FIC: King's Night for escribej (LotR, Aragorn/Faramir)

[savageseraph]

Title: King's Night
Author: ribby
Fandom: LOTR
Pairing: Aragorn/Faramir
Rating: R
Summary: On King's Night, anything can happen--and usually does.
Notes: Much of this is due to too much re-reading; of Diane Duane's wonderful Tale of the Five series--the idea of the ruler walking unarmed and unprotected among their people is based on a scene from that

Comments

[escribej]

Thank you for this incredible piece! This was absolutely stunning. Beautiful descriptions. Moving -- especially the last two paragraphs.... Wow.

[ribby]

*grin* Thank you for such a lovely comlpiment--I'm so glad you liked it!

~Kris

[half_elf_lost]

What a beautiful gift. The images described in the rituals evoke timeless themes and symbols. Gorgeous.

[ribby]

Thank you very much--glad you liked it!

~Kris

[przed]

A beautiful piece, and you've made very nice use of both Duane's worlds and Kushner's and Sherman's. The description of the King's run is wonderful, but the line I most love is this:

Behind his closed eyes tumble white Stars of Gondor, and when he opens them, the stars are still shining in Aragorn's eyes.

Gorgeous.

[ribby]

Yay, someone else who has read them! And ah, yes, that's one of my favorite lines too... if I can say that about my own piece! *grin*

Glad you liked this, and thank you!

~Kris

[przed]

Duane's Tale of the Five series were the first books I'd read where I pinged that the gay characters were very interesting to me. Swordspoint followed soon after.

Alas, it took me years and years after to discover slash, but at least I finally figured it out.

[fawsley]

Quiteutterly wonderful. Incredible use of language and imagery that sucks us straight to the heart of their world. I love the Stag - Herne/Cernunnos? - and Faramir's nervousness at the morning after is so poignant a contrast against his devotion to King and Land and determination to complete the old rituals come what may. Brava!

[ribby]

I'm not sure about the Stag... him I took wholesale from Ellen Kushner. And Faramir's nervousness just seemed... right, I guess.

So glad you liked this--and thanks for my piece, I loved it! *grin*

~Kris

[alex_quine]

Skillful, layered imagery - a lot to relish here that links past, present and future on a night when time and order are turned upside down.

[ribby]

Thank you so much, that's a lovely thing to hear. I'm glad you enjoyed this!

~Kris