Comments | illwynd: Six Days of Spooky: Day 5

illwynd

Six Days of Spooky: Day 5

Oct 30, 2007 22:38

A little ficlet tonight!

Silenced
by illwynd
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Rating: PG
Summary: AU. In the back of Boromir's mind, something is happening...
( Silenced )

spookyfic, lotr fic, six days of spooky

Comments 19

alex_quine November 3 2007, 00:21:45 UTC

Great sense of decay and of a battle lost so recently that the memory lingers. Thanks for posting.

illwynd November 3 2007, 01:38:28 UTC

It certainly would have been creepy, under those circumstances. Thanks, and glad you liked this! ^_^

lilan14 November 3 2007, 18:05:19 UTC

Oh no...poor, poor Boromir *sniffs*

I particularly love this bit: "the victory had come so easy he had almost doubted it." I'm sure that the part of the "old" Boromir that's still there realizes even now that there was no victory...

It's actually a very, very sad piece...

illwynd November 4 2007, 06:45:31 UTC

Yeah... poor Boromir indeed.

I'm sure that the part of the "old" Boromir that's still there realizes even now that there was no victory...
*nods* Yeah. Just the idea of being trapped inside himself like that is almost as terrifying to me as night-vision Orcs. ^_~

Glad you liked this!

lilan14 November 4 2007, 09:54:57 UTC

Yeah, night-vision Orcs is pretty creepy...but, thanks to cressida0201, I can now imagine Debbie with a powerful flashlight in one hand and some pepper spray in the other! :-D

And yes, "trapped inside himself" pretty much sums it up. Boromir's death is not a happy-ending either, but in a way, I'm glad it didn't come to what you wrote...

Actually, this makes me think of a character from a computer game I've been playing lately: she actually does get lured into the darkness and ends up where you put Boromir in your AU. Fortunately for her, my character was able to turn her back :-p

roh_wyn November 4 2007, 01:45:05 UTC

OMG! In my mind, this is one of the most frightening scenarios in the entire book!

Oh, and being inevitably engulfed. So sad. *sniff*

illwynd November 4 2007, 06:49:16 UTC

Heeh, I know what you mean. And it's just worse if part of him was aware of what was really happening, I think.

Glad to hear you liked!

foxrafer November 6 2007, 17:45:37 UTC

Creepy and sad. Who would have thought I could be pleased he died instead of having this outcome. *g* It's truly fantastic how this twists at the end, from thinking he's a ghost to realizing he's something much worse. Lovely.

illwynd November 16 2007, 04:37:45 UTC

Who would have thought I could be pleased he died instead of having this outcome. *g*
Yeah, same here... but I'm sure he would rather be dead than be that.

Thanks, and I'm glad you liked this! ^_^

(And sorry it took me so long to reply!)

blslarner August 7 2008, 05:50:45 UTC

Oh, I agree--too creepy, contemplating Boromir being devoured by the power of the Ring like this, and the Shadow truly taking him and so manifesting itself.