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

[lindahoyland]

This was just lovely.I enjoyed seeing how Pippin grew to love Faramir.

[arahiril]

Thanks very much!! :)

[lilan14]

Like so many book fans, I thoroughly hate Moviemir, but I have no choice but to like this story. :) Pippin is so huggable here! And I'm glad your Faramir is a person of such integrity -- I do wish a scene like that had been in the RotK movie. Well done!

[arahiril]

Well that's always good to hear!! I can't say I'm a big fan of Moviemir myself (which is probably why I've made it my personal goal to turn every movieverse fic I write into somehow working with bookverse), but it's very satisfying to hear that the fic still comes off well, even if it is movieverse. So thanks very much for your kind words!!

[lady_branwyn]

This fic is a very nice gapfiller because it is something of a mystery why, in the movie, Pippin would feel any great devotion to Faramir. Basic human decency would compel him to save Faramir from being murdered, but I didn't find movie!Faramir a very admirable character. You wrote Pippin with just the right mixture of vulnerability and resiliency. Faramir's respect for Pippin as an individual is so in character. He brings out the best in the people around him, doesn't he? And that is one of the reasons they love him so much. I loved Pippin longing to be free to follow him into battle--it seemed both a very Tookish flash of spontaneity and also a typical reaction to Faramir. I enjoyed this fic very much--well done!

[arahiril]

Thanks very much for your kind comments!! I have taught myself to like movie!Faramir, but it's been a long struggle - and I will always prefer book!Faramir. I definitely tried to imbue this movie!Faramir with traits of book!Faramir that Pippin particularly admired. Pippin's desire to follow Faramir to Osgiliath was inspired directly from Tolkien's description of their meeting, particularly the part in which Pippin sees in Faramir a captain whom he would follow even under the shadow of the black wings.

I'm also very pleased that you like Pippin in this fic - as I said, Hobbits are not my forte, so it makes me very happy to know I've succeeded in that.

Thanks again for your kind comments!!

[periantari]

This was really good- loved the reasons that Pippin felt justifiable to save someone he just met and the gap filling was done very well .