Cuppa angst for your Monday?

[elderberrywine]

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

Comments

[telstar_gold]

Beautifully written, and a wonderful use of the prompt. It was a bleak and hopeless time for them all.

[elderberrywine]

Thank you so very much! Yes, bleak indeed - I think it was the first true wake-up call for all four of them. Definitely not in the Shire anymore, and nothing and no-one on whom they thought they could count were guaranteed. The fact that even a wizard could fall had to have been terrifying.

[grey_wonderer]

This was very entertaining. I enjoyed listening to the thoughts of each of the hobbits as they considered the Quest and their part in it all. : )

[elderberrywine]

Thank you very much! Especially on the individual voices. Those who see any of them as Generic Hobbit #3 really are quite missing it, IMHO. They may all have curly hair and go bare-foot, but that's where the similarities ends.

[annwyn55]

Huzzah! And here I had just been wishing for a well-written angst-fest! Perfectly characterised, evocative, lyrical and tender, and you found the perfect spot in the story for it. The rhyme is beautiful, too, and you did it justice. Thank you, m'dear.

[elderberrywine]

Johnny-on-the-spot to fill your every angst-desire. :D

Thank you so very much, dearie. I don't do it often, but every now and then, I just have to indulge.

[addie71]

What a hard and heart breaking time for them, and worse yet to come. *wipes eyes*

[elderberrywine]

*passes hankie*

Just like you said, worse yet to come. Wouldn't mind passing that hankie back, now, would you?

*sniffles*

Thank you, m'dear!

[hildigard_brown]

I don't believe I've ever read/heard of this rhyme before, but it fits so perfectly with this moment in the quest. And how nice to see a new bit of Shire Morns, even if it is a wee bit angsty.. *sniffles* Thank you for sharing!

[elderberrywine]

Thank you so much! I hadn't heard/read of this poem before either, but it certainly seemed as if it could have been our lads' theme song, as it were.

*joins you in sniffling*