Summer Sports challenge, Swimming: Out of Doubt, Out of Dark

[azalaisdep]

Author: Azalais
Title: Out of Doubt, Out of Dark
Characters: Faramir, Aragorn
Source: RoTK
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Middle-earth belongs to Tolkien and his heirs: I wander there for fun, not profit

Comments

[engarian]

Nice use of swimming in this one.

- Erulisse (one L)

[azalaisdep]

I was originally planning to use "swimming against the tide" more metaphorically, and then this came to me. Glad you liked it.

[curiouswombat]

Oh what a good use of the prompt! It feels right - Faramir trying to swim against the current to reach the voice that calls him.

[azalaisdep]

Thanks - I've always assumed there must have been some sense of real effort, of coming back from far away, for those whom Aragorn called back from the Black Breath...

[shirebound]

Did the great wave come at last?

Oh, poor Faramir! But what a wonderful awakening.

[azalaisdep]

I thought that lying delirious under the Black Breath might be a rather dream-like state, and we know what Faramir dreams of...

[someplacetobe]

Oooh, I like how this came together. I felt lost among the words, seeing it come to life.

[azalaisdep]

Faramir felt lost too, so that's a very appropriate response! I'm glad it worked for you.

[kortirion]

Oooo - I like the juxtaposition of Faramir's dreams: Did the great wave come at last? and his metaphorical actions 'swimming against the tide', riffing on his perception of where he is: But now he’s sunk in deep, deep water, far down, crushed by weight and darkness. The themes come together very well.

[azalaisdep]

Thank you! Originally I wasn't sure if I could work the "water" theme given that Faramir has just passed through fire; but it came together all right in the end.