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Fanwork Notes

Beta-read by Dawn Felagund. (Thanks, Dawn!)

This story should have been posted a year ago; but for various RL problems, it could only be posted now.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

A  youth is a youth is a youth. What did Hathaldir think as he fought fknew he would never win? Was the last stand of Barahir and his men truly hopeless? – A triple drabble (exactly 300 words) as counted on MS Word. Never laugh on a youth’s earnest, innocent dream. It might just be true.

Major Characters: Hathaldir

Major Relationships:

Genre: Horror

Challenges: Fifth Birthday Celebration

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 314
Posted on 4 July 2011 Updated on 4 July 2011

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

One Day

Title: One Day

 

Author: Eärillë

 

Challenge: The Songfic That Wasn’t

 

Genre: Character Study, Horror

 

Rating: PG-15 (Teens?)

 

Warnings: Character Death, Graphic Death/Violence

 

Summary: A youth is a youth is a youth. What did Hathaldir think as he fought for a battle he knew he would never win? Was the last stand of Barahir and his men truly hopeless? – A triple drabble (exactly 300 words) as counted on MS Word. Never laugh on a youth’s earnest, innocent dream. It might just be true.

 

Story Notes: This story is credited to the song “One Day” by Matisyahu and Nameless from the FIFA World Cup 2010 Album. I borrow both the title of the song and the gist of its lyrics for this piece.

Comments

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Thanks! I was heavily influenced by the song "One Day" when I wrote it, and it showed particularly in those two lines, actually. The gists of the song and the story were so similar that it was eerie to read it when I reread it while listening to the song... Thank you for taking time and effort to tell me what you thought of this piece! I highly appreciate it. Rey

I really liked this a lot, wind rider.  It's difficult to convey powerful emotion and character into such a short piece, but you have succeeded here.

Your opening line is excellent, and the prose of the triple drabble reads like free-form poetry.  Not to mention the fact that you've taken an obscure character from the legendarium and have brought him to life, if only for the moments before he meets his death.

*Applauds*

Thank you so for the generous compliments! I don't know if this piece truly deserves such a high regard, but thank you so nonetheless. Praise from an excellant author like you is both an honour and a burden to bear. But regardless, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for taking time and effort to review! Rey

It would take a lot of faith to believe in that day at that moment. But I can well believe that among those staunch followers of Barahir there would be one who still managed to do so, especially if he were young.

Well told!