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[rabidsamfan]

Fourth

To hear the Elves tell it, there was nothing that Men knew or built or wrought before some long-eared busybody deigned to intervene. There is no art they will concede us priority – not brewing or baking, not spinning nor weaving. According to them even the fruits of fields and orchards came to humankind at second-hand. Before the Elves we must have been naked and hungry, wandering in the dark alone. That is, if you believe the Elves.

There have been times when an Elf has strayed into our hands. Good times. There are lessons that I can teach to Elves, too.




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[serai1.livejournal.com]

Brrrr!! Whoa, this one's intense! Love it, love it.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's not a nice Nazgul at all, is he. Thanks for commenting. (I'm still catching up.)

[serai1.livejournal.com]

I have really enjoyed your Nazgul series. I rarely stray outside of hobbitfic (it's a jungle out there!), but your drabbles have been excellent, and have made points that I hadn't thought of. Kudos!

Extremely inelegant feedback ahoy

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Because they may have histories and reasons and things they care about, but they're also bad mofos, yes they are.

What you say in 100 words never ceases to amaze me.

Re: Extremely inelegant feedback ahoy

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Well, when you've read the entire book it does make the 100 word limit easier to live with LOL!

And they are bad mofos, definitely.

[elycia.livejournal.com]

eeeeek! Bad ringwraith, very bad!

Interesting, to consider the often strange origins of violence; and how like a ruler of Men to take the insult of pride as more offensive than any attack on things physical.

You are simply amazing.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. Pride has done a lot of damage in the world.

Thank you.

[katakanadian.livejournal.com]

Creepy. It makes me think of Dubya for some reason. ;)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

The implication that he has to be right, and the originator of all good things, perhaps? Brrr.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Gah, how intense. Effing brilliant, as well.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this one turned out to be kind of creepy. Thank you!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

B... brava.

*tries to keep her teeth from chattering*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

*offers blanket*

[oliviaramirez]

That's very good. I can sort of relate to that as well. It can't always have been fun to play second fiddle to those hoity-toity elves.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Yes, dealing with someone who is beautiful and graceful and immortal could get irritating, I suppose...

[shirebound]

Oooh, the arrogance! Chilling stuff.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This one of the nazgul was harder to write than most of them.

Re: Nine - Four

[eykar.livejournal.com]

I've been enjoying these without commenting. (Too damn busy - again.) When they are all done I am going to arrange them in a series of least-absorbed-by-the-Ring to most-absorbed-by-the-Ring. While each king was a different person, with a different reason, each is going the same unhappy road. I wonder how distinguishable they ended up, even to themselves.

Re: Nine - Four

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I think that they were still distinguishable, simply because they seem to have been assigned slightly different sorts of tasks. The Easterling was in charge of Dol Goldur, for example. But once the battle was joined and Sauron became really active then any differences would be subsumed by their common cause.

[archerlass.livejournal.com]

Boo! Hiss! Evil wraith! I shudder to think of even one elf falling into their hands. Chillingly well done, m'dear!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Hope you've warmed up some by now!