Wands of the Woods Entry - Marigolds

[lady_bracknell]

Title: Marigolds
Author: ladybracknell
Prompt: Ash - Ash also referred to as Yggdrasil in Northern Europe and known as the world tree was very sacred to the druids. Its main symbolism being that of stability as it links the inner and otherworlds. It is used in spells that require focus and strength and is often used to banish mental strife. It is said that if

Comments

[queen_schitzo]

That was beautifully written.

[lady_bracknell]

Thank you very much :D.

[snegurochka_lee]

Oh, that was lovely!! I loved Luna's thought process, and the whole story comes together so beautifully at the end. :)

[lady_bracknell]

Thanks :D. I just adore Luna's slightly odd, but oh so very insightful, way of looking at things.

[mosaic]

Beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

[lady_bracknell]

Thank you very much :D.

[lionille]

and found the tree that most resembled what she thought she wanted, someone strong and true and kind, and although she’d found strong and true, kind was harder to tell in trees, and so she’d picked the one that seemed to have the most birds nesting in it, and settled for that.
This is a gorgeous gorgeous image. And this line, which is so bittersweetly funny, so Luna:
and so she elaborated, which she didn’t mind doing (although she’d like it occasionally if people kept up).

[lady_bracknell]

Thanks :D. I'm so pleased you picked out those lines - I really liked them too :).

[coervus]

Such a lovely story with equally lovely characterization. I like that you left the identities of the lovers to the reader's imagination, also.

[lady_bracknell]

Thank you very much :D. Something about that folk tale just really struck me as the way Luna would think about love.