Comments | thrihyrne: The Stones' Lament: new fic for Gimli

thrihyrne

The Stones' Lament: new fic for Gimli

Mar 14, 2006 18:48

First new ficlet for my fanfic100 table, all about Gimli. Prompt #37: Sound.

The Stones' LamentIt was after a fortnight of walking when I realised I'd begun humming some of our old travel songs under my breath. I stopped immediately, only to catch myself at it an hour or so later. It didn't matter that I was with none of my kind, resigned to the ( Read more... )

rating: g, tolkien, fic, gimli

Comments 15

just_ann_now March 15 2006, 00:18:57 UTC

Oh, my, this is lovely. Gimli's love and longing and envy of Legolas shine through so clearly. Your language is exquisite.

thrihyrne March 15 2006, 13:50:53 UTC

Oh, my, this is lovely. Gimli's love and longing and envy of Legolas shine through so clearly. Your language is exquisite.

Thank you so much! At this point in the journey, Gimli's love is only for Khazad-dum, I suspect; envy of Legolas, definitely. So glad that you enjoyed!

fungus_files March 15 2006, 00:34:39 UTC

I only have movie!Gimli in my head when I read this (sacrilege!) and you capture his cantankerous pride so well.

I was silver, struck with tuned precision and ringing with incredulity.

v.v. cool. (I'm so articulate, no?)

*looks forward to more Dwarven immersion*

fungus_files March 15 2006, 00:41:16 UTC

forgot to flag: posted some pics just for you at my LJ. :)

and letter winging its way to you as of this morning. *hugs*

thrihyrne March 15 2006, 13:53:21 UTC

Yay for letters!!

thrihyrne March 15 2006, 13:52:53 UTC

Thanks, T.! I suspect I may end up with a smattering of movie!Gimli, but Tolkien does give him some of his own humor. The only Dwarves who seem to be rather jolly are from The Hobbit.

v.v. cool. (I'm so articulate, no?)

LOL. It's okay. Glad you liked the sentence. There will be much Dwarfic over the next year.

cim_halfling March 15 2006, 00:44:55 UTC

That is so beautiful. I am almost always moved to tears by those lines and you have done justice to the great Professor's words. *sighs happily*

I understand that chart now and spent a wee bit of time re-reading the story of Narvi. Lovely, truly.

thrihyrne March 15 2006, 13:57:56 UTC

Wow, N. Thank you so much for your comments. If I can do well both by The Professor and Gimli, all will be well. Glad you've got a handle on the chart; I'm debating whether or not to put the chart on my website.

Ooooh, and you reread some of Speak, Friend, and Enter! I did, too, as I've been updating my space over at Open Scrolls. I hadn't posted any stories in a couple of years, so I had quite a few to upload.

((hugs))

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thrihyrne March 15 2006, 13:59:05 UTC

This felt so Tolkieny that it makes me want to dive right back in the LOTRs fandom and write something.

*ponders*

Ooooooh, yes, you should!! And thanks for the compliment! I think inspiring someone else to write is the ultimate in accomplishment.

::still loves your icon::

eldritchhobbit March 15 2006, 06:40:15 UTC

grudgingly acknowledged that in this land, the rock seemed to mourn the Elves, not the Dwarvish masons. I passed fitfully into sleep, straining to hear the dark pulse of ancient loss

Augh! *hugs you tightly*

The tone of this is so perfectly mournful and meaningful... *loves*

thrihyrne March 15 2006, 14:01:14 UTC

Augh! *hugs you tightly*

I'm so glad you liked it! It's been wonderful to be re-immersed in the Ardaverse, with Gimli in particular. I'm envisioning that many of these will be gap-fillers from LotR proper, but I'd also like to do some past and future stories as well. Glad you enjoyed it!

Also, thank you for both of your recent correspondence to me; I'll write you back over the weekend. I ADORED the Nancy Drew stationery!! I'm dying to find some more like that. It was brilliant!! :D :D And I really appreciate you taking the time to write. It means the world to me.