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FIC: "An Orphaned Son's Longing" (1/1) by Febobe

May 10, 2015 15:58

For Mother's Day, here's a little fic I wrote. It's Frodo-centric, as usual, and features some mention - sometimes more! - of THREE lost mothers in Middle-earth....

( An Orphaned Son's Longing (rated PG for angst, 1/1) )

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febobe May 11 2015, 02:56:24 UTC

Awww, thank you, sweetie. <3 It felt so wonderful writing it. Like stretching out long-unused muscles at last. I just felt Frodo's pain rushing through me, all that longing - and of course it makes sense that he would feel the need to be cared for, after such an ordeal. And Sam has looked after him for so long once he could no longer look after himself - poor Frodo is probably too shattered to even remember how to be an independent adult. He's still so fragile. And probably they've given him too much independence all at once for what he's been through. I like to think the King and Queen would recognize it and provide appropriately for him. :)

shirebound May 11 2015, 00:36:18 UTC

Hopefully you're getting my ff.net reviews, which I'm so happy to write. I ADORE these stories.

febobe May 11 2015, 01:40:14 UTC

Awwww! I hadn't been getting them for some reason, but went and looked - and thank you so, so much. Your comment on this new one just took my breath. <3 High praise from a master of fanfic! :D It was such a joy to write. I had tears streaming down my face from about a third of the way through or so through the end - what a wringer! My mom is still with me, thankfully, but I'm getting to an age where I'm realizing my time with her may come to close in the next 25 years, more or less, and I had on my mind Frodo's pain and how natural it would feel to want to be cuddled and rocked and fed warm milk and told he was safe. And goodness knows he deserved it ( ... )

claudia603 May 11 2015, 01:44:42 UTC

This was so beautiful!!!! *catches breath* Beautiful and sad and sweet all at once!

dreamflower02 May 11 2015, 14:27:37 UTC

That's just beautiful, dear! I've missed your Frodo-fics so much!

aliensouldream May 12 2015, 01:02:34 UTC

"She was counted one of the Kinslayers, but the choice you laid before her - Frodo, she passed that test, and thus has been counted forgiven. But had you not crossed her path, she would likely have never seen her only child, my Ami, again."

Wow, I've never heard that take on it before - you have worked out beautifully what these events meant to so many people beyond Frodo. This is the end-weaving that makes sense of later decisions. Excellent!