Title: Two Songs for Harp
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Thorin, Bilbo, the rest of the Company
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: Book-canon compliant
Rating: G
Word Count: 2800
Summary: Two songs played on two harps: one in Laketown, one in the heart of Erebor before the Battle of the Five Armies.
Note: Thorin's song in Erebor
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In a way, both halves of the story showcase the same aspect of Thorin's character, but it evokes a different emotion because of the "world" in which it's set. In the fist, his glowering stubborness is all the more funny and adorable because it's undercut by the sweetness and humour of the Company and Bilbo's obliviousness to Thorin's hobbit!crush.
So many lines I love -- Thorin's harrumphing and glowering, Bilbo's "Dwarves are so touchy!", Kili's giggling about the exquisite song, WHICH WAS TOTALLY UBER EXQUISITE! (My kudos to you for the lyrics BTW, and I only wish I could hear Richard Armitage singing it!), and of course the killer last line with the strings of the harp echoing the breaking of not just Thorin's heart but perhaps also the chance that things could have turned out for the better instead of the tragic.
But perhaps my favourite was by Ori: "No," he concluded sadly, "That wouldn't do at ( ... )
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It is all canon's fault! There's something so irresistible about the sweet/bitter gut-punch...
In a way, both halves of the story showcase the same aspect of Thorin's character, but it evokes a different emotion because of the "world" in which it's set.Oh, that's so true, I like the way you put that and I hadn't really seen it before! Ori's line came in later--in the book the people of Laketown shower them with gifts and praise and Thorin soaks it all up, and I just couldn't quite see that happening with movie!Thorin, but we'll see what Jackson does with it!--so I'm really glad it sums things up for you, there is a real sense of sweet/sadness to it...Thorin is who he is, and that makes him both noble and doomed at the same time. *sighs ( ... )
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I can see that so clearly, hee!
"No," he concluded sadly, "That wouldn't do at all, would it?"
Awww, Ori. *pets him*
Fili lifted his shrunken purse and grimaced at it. Then he looked up with a sudden smile. "No one of us has enough money to buy Uncle Thorin a harp," he said.
The other dwarves started to grin as well.
*hearts them all*
"It's no dwarvish harp," he growled. "It's built for a man's hand and a man's form, and its tone is crude at best." Cradling it in his arms, he stalked toward the door, then stopped. "Thank you," he said without turning.
Hee, Thorin! :D
Moments later, the company heard the sound of scales coming from his room, and Fili and Kili slapped each other on the back so hard they made each other cough.
*hearts Fili and Kili and sobs a bit as well* FILI!!! KILI!!!!
Rather less than more, he thought, but he didn't want to admit how very exhausted he felt, or ( ... )
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Ha, I'm glad! I could totally imagine the 12-dwarf pileup...
Oh, oh, did you write that? *flails* It's so beautiful and perfect! And I so want to hear it sung now... *flails again*
I did write it! It was one of the first things I wrote after the movie, lol, and I enjoyed it a lot. I actually chose a tune to set it to, coincidentally it's an old Welsh lullaby--I'll send you the file or maybe post it on Tumblr!
Awww, Ori! *hearts him*
Poor Ori, he almost stuck his foot in it there! The image of him seeing Thorin's face and realizing he's almost given him away made me laugh (a little sadly...)
And Kili cracking up over the fact that Thorin is writing love poetry--I could see it so clearly, and getting the chair kicked out from under him to teach him a lesson. :)
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*wibbles MASSIVELY* Oh, Thorin...! *sniffles*
Everything here had been waiting for him, for his return.
*sniffles again*
"--then they shall perish not as homeless wanderers, but dwarves of Erebor. They knew when they joined me what might lie ahead, and I will not demean their sacrifices by giving up the home we have finally reclaimed."
Oh god that line - that whole conversation - is just so painful.
No. He was King under the Mountain. He was a dwarf of Erebor. He was Thorin, son of Thráin, son of Thrór, and he was in his rightful place. He sat down once more before the great shining harp, put his hands to the golden strands and began to play: a song of righteousness, a song of glorious death ( ... )
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*wibbles MASSIVELY* Oh, Thorin...! *sniffles*
Ugh, you're going to see this again later, the idea that the happier Thorin is, the worse things are. IT MAKES ME MISERABLE TO CONTEMPLATE. That whole last scene was just awful to write, because...the POV is in Thorin's head, and I don't know if that's really how he's coming across to Bilbo at all, I don't know how sane he is at this point. Maybe he really is being as reasonable, if prideful, as he seems to be to himself, and maybe... poor Bilbo. *sniffles a lot*
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Obviously I like my heartbreak.
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But now I'm looking forward to the happy ending fic!
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*bounces* It's an Erebor-never-fell AU that looks like it eventually segues into a full-on Fellowship AU with a very different Fellowship of the Ring, and I'm almost done with the first chapter and am very in love with it, lol. I love writing Doom Hanging Over All, but I admit it's also nice to write Fili and Kili goofing around WITHOUT the "And they're going to die" overtones...
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