"Absolution" and "Quality" by Victoria P. (G)

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Since I find myself in posession of a great many fanfics that I want to rec, I've decided to break each week up into themes. The first week, in order to introduce you to the characters, will highlight character-focused pieces: vignettes, POV pieces, etc.

Absolution and Quality
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: None.
Author on LJ: musesfool
Author website: Achromatic
Why these must be read: Victoria P. is a prolific, exacting writer, who you will likely see rec'ed again by myself or others for her work in HP and X-Men. She's famous for being a canon whore - though the stories and situations she writes may never have appeared on screen/page, every last drop of character motivation, "feel," and dialogue is based in What Was Written.

These two pieces, though they can be read separately, are best presented as a set. Two sons of Gondor, both tempted by the Ring, struggle with their fears for their home and the burden of expectations they strive to meet - Boromir in "Absolution," and Faramir in "Quality."

One particular benefit of "Qulity" is that it deals with a rather large issue that LotR fandom had some issue with: namely, movie!Faramir is an entirely different creature than book!Faramir. Vic uses book canon to rectify the difference.

Comments

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Themed recs are fantastic and I know at least one other reccer who is planning the same thing, but one request - please post separately for each fic you rec. This will help us with the archiving. Thanks!

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Addendum: If we're talking a series here, then a single post is fine. :)