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Fate and the High King's Falcon by Baylor (PG)
Title: Fate and the High King's Falcon
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Author: Baylor
Author website: A Shortcut To Mushrooms
Author on lj:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
baylorsr
Pairing: non - gen fic.
Rating: PG
Why this must be read:
Don't let the fact that it's gen put you off: this is what is missing from the events in ROTK and clearly, Baylor has some kind of psychic connection to Tolkien. This many-chaptered story (there are about 28 but they're fairly short) takes up ROTK after the The Black Gate Opens. Merry was still in the Houses of Healing back in Minas Tirith, Sam and Frodo had just returned from Mordor and Pippin... well, Pippin was missing - presumed dead.
The vast majority of Baylor's stunning fanfiction concentrates on the friendship between Merry and Pippin. She portrays them as being closer than brothers or best friends; she sees their relationship as soul mates without the romantic connetations but her strength lies in the fact that she can do this without excessive sentimentality or a slash reader impatiently waiting for the sex.
Unlike other stories on her site, however, this one widens to include the relationship between other members of the Fellowship and it is utterly charming the way that Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn are brought into the story and their interactions with Merry and Pippin.
This is a heart-wrenching story however, but heart-wrenching in the very best way. This is an astonishingly accomplished look at the relationhips and connections between the members of the Fellowship without revolving around Frodo. There are other ways in which the Fellowship are bound which are not to do with the fate of the Ring and Baylor articulates them in possibly the most believable way.
The healers brought a sleeping draught, but Pippin would not let it pass by his lips, and Legolas forbade the healers to force it into him. Finally, to his friends' heartbreak, he managed to form a single coherent word that he repeated in pleading whimpers: "Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry..."
At length, Gimli, desperate to end the hobbit's confusion and pain, carefully but firmly took Pippin's face between his two hands and leaned in so close that his beard tickled the hobbit's neck. "Young hobbit," he said in the same commanding voice he used when telling Pippin not to touch something, "listen to me. Merry will be here very soon, but Legolas and I are here now. You have been hurt, but you will be better soon. Now, you must take your
medicine, and then you must sleep and grow strong once more. Do you understand?"
Pippin had stopped moving at this rough handling, and now he furrowed his brow as if trying to recall how words worked. After a long, silent moment, he answered, "All right, then, Gimli," in his own clear voice, making his friends exhale deeply in relief. Deciding to press ahead while he had the advantage, Gimli presented the sleeping draught and commanded Pippin to drink, and once it was gone, ordered him to sleep. Pippin gave one last show at
resistance by asking, "Merry will be here soon?" but then promptly fell asleep when both elf and dwarf assured him that Merry would be there soon.
As Legolas tucked the blankets more securely about the patient with care, Gimli straightened his tunic and headed for the door. "Master Dwarf, do you go to your rest as well?" Legolas called after him.
Gimli snorted. "No," he answered. "I go to tell Aragorn and Gandalf that our Peregrin has returned to us. Then I go to make sure someone has thought to send for Meriadoc. We have both just told him Merry would be here soon, and I am thinking that if we do not have a cousin to produce relatively quickly, our young friend is going to have a lot to say about it." And he turned on his heel and strode away.
Legolas smiled and leaned close to Pippin's pointed ear. "Do you see what terror you hold over great warriors?" he whispered into it. "Do you see how the mighty and honored scurry to fulfill every desire of your little heart?"
Pippin did not answer, but in slumber, his fingers tightened a bit about Legolas' hand.
The quality of the writing is superb and the flair and ease with which she handles the characters is breath-taking. Peter Jackson's adaptations and a great deal of fanfiction concentrate so heavily on Aragorn, Gandalf, Frodo and Sam that the important roles that Merry and Pippin play is often overlooked. This beautifully written, compelling and illuminative piece of writing is addressing the balance.
This is a story about what happens when the world has been broken and remade anew; a story about loyalty, acceptance, courage and the complex bonds of family and friendship which bind people together. But more than this it is a story about love and true heroism. And ultimately, like Lord of the Rings, it is a story about hope.
