all old and stuff ... ;^D) But seriously, that and your drawings ... you've got talent, girl! :^D
So I hope that you'll share that thing on paper someday. ;)
I love that line from MR about "shapes strong and strange" ... I wish that and everything else about Nerdanel had survived into The Silm. (Have you ever noticed just how little about her did? And always in conjunction with the men in her life--Mahtan, Feanor, her sons--and never her own individuality ... booooo.) I have a picture in my head of shapes that don't make much sense but that one looks upon and feels something and very strongly too. Kind of like modern art that ( ... )
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Modern art makes me giggle. (Or should that be new-age art?) Particularily pieces like this: http://swirlee.org/media/2006/07/strange_statues.jpg
Nerdanel is such an intriguing character- when first reading the Silm, I remember pausing and thinking, "Seven sons, *and* she was the only one whose counsel Feanor took! Wow!" I suppose Christopher Tolkien had his reasons for keeping the extra info. out of the Sil, but dang! If I hadn't read MR I'd be missing out on a lot of interesting character-building bits.
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened. (I notice she doesn't like Feanor much. Big surprise.)
Yes, I've only ( ... )
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*snicker* I love that! I wonder if Nerdanel's "strong and strange shapes" ever took that particular shape. *evil grin*
Do you know, I had a mad urge to post a bunch of my Silmfiction, unedited and completely devoted to Feanor, Nerdanel, their Sons, and etc., when the thing with LtoH/TBB happened.
Ai. Well, if you ever decide to post there, you know that I have your back. ;) She's learned her lesson about messing with me and, more importantly, messing with my friends. ;)
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ... I'd suggest OSA as they're so supportive over there, but it's an adult archive. :^/ The SWG LJ community doesn't get a lot of feedback but lots of people read there.
I'm not sure what my stance towards my writing/drawing is. >.> The only concrete thing I have is that I'm really cagey about them/it.I think that's normal. I see my writing/painting as full of flaws. Sometimes, I think that you all ( ... )
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Ah yes, I saw that. *grins* February seems to have been the flaming month. (Flamer Flaunting Festival...I can see it now.) Everything has quieted now.
How about another archive? HASA, Tolkien Fan Fiction, SoA, LotR Fan Fiction ...
Funnily enough, I joined up at HASA on the 24th. It seems to have a wonderful atmosphere. And eep! I feel extremely bad about not giving feedback over at SWG, and basically being inactive. :| *must try to remedy that*
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Not that I regret standing up for what I did, but my stomach lining doesn't need the petty foolishness of a few eejits. ;)
On HASA ... I was kind of slow in getting readers there. Now, I get the second-most feedback there of the four archives where I am posting AMC. (The first being, of course, the Pit of Voles. :) I've always gotten along well there, but then, I've gotten along well at all of the archives I belong too. That might be more my easy-going nature than anything. :)
But when you post there, please let me know! I've gotten readers from people who saw my stories reviewed in the comments section, so I'll leave you lots of comments! ;)
(And hopefully, in a few months, SWG will have a real archive for posting too!)
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Grrrr. That makes me crazy that you would feel self conscious because of her! But I am afraid to post a couple of stories at FF.net that I for sure would have posted there if it were not for her existence. (Makes me mad because I get such a lot of page clicks there!) Anyway, why not post somewhere else? If you do, I for sure will read them.
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