The Dark Side Of Ithil - by Elwen

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B2MeM Challenge: BINGO – Talents & Skills - O75
Format: Drabble
Genre: angst
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Elrond
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody. Mark Twain (1835-1910) (A prompt from lindahoyland on lj)
Summary: Elrond acknowledges his dark side


Others said it was impossible to heal with any darkness in the soul, yet he disproved them daily for it festered within him, even all these years after Celebrian’s departure.

He applied a clean dressing to a leg stump. Orcs took as much pleasure in maiming elves as in killing, knowing such injuries would remain forever. Some wounds even he could not heal and they brought blackness boiling to the surface of Elrond’s soul, like scum in a pan, that he must lid tightly.

Retribution was easy but compassion took strength, a lesson many only learned through walking Mandos’ halls.

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Comments

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really like this!! You really brought Elrond's pain to life for me.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I am an angst maven.

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Oh, WOW.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Lol. Can I take it you liked it?

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

What a great drabble! Thank you for using my prompt.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Glad you like it. It was an inspiring prompt.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

My heart aches for him. What a terrible lesson to have to learn at such pain.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

It's a wise man(elf) who acknowledges the darkness in his soul.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Certainly he had so many, many reasons to bear resentments and anger within him. That he kept it balanced and under control was a wonder!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's too easy to fall into the pitfall of thinking Elrond is perfect. But to be a fully rounded character he must have some blackness within. We are all a combination of light and dark.

[nialoke]

Retribution was easy but compassion took strength, a lesson many only learned through walking Mandos’ halls.
That last sentence. Perfection!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad it touched you.