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3 ReviewsWell, Faramir got a little drunk... and depressed... because he was a little drunk... and... then he decided he didn't much care about being alive. Heck, he might even be more respected when he die...
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(#) Raksha_The_Demon 2006-03-27 11:11:06 AM
I don't have a problem with Faramir very occasionally, and in moments of extreme stress, swearing by the Valar; after all, one of Faramir's Rangers does, though it's more a prayer than a swear, in the book The Two Towers.
Your drabble here is earnestly written, but to me, the characterisation is off -Faramir seems too ordinary; there's very little pride here, very little in the speech pattern that marks him as a Captain of Gondor, son of the Steward of the greatest City of Men in Middle-earth in the Third Age.
I'm not sure if you were depicting the character from the book or the movie. Movie-Faramir is a weaker man, and this drabble might fit him; but he didn't have time to get drunk between Denethor's command and his leading out the doomed charge.
Your technique is good. I hope you write more stories. -
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(#) Enelya 2006-03-27 03:54:28 PM
Yes, I am aware of this characterization... but it was, after all, well past two o'clock in the morning when this was first written and I've not had much call to change anything... I was not sure whether to write Movie!Faramir or Canon!Faramir so I just added rum. A lot of rum. That's why it turned out so... erm... oddly? I know he's much stronger than I have written him, but I figured, eh, it's alcohol. Strange things have been known to happen, no? Don't take this as justification for anything I've canonraped, just a glimpse into why my mind worked the way it did. Thank you for the encouragement! Is always much appreciated!
~Linde