Subject: *Sniffles*
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Posted on: 2014-02-25 19:48:00 UTC
Glaurung it, I must not cry...
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Hobbit Goodfic by
on 2014-02-25 06:32:00 UTC
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Warning you now that this fic made me cry for at least a half hour, so don't blame me if you read it and it kicks you in the heart.
This fic takes several bits of information vaguely mentioned in canon (book canon, though it seemed to definitely be basing the physical descriptions on the movies), and moves them from being vaguely mentioned facts to being a real thing. Like the difference in hearing a statistic about something awful and knowing someone affected by the awful thing.
The summary is kind of spoilery, skipping it increases the impact of the fic.
It made me really think.
The Names Upon the Harp -
Wow by
on 2014-03-04 12:30:00 UTC
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That was a very powerful piece of writing. Even after I automatically read the summary it still had a hell of a lot of impact while I was reading it.
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-curls up in little ball- by
on 2014-02-26 18:10:00 UTC
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This fic hurt enough without me listening to P!nk's "Beam Me Up" while reading it.
(FYI, "Beam Me Up" was written in memory a friend's little daughter, so it was amazingly fitting and made everything 1000000% worse) -
You're right. by
on 2014-02-26 16:25:00 UTC
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Skipping the summary made all the difference. I'm not sure what exactly happens in the book (I'll have to take a look tonight), but while reading this I assumed the names were ancestors of Thorin (it seems in character). Then a couple of things stuck out as odd - the occasional 'and' in the middle, the lack of any Durins, Thrors or Thrains. So I was already primed for a shock - and I got one.
Thank you.
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*Sniffles* by
on 2014-02-25 19:48:00 UTC
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Glaurung it, I must not cry...
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Oh wow...ouch. by
on 2014-02-25 12:50:00 UTC
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That was really good actually. I keep remembering how Thorin's voice shook when he accused Thranduil of turning his back to the suffering of Thorin's people. This fic really puts that into context.