Fell Winter –
May. 29th, 2005 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rabidsamfanMid March
Wolves in Hobbiton! It was like something out of one of Gandalf's tales. Bilbo shivered with excitement as much as cold and settled himself nearer the fire, proud that his parents had allowed him to stay and listen while the adults argued over what was to be done. Already a family along the valley had lost a pony, according to the Shirriff. "Bring the animals inside," said one, and "keep watch on the fields," said another. "Send for the Thain," said his mother, and Bilbo said "Aye" with the rest, and went to bed dreaming of an army of uncles.
Mid-March, continued.
Bilbo stood his watch wearing the helmet his mother had recognized among the mathoms which Holman Greenhand had put on every windowsill and filled with seedlings lest the snow stay too long for a proper spring planting. Hastily emptied and turned to its proper purpose, it proved too small for the adults and too large for any of the children but Bilbo. Even on him it sat around his head like a bell around a clapper, but he took comfort in it. It might not stop a wolf; but it smelled of earth and growing things
It smelled of spring.
Wolves in Hobbiton! It was like something out of one of Gandalf's tales. Bilbo shivered with excitement as much as cold and settled himself nearer the fire, proud that his parents had allowed him to stay and listen while the adults argued over what was to be done. Already a family along the valley had lost a pony, according to the Shirriff. "Bring the animals inside," said one, and "keep watch on the fields," said another. "Send for the Thain," said his mother, and Bilbo said "Aye" with the rest, and went to bed dreaming of an army of uncles.
Mid-March, continued.
Bilbo stood his watch wearing the helmet his mother had recognized among the mathoms which Holman Greenhand had put on every windowsill and filled with seedlings lest the snow stay too long for a proper spring planting. Hastily emptied and turned to its proper purpose, it proved too small for the adults and too large for any of the children but Bilbo. Even on him it sat around his head like a bell around a clapper, but he took comfort in it. It might not stop a wolf; but it smelled of earth and growing things
It smelled of spring.
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Date: 2005-05-29 09:26 pm (UTC)*laughs*
How on earth do you keep that wonderful balance between humor, thrill and deep feelings? A helmet misused (or put to it's only proper use) as a flower pot, and now it smells of earth, of spring and new life and becomes a comfort for a boy, half exited and half frightened. Brilliant. Bravo.
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Date: 2005-05-30 01:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-05-29 09:29 pm (UTC)May I use one of your drabbles as an example of a fanfic for my paper? I was thinking that one of the Nazgul ones would be perfect, and I wanted to get your permission. Please let me know!
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Date: 2005-05-30 01:46 pm (UTC)There must be more Fell Winter stories out there somewhere, though...
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Date: 2005-05-29 09:54 pm (UTC)That line alone in a context like this is almost enough to make me cry.
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Date: 2005-05-30 07:59 am (UTC)It smelled of spring.
Excellent! :)
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Date: 2005-05-30 01:57 pm (UTC)Gorgeous imagery!
Date: 2005-05-30 05:37 pm (UTC)Wondering at the helmet. Where did it come from. Was it too small for the adults because hobbits used to be smaller?
Like you, am curious about Fell Winter stories. Actually got out my story outlines and it looks as if the Fell Winter/Long Winter stories might fit together, complementing each other in the same way as the intertwined stories in "Healers Tale" or "Thain". Will have to see. It is a trickier sort of story to write, but more interesting and less likely to run into a brick wall.
But I *love* this drabble set, it is brilliant and wonderful and tells so much in so few words.
Pardon me if I sound distracted. "Veggietales" is blaring in the next room and Larry the Cucumber just started yodeling... very distracting...
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Date: 2005-05-31 02:15 am (UTC)Ah... yodeling cucumbers... priceless...
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Date: 2005-05-31 02:20 am (UTC)Am on pins and needles to hear what he has to say. (You do his "voice" so beautifully...)
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Date: 2005-05-31 02:33 am (UTC)Re: Gorgeous imagery!
Date: 2005-05-31 02:34 am (UTC)Quite looking forward to reading, thanks!
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Date: 2005-05-30 10:37 pm (UTC)Love it, love it, LOVE IT. What a delightful example of the role of family in the hobbit culture. This is a fantastic series! Thanks for sharing it.
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