Story Recommendation

[dawn_felagund]

A few months ago, I posted a chapter I'd been dreading to AMC. Dreading? Why? Because it went beyond the realm of "slight AU" in which I usually play and did something flat-out awful and extreme to a canon character. Granted, it is never said that this flat-out, extreme treatment of such a character didn't exist...but I think we all agree that it was mostly my twisted imagination.

In AMC, the loremaster Rumil of Tirion is a survivor of Angband who was mutilated horribly by Melkor, both deafened and muted, leading him to design the Sarati as a means to communicate. I thought that I'd be skewered by readers for this little non-canon spin, but the chapter actually provoked some of the best discussions of any of my AMC chapters.

Still, I was quite surprised when, a few nights ago, tuxedo_elf IMed me to ask if she could borrow Rumil. Not her usual adorable Lorien Rumil but my angsty mutilated one.

She showed me the resulting story today, and I must say that I thoroughly love it. It expounds on the tragedy of his story but ends with hope and leaves me loving his character all the more. If Tux isn't on your flist, I encourage you to check out her story, "A Gilded Cage".

And thanks, Tux, for writing such a wonderful story! :)

Comments

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

Okay, I found it. Very interesting and poignant! Thank you so much for writing that. Now I have, what, 30+ more chapters to read?

Your Rumil is almost like a Buddhist monk, in his way, and definitely more high-minded than mine. My Rumil is a crotchety old slyboots.

I'd love to see a story where the fanonically good-looking Lorien Rumil runs across some people who knew the other Rumil and are expecting something very different indeed.

[dawn_felagund]

Very interesting and poignant! Thank you so much for writing that. Now I have, what, 30+ more chapters to read?

Thank you! :) Yes, I think my last chapter was 34...and I figure it will be about 50. The ne'er-ending novel....

My Rumil is a crotchety old slyboots.

I've had your story on my reading list for some time now but was too busy with the holidays to do any reading at all. Now I shall have to bump it up the list and definitely read it!

I'd love to see a story where the fanonically good-looking Lorien Rumil runs across some people who knew the other Rumil and are expecting something very different indeed.

Lol! I'll leave that to tuxedo_efl, as she's the expert on Lorien!Rumil. I keep to the mangled Frankenstein types, personally.