Fic update
Aug. 11th, 2006 09:55 am"Consequences of a Fall" is complete. I posted the Epilogue on Stories of Arda:
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4514&cid=19801
This was interesting to write, so I hope those who've read it have enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed working on it.
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4514&cid=19801
This was interesting to write, so I hope those who've read it have enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed working on it.
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Date: 2006-08-11 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:16 pm (UTC)Well, the Epilogue of course, was always going to have to reflect the history I had already laid down for Hyacinth, in my story "A New Reckoning".
There are very *few* wicked hobbits in my Shire: Lotho and Lobelia, Lalia and Sandyman are canon. And I have another small handful of OCs who fall into that category. But it only takes one or two to make some major trouble. I agree: the Ring in Hyacinth's hands would have been as big a disaster as the Ring in Lotho's hands!
Actually, this whole story goes far back, when I was first writing "A New Reckoning", when Eglantine discovers Hyacinth's animosity to Pippin, she thinks about how awful it might have been if she had ever allowed Hyacinth to watch over Pippin. Marigold told me at the time that she would *love* to see a story in which just such a thing happened...
Well, Merry did *choose* to apologize--grudgingly, yet he felt sorry for Amethyst at the last. And yes, Frodo's influence is very much felt here. Pippin tends to be forgiving by nature, Merry tends to need a reason to forgive, and a bit of encouragement from others--like Frodo. Frodo was, of course, a *profound* influence on both his little cousins.
I like to show Pippin having a fond and affectionate relationship with his sisters. I know many who like to write as estranged from one or more of them, but I couldn't do that to Pippin.
I'm also glad you liked seeing my adult Pippin, reflecting all he had learned from Frodo and from his experiences, and taking very seriously his task as message-bearer for his cousin Reggie. Hyacinth could not help but be impressed, in spite of herself.
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:32 pm (UTC)Congrats on this completion honey!!! Wowie!
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Date: 2006-08-11 06:37 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-08-11 09:09 pm (UTC)I know I have!
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