Mulled wine challenge: Pepper: - 'Cold and Clear'

[kortirion]

Title: Cold and Clear
Author: Kortirion
Character: Thorongil and Elf
Rating: G
Source: Pre-Ring War
Disclaimer: Tolkien saw all the stars in his Middle-earth’s firmament, Kortirion simply marvels.

Comments

[kortirion]

Thank you. I read 'The Science of Middle-earth', which proposed that elves' eyes have more receptors in them, hence their vision is clearer and sharper over far longer distances than ours, more like those of a bird of prey - just extrapolating from that. ;-)

[shirebound]

but the others… you can see those stars too?”

That's fascinating, and your icon is just perfect.

[kortirion]

Thank you! :-)

[someplacetobe]

I had a strong image of them sitting and talking about the stars, thanks to this.

[kortirion]

I'm pleased I brought my vision to you successfully.

[hhimring]

Very nice scene! (And comes with matching disclaimer, too!)
I'm glad the boat trip is not all misery.
Hooded elf? Is that just because it's cold or is there about to be some kind of reveal?

[kortirion]

Thanks - Partly because of the cold, partly because 'he' was a she... though at the time of writing this one I didn't know this.

[curiouswombat]

I do love this idea - I wrote a story once in which someone thought of seeing half a sky of stars - but I hadn't thought of it applying to mortals in the eyes of the firstborn before.

[kortirion]

Thank you!
I think I was partly inspired by looking up and only seeing the major stars, because of light pollution, when I know that if I were somewhere 'darker' I'd see many more.