Clarity of Purpose, Chapter 3
Title: Clarity of Purpose, Chap. 3
Chapter Summary: Gandalf and Thorin discuss and disagree about where the Ring should be taken next.
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Gandalf
Fandom: Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. Begins in 2968, twenty-six years after the events of "Clarity of Vision" and fifty years before ( Read more... )
Chapter Summary: Gandalf and Thorin discuss and disagree about where the Ring should be taken next.
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, Gandalf
Fandom: Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. Begins in 2968, twenty-six years after the events of "Clarity of Vision" and fifty years before ( Read more... )
Oh Thorin! *pets him*
-the first time Thorin had seen him smile, Thorin realized. The realization pierced his heart with regret; this was not how he had imagined their reunion, all those empty years.
Oh... *pets Thorin again*
Bilbo and Gandalf frowned at him as if he had been inexpressibly rude. "If you had let me bring my pipe, we could have this discussion over a good long smoke," complained Bilbo.
*giggles a lot* BILBO!
how it had felt to face the envoy, fair of face and voice, with wrongness in every line of his body. Remembering the growing, choking terror as he had parried and deflected the poisoned words.
Ahhh, omg, Thorin being the one to meet with the envoy-!
"I named his master that which we dwarves call him, Zabuduzn, the Lord of Evil. I told him to crawl back to Mordor and report that none of Erebor would ever serve the Master of Lies. And then I threw him out the gate of the Lonely Mountain and sent him on his way." He had been sorely tempted to throw him from the ramparts, but he did want his message returned.
THORIN!!!!!
"The fault is mine! Do you not understand--I gave him the Ring! It was from my hand that he received this cursed burden, it was my will that failed him." He took a deep breath that rang like a sob in his ears, then another. "It is because of me that he is in danger. I could not send anyone else to tear him from his home, to break into his life and shatter his peace. The guilt and the duty are mine, and mine alone, and I refuse to fail him again." Bilbo was staring at him, eyes wide, and the sight almost undid him entirely. "I shall keep him safe, or die."
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! THORIN!!!!!!!!!!
"If you will accept my fealty, I will be your faithful servant wherever the road may take you. By the stone from which Mahal carved my ancestors, I swear I shall not leave your side nor betray you, from this day forward until the end of all our days." He bowed his head and added in a harsh whisper, "I beg your forgiveness for destroying your peaceful life, and beseech you to let me dedicate myself to you."
*incoherent flailing squeeing noises* THORIN!!! *hearts him SO MUCH*
"If you only knew how much I've wanted to see you!" he burst out, and put his arms around Thorin, joining him on the ground and resting his head on his shoulder with a sigh that seemed to rattle his small body, a sigh of terrible relief.
How very like Bilbo, thought Thorin as he drew him close, to not even notice the King of the Dwarves offering him fealty.
Ahhhhhhhh! *hearts them both* Oh, that is just SO PERFECT AND-!!!
Thorin realized that his vow had not gone unwitnessed after all.
Oh, oh! (I really loved Gandalf here, I haven't had a chance to say that yet!)
"You are the most spectacularly gloomy travel companion. Truly, how could anyone be afraid, with you beside them to lift their spirits?"
Hee!
there were no words to describe the miasma of formless fear that had haunted his days and years, like a mist that blurred everything around him, closing in and blotting out the world. At Thorin's appearance it had lifted, blown away in a wind of exhilarated terror, and the world seemed sharp and new once more, filled with endless vistas of danger and possibility. He grinned at Thorin. "And I have you. So I'm not afraid."
Bilbo! *pets him*
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I KNOW! That's one of those little tiny bits of information that gets me now that I love Bilbo more, knowing that Sauron sent someone to ask after the Ring and they were all like "NEVER HEARD OF HIM BYE NOW." Having it be Thorin--he would have been dying of worry...
*incoherent flailing squeeing noises* THORIN!!! *hearts him SO MUCH*
Poor Thorin! You know that ever since it started to dawn on him what the Ring really was he's been eaten up with guilt that he was the one who gave it to him...
Movie Gandalf has such a clear voice, he's always fun to write! Just get exasperated and growl a lot, most of the time... :)
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