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dawn_felagund

The Daily Drabble--x2!

Mar 25, 2006 15:04

Obviously, I missed the daily drabble yesterday. I was a busy girl, finishing AMC and doing beta-stuff (and some work too...really!) and then utterly exhausted for my last two hours at work. So I thought it better to wait until today and do the words some justice ( Read more... )

maedhros, daily drabble

Comments 16

ann_arien March 25 2006, 20:50:20 UTC

Mmmm... beautiful work, well done. I'm reading it after having finished the first chapter of AMC (which I have gone back to, BTW) and the mood is very much the same, as the 1st chapter of AMC has Miatimo in the library.

You've comprised many things in just a handful of words: Feanaro's shunning of the "destiny" idea (he and I see eye to eye on this one), expressed by this wonderful expression: as though he’d been created with thought of his later works in the shape of his hands.; Maitimo's natural talent of relating with people (which I also believe he possesses, and it's not just Felak!verse) and his initial attempts to follow his father's scholarly pursuits, if not his interests in the material part of is craft. And you've done a great job at outlining the relationship between then, plus the more realistic view that Maitimo has of pretty much everything ( ... )

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 15:44:46 UTC

I also don't like the notion of destiny, but it seems to exist to some extent in Tolkienverse, since Namo can see the results of actions before they happen. Of course, we never know how reliable he is with this. Mehtinks we need an empirical study ( ... )

ann_arien March 28 2006, 10:54:58 UTC

Still, I don't see Feanaro as the type who--even in a world where there is decent proof of destiny--would accept such a notion. He's so proactive and always shaping things...I don't think he'd want to believe that he is walking into a future that has already been made for him.

I feel exactly the same way about him. And almost everything he says in the Silm points to this. Of course, the fact that you and I think the same way makes us even more inclined to think of him as such.

Lol, the challenge words are really weird, sometimes, and hard to fit in a Slimfic drabble, especially since I want all of mine to be with and/or about Feany, but I will try to make the most of it.

mirien March 25 2006, 21:30:13 UTC

Oh, I do like your Maedhros!

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 15:46:19 UTC

I like him too. I mean, besides for the obvious reason that he's...well...hott. ;)

*nibbles Fingon's ear in your icon*

digdigil March 25 2006, 23:57:36 UTC

Oh, man, that is beautiful. I love it, Dawn. I love how you show Maitimo's graceful movement into the destiny that he has accepted while his father doesn't understand it, being too immersed in his own gradual loss of sanity. I just want so much more of this type of thing! This drabble is simply wonderful.

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 15:49:16 UTC

More you shall get. ;) Upcoming stories in my epic will focus more in Maitimo moving into his "destiny" as a leader versus a creator, even a scholar. He already knows that he is inferior to his father in this, and his natural gifts point him into the very station that Feanaro despises.

*rubs hands eagerly in anticipation of strife and angst*

Silliness aside, thank you--as always--for your kind words. :)

digdigil March 28 2006, 15:52:46 UTC

Don't mind me for trying out different icons in these comments. I'm trying to decide what to keep and what to discard.

*salivating over expectations of upcoming stories*

I love strife and angst!

dawn_felagund March 28 2006, 16:00:05 UTC

I find myself quite entertained by your icons.... ;)

tarion_anarore March 26 2006, 03:22:44 UTC

I like that. It's calm and nice and...there's some simplistic quality to it that I like. :)

And I was thinking "oh dear, Dawn's forgotten already...for real this time!" :P

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 15:51:35 UTC

I find that drubbles lend themselves to calmness and poeticness (if that's even a word...too lazy to look it up) more so than drabbles. In those, I'm always trying to create an impact. Sometimes, I fear that my drabbles feel formulaic.

Anyway, I have not forgotten. ;) Dictionary.com reminds me with an email every day. As soon as I finish answering my comments, I shall do the word-of-today and the word-of-yesterday. Probably another drubble. ;)

tarion_anarore March 27 2006, 18:01:33 UTC

Yeesh, my computer doesn't like me...

Yes, drubbles can be very nice for calmer themes. Actually, I'm rather partial to the drabble-&-a-half!

And I'm glad you haven't forgotten!

BTW, I'm *not* skipping class...we got out early!

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 18:32:20 UTC

I was wondering...earlier, I was *this* close to asking, "Are you playing hooky??" but then decided that you don't need me scrutinizing your (mis)behavior online. That'd be kind of creepy! :^P

The new drabble is up, btw. ;) And I will read yours this afternoon. (I gave up on my flist at about the 80th post. o.O)

Thread 5

aramel_calawen March 26 2006, 13:52:50 UTC

I don't believe in destiny.

Come to think of it, I don't think Feanor would either, though many elves seem to...

*goes off to ponder*

dawn_felagund March 27 2006, 15:53:45 UTC

Destiny certainly seems present in Tolkien's world. Namo, for example, can see the outcome of events before they happen. But I'm with you that I see Feanor as shunning this notion. As proactive of a character as he is, I can't see him shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Eh. What will be will be, then."

And I'm with him in that. The idea of destiny sucks, in my humble opinion! ;)