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elderberrywine in waymeet

Cuppa angst for your Monday?

May 15, 2011 21:31

A trifle from the Far From Home series, that I really, really, want to get back to this summer. And I entirely blame the angst on the nursery rhyme. What was the poor writer to do?

Title: Whither Do I Wander
Author: Elderberry Wine
Pairing: F/S, M/P
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1651
Summary: A sudden and tragic event causes reassessment on the part of ( Read more... )

Comments 25

semyaza May 16 2011, 05:33:05 UTC

What a great moment for the kind of introspection required by the verse -- a great moment for them to be thinking how awful things are not knowing how much more awful they'll become. Truly poignant.

I'll try not to throw any Baggins/Gamgee plot bunnies in your way. It would be nice if you could sink your teeth into this series again. :)

elderberrywine May 16 2011, 05:46:01 UTC

:D I think have a half-done fic in every series I've ever started.

Discipline is not exactly my middle name.

Thank you, though! I think one of the saddest things about LOTR is how slowly the hobbits lose their innocence - thinking they can get back to where they used to be for such a long while - until they finally realize it is forever gone. That sets them apart from the rest, who never seem to have much hope of that, IMO.

owlgrey May 16 2011, 10:02:53 UTC

I love the journey portrayed in this.

elderberrywine May 17 2011, 02:19:15 UTC

Thank you very much! A hard time for all of them, and no mistake.

maura_underhill May 16 2011, 19:33:01 UTC

I've never heard this rhyme before. I'm certainly glad you have - it sounds a proper hobbit-song and exactly where it should be. I could see each of the four of them so clearly as I read this; sometimes angst is well worth it.

elderberrywine May 17 2011, 02:23:43 UTC

I've never heard this rhyme before.

Neither had I! Kudos to the waymeet mods for such a wonderful selection. It could have fit several placed during the quest, I thought, but there seemed to be four voices, and so there you go.

Judicial amounts of angst are always a good thing, IMHO. Thank you!

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elderberrywine May 17 2011, 02:25:37 UTC

Aww, thank you, m'dear! I think the loss would have hit each of them differently, but there was a job to be done, and hobbits are a quietly stubborn folk.

dreamflower02 May 16 2011, 22:24:48 UTC

A moment in the journey that perfectly fits that rhyme; you have each POV down beautifully. All of them grieving and confused, but still determined to finish what they started.

elderberrywine May 17 2011, 02:27:47 UTC

Great rhyme, wasn't it? I'd never heard it before, but it seemed to be so right for the Four.

Thank you very much for the POV bit, that was a bit tricksy! :)