drabble: Blame

[fileg]

for the weakness challenge at tolkien_weekly

Arda does not belong to me; l belong to Arda.
This is movie!verse


Blame

Sometimes after dinner, while others sing or recount tales of old exploits, the hearth light changes before his eyes, surging to surround him and Elendil’s heir on a narrow spit of rock.

Sometimes the flickering glow of a red star can bring the memory back; other times the play of candlelight across his skin is enough to conjure the vision.

Isildur turns to go. Always, he stands dumbstruck and allows the man to leave.


Turning away from the wizard’s words, he fixes his gaze carefully on the river in the distance. “Men are weak,” he mutters, unable to forgive himself.

Comments

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

That movie scene drives me up the wall, but your drabble nearly redeems it. Brilliant.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

As you can tell, it bothers me as well. I meant to write this as a longer piece for one of the HASA challenges (explain a movie change, I think) but I never got to it... the other part for me is that Aragorn has to understand this -- otherwise, I am cranky.

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Ah, the scene where Mr. Jackson and his wife got confused and somehow wrote Agent Smith from The Matrix into the film...

[fileg.livejournal.com]

I have yet to see the Matrix, so I am in the dark there. I was familiar with Hugo, but form some smaller movies, and of course, Priscilla. But I did not picture Elrond as Tick - maybe if he had sent the fellowship off in a tour bus....

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, his character does a rant about humans being weak and a virus and the first time I saw Fellowship, I fell over laughing at that scene :D

[numenora.livejournal.com]

Wow--That is spectacular! I could see everything just as Elrond did--Outstanding. Patty.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm hoping to keep my hand in this time - the longer I go without writing, the easier it seems to just not do it again - very dangerous.

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

Oh you conjure his motivation so gloriously - there should definately be a novelization of the movies - so much could be explained as to whys, wherefores and mind-sets!

The canon-police may lynch me for suggesting it, but the film is NOT the book. ...there you go - that could become my life's work! ^_~]

[fileg.livejournal.com]

only this weekend I was admiring the phrase Don't Judge a Book by its Movie...


The reason the movie works SO well for me, in spite of the changes, is that they all make me consider motivation, and if its mythology holds up for an old canon junkie like me.

Denethor needs to be tackled one of these days

[just-ann-now.livejournal.com]

Isildur turns to go. Always, he stands dumbstruck and allows the man to leave.

Wonderfully powerful! And of a piece, I think, with [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s "Reproach" - the anguish, the paralyzing power of guilt and regret.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

very interesting piece, thanks for the rec.

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh. Goosebumps and tears. Elven memory could be a terrible thing. Beautiful descriptions of what could spark that memory, too.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

*thank you*


most of the joys of the elves are also their sorrows -- very doubled edged, their lives. I think thats one of the reasons I made North as I did - to explore that territory.

[avon7.livejournal.com]

That's good. I've always felt that Elrond would have to blame himself for not stopping Isildur, and would have to feel at least a little betrayed.