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A Forfeit Of Dreams by K.L. Morgan (R)
Fandom: LABYRINTH
Pairing: Jareth/Sarah
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
klmorgan and klmorganfanfic
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/118597/ and http://www.scatteredlogic.net/viewuser.php?uid=8
Why this must be read:
A college friend with an unrequited crush on Sarah wishes himself to the labyrinth, and Sarah barters her dreams to face it again to get him back out. It's full of fascinating original Underground characters, interesting contemporary characters, and includes an explanation of Jareth's pendant which utterly slayed me. There's also an epilogue (which leads into a sequel), but for me, the story stands just fine alone without the sequel or the epilogue. Set aside plenty of time to read this one, though... it's a wonderful long adventure.
"Children were extremely precious then, especially boy-children. There were black markets, slave trains. The greatest fear of a man's heart was coming home one day to find his sons had never returned home that evening, or that they would disappear from their beds in the middle of the night."
"Which is where the goblins come in," Brian said slowly, beginning to understand. The man nodded, once.
"Magical creatures with no other joy but to snatch those precious darlings from their wee little beds," he said softly, "In order to create more of their own." He shrugged elegantly. "An easy explanation, one for an all too common mystery."
Brian frowned. "But the king," he said hesitantly, "Why isn't he a goblin?"
"Aha." The man raised one finger. "You are quick. Goblins for the boys, a king..."
"For the girls," Brian finished in an admiring tone. "Damn."
"A king to seduce their daughters, to steal their hearts and bodies away from the home. Wives, too." The man sighed and let his hands drop, relaxing further into his seat. "The shape of the legends change, of course, as the world does. But belief is an amazingly powerful thing. And at the core, the stories are all the same."
A Forfeit Of Dreams
Pairing: Jareth/Sarah
Author on LJ:
klmorgan and klmorganfanficAuthor Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/118597/ and http://www.scatteredlogic.net/viewuser.php?uid=8
Why this must be read:
A college friend with an unrequited crush on Sarah wishes himself to the labyrinth, and Sarah barters her dreams to face it again to get him back out. It's full of fascinating original Underground characters, interesting contemporary characters, and includes an explanation of Jareth's pendant which utterly slayed me. There's also an epilogue (which leads into a sequel), but for me, the story stands just fine alone without the sequel or the epilogue. Set aside plenty of time to read this one, though... it's a wonderful long adventure.
"Children were extremely precious then, especially boy-children. There were black markets, slave trains. The greatest fear of a man's heart was coming home one day to find his sons had never returned home that evening, or that they would disappear from their beds in the middle of the night."
"Which is where the goblins come in," Brian said slowly, beginning to understand. The man nodded, once.
"Magical creatures with no other joy but to snatch those precious darlings from their wee little beds," he said softly, "In order to create more of their own." He shrugged elegantly. "An easy explanation, one for an all too common mystery."
Brian frowned. "But the king," he said hesitantly, "Why isn't he a goblin?"
"Aha." The man raised one finger. "You are quick. Goblins for the boys, a king..."
"For the girls," Brian finished in an admiring tone. "Damn."
"A king to seduce their daughters, to steal their hearts and bodies away from the home. Wives, too." The man sighed and let his hands drop, relaxing further into his seat. "The shape of the legends change, of course, as the world does. But belief is an amazingly powerful thing. And at the core, the stories are all the same."
A Forfeit Of Dreams