A Thread, Pulled, by Elleth
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N38: AU Card: Lúthien never loved Beren
Format: Drabble
Genre: AU
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Character death, non-graphic
Characters: Lúthien, Daeron, Beren, Finrod, Maedhros, Morgoth, (Vairë)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Vairë weaves her tapestry...
Note: I borrowed some phrases from the Lay of Leithian.
A thread pulls from the tapestry, and silver shears are quick to clip it.
The minstrel cries, "An evil walks the wood, away!" The maiden flees, hides herself in Thousand Caves, still hemlock in her hair. Above, the slow, dull thread of mortal feet falters, ceases as he falls. Doriath's archers swiftly restore peace, and take the ring from mortal hand. "A common thief," they say, dismissing,"'tis Finrod's sigil."
Thus, in Nargothrond still music plays. On Himring, Maedhros sits in gloom for years on end. In Angband, Morgoth is sensing uproar in the fabric of the world – he laughs.
N38: AU Card: Lúthien never loved Beren
Format: Drabble
Genre: AU
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Character death, non-graphic
Characters: Lúthien, Daeron, Beren, Finrod, Maedhros, Morgoth, (Vairë)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Vairë weaves her tapestry...
Note: I borrowed some phrases from the Lay of Leithian.
A thread pulls from the tapestry, and silver shears are quick to clip it.
The minstrel cries, "An evil walks the wood, away!" The maiden flees, hides herself in Thousand Caves, still hemlock in her hair. Above, the slow, dull thread of mortal feet falters, ceases as he falls. Doriath's archers swiftly restore peace, and take the ring from mortal hand. "A common thief," they say, dismissing,"'tis Finrod's sigil."
Thus, in Nargothrond still music plays. On Himring, Maedhros sits in gloom for years on end. In Angband, Morgoth is sensing uproar in the fabric of the world – he laughs.
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Date: 2012-03-19 01:27 pm (UTC)Thank you! The whole new story - I tried to include that, if only by hinting at the changes their lack of meeting would effect - Maedhros wouldn't pick himself up to begin working on the Union of Maedhros, but on the other hand Finrod wouldn't die, Celegorm and Curufin wouldn't incense Doriath... there would be no line of Half-Elven from Lúthien's side, so no Elrond, Elros, possibly no Númenor... in fact it's probably one of the most monumental changes that could be wrought in all of Tolkien's legendarium.
I do not remember whether Lúthien is shown in the Silm wearing or associated with hemlock
Not in the published Silmarillion, surprisingly - but Canto III of the Lay of Leithian (and the LoL Recommenced) as well as Aragorn's song mention hemlock (Lúthien hiding in the bushes, actually) - and the moment that allegedly inspired the fictional meeting, of Edith Tolkien dancing, also happened in a hemlock clearing, so no small surprise that it features so strongly. I always did love the mortality symbolism that it represented (especially regarding Lúthien's story, it's such a perfect and somewhat unassuming detail), so it seemed apt to include it here as well. :)