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Written by elektra121

30 December 2010 | 1627 words

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December – CELEBRATION

The last night of the year has come, and the King’s celebration outshines the moon and the stars.

The halls are ablaze with light and full of laughter and music, warm with firelight and hospitality. The blazing colours of the gowns are competing with the guests’ faces, coloured from dancing and wine.

Dancing with the Steward and the King, and singing with the others, and applauding the musicians, there is no trace of bitterness or envy or grief left inside her.

The kiss at midnight promises so many blissful years to come, and the true joy has only just begun.

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Thank you, elektra, for this story!

It is much unlike anything I’ve read so far, especially in this field – a very original approach, I think! You give a very lucid, emphatic picture of Eowyn’s state of mind – and heart – and the developments in her life without actually writing out any specific actions, dialogues, or thoughts. This story rather operates with moods and impressions, and communicates sensations and emotions in some very direct, unmediated way. This has had quite an unusual effect on me: when reading, I came to visualise the scenes not so much in terms of the characters, as rather of the ‘feel’ of the atmosphere surrounding them. Er, this is kind of hard to put into words… Most like when reading poetry, actually, not prose.

It’s a little difficult to single out the favourite months, because most of all I like the very flow of Eowyn’s moods, the dynamics of the story’s texture. Each month is made the fairer by the ones before and after it. But still, I said I’d tell you, so: first the winter set, I love how you unfold Eowyn’s progressing depression and desperation through nature, all the nuances of ice, and snow, and darkness… On the outside, there seems to be no development in her life, the days of February pass just as those of January – but how much is going on under the surface… How sad, no one seems to notice anything… Of the happier months I loved most of all August, it seems to symbolise all the newfound freedom, and joy, and possibilities in Eowyn’s life. And although generally I’m very much in opposition to the idea of her and Faramir becoming intimate before the actual wedding, the way you write it – I really can believe that it could have been like in this story :) Oh, and I absolutely love the names you give them in this month!

Have you considered mapping out someone else’s journey according to this scheme too? :)

— December    Monday 3 January 2011, 17:03    #

First of all, December, thank you very very much for making my translation the nice smooth English it is now. :)

And thank you for the longest comment I ever received on any of my stories! Ever.
Wow, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Ahem…as to the matter of your comment: I always believed Rohan to be more saga-like than the rest of Middle-earth. And sagas, much like heroic epic tell about the emotions and feelings of their heros not so much through their words or thoughts but with help of the things surrounding them or what can be seen from the outside.
And you’re right, I too believe drabbles to somewhat represent the link between poetry and prose.

I must say that I too like the winter-drabbles and August best. And in the process of writing them I listened to songs that seemed to represent the “mood” best:

If you want to check them out too:
Winter-Drabbles: “O come, o come, Emmanuel” by Enya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHh3nMMu-I

April: “Requiem for a Dream” (I’m pretty much sure you know this one)

May/June: “Gegen einen Dämon” (An Old-High-German magic spell to ban a demon, in a modern version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPHh3nMMu-I

August: Ajde Jano (A Serbic Love/Dancing-Song), that seems for me to tell of all the senseless exuberant joy in the unconceiveable beauty of nature and love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UPlyQow2rI

I’m afraid the wonderful title “Starlord”/“Sterngemahl” has not been my invention (but “Nightbride” is!). :/ Actually, the whole August-drabble itself was written around that name. It comes from the 1930-poem “So wild nach deinem Erdbeermund”/“So wild for your strawberry-mouth” by Peter Zech, who wrote it in the style of Francois Villon (a genial French poet of the 15th century).

And at last, yes, I have considered writing this project for another character. I think my second choice would have been Denethor. ;)

— elektra121    Monday 3 January 2011, 20:54    #

I really like these a lot, thanks! :) You have a wonderful writing style, and build great imagery in my mind.

— Morwen    Wednesday 5 January 2011, 6:24    #

Thanks a lot for your kind review!

It is a nice incentive to go and write more. :)

— elektra121    Wednesday 5 January 2011, 10:15    #

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