Day 301: Indisposed

[tanaquiljall]

elena_tiriel asked for something with Imrahil, and when I remarked to scribblesinink that maybe I should do something showing Imrahil and Boromir interacting, she asked for Adult!Boromir interacting with Imrahil on a military matter? Somehow...? As opposed to "Uncle Imrahil" and wee!Boromir?

Day 301

as part of the Wild Swan series.

Indisposed

Boromir surveyed the charred remains of the fishing village, before turning back to Imrahil. "Think you I do not grieve to see this, Uncle? But we lack sufficient men to defend the coastline if our ships no longer keep the Corsairs at sea. We are hard pressed along the River, and I fear our lines will be breached if I send troops."

Imrahil nodded. "I understand. I ask only for the return of the levies from Belfalas. I thought to station mounted companies in certain places, and build beacons, that at least we might disturb the raiders from their plunder...."

Comments

[dkpalaska.livejournal.com]

elena tiriel asked for something with Imrahil

Oh, excellent! *g*

This is well done, with familiarity still between them but also deep mutual respect. And Denethor's response to the request was...?

P.S. I can't believe you only have two more months to go!

[tanaquiljall]

Hehehe - apparently your corrupting influence is spreading.

Glad you felt I hit the right tone in the drabble. {{{hugs}}}

And Denethor's response to the request was...?

Probably a lot of annoyance - you know he is about "holding the outer defences"! But maybe not much he can do about it if the disposition of the troops is at Boromir's discretion.

P.S. I can't believe you only have two more months to go!

Me neither - I'm kinda looking forward to the end and not having the pressure of producing every day, but also know I'll be a bit sad and lost when it's over.

[elena-tiriel.livejournal.com]

Ah, wise Imrahil!

And in my scatterbrained state, this made sooo much more sense after you reminded me that flood dikes are spelled "levees" not "levies".... sorry, having an "it does not compute" day, where "it" encompasses pretty much everything....

Anyway, now that I make sense of it, it's well done! Imrahil is very practical and strategic... and Boromir is very military.... actually, they both are *thinks about Prince of Dol Amroth uniform from your previous drabble, and gets unfocused for a while* *ok, make that *more* unfocused....*

Well done, Liz!

- Barbara

[tanaquiljall]

Well, I didn't help with having a very confusing sentence structure in a bit of Boromir's dialogue in the first draft. But yes, confusing "levees" and "levies" would make it hard to make sense of it!

Anyway, glad you liked it once we got it straightened out, and that you thought it convincingly military and Imrahil was suitably dreamy.... *g*

{{{hugs}}}

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to say - I am amazed you have written 300+ drabbles! It really does add up.

My brain is very worn out right now, but I've saved this one and several others for later consumption.

[tanaquiljall]

Yes, it's kinda shocking to count them up, isn't it? But I always did like drabbling since the concept was inflicted on me. (Hmmm, possibly by you...?)

And enjoy at your leisure when your brain is up to it!

[gwynnyd.livejournal.com]

Yes! Ohh , look! Two competent military leaders! That's something you don't see very often.

Good job!

[tanaquiljall]

Thanks! And LOL, yes, TWO competent military leaders together... not at all what we're used to in fanfic, is it? *g*