Harmony - "Everything Is Illuminated"

[wormwood_7]

Title: Harmony
Author: Wormwood_7
Characters: Denethor, young Boromir and Faramir
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: These characters belong to Tolkien. I make no money from this.
For the Movie Tie-Ins Challenge

Harmony

Comments

[curiouswombat]

Although sometimes, perhaps, is not enough...

Well written.

[wormwood_7]

No, it wasn't enough in the end, but I would like to think that he loved his sons and had good moments with them, before things turned dark.
Thank you for reading!

[just_ann_now]

Sometimes he draws the memory out and holds it like a shimmering veil in front of the dark window-pane.

*WAIL*

Oh, my stars, that's breathtaking. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeus.

[wormwood_7]

Thank you! I wanted to write about a moment of peace and harmony between Denethor and his sons, and I am really pleased you liked it. Thanks for reading!

[clodia_metelli]

This is absurdly beautiful. Such dreamy imagery, the whole thing. Thank you!

[wormwood_7]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I am delighted that you liked it.

[shirebound]

What lovely imagery.

[wormwood_7]

Thank you! And thanks for reading and for letting me know that you liked it.

[azalaisdep]

Lovely image of Denethor as the crucial link in the chain of the House of Mardil - I'm sure Denethor always felt responsible for holding the whole thing together; and, tragically, it was that overweening sense of responsibility that did for him, in the end.

The contrast between that image of happy harmony and the dark, dark place he finds himself in in the last lines is just so sad :-(

[wormwood_7]

Yes, I agree. It was that sense of responsibility that undid him. But basically I think he was a good, if complicated man, who loved his sons but lived in evil times. I am really pleased you liked this - thanks for reading!