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hhimringHaving taken courage from Keiliss's excellent late entry to the Many Paths To Tread Third Anniversary challenge, A Secret Gate, I went on simmering a bit and found my ideas came together after all.
Perhaps not quite celebratory enough for the occasion (and perhaps I should have ditched the Quenya names).
But I have written Artanis again! That always seems to take special courage, and this is the longest piece yet.
The original idea for the scene at Losgar actually goes back to B2MeM 2011, but I had no idea then that this was going to be about Galadriel.
Title: Galadriel: There and Back Again
Rating: Teens
Elements: Home is behind, the world ahead… The world behind and home ahead… (plus some bonus allusions to the Walking Song in the third section)
Summary: A group of three vignettes from the life of Galadriel: (i) Home is behind, the world ahead (First Age): Shortly after her arrival in Middle-earth, Galadriel visits the beach of Losgar; (ii) Does not apply (First Age): Galadriel in conversation with her eldest brother Finrod Felagund; (iii) The world behind and home ahead (Third Age): Galadriel leaves Middle-earth, boarding ship at the Grey Havens.
Characters: Galadriel (Artanis), Fingon (Findekano), Finrod Felagund (Findarato/Ingo), Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins
Word Count: 1617 words
Posted here: link
Perhaps not quite celebratory enough for the occasion (and perhaps I should have ditched the Quenya names).
But I have written Artanis again! That always seems to take special courage, and this is the longest piece yet.
The original idea for the scene at Losgar actually goes back to B2MeM 2011, but I had no idea then that this was going to be about Galadriel.
Title: Galadriel: There and Back Again
Rating: Teens
Elements: Home is behind, the world ahead… The world behind and home ahead… (plus some bonus allusions to the Walking Song in the third section)
Summary: A group of three vignettes from the life of Galadriel: (i) Home is behind, the world ahead (First Age): Shortly after her arrival in Middle-earth, Galadriel visits the beach of Losgar; (ii) Does not apply (First Age): Galadriel in conversation with her eldest brother Finrod Felagund; (iii) The world behind and home ahead (Third Age): Galadriel leaves Middle-earth, boarding ship at the Grey Havens.
Characters: Galadriel (Artanis), Fingon (Findekano), Finrod Felagund (Findarato/Ingo), Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins
Word Count: 1617 words
Posted here: link
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Date: 2012-08-19 01:47 pm (UTC)*She used to be afraid of her uncle Feanaro. She used to be ashamed of being afraid of him. She wanted to be afraid of nothing.* I think you have completely summed up the way I see her in those two sentences. I love writing her in the First and Second Ages, but I have never imagined her going to see where the ships burnt. Of course she would have! As for the lesson learned about Celebrian - I've always suspected Galadriel had trouble understanding her daughter sailing instead of staying and somehow fighting it, because figting is what she knows. The flash of guilt feels right.
I thought the use of Quenya was fair because no matter what Thingol decreed, people would have gone on thinking in their mother tongue and using nicknames out of childhood (and almost certainly speaking it while alone together)
Loved the look at this very complex, interesting woman. So glad you decided to finish and post it.
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Date: 2012-08-20 07:56 am (UTC)As far as the hypothetical "reality" of my 'verse is concerned, all the Noldorin first-generation immigrants do an increasing amount of switching back and forth between Quenya and Sindarin, but certainly go on calling their relatives by their Quenya names and nicknames, that is, in private contexts or to themselves. So, to me, if Galadriel thought "poor, dear, infuriating Celebrimbor" rather than "Tyelpo", that would feel a bit artificial, because she would usually call him "Celebrimbor" only if she was thinking of his public persona or speaking in public or to Sindarin speakers.
But I do sometimes worry about the alienating effect the use of Quenya names might have on readers who aren't used to them.
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Date: 2012-08-20 11:58 pm (UTC)I do hear you about the concerns for the readers who aren't comfortable with the Quenya names, but there's a certain logic to how people act and speak and you need to reflect that in a story. I get inconsistent at times and refer to them by their Sindarin names while they use their Quenya names to one another, which I know is a mess...