When Gríma met Saruman -- 'Summer' prompt

[huinare]

Title: When Gríma Met Saruman
Author: Huinárë
Characters/Pairing: Gríma, Galmód, Saruman
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Book/Source: Lord of the Rings
Disclaimer: Characters belong to Tolkien.  No profit reaped by myself, aside from a wealth of intellectual giddiness.

[Oy, has it become vogue to omit summaries since the last challenge I participated in?]
Summary

Comments

[lindahoyland]

A great look at how this unlikely pair might have met.

[huinare]

Thanks, LInda! Last time I revisited the LotR trilogy, I decided it would be interesting to ponder what's up with Gríma.

[someplacetobe]

I never thought of how they met until this.

[huinare]

When I started considering it, it seemed to me that Gríma still would've been somewhat young when they met.

[someplacetobe]

It would make sense, if he were younger, because then Saruman could tap into the differences, fuel them and even feed them, make them stronger.

[kortirion]

Oooo now this is an original idea - we know how they part but never (before) how they met!

Re summaries - they've never been a part of the remit here, and aren't a requirement.

After all, if it needs explanation, the writer has either not made the drabble coherent, or they're going to ruin any surprise it contains...
and/or cheat the word limit, particularly if the notes are nearly as long as the drabble is. :-)

[huinare]

Thanks, Kortirion, I think I'm going to enjoy this challenge since there's really not much we know about Gríma.

(I was wondering more because it's a sociological curiosity to me, seeing as how I remember they were at one point included often!)

[kortirion]

I think that was more from people coming in from other comms where summaries are used, and expected, for short stories and long form pieces. They've never been in generally use here, and I think as the writers have seen they aren't used, they've adapted to the custom.

[huinare]

Ah, makes sense.

[curiouswombat]

What an excellent explanation of how they first met!

[huinare]

Thanks, Wombat! I pondered a couple venues for it, but in the end being on the road actually seemed to work best.

[hhimring]

Which goes to show, I guess, that reading quietly rather than plunging straight in isn't always a way to keep you safe...

[huinare]

If by "safe" one means "not ultimately shot through with Hobbit arrows in a strange land far from home," sadly, no..