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[Commentary]: The Heart Is Dark

May 12, 2011 21:25

Curufin didn’t yell like Celegorm had. He just sat there, silent and watchful, steel-grey eyes intent and head cocked slightly to the side, observing with silent interest. It was almost eerie, with his round young face and intense staring eyes, watching Maglor’s fingers dance up and down and over the strings. Curufin is a watcher. He will always ( Read more... )

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tomboy_typist May 14 2011, 18:02:13 UTC

I think I hadn't read this one before - fail me and RL getting in the way of reading fic. :| But here I am. It was a very interesting read - I'm wondering if I shouldn't post this meme myself, come to think of it. But maybe I don't have enough fic for it. (Also, maybe I won't remember what I was thinking olololol)

ANYWAY.

Maglor tried to smile. “It feels strange practicing with you sitting there staring like that.” Which it does. I hated practicing piano with my family in the room. So this isn’t just Curufin.
OH GOD YOU AND ME BOTH. Having people staring at you when you're practicing music is creepy. I HATE IT. Makes me feel all insecure and jittery. More so because my mum would either stand behind me and look over my shoulder (something I dislike in every circumstance) or sit on the very edge of a nearby armchair and crane her head towards the sheet music. AUGH. Also, I did not know that you played the piano.

Mostly he seemed to enjoy doing it to Celegorm, who was often too dense to catch Curufin’s wit, which was admittedly ( ... )

idleleaves August 22 2011, 00:02:16 UTC

... IDK HOW I MISSED THIS. I WAS SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY.

Er. Anyhow.

Curufin is a listener and a watcher first, and only once he understands something does he take action.

This is something that I think makes him all the more dangerous, when he's older, because it gives him the extra time to sink into something and plan and understand the nuances of what he's heading into and what he's about to do.

I think they would be most expressive in his face, but also most eerie.

To me, it would seem that he'd be one of those people who rather freaks you out when he looks at you, because he has that calm gaze that makes you feel like he can see right through you, like everything you think or are is laid out in the open.

.He wants to understand things. And if that means he has to take them apart, so be it. Things must make sense to Curufin, or else he will make them make sense.And this is an example of why I love your characterisations so much. They're not surface. There's a lot going on underneath that isn't stated, ( ... )