Things That Matter by Keiliss

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double drabble for weeping_naiad

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Kindness matters.

Major Characters: Gil-galad, Gildor

Major Relationships:

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet

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Rating: General

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This fanwork belongs to the series

Series: Balar fics
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 199
Posted on 3 January 2009 Updated on 3 January 2009

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Chapter 1

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Things that Matter

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“Was my father a coward?"
 
Gildor turned to Gil-galad, moodily staring out to sea beside him on the verandah. "Did someone say that to you?" he demanded, outraged. 
  
"Not to me. But… I heard Círdan say he sat out the Tears in comfort." A pause, then the rest spilled out. "And is a fool and easily swayed.”
 
Waves lapped, gulls shrieked. Suppressing his own unease with Orodreth, Gildor picked his words carefully. "Your father had no love for Maedhros, and chose not to commit Nargothrond to his League. Distrust, not cowardice. And people can be too quick to see kindness and decency as weaknesses"
 
His words drew a small smile.. The boy already almost matched his height, and would be taller, broader too when he was grown. “Thank you. I hardly knew him, but… I remember he was kind. That’s important, isn’t it?”
 
Gildor nodded, resting a hand on his shoulder. “Kindness matters. So do strength, resolve and courage. But in the end, we can only do our best”
 
The smile deepened. He had charm, this grandson of Gildor’s friend, Angrod. “I will remember that when I have warriors to lead one day. Strength, resolve, courage. But also – kindness matters.”

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Finis

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Very nice, as I have come to expect from all of your work, but especially that concerned with Gil-galad. :) And I take your point about Orodreth ... I find myself increasingly annoyed these days by fandom's dismissal of Orodreth as "wimpy" or stupid. Finarfin was subject to much the same when I started reading Silmfic; I think that has changed somewhat, and I hope Orodreth will get fairer depictions as well. (Sorry for the tangent only minimally related to your double-drabble! :^P)

The problem with Orodreth is that no one really writes him, I guess. So there's no body of fanfic showing his understanding of the agricultural system that kept Nargothrond fed, or him being able to listen calmly to all sides in a disute and then get people to sit down and talk - not a great orator, just a good, decent person, doing the best he could. That maybe looks a bit bland compared to all the great heroics going on around him. I don't think for a moment he was weak, because that would suggest Finrod was a fool for trusting him, just that he was overwhelmed by a very polished team, and later he was a bit star struck over Turin (and he wasn't the first to make that mistake)

Talk about going off at a tangent, LOL. Sorry, rambling here. Thank you for the review, Dawn, I'm glad you liked the drabble - this batch were my first real attempt to write them and I rather enjoyed it.