True Priorities by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Drabble according to MS Word.
Obviously, "outcome of the Hunting of the Wolf" implies a number of canonical character deaths...
Fanwork Information
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Summary: Celegorm's first reaction on hearing about the outcome of the Hunting of the Wolf in Doriath. Major Characters: Celegorm Major Relationships: Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet Challenges: Rating: Teens Warnings: Expletive Language |
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| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 101 |
| Posted on 5 November 2011 | Updated on 5 November 2011 |
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This fanwork is complete. | |
Chapter 1
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The messenger finishes speaking. Everyone in the room goes tense.
Will he mourn the woman he once wished to marry?
Will he gloat over the death of the man who thwarted him?
Will he storm and rail because Thingol now holds a Silmaril?
Celegorm jumps up. The chair crashes to the ground. Four steps take him over to the southward window. He flings open the casement and howls out into the night.
At first, they cannot make out what he is saying. Then the words become comprehensible:
‘Luthien! Damn you, Luthien! Couldn’t you have taken better care of my dog?!’
Chapter End Notes
Previously posted on LiveJournal. Now re-posted here as a true drabble.
I'm still unsure about the title. The earlier title was: "His First Reaction", which was probably too neutral. An alternative title I considered is: "Grief Is The Funniest Thing", which is probably not neutral enough.
(2) Comment by Maglor Makalaure for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Interesting. I don't know whether to laugh or be sad. I suppose it's the way Celegorm spoke of his hound, rather than what he said.
-Maglor
Re: (2) Comment by Maglor Makalaure for True Priorities [Ch 1]
I'm glad you found it interesting. Thank you very much for reading and commenting!
(3) Comment by Agelast for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Sometimes Celegorm's priorities are the right ones.
Re: (3) Comment by Agelast for True Priorities [Ch 1]
I think maybe Luthien, Beren and the Silmaril are all mainly symbols to him--they stand for something else rather than themselves. But Huan and he were real to each other. Perhaps that is rather too solemn a thought for such a short piece, though...
(4) Comment by Robinka for True Priorities [Ch 1]
I find it rather terribly tragic than funny (as I told you before) and I think that losing Huan was a huge blow -- the greatest one of those sad news Celegorm received. You conveyed his feelings very well. Greatly done!
Re: (4) Comment by Robinka for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Thank you very much again. Yes, I think a very great blow--and he lost him twice over, first to Luthien and then to death.
(5) Comment by Huinare for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Poor Celegorm. I was amused by this, in a "aw, he loves his dog so" way combined with a "this is morbidly delightful" way. And I think the current title works well.
Re: (5) Comment by Huinare for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it and happy to hear the title works.
(6) Comment by Rhapsody for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Awww Poor poor Turko! To me it reads that he has resigned to the fact that he lost his dog to someone else, but even in the end she did not live up to his high standards of dog care?
Re: (6) Comment by Rhapsody for True Priorities [Ch 1]
More or less! After all, she is the daughter of a Maia and she bested Morgoth, but when Huan has to fight his greatest enemy, she is not even around... I suppose she had her reasons, but I guess Turko feels she could have tried harder.
Thank you very much for reading and commenting!
(7) Comment by Athrabeth for True Priorities [Ch 1]
This story makes me so incredibly happy!!
I love his reaction here; it really does show his priorities and I think fits his character.
I like the title you picked.
Re: (7) Comment by Athrabeth for True Priorities [Ch 1]
And now I am wondering whether you are a dog owner?
At any rate, we seem to see Celegorm the same way!
(8) Comment by Tyelca for True Priorities [Ch 1]
This really breaks my heart, as the relationship between Huan and Celegorm is one of the purest int he Silmarillion, in my opinion - I was rather pissed when Huan without warning suddenly betrayed my dearest Tyelcormo.
I think too that after everything that happened, this is the hardest blow for Celegorm yet - by defeating him and Curufin Lúthien showed that she had the strenght to care for Huan, that she somehow deserved his loyalty, so to say, and that in his eyes she's failed in her single most important task.
Re: (8) Comment by Tyelca for True Priorities [Ch 1]
Thank you for reading and commenting!
It is really a very hard blow for Celegorm, I think. And I do think (on some level, at least) Luthien had gained his respect and so he had expected her to protect Huan as much as Huan tried to protect her.
You could argue that Huan didn't really leave Celegorm quite without warning, though. At any rate, he went back to him, the first time.