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altariel ([personal profile] altariel) wrote2011-05-23 10:54 am
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Hunt It, Kill It, Cook It

Léof likes a quiet life. His father sees things slightly differently.


Hunt It, Kill It, Cook It

Ithilien, in the Fourth Age

Léof likes a quiet life. He sees his future self as a Ranger, far from company, self-reliant. His father’s experience differs – and he has a troop of co-conspirators to call upon. Most boys have childhood friends like this only in imagination.

With a sharp-eyed Elf he steals through the woods, one hand upon his bow, the other gesturing, signalling, speaking without words. With a round-faced Halfling, he forages, fetches water, seasons and shares food. With a weather-beaten King, he sets fires, swaps watches, fills hour upon hour with silent comradeship.

From his careful father, he learns the vitality of fellowship.

[identity profile] katlinel.livejournal.com 2011-05-23 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Faramir is a very cunning father. :)

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-23 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
He is certainly smarter than the average bear! ;-)

[identity profile] applegnat.livejournal.com 2011-05-23 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Leof, darling. What a clever, warm-hearted piece!

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-23 01:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! The Kingdom of the Introverts.

[identity profile] azalaisdep.livejournal.com 2011-05-23 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, lovely, lovely, lovely. So much expertise and experience to draw upon - no wonder he's going to end up the Peter Wimsey of the Fourth Age! Imagine being taught stalking by Legolas and survival skills by Aragorn...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
And how to cook by Sam! One lucky boy.

[identity profile] azalaisdep.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, indeed, he'll never go hungry either. Now I want to see his dark-haired maiden as Fourth Age Harriet Vane...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
They can talk piffle to each other.

[identity profile] azalaisdep.livejournal.com 2011-05-24 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll have to find an M-E equivalent of TSE for them to quote back and forth...

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-25 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
Nowhere near romantic enough. John Donne. (Mmm, that would fit nicely in M-e, I think.)

[identity profile] azalaisdep.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true - come to think of it, Wimsey mostly quotes TSE (and mostly The Waste Land) when he's dreaming or shell-shocked, not to Harriet, so TSE is more Faramir than Leof!

"O my Far Harad, o my new-found land..."?

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
TSE is more Faramir

Have I ever said anything different!? ;-)

"O my Far Harad, o my new-found land..."?

Love it.

[identity profile] azalaisdep.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Have I ever said anything different!? ;-)

Quite the contrary. (Let me count the ways...) I'm just not very with it this evening.

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite the contrary. (Let me count the ways...)

*grins* Have a good night's sleep, Az.

[identity profile] windswept1.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh... Faramir is smart. And Leof will be too, one day:)

[identity profile] altariel.livejournal.com 2011-05-26 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Those second sons...!