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I also see that I only made "telepathic comments" when I first read this a while ago and not typed ones. I found my way here via The Sea Comes For Helevorn and both ficlets really made an impact on me and the imagery stuck, as does the headcanon of Caranthir's wife being a lake/maia. It just feels so apt for him. I can envision him being reembodied as a valley wherin she resides and them both being more content and comfortable than they've ever been. Well, Caranthir certainly.

This is so beautifully written, I really enjoy and relate to her POV and I'm so pleased things aligned to inspire you to write it this way.

Thank you very much!

Caranthir being reembodied as a valley is an interesting suggestion that would not have occurred to me.

My original idea had something to do with having read LeGuin's story "Vaster than Empires and More Slow", although it doesn't really bear any resemblance to that story. But it has an ending in which the empath abandons his human companions to become the sole human inhabitant of a planet with sentient vegetation. Not the same thing as being reembodied as a valley, of course!