B4 - Queen of a Little Kingdom, Queen of Infinite Space

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Alternate Viewpoint: Fog on the Barrow-Downs; Economy: Luxury Items
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Characters: Goldberry
Pairings: N/A
Summary: No, she will not forget her, the woman who once wore this brooch.

Queen of a Little Kingdom; Queen of Infinite Space

No, she will not forget her, the woman who once wore this brooch. She remembers her well – last queen of a fading kingdom of men, on her wedding day, fresh and sweet and ornamented, with the hope of a whole people pinned upon her. She will not forget her – or her sacrifice.

The north has weathered many winters. Its bones and ruins lie shivering in the thin grass, waiting. In a little house on the border, a woman greets the golden sunrise before returning to her work. Mending, making, minding. Dancing among the rushes with the silver river running by.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

A nice joining of past and present.

- Erulisse (one L)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

Awesome! The answer to the brooch gap-filler has been an ongoing headache for me-- many nights have I wondered about this *g* Now, I have an answer!

Terrific.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you Starlight! Only good nights' sleep from now on! :-)

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

Ooh, what a great moment to pull out - I had totally forgotten about the brooch and Goldberry! Great rescue of a barely-mentioned canon character! And how ominous: She will not forget her – or her sacrifice.

The north has weathered many winters. Its bones and ruins lie shivering in the thin grass, waiting.

I love these lines, for the loneliness and poverty they convey, but also the promise of these ruins, which may rise up again in a new form.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think I must read those Bombadil chapters more often than most!

And glad you like those lines - I think I was channelling a little of your Gilraen from this morning.

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

Lord knows I tend to reach them and then skip ahead 'til the hobbits start heading into Bree. Not that I am anticipating meeting a favorite character there or anything.

I think I was channelling a little of your Gilraen from this morning.

:-D The underappreciated women of Middle-earth need all the championing they can get in fanfic! So pleased to have had a part in this drabble's genesis.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Not that I am anticipating meeting a favorite character there or anything.

There's a gorgeous bit of foreshadowing of that certain favourite character in the Bombadil chapters: he summons up an image of the Dunedain in the hobbits' minds, one with a star on his brow.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

What a lovely connection to make. Very elegant and picturesque.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And that's a really beautiful icon.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I love it a very much - all credit for it goes to swanboat_icons. :)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I love the thought of Goldberry remembering the lost queen even as she did all the mundane things required of her as Tom's lady wife.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I suspect she doesn't envy that queen at all.

[hhimring]

Such a well-written drabble! I guess I missed it in the mad whirl that was B2MeM 2012.
The "hope of a whole people pinned upon her" like the blue brooch--it does strike home. And the ruins in the thin grass, shivering...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you: I'm very fond of this one.