#7 / An Unusual Alliance

[room9093]

Prompt #: 7
Author: anonymous
Title: An Unusual Alliance
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 5,324
Summary: Peace is impermanent, and hope is all but lost. The species across the lands and seas are only surviving, almost completely apart when not facing off in battle. Alliances are built in broken daily. Backs and hearts carry scars of betrayal and distrust

Comments

[sugaryandsalted]

I loved this! ♥
I don't know Skyrim to be honest, so I went with the Tolkien image :3
Either way, you created a very enjoyable atmosphere! I liked the focus on the trade of anything of value.
It took me a while to separate Lu and Han, but maybe that was the whole deal, huh? They were such a fantastic duo ♥

Like Luhan, I was all but craving interaction with the silent, mysterious and kinda moody Soo. And even though the ending came a little abrupt, their relationship had this nice, open feeling to it, telling me that it'll grow nicely in time :3
Still, I'd be up to read much more in a setting like this any time x3

Thanks a lot for tackling this prompt and writing such a wonderful story ♥

[canadaphile]

I know little about Skyrim, too. It's been years, and I barely play off and on, but I love my Khajiit. I think LotR/Tolkien has a wider audience, because of the movies, so whatever image fills your head works.

Lu is the deer, because that's just what what it's called. Like calling a cat Cat. It's not ranked enough to speak and have its own name, and giving it one would be disrespectful? I didn't think it was that important while writing it, but since you brought it up, I could try and clarify a bit more. Han is Luhan once he lost his family name.

I'm the first to admit my endings aren't the best, but I was running out of time and couldn't really fit any sort of ending anywhere else. The story was getting big enough [for me; I rarely write more than 4K ;w; ], too. But I appreciate your comment and kind words. UwU I will take them into consideration when/if I continue this.

=^..^=~

[sugaryandsalted]

Well, at the end of the day you create your own universe, right? ♡

While I did know that Lu means deer, I actually didn't get that the thing about Lu being a name suffix as well, for the deer clan. I totally get it now - don't worry, I'm just ditzy, haha *now I feel like a bad reader*

Nooo, don't feel pressured! This was just me saying I enjoyed it so much that I would be ready to read more of this any time :3
Sequels and stuff gotta come naturally ♡

[canadaphile]

True, and it's hard to not be influenced by well-known universes. Just knit a different blanket with the same wool, kinda.

If the reader doesn't get something, I feel it's on the writer, unless it's a minor thing that some individuals catch onto. So it's on me. I can try to make it clearer with some reworking. uwu

;;w;; ♡

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