Fic for alexajohnson

[arahiril]

Title: The Right Reason
For alexajohnson
By arahiril
Characters: Faramir, Pippin, Gandalf
Rating: G
Genre: General
Warnings: None whatever.

alexajohnson had requested: a movieverse Faramir/Pippin friendship fic, set before the Pyre of Denethor, to help explain why Pippin, who did not seem to have much of a relationship with Faramir, was so keen on saving him.

Comments

[valis2]

Aw, wonderful and heartwarming. I truly enjoyed this--great characterizations, dialogue, very moving and thought-provoking.

[arahiril]

Thanks!! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

[little_dwarf]

Oh. My. God. This is simply wonderful, Arahiril! :) I loved it from beginning to the end

[arahiril]

Thanks for your kind comments!! I'm glad you liked it. And yes, I'm rather fond of scholar!Faramir myself, so I couldn't resist throwing a bit of him in there for good measure. Thanks again!!

[sarasrati34]

I absolutely adore the way Faramir and Gandalf are written together, and the way that Pippin observes them interacting. For the import that relationship is given in stories and the impact it often has on Faramir's relationship with his father in turn, I haven't seen very many stories that really show the two of them! (Well, there are plenty with their first meeting in Faramir's childhood, but not many with him as an adult.) Pippin's view of it is very engaging, as he is throughout the story.

Is there a real song called "The Gardener's Daughter"? If not, I hope you write it out someday!

[arahiril]

I've always been rather interested by the Faramir/Gandalf relationship, so it's fun to write them together. I"m glad you enjoyed it. :)

And no, there isn't a real song called "The Gardener's Daughter." I was just trying to think of the most outrageous plot I could, and I remembered the tale of Pygmalion by Ovid, which is about a scupltor who falls in love with a statue... so I changed it a bit to make more down-to-earth (with a soldier), and I had a funny mental image in my head of a drunken soldier talking to a garden statue, so voila... but I'm no poet, so I doubt it will ever see the light of day. :)

But thanks for your comments!!

[little_dwarf]

OVID!!! *bounces speachless for a few minutes* I can't help reacting this way whenever I see his name! Ovid is my very favourite Latin author, I read all his works - at least once, but I think I went through "Tristia" and "Ex Ponto" four or five times... and planning to study them further! :)

Of course I noticed the mythological referince, and was planning to comment about your parodical version of a drunken Pygmalion... :)) But by the time I finished reading I was very impressed by other aspects of the story that I forgot to mention thisw in my comment!

I agree with Sarasrati, you should try to write it out someday... Perhaps, just when the soldier was declairing his love for the statue, the gardener's real, flesh-and-blood daughter overheard him and thought he was talking to her... And after some comic misfortunes and misunderstandings, they live happily ever after! :)) Now I've turned it into an opera libretto! :))

[arahiril]

LOL!! It's funny (and impressive!) that you noticed the reference to the Metamorphoses. Ovid is my absolute favorite too - I've only read parts of the Metamorphoses and Amores (in Latin), but OMG his wordplay is sooooo amazing. I often end up drawing from my classical background for my fics, actually, whether historically or culturally - I just love Roman stuff so much.

I like your plot idea, but I still don't think I'll ever get around to writing it. But still, you never know.

:)

[enkemeniel]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww~!!! Such a heartwarming story!!! I love it!

[arahiril]

Thanks!! :)

[alexajohnson]

oh!!! *stutters incoherently for a bit*
you wrote this...for me...and there are so many things i love that i could never, ever hope to list them all!

first of all, you captured pippin's voice perfectly. even with the immense changes that his character has gone through by the end, he is still *pippin*, and you can understand why he wants to do greater deeds and ride with faramir.

i also loved the relationship you painted between faramir and gandalf, and i thought it was a unique one. as others have said, it was more about their friendship than student/mentor, and i loved the almost father/son aspect of it, and that pippin even observed the familiarity between them.

i also thought the idea of pippin eating in the barracks was a clever one, and i liked how you established that relationship with beregond!

and of course your writing is excellent as always!

i am just overflowing with praise, and was incredibly touched and moved by this gift.

thank you, thank you, thank you, my dear!!!
♥ ♥ ♥

[/gushing]
=P

[arahiril]

Well I'm glad you got what you wanted!! I had written a story a bit like this WAAAAY back when I just started writing - and it was pretty awful. So it's been nice to have a second chance to do it over again.

Though I admit that I got rather carried away with my Faramir/Gandalf interaction - I had to wrestle with myself to get back to Pippin!! I love that relationship, so I tend to emphasize it heavily.

I'm just really glad you liked it!! It was a challenging prompt for me but a good one, so thanks for that. *hugs* :D