Fate and the High King's Falcon by Baylor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Author: Baylor
Author website: A Shortcut To Mushrooms
Author on lj:
baylorsrPairing: non - gen fic.
Rating: PG
Why this must be read:
Don't let the fact that it's gen put you off: this is what is missing from the events in ROTK and clearly, Baylor has some kind of psychic connection to Tolkien. This many-chaptered story (there are about 28 but they're fairly short) takes up ROTK after the The Black Gate Opens. Merry was still in the Houses of Healing back in Minas Tirith, Sam and Frodo had just returned from Mordor and Pippin... well, Pippin was missing - presumed dead.
The vast majority of Baylor's stunning fanfiction concentrates on the friendship between Merry and Pippin. She portrays them as being closer than brothers or best friends; she sees their relationship as soul mates without the romantic connetations but her strength lies in the fact that she can do this without excessive sentimentality or a slash reader impatiently waiting for the sex.
Unlike other stories on her site, however, this one widens to include the relationship between other members of the Fellowship and it is utterly charming the way that Legolas, Gimli and Aragorn are brought into the story and their interactions with Merry and Pippin.
This is a heart-wrenching story however, but heart-wrenching in the very best way. This is an astonishingly accomplished look at the relationhips and connections between the members of the Fellowship without revolving around Frodo. There are other ways in which the Fellowship are bound which are not to do with the fate of the Ring and Baylor articulates them in possibly the most believable way.
The healers brought a sleeping draught, but Pippin would not let it pass by his lips, and Legolas forbade the healers to force it into him. Finally, to his friends' heartbreak, he managed to form a single coherent word that he repeated in pleading whimpers: "Merry Merry Merry Merry Merry..."
At length, Gimli, desperate to end the hobbit's confusion and pain, carefully but firmly took Pippin's face between his two hands and leaned in so close that his beard tickled the hobbit's neck. "Young hobbit," he said in the same commanding voice he used when telling Pippin not to touch something, "listen to me. Merry will be here very soon, but Legolas and I are here now. You have been hurt, but you will be better soon. Now, you must take your
medicine, and then you must sleep and grow strong once more. Do you understand?"
Pippin had stopped moving at this rough handling, and now he furrowed his brow as if trying to recall how words worked. After a long, silent moment, he answered, "All right, then, Gimli," in his own clear voice, making his friends exhale deeply in relief. Deciding to press ahead while he had the advantage, Gimli presented the sleeping draught and commanded Pippin to drink, and once it was gone, ordered him to sleep. Pippin gave one last show at
resistance by asking, "Merry will be here soon?" but then promptly fell asleep when both elf and dwarf assured him that Merry would be there soon.
As Legolas tucked the blankets more securely about the patient with care, Gimli straightened his tunic and headed for the door. "Master Dwarf, do you go to your rest as well?" Legolas called after him.
Gimli snorted. "No," he answered. "I go to tell Aragorn and Gandalf that our Peregrin has returned to us. Then I go to make sure someone has thought to send for Meriadoc. We have both just told him Merry would be here soon, and I am thinking that if we do not have a cousin to produce relatively quickly, our young friend is going to have a lot to say about it." And he turned on his heel and strode away.
Legolas smiled and leaned close to Pippin's pointed ear. "Do you see what terror you hold over great warriors?" he whispered into it. "Do you see how the mighty and honored scurry to fulfill every desire of your little heart?"
Pippin did not answer, but in slumber, his fingers tightened a bit about Legolas' hand.
The quality of the writing is superb and the flair and ease with which she handles the characters is breath-taking. Peter Jackson's adaptations and a great deal of fanfiction concentrate so heavily on Aragorn, Gandalf, Frodo and Sam that the important roles that Merry and Pippin play is often overlooked. This beautifully written, compelling and illuminative piece of writing is addressing the balance.
This is a story about what happens when the world has been broken and remade anew; a story about loyalty, acceptance, courage and the complex bonds of family and friendship which bind people together. But more than this it is a story about love and true heroism. And ultimately, like Lord of the Rings, it is a story about hope.
Fate and the High King's Falcon by Baylor