Fic: Foolish, Clever, Wise

Mar 07, 2014 10:23

Because we all needed more elves...

Three gifts Celebrimbor made his lovers... )

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penknife March 7 2014, 17:20:21 UTC
Elves! Oh, Celebrimbor. This is lovely.

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dbalthasar March 7 2014, 18:25:11 UTC
Thank you! Not everything can be repaired at the forge....

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amenirdis March 7 2014, 17:25:06 UTC
Oh Celebrimbor! You break my heart. You love so much, and sometimes with such little wisdom. Oh. One foolish, one wise, one necessary. I love all the sections. Annatar's is creepy but only because you know what will be. Galadriel's is lovely, and the mildest and sweetest, oddly enough. And Celeborn -- a sword for the man who wishes he didn't have to use one, but will. Is this the one he gives Aragorn?

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dbalthasar March 7 2014, 18:30:30 UTC
Thank you! He is open-hearted, and he wanted to make things right, with an emphasis on craft and making. But not all his choices are good ones.

I wanted Annatar's section to have that undertone - nothing that Celebrimbor could possibly see, but that hindsight makes dubious. And I think that moment with Galadriel is high summer, the zenith of Celebrimbor's power - when he truly can make Rings that will preserve Middle-Earth, and there's nothing to stop them. And the un-enchanted sword for the one who will most need it, as the world turns toward winter. I think it is that sword, though Celebrimbor would want to make another, one that would be perfect for Aragorn...

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amenirdis March 7 2014, 22:24:40 UTC
I see that he made things to give, not to horde. But oh.

Yeah, Annatar's is creepy for exactly that reason. And Galadriel's is indeed high summer, maybe the most amazing thing he ever made. And yes, as the world turns toward winter...

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dbalthasar March 7 2014, 20:30:21 UTC
Thank you! I am apparently away with the elves....

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lferion March 9 2014, 01:27:20 UTC
Achingly gorgeous, sharp-sad, and fitting perfectly into my headcanon.

Oh, Celebrimbor, why so amazing and also so doomed?

Annatar - creeeeeeepy. (Is that shirt of mithril the one that ends up Bilbo's?)

Galadriel - glorious. (and yes, those three rings are the peak of skill. Plus, Narvi!)

Celeborn - the Smith's art, and all the more true for being made without arcane/magical skill.

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dbalthasar March 9 2014, 14:38:53 UTC
Thank you very much! Celebrimbor is the kind of character I find fascinating, so... yeah.

I'm glad Annatar works. It's dependent on knowing what happens later, but he's just that little bit off, I think. And, yeah, that's the mail shirt that will be Bilbo's. amenirdis suggested it, and that made total sense to me.

I love the friendship and collaboration between Celebrimbor and Narvi, and between Eregion and Khazad-Dûm. It's another moment when things are at their best, and losing that is one of the many tragedies.

And it seems to me that Celebrimbor is a smith first and foremost - that he is a true master even without magic - and that when he thinks things are beginning to turn to the dark, he resorts to that skill as the one that won't fail him.

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