A Common Blue by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

For the poetry prompt for March 14 (with some liberties taken):

Wake, butterfly by Bashō, translated by Lucien Stryk.

No specific warnings except for Maglor's state of mind (which is in fact spelled out more explicitly in the summary).

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Maglor, having little will to live left in sinking Beleriand, is saved by tiny things.

Major Characters: Maglor

Major Relationships:

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet

Challenges: Birthday Bash

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 27 March 2025 Updated on 27 March 2025

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A Common Blue

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Maybe it was the butterfly. Lost in a broken land, he could so easily have died. But at some point, it fluttered past his eyes, carried on a random gust of wind, like a small scrap of thin pale blue cloth. An ordinary butterfly, incredibly fragile to have survived so far among the forces of nature unleashed. The ocean roared. The earth rumbled, dunes sliding. The air was electric with lighting. The butterfly flew south, wafted by air currents. Maglor followed it some way, until he lost it, bereft again,  but then came other things, tiny hints pointing him onward. 

Chapter End Notes

"Common Blue" is the name of a kind of butterfly.

Also as a late submission for the Maglor Day of Feanorian Week on Tumblr.

100 words in MS Word.

 

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