Tehtar by Tehta
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Summary: A collection for any ficlets I manage to finish for the Tengwar challenge. Major Characters: Egalmoth Major Relationships: Genre: General Challenges: Tengwar Rating: General Warnings: |
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Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 209 |
Posted on 11 May 2024 | Updated on 11 May 2024 |
This fanwork is a work in progress. |
Lamp
A double-drabble. Egalmoth makes some lamps.
Read Lamp
The rainbow on Egalmoth’s crest had only seven colours, an early-days economy he now deeply regretted. After all, many claimed to see not seven, but fourteen–one for each of the Valar–and Egalmoth himself was confident he could see even more.
For this year’s festival, he had decided on a pleasantly symmetric forty-nine distinct hues.
This visionary artistic concept had required much sacrifice: hour after sweaty hour spent in the hotshop, mixing just the right shades, then blowing two dozen fragile globes of each. The whole process had wasted weeks he might have spent among friends, enjoying the increasingly frantic atmosphere of the city: the concerts, the contests, the parties. By the end of his ordeal, he had found himself hating and cursing his hotshop, his eye for colour, and even his ambition.
But now, as he saw the concept come together–the endless glowing orbs dispersing the darkness of his local park with their many hues, bringing much-needed interest and mystery to the white city–he knew that it had been worth it.
When the dawn of Tarin Austa came, greeted by the usual choirs, he was sure to finally receive that “best lanterns” prize he had coveted for so many years.
Chapter End Notes
-- The Fall of Gondolin describes the festival of the Gates of Summer (which just happened to take place on the night before the city was attacked). It ends with the sentence, “At that time the city was filled with silver lamps, and lights of jewelled colours hung on the branches of the new-leaved trees.” I have decided that the lights could be of blown glass.
-- Yes, this fic refers to THAT Tarin Austa, just to be mean to Egalmoth.
-- While doing research for this drabble I found out that the meme that a rainbow has seven colors comes from Isaac Newton, who actually saw only five but thought seven would sound cooler. I thought that was interesting.
I very much sympathize with…
I very much sympathize with Egalmoth's overambitious project, applaud him for seeing it through, and then 🥺 oh that last dagger to the heart that you twisted in there...
It is easy to sympathize…
It is easy to sympathize with creators... Imagine writing a 49-chapter opus and then posting it just as solar storms bring the internet down.
He will regret the lost…
He will regret the lost appreciation for his work (and I am sure you are right anything to boost morale on the way to Sirion would be welcome!), but I am sure he will also regret the hours he might have spent with friends and didn't, not realizing he would not be able to catch up, at least not for a long time...
At least when he sees them…
At least when he sees them again he will have plenty of new stories. New gossip about the Feanorians is always welcome, I think.
♡ colours!!!
Oh gosh! These lamps of many colours look so absolutely beautiful in my mind from your description. (And indeed, ever since I first saw a real rainbow, I've always been baffled by how people define an edge to the colours that are an infinite continuum! I used to think it was just me that was stupid about this.)
And... phew, it's so hard to judge where time is best spent. Maybe, in hindsight, he would have preferred to have that time with his friends in their beloved city, yet also time spent in creation (even when it frustrates the heck out of us!) is never a waste, imo.
A lovely piece, thank you.