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stormaktstiden2014-12-18 06:05 pm
goldenplaits) wrote in stormaktstiden2014-12-18 06:05 pm
[meme] The everyone survived AU
THE ARDA AU MEME
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All the AUs! With classics as the obligatory and all important
> EVERYONE LIVED AU. Maybe you're at Thorin's festive coronation or a drinking game between Boromir and Haldir after the end of the War, or Fëanor and Thingol finally talk to each other. Maybe Belladonna comes with her son on adventures, or Maedhros spends some very awkward hours at Elrond's wedding. U know the drill.
> but let's not forget the staple COFFEESHOP AU either
> or the no less important WHAT IF AU: What if the Silmarils were glowing bunnies? What if Bard hadn't managed to take down Smaug? What if Maeglin had not betrayed Gondolin, what if Galadriel had accepted the One Ring? What if Sam had a giant afro?
> and really any other AUs that you can think of.
As a note, since not everyone has seen BOFA yet and some people care about not being spoiled, please make a note in your top level comment/the subject line of a comment if you might bring up spoilers in threads or don't want to be spoiled, something like "bofa spoilers yes" or "bofa spoilers no".
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They say that you have dealings with the dwarves.
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Sit. [ He orders ] There is no need to stand on ceremony, and Inglor will see to it that no one disturbs us.
And yes, I do. The trade route runs through my lands, after all.
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We wish to visit them; both to learn more of them and to ask them of the lands behind the Blue Mountains. Can you help us in this?
[aka: We will leave, and leave Beleriand in its entirety, if possible.]
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Easy enough. The next caravan should be passing through within the next three days. They will stop here, and I can arrange a meeting.
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Mother barely spoke of you, and never by name; perhaps she feared to call down your enemies upon us. [Or those that dislike Caranthir and his brothers; the people of Haleth may be secluded and seclusive, but they still have heard enough in attitudes and stories to understand that being related to him wouldn't have made them the most cherished people in Beleriand.] She did not speak of you and herself as ...a pair. Would you tell us about it?
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[ Caranthir shrugs a little - after all, he did not speak of her either, after, and it makes this hard, almost painful, to search for the words to talk about her now. But these are his children, and they deserve that much ]
I found your mother fiery and strong, the only person outside of my brothers and closest advisors who was neither intimidated nor servile towards me. She was not beautiful the way most elves think of beauty. But she was always strong. I enjoyed arguing with her - she was never careless in her arguments but always gave good reasoning for them. We were never formally plighted.
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[They can imagine their mother's side of the argument - a marriage would have tied her down, would have tied her people down. Both she would have hated too much to find joy in the relationship, no matter how much love she would have found in it.
But they hardly know this stranger who is their father, and wonder.]
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She did not want her people tied to my Oath and my Doom, which I agreed with. And... I suppose... it never really occurred to us. It was just never the right time to make it official. There was always something in the way. And then it was time for her to move on.
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[Haldos is looking over at their father now, dark eyes so very like his mother's simply stating this. There is a question in here, but it is kept open on purpose.]
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[ Caranthir nods ]
I have my duties, the same as she has hers. And there is the Oath to consider, as well.
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[They learned of it only last night, speaking to the elf who brought them dinner, and from what they heard, that would be a worry if it was the case even to the smallest degree.]
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Your mother must have hoped that by cutting all ties it would pass you by - certainly it seems to have spared you so far... but it has lain dormant for all of us, for the moment. You swore no Oath. You should be fine. But once you go... [ Caranthir looks at them for a long time, memorising faces that he has known for too short a time ] Do not look back.
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[Haldos, ever the more reasonable between them, sets down his knife.
It is easy, really; the longer they stay, the more bonds will form, even if they attempt not to. And that will make both parts harder - the not looking back and the not being connected enough for the doom to hit them.]
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[ Caranthir keeps tight hold of his emotions - this is not the time to explode in rage ]
Until then, you have free reign of everything here - take what you need to begin again.
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Just not now.]
Thank you. [Hallon flashes him the briefest of smiles (which is a lot, really, and to anyone knowing her a deep gratefulness shines through in it) before continuing to eat.]
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You are my children. [ He says quietly ] I cannot do much for you, but this, at least, I can do. There is no need for thanks.
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[She will not go on it the one time that it was said, to large parts because it will not be repeated. But her words are a touch warmer than they were before. It is strange to think of someone as their father, still, but... to have someone in that spot, it is new and in a strange and backwards way very precious, even though it is someone from whose fate they must run.]
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And I thank you for it in turn.