Drabble: Dance

[lissas_elves]

Tiny snippet from Haldir's time in Imladris.

Dance

He watched them dance in cool stone halls, saw them sedately tread the steps, their faces composed and dark hair hardly moving as they all turned simultaneously, weaving artful patterns. They had practiced the steps since midwinter.

Practising a dance...

How different from his people, the whirling,

Comments

[lissea]

I love this. A very beautiful and telling 100 words. Noldorin reason, Hmmm. I've always bet they were not as stuffy as they wanted to appear. Bet they danced with abandon if they knew no one was watching.

You know how I feel about silvan passion, right?

Once again, the very best of birthdays

[lissas_elves]

Thank you for the kind words and the birthday wishes, Lissea. :-)

You are right about the Noldor, I'm sure; from all accounts they were very passionate. This ficlet is coloured by my (personal) idea that they are so interested in mechanics and patterns and rules that it might be reflected in their way of dancing.

>>You know how I feel about silvan passion, right?<<

Yes, I thought you might appreciate that line. *g*

[lissea]

I get what you're saying.

[inzilbeth_liz]

That's lovely, Lissa! And a great tradition you're continuing here of giving gifts on your birthday!

[lissas_elves]

lol - Well, I could certainly pass for a hobbit, the way I've been eating tonight!

[keiliss]

Very hobbitly of you, giving us all such a beautiful gift on your special day. This really spoke to me, I've always had trouble defining in words the difference between the Noldor and the rest, and this sums it up. Two completely different kinds of beauty.

Thanks for posting it :)

*hugs*

(bday banner will be a tiny bit late *g* - internet is fighting with me. Happy birthday :) )

[lissas_elves]

Thank you, Keiliss. *hugs*

YAY!! I'll go check out your LJ straightaway.

>>internet is fighting with me.<<

Actually, LJ has been weird since last night: I keep getting the chyrillic entry page when I try to log-on through my shortcut, so I have to type in the entire URL instead. Wonder what's going on.

[keiliss]

Ah, I was wondering if LJ itself was at least part of my problem, because when I could get on it was the hardest site to load.

[lissas_elves]

LJ's been bothersome for a couple of days, but seems to work OK today, at least for me.

[spacellama]

I'll take each with a side of the other, please. :) Happy birthday, brilliant you.

[lissas_elves]

lol - thank you so much, Viv!

>>I'll take each with a side of the other, please.<<

Yes, I guess you're right: Passion without reason is like a runaway horse, very likely to run you into trouble; and if you have reason but no passion, then you're basically a robot.

[lindahoyland]

What a lovely drabble! I hope you had a lovely birthday and the year will be full of good things for you.

[lissas_elves]

Thank you, Linda. :-)

I certainly had a lovely day - even the weather behaved and that's just plain amazing. Of course it's raining cats and dogs today, but I don't mind, 'cause it's not my birthday. *g*