The Bird's Nest (Sean Bean, PG-13)

[mirabile_dictu]

Title: The Bird's Nest
Author: Mirabile Dictu
Fandom: LOTR RPS
Pairing: none really
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sean Bean receives a gift.
Disclaimer: Untrue, but with no intent to deceive.

A/N: Many thanks to my betas, my dearest darling the empress_wu and to kiltsandlollies; as so often, I didn't take all their advice. Thanks also to the princessofg for her encouragement. More

Comments

[elmathelas]

Incredible and beautiful. A mystery, and a story about love and ruminations on love all rolled into one package, and so brilliantly told, framed in the time span of the play. If I were you I'd be very very proud of this. It's beautiful. Thank you for writing and posting this.

[mirabile_dictu]

What a lovely note to wake up to! If you don't know how much I love your writing, then I've been sadly remiss. I'm delighted that you enjoyed the story. Thank you!

[elmathelas]

I'm just here, scribbling on your wall again to tell you I re-read and still love this story. I remembered it being much longer, because it's a lot of story packed into a single post. I was surprised when I came back and saw it was all just one post.

I wish I could sit down over a cup of tea and tell you just why I think there is real magic in this story.

This was my first re-read in 5 years, but I remembered the magic in the story, and it's just really special.

Cheers. Here's to another five years of inspiration and serendipity.

[mirabile_dictu]

Is there anything nicer than receiving a comment on an older story? Yes, that's learning that a friend and admired author has chosen to re-read the story. So thank you! This story is a favorite of mine; it came together in a fun way, surprising me in the end (I started not knowing who had sent the bird's nest).

Thank you so much. You've made me so happy.

[caras_galadhon]

That brought me to tears. Absolutely brilliant, as a certain someone would say. ^_~ I usually have little patience for longer fanfic works -- I'm not sure why -- but this story picked me up and carried me right through to the end. I was enchanted. Engrossed. Totally and utterly lost. I'm not quite in the same end of LotRPS fandom as you, but it's stories like these that remind me WHY I absolutely need to read your stuff, regardless of silly little details like pairing or genre or rating. None of that matters. You write beautifully, weaving little tiny fragments of this or that together into the absolute perfect nest. This story made my heart swell. It's beautiful, and I wish I could more articulately say so. Just... Thank you.

[mirabile_dictu]

What wonderful feedback! Thank you so much. I did try to weave the story into a nest of love; I'm so, so happy that you think it worked. Thank you again.

[westmoon]

Every time.

Every single time.

The love flows from every word.

Thank you.

[mirabile_dictu]

Awww. Thank you! And will I see you in Pasadena next week, I hope?

[westmoon]

You're welcome!

And unfortunately, no. Budget wouldn't allow it. But I will be waiting to hear reports of hobbits and LJers!

[toooldnotto]

Absolutely freaking brilliant! I was on the edge of my seat, not from suspense because it almost doesn't matter who, but from eagerness to see everyone and hear them and feel them together again. Completely, utterly wonderful.

[mirabile_dictu]

Hello, and how fun that my little mystery worked for you! Thank you so much!

[karadin]

wonderful! thank you! I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time.

[mirabile_dictu]

What a terrific compliment, that my story will stay with you for a while. Thank you!