and the fallen stars do sing for edenfalling / Elizabeth Culmer

[nfe_gremlin]

Title: and the fallen stars do sing
Author: animus_wyrmis
Recipient: edenfalling / Elizabeth Culmer
Rating: G
Possible Spoilers/Warnings: N/A
Summary: "I came directly to you, my lord," she said finally. "My sisters and I saw...oh, I can hardly say it! The kings and queens--they've--we've lost them

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[edenfalling]

Eeeeee!!! I'm at work on my phone right now so this is just a note to say thanks and yay and I'll leave a proper comment in a few hours once home. :-D

[edenfalling]

Okay, time to attempt coherence. Let's see how well I manage

[edenfalling]

The advisory council names are so fascinating! Let's see... Mr. Tumnus (self-explanatory), Farsight the eagle (an anscestor of the Farsight in TLB, or just a traditional name?), Ossos (a Dog), Anaen (???), the Lord Beaver (Mr. Beaver was made a noble? cool!), Bumblethorn (a giant), Cloudburst, Mountainrain (the latter is a centaur; I assume the former is as well?), Dame Alambil (a star?! how would that work? or is she just named after one?), the Lady Helen (a human, perhaps?), Sir Graytail (some kind of Beast), Ilex, Teak (holly and teak, presumably dryads), Blackclaw (another Beast), Hwin-win-win (a Horse!), Anat (a goddess, eh?), Tallulah (???), Myrrha (another dryad?), Whitetalon (another Beast), Sir Peepicheep (a Mouse!), Susurra and her brother Susurro (derived from susurration/susurrus, maybe snakes, dryads, or waterfall spirits?), Farfullo (Spanish, "to babble, to stutter," maybe a water spirit?), Nemora (from nemoral, "of or pertaining to a wood or grove" -- dryad, obviously), and the Lord Mole (who planted the apple orchard

[animus_wyrmis]

Farsight is I think a traditional name. Anaen is a river-god. Cloudburst and Mountainrain I think are actually related, through Cloudfall; I think the centaurs have some themed naming going on within families, and I thought that centaurs would probably be super respected and trusted. Alambil is just named after a star, but I think she is only half human. Helen is totally human, I thought that one human should be represented there. Anat I am not 100% sure of, she is perhaps a demigoddess or perhaps a Beast of some kind. Tallulah is small and furry. Susurra and Susurro were originally water nymphs but I really like the snake idea, hmmm. Farfullo is a water spirit. I had a bunch of dryads/naiads (about a quarter) because I thought that they would be seen as more stable/connected to the country. A tree or a river can't just pick up and walk away, and they live long lives; they're going to be deeply invested in Narnia's future. I thought that the Narnians would be likely to see that. Also I think that (even though they are hominid) they're

[snitchnipped]

First of all, kudos to edenfallingfor a marvelous prompt!

Secondly, Peridan. Peridan, Peridan, Peridan. I'm a Peridan junkie.

Thirdly, what a fantastic and original take on the aftermath of the four leaving! I love that we just get a glimpse of all these characters, but those bits and pieces tell so much about who they are! The list of names for the councils were very telling, too...again, just by their names!

There were a couple of really beautiful moments, too... this line in particular was lovely:

"The four stars fell below out of our sight, but I hear their song still, though the melody has changed. The kings and queens have gone back to their own world.”

I really enjoyed this... thank you!

Also: PERIDAN! :D

[animus_wyrmis]

Everyone should be a Peridan junkie, fandom needs more Peridan.

Thank *you*!

[calledmegentle]

(Please ignore the RP account)

THIS IS THE KIND OF FIC I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MY WHOLE LIFE AAAAH FANTASTIC A+ WORK, AUTHOR.

[animus_wyrmis]

Thank you! (Omg so belatedly though.) :DDDDDDDDD

[tigerbright]

Oh, lovely!

[animus_wyrmis]

Thank you!

[autumnia]

This was both lovely and sad at the same time. I really enjoyed seeing more Peridan stories, but it's sad since we're now beginning to see what happened when the Pevensies disappeared from Narnia. The idea of a council of stewards and a council of advisers sound is so practical and it was great that the Narnians were fairly chosen to be on it. Here's hoping things worked out for them all.

[animus_wyrmis]

Thank you! I hope so too. :)