drabble: the arrow and the blade

[fileg]

The Arrow and the Blade
Boromir, Aragorn
rating: G warnings: none
book/source: LoTR
Everything belongs to the professor and his estate. I am grateful for the chance to be here.

for the prompt: archery at tolkien_weekly


“Why did you never study the bow?”

“My strength comes at the shoulder,” I replied. “And I was too good with the sword to waste.”

“It never hurts to have a distance weapon at your command. Did your brother never tell you that?”

“My brother knows me too well,” I laughed. “He says that if I carried a bow, I would use it as a club. My instinct is to rush in, hot headed and already swinging while Faramir is sighting down an arrow’s shaft and thinking.”

“You don’t just mean fighting,” he said. It was not really a question.


this conversation, in a slightly longer form (and with a slightly different ranger), comes originally from the fileg-verse

Comments

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

A beautiful, and telling, fragment.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

That was fast!
I have been trying to keep up with this entire set of prompts, but some cranky ranger keeps butting in....

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Nice use of the prompt in an interchange that very well might have happened.

- Erulisse (one L)

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

Poor Boromir... Part of his trajedy is that he never sees it coming. I like the sneaky way you worked Faramir in. And I love your dark-haired Legolas icon.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

The Legolas icon was one of the very first I made when I got this journal. (I use it for my OC all the time.)

Sneaking Faramir in is my goal in life!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

"My instinct is to rush in, hot headed and already swinging while Faramir is sighting down an arrow’s shaft and thinking.”

Ain't that just the truth. Lovely use of their weapons of choice as metaphors to sum them both up!

[someplacetobe.livejournal.com]

An insightful fragment.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

*G* Loved this, and all it says about Boromir and Faramir, too.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

For me, it's sort of a echo of two of my old stories. I'm glad it works here.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That really does sum them both up so well - and not only the differences but also the close relationship between the brothers, too.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

This is such a telling glimpse of Boromir, Faramir and Aragorn. I loved it.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

The man of action and the man of thought--love that Boromir can appreciate his own shortcomings and his brother's strengths so. Excellently done.