The blessing

[beldarzfixon]

NOTE: This is in intersection with tsuki_no_bara. I think it works a little better if you read her entry first.With shaking hands, and a little prayer, Aytak Ransdottr made fast the final knots

Comments

[cheshire23]

I've always loved Norse mythology, and you do a really good job with the storytelling here.

[beldarzfixon]

Thanks! I know that there is more to Norse lore than Thor comics, so I try to treat the material with respect.

[i_17bingo]

It's really incredible how you created a world so different from that of us land-dwellers, but you eased us into it without heavy exposition, and I still felt like I understood it.

And when you read tsuki_no_bara's entry, this comes across as almost tragic.

[beldarzfixon]

I do try to see a not-like-ours world from the inside when writing these, especially from the character's POV. The trick is making sure I haven't lost the reader. =)

We both tried writing with an aim of making it as hopeful and "happy" an ending as possible, but now I understand why Hans Christian Anderson tales often went so dark. =)

[mamas_minion]

Great intersection, I loved both stories and the was a mournful lilt to both. Excellent stories

[beldarzfixon]

Thanks!
But they'll end up together in the end -- that's happy, right?

[shimmerdream]

I loved the way your entries intersected, good job.

[beldarzfixon]

Thank you!

[swirlsofblue]

A beautiful and fascinating piece, this and tsuki_no_bara's piece work wonderfully together.

[beldarzfixon]

Thank you! The initial idea was hers, and I riffed on it.