Through All Hours

[fernstrike]

Prompt and Path: “That’s the advantage of insomnia. People who go to bed early always complain the night is too short, but for those of us who stay up all night, it can feel as long as a lifetime. You get a lot done.” Banana Yoshimoto. Purple Path.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: Gen
Warnings: None
Characters: Fëanor
Pairings: Referenced Fëanor/Nerdanel
Creator’s Notes (optional): Posted to coincide with Day 7 of Fëanorian Week, prompt: Fëanor - creation. Had maybe a bit of a different take on the B2MeM prompt, but this was what I instantly thought of.
Summary: A little lack of sleep gets the Silmarils made.


The light of the Trees never entered the deep forge, where he worked, away from all other eyes. Now the closed, hot room bloomed and glowed. Shadows scampered away ’til they were lost. He gazed at the crystals on the dark velvet, head laid on his arms, heart full to bursting, weary beyond sensibility, but utterly contented. Countless days he had not slept, labouring through all hours, the trance and frenzy of creation gripping him. He would go now - kiss Nerdanel, hold his sons, embrace his father - but he’d be happy to sleep through the dimmer light of First Mingling.

Comments

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Fëanor the driven and obsessive artist who cannot rest til the work is done.
His overcharged creative 'hröa' pulls ahead of his family always.
Such is the way with genius, it seems.

One small spelling er. "but utterly contended". I think you were saying "contented".

Great drabble.

[fernstrike]

Ai! Thanks for pointing out the error - all fixed. It should have indeed been contented :-)

The obsessiveness oft bestowed upon creatives is already bad enough, but compounded by his genius and his fire it becomes a master beyond the realm of the reasonable or wise. I'm glad you enjoyed the drabble, thank you for reading!

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

I'd love to draw Fëanor, but yes, he's one elf who will take a lot of working up to.

[fernstrike]

Oh, if/when you do draw him, I'd love to see! Totally understand that it would take some working up to. There's a great deal about him that needs to be captured in any creative work depicting Fëanor.

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

One day I will. I have set myself a challenge to make at least two attempts at art a week. Life permitting. It's been inspirational meeting others so interested in the Silmarillion on b2mem. So I'm going to stick around. ;)

[fernstrike]

That's a great personal challenge! Yes, it's been great to meet so many other fans on here. I've never been so excited to be part of the fandom :-D

[shirebound]

Nicely done. If only the healing power of sleep had cooled his fiery nature.

[fernstrike]

Thank you! Yes, if only. I think even his dreams would not be spared of thoughts of creating and doing things.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

It works that way for so many creative people. You get in the groove and it's really hard to pull yourself out of it. This was quite nice - his exhaustion and satisfaction come through beautifully,

- Erulisse (one L)

[fernstrike]

Definitely! There've been times I've gotten so sucked into what I was creating, that the next time I check the clock, three hours have passed and it's well into tomorrow! I'm glad you liked the fic. It's true that it must've taken a lot out of him to make the silmarils, but he was truly more than satisfied with his creation :-)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

A wonderful glimpse of this moment of creation.

[fernstrike]

Thank you so much!

[independence1776]

I can absolutely see Fëanor creating the Silmarils in such a sleep-deprived state.

[fernstrike]

Definitely! I can only imagine just how driven he was while creating them - almost trance-like, nearly frenzied.