Discussing: March 2005 Birthdays - 1
March 2005 Birthdays - 1
Meril
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13 Feb 05 4:07 PM
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March 3 - Celandine Brandybuck: I'd still appreciate drabbles about any of the Steward's family. Time, place, topic up to the author's discretion!
March 6 - Agape4Gondor: Is there a chance I might find a Boromir drabble here for me?
March 6 - Khazar-Khum: For drabbles--let's see the bad guys in action, shall we?
March 11 - Erin (Sangfroid101): Something involving the Teleri- anything. It can be a teleri reference by some LOTR characters, or a drabble at sea, wherever, whenever. I'm not picky. I just like the teleri. :-)
March 14 - Elena Tiriel: I'd like a drabble about one or more male character(s) being heroic (however you wish to define that term -- it's not limited to deeds in battle...). My favorite races are Elves (not Kinslayers) and Rohirrim... but Faramir will do in a pinch. Or even Gimli. (Especially if he's with Legolas...) And I *love* it when someone picks out an obscure corner of canon to write about... but that's not a requirement, just icing on the (many-candled) birthday cake...
March 20 - Vistula the Dunedain: My birthday (the BIG 40) is March 20th and I would LOVE drabbles that have YOUR favorite character somehow interacting with MY favorite character. For those few of you who haven't already guessed who THAT may be, the answer is, of course, Sam.
Anytime, any place, any situation is great! (And I don't mind slash either, if you are so inclined.)
March 23 - Tárion Anaróre: I would reeeeeeeeeeeally love something with the sons of Feanor. Especially the younger ones, if you're up to it! I'd also take anything with Elladan & Elrohir if you don't want to do kinslayers (I love them to death). (Just no slash please!)
March 29 - Meril (Allie): I'm incredibly indecisive. I want (a) a happy moment between Feanor and Nerdanel, or (b) anything Houses of Healing, or (c) Galadriel and Celeborn anywhere. If you incorporate all of those (definitely not required!), I'll drop dead from shock.
March 31 - Forodwaith: I'd love drabbles about Arwen (a criminally underwritten character IMO), especially if they focus on a part of her life other than her relationship with Aragorn. If you're an Arwen-hater, write me a drabble about Sam and his garden and I'll be just as happy.
Because I am in a famously impatient mood...
So sue me. I've waited for over six months before I could make my drabble request, so posting for March just two weeks before the month actually starts has been an incredible test of iron willpower. I'm considering it saintly that I waited until now.

It is irrelevant that my birthday is still over six weeks away. Completely irrelevant.
Allie
edit: I don't want to spam the b-day cards forum with replies, so:
To Vistula: I know! I figured 6 months was a long enough time to wait, so I just thought, Heck, I'll go ahead and post it! It was a miracle that I held out this long. I considered waiting til tomorrow, when it's precisely 2 weeks until the end of February, but my willpower didn't stand up to that argument.
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either, if you are so inclined.)
Thank you...thank you....thank you!!
Vistula
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For Allie/Meril's March Birthday
Branwyn
Herbs of Healing
Kneeling in the dirt, the dark-haired man slowly pulled at the tangle of weeds. Above his bowed head, blood-red flowers nodded in the breeze.
“He has been out of bed for only two days. Fetch him in ere he does himself harm.”
“Leave him be, Ragnor. I have been dosing him with poppies for a week; else he stares at the lamp and does not sleep. Let him pull the weeds. At times, it is better to work than to think. “
Shaking his head doubtfully, Ragnor held his peace.
Later, they found Lord Faramir, under the poppies, fast asleep.
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Faramir, and it's my first b-day drabble! Squee!
Sometimes simplicity can bring up the most vivid images: I can see him kneeling there, with the poppies. A moment of peace in the middle of chaos. So beautiful!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! May I post this in my LJ?
Allie
(Skipping off a happy, happy girl!)
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Faramir dearly.
I would be honored if you posted it at LJ. However, if anyone asks why those poppies are blooming a little early, just tell them that the herbmaster started the seeds indoors while the weather was still cold, planting them in clay pots and setting them in a southerly window.
Wishing you many more birthday drabbles,
Branwyn
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I'll take whatever anyone wants to give, though!
Allie
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Happy Birthday, Allie!
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I know: I'm so bad. It really should've been at least another week before I posted the March thread. But I waited six months... I figured that was long enough! And plus, I've made Barbara, Vistula, and Erin very happy by taking the plunge first so they could make their requests!
Well, anyway, here's a (very) early birthday present.
SQUEE! I've already got two drabbles, way way ahead of time! And this one has my favorite, favorite elven couple! Thank you, thank you!
May I repost this in my LJ?
Thank you again, so very much!
Allie
(reflecting happily how spoiled she is: two drabbles ahead of time!)
