O68 - Total War

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: O68: Economy: War; March 3019: 7th March - Denethor and the palantír
Format: Drabble
Genre: Is there a name yet for stories about Denethor and Faramir being father and son? Gen, if not.
Rating: Well, it's not very jolly.
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Denethor and Faramir
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Mutually assured destruction.

Total War

"It is long since we had any hope."
Faramir, "The Window on the West", TTT

But before he left, they quarrelled. Not open hostilities, but that mutually assured destruction that has been their modus operandi for years. Not even death could bring them together.

“We are bereft,” the other said, “but we must not despair. There is still hope.”

He sees their emptied coffers and their opened veins. He sees a world in motion against him. He sees trenches, blitzkrieg, holocaust, fallout. He sees enemies at the gate, at the door, under the bed. He sees a mail clad fist punching at a human face, forever.

“Hope?” he said. “My son, we are beyond hope.”

Comments

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Horrifying and harsh, just as it should be. Given this, it's not surprising in the least that he chose a way out rather than persist.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

All too much. Who knows what else Sauron showed him? Doesn't bear thinking about.