The Stones' Lament: new fic for Gimli

[thrihyrne]

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

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[euclase]

Wow.

Pardon me if I faint at the prospect of reading one hundred of these-if this is any promise of what's to come. You have every right to be smug, my dear; this is beautiful. That penultimate sentence is utterly heartbreaking. Gah!

[thrihyrne]

That penultimate sentence is utterly heartbreaking.

Thank you, thank you!! It's good to have Gimli back in my head and itching to get out through my fingers. *g*

The Stones' Lament

[koshweasley]

Gimli shows a lot of feeling in here.

"I was the child of Mahal; stone-language was my birthright. This wood-dwelling Elf from the north had no business listening to the sighs of the earth..." Really shows his humanity, or dwarvity:)

Great job.

Re: The Stones' Lament

[thrihyrne]

Really shows his humanity, or dwarvity:)

:smiles: Many thanks. At least in FotR, he's far more emotive than I remembered. He cries at Balin's tomb, he cries when they leave Lothlorien… Legolas is far more 'stone-like' than Gimli in that regard.