PS - Yes, I just started ch. 5 last night, and I'll probably work on it some more tonight. I think I'll have something in rough form before the weekend.
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SQUEE! I've already got two drabbles, way way ahead of time! And this one has my favorite, favorite elven couple! Thank you, thank you!
You're welcome, you're welcome!
May I repost this in my LJ?
But of course. It's your birthday present, after all. I'm honored!
Yes, I just started ch. 5 last night, and I'll probably work on it some more tonight. I think I'll have something in rough form before the weekend.
Yay! I'm going to be on vacation this weekend, but I'll have something great to come home to!
Thank you... and have a great birthday.
-Ithiliel
Alie's Request
Fëanor had been working on his latest project for months, struggling to shape the metal to his will. Nerdanel enjoyed watching him - laughing as his temper flared and he threw down his tools, storming off in disgust. Yet he always returned, and that is what she liked most about him. One afternoon he finally succeeded: pouring himself into his creation as the metal resonated to his will. His braid was coming loose about his face and sparks leapt about him. He looked up briefly, and smiled at her. And in that moment, she saw him as if for the first time.Posting your drabbles to your lj is a good idea. Do you mind me copying? I've got mine stored on my computer, 'cause I didn't know of anywhere else to put them.
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Feanor and Nerdanel! This is just how I picture him: he's easily frustrated, but so doggedly persistant that he won't give up on anything until he's succeeded. Exactly how I think of him.
And lol, I don't think it can be done: incorporating all of my requests. They span ages, continents, and heavenly divides even. That's not really what I wanted, anyway. I just wanted one of the three.
I'm not even the one who came up with posting them to a lj. I
For Meril/Allie
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Same question I've asked everyone: can I repost in my LJ?
Allie
Happy early Birthday, Vistula
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I loved this sweet image of Sam and Elrond. I've always felt that Elrond would have been very compassionate where Sam was concerned and that in a way, due to the circumstances, Sam was "robbed" of really getting to know the Master of Imladris.
Thank you for such a delightful gift.
Cheers,
Vistula
Happy early Birthday, Vistula
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Vistula
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In my defense, this one was flung completely unintentionally. I added that last line as a joke, thinking, Wow, such diverse requests. I'll bet no one can combine all these. I had no idea it would be taken as a challenge.
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Happy early birthday, Erin!
...And one for Elena Tiriel!
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Happy birthday, Khazar!
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Consider it done, Agape. I added your request to the top.
Allie
(Who is - (a) trying to write a drabble for everyone who requests one in her b-day month.
- (b) so super-excited that tomorrow is the actual start date of March! Whee!
- (c) completely unashamed that she will have to start a second thread for March in probably the first two days of the month. All 'cause she was so impatient.)
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And what an interesting perspective on Denethor! Makes me very curious about the woman -- not that I am in any way suggesting that she would make a good subject for a slightly longer story.
Because I would never do such a thing.
Very nice, Ann!
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The title is from Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), British dramatist:
"Shake off your heavy trance,
and leap into a dance,
Such as no mortals use to tread,
fit only for Apollo
To play to, for the Moon to lead,
And all the Stars to follow.
Thank you,Columbia World of Quotations at Bartleby.com!
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I'd also take anything with Elladan & Elrohir if you don't want to do kinslayers (I love them to death). (Just no slash please!)
My birthday is March 23.
Man...I love this forum! Hehe
-Tárion
Request
An Early Present for Meril
The Birth of Silm Fan Fiction
“Now Huan devised a plan for the aid of Luthien, and coming at night, he brought her a cloak…”
“Da.” Sam tried to ignore the tugging on his sleeve. “Yes, Daisy?”
“Where did Huan get the cloak?”
“Hmmm, they don’t ever explain that, do they?”
“Hush up, Daisy! We want to hear the story!”
“Where did he get it, Da?”
“Where do you think he got it, love?”
“I think he sniffed at every door, and when he found one that was open, he…”
Sam reached over Robin’s sleepy head to pass her paper and quill. “Write it down, love.”
Ann
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...Naturally, I chose my favorites, Legolas and Gimli to be in it...
Visions of the Past
Gimli stared in wonder at the craft bobbing in that water.
"By Mahal, Lad, how did you ever???"
"It's just a ship, Gimli. We need one, and so I built it."
"But it's a work of art! Where did you? How?"
"Just a plan from memory. Passed down. It's a smaller copy of the ships my forefathers built long ago. The ships of the Teleri which were burned that horrible night so many years ago. I thought it fitting to build it in their honor. Do you like it?"
Silmarillion Chapter IX Of The Flight of the Noldor "So in that place that was called Losgar at the outlet of the Firth of Drengist ended the fairest vessels that ever sailed the sea, in a great burning, bright and terrible
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