Let there be Light challenge, Starlight - Nor Bid the Stars Farewell

[azalaisdep]

Author: Azalais
Title: Nor Bid the Stars Farewell
Characters: Arwen
Source: LoTR
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Middle-earth belongs to Tolkien and his heirs: I wander there for fun, not profit

Nearly there, puff, puff...

Comments

[curiouswombat]

You know Arwen must had had a lot of sympathy for Éowyn when they met - for she well understood the pain, the fear, the longing, of the women 'left behind' - they had simply dealt with it in different ways.

And I will bookmark the story by Forodwaith for reading some evening soon.

[azalaisdep]

they had simply dealt with it in different ways.

Am thankful that the PJ!AU in which they deal with it in precisely the same way got left on the cutting-room floor...

Thorougly recommend Thread of Fate, it has some really thought-provoking ideas in it.

[shirebound]

This is a wonderful scene. The work Arwen put into that banner is rarely fully explored.

[azalaisdep]

The story by forodwaith I mentioned does so in much greater detail - I do recommend it! Thank you for the comment :-)

[engarian]

The banner is often portrayed as a mere stage prop, a symbol, but something that is only that. You have been portraying it as an item of Power, something much closer to the reality, I feel.

- Erulisse (one L)

[azalaisdep]

I didn't consciously intend that, but the stories gradually seem to have brought it out. The symbolism of "seven stars, and seven stones, and one white tree" is so deep, and so freighted, that perhaps merely invoking them is, as you say, to bring a greater Power into play...

[someplacetobe]

This gives the feeling that the banner was more than a simple prop; this gives it more of the power that it, really, probably had.

[azalaisdep]

As I said above, that does seem to be a theme that's gradually coming out in these drabbles, will I or nill I!

[fileg]

I love the sense of power in this

[azalaisdep]

Thank you - I'm glad it comes across. It's good to be able to show Arwen having some power from behind the scenes...