Oh, definitely echoes of Cthulhu! :^D Very hard for me to resist with the Watcher from the deep places of the world. Thanks so much, Dreamflower! (Wheeeee! The DM has finally relaxed!)
Like Oshun said above, Tolkien does horror very well and with a glancing touch so that the reader's imagination starts conjuring the most frightening stuff from the Unknown. The scene at the Doors of Durin was one of my favorite scary moments in the novel, and Gandalf's reflection that the creature went for Frodo first was significant.
My Watcher has a more immediate presence, and really, there's much more I could and should have done with this ficlet, but I hope she has a bit of mystery.
Let's hope she finds some fish or ducks first. It seems she prefers cuisine of a mammalian nature. o_O
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Date: 2016-03-13 03:18 pm (UTC)Like Oshun said above, Tolkien does horror very well and with a glancing touch so that the reader's imagination starts conjuring the most frightening stuff from the Unknown. The scene at the Doors of Durin was one of my favorite scary moments in the novel, and Gandalf's reflection that the creature went for Frodo first was significant.
My Watcher has a more immediate presence, and really, there's much more I could and should have done with this ficlet, but I hope she has a bit of mystery.
Let's hope she finds some fish or ducks first. It seems she prefers cuisine of a mammalian nature. o_O