Aearwen's Little Bits - Foreboding

[aearwen2]

I have this habit of crawling into the heads of characters that others find... less than comfortable. I did this before in a different fandom altogether (and lemme tell ya, actually starting to understand the thoughts and motivations of a cannibalistic serial killer/rapist was not a comfortable thing to do!!!) I am currently working on a novel-length piece for the LotR fandom involving a character who is very rarely if ever portrayed in fanfic - and never in anything remotely resembling a favorable light.

All of this by way of introducing of the the drabbles that tackles one of Tolkien's "Bad Guys" ™:



It began as a nuisance shudder of foreboding, as if trying to draw his attention away from the easy victory his vastly superior forces were winning. It built into a wave of unceasing dread; so much about this final conflict had not gone according to plan. He was missing something - what was it?

A hoarse cry rang out from the wrong direction, defiant, challenging. What had been dread now became fear, directing protective Nazgul toward the heart of the mountain.

Then came the wave of searing, cleansing flame - and all that had been Sauron scattered to the winds.


And, for whatever it's worth, I'm drabbling again. I'm very pleased to announce that since my last posting date roughly a week ago, I have written a total of five drabbles. I'm not gonna force myself to drabble each and every day, like I did in an effort to win that dubious "Limpet" award at GoI; but it does feel good to be getting back into the habit.

I told you all I would.

This means, of course, that I'll just have that many more drabbles to post for you. Lucky you!

Comments

[lissas-elves.livejournal.com]

>>I can promise you it isn't the most comfortable head to spend a lot of time in... <<

Well, you've done that before with excellent results. I must admit to becoming rather curious now. *g*