Tapestry of Dreams, Part 2 Discussion

[littlemanpoet]

Characters and themes that have yet to be worked in:

Note: everything below is suggestion, not certainty.

• Aeron and Gwyllion are there to aid them, being ghosts, and this has been their destiny from the get-go.
• Raefindan brings rain into the spirit realm where Amroth and Nimrodel hold their drama
• Mithrellas - osanwë? Should she be Nimrodel's aid the way Erebemlin is for Amroth?
• Ædegard - he's here for Mellondu - but what can he do?
• Leafa - wow, I really don't know what to do with her past singing.
• Jorje - I'm kind of lost here too.
• Taitheneb returns - this is alak's task
• Indil/Angela - I'd almost forgotten about her! What might she do?

Meanwhile, Raefindan continues to hold Tharonwë in check. Maybe I need to work on finding ideas for these characters from your posts, Helen. I'm really struggling with everybody but Tharonwë right now, and him soon too. I guess I like to know where things are headed in order to know what's happening now; not so good at just "following my nose". Hmm... not so good at prophetic writing. Any ideas?

EDIT: well, that worked in Gwyllion and Aeron after all, and Ædegard and Leafa a little bit; but they need more. I'm still thinking about that Raefindan/rain thing...

[mark12_30]

Aeron and Gwyllion are there to aid them, being ghosts, and this has been their destiny from the get-go.

Adding their "sulkiness" to Tharonwe's "sulkiness" could prove really hellish. Nice touch.

Raefindan brings rain into the spirit realm where Amroth and Nimrodel hold their drama

Washing away all that ash... Ahh, soo sweet. Bringing spring back again? Hold off, don't do it for a while. BUt it will be wow when it does happen.

Mithrellas - osanwë? Should she be Nimrodel's aid the way Erebemlin is for Amroth?

So far she's been signposting: standing back and pointing out what is going on. "Playing Captain Obvious", so to speak,. "She heard you, my lord!" I agree that more would be good but she's been with Nimrodel for a thousand years and has never gotten through yet. BUt Mithrellas knows Nimrodel like the back of her hand and is an invaluable reality-check. EDIT [Maybe she's Raefindan's GUide for part of this.]
Avarien departed too quickly, perhaps. COuld she be lingering Osanwe-wise somewhere near? Hadn't thought of that. Maybe she gets "sent back for a time"-- if she's needed in some way. Gah. Shelving that for the moment.

Ædegard - he's here for Mellondu - but what can he do?

Build wheels. I'm only partly kiddling. THe essence of who he is should play the strongest part. Maybe some fundamentally Rohirric thing will Matter. Maybe just his original befriending of Amroth/Mellondu. THe snowball fight.

Leafa - wow, I really don't know what to do with her past singing.

See above. She was a gypsy? Wisdom about drawbacks of the wandering lifestyle?

Jorje - I'm kind of lost here too.

He's been center stage thus far! He's been great, with Tharonwe.
Taitheneb returns - this is alak's task

Indil/Angela - I'd almost forgotten about her! What might she do?

What would Raefindan expect her to do?

[littlemanpoet]

Originally Posted by mark12_30

Adding their "sulkiness" to Tharonwe's "sulkiness" could prove really hellish. Nice touch.

Thanks. I like how it's kind of comical.

Washing away all that ash... Ahh, soo sweet. Bringing spring back again? Hold off, don't do it for a while. BUt it will be wow when it does happen.

Okay, I like that too. And Mithrellas being his guide - well, does he need one, considering how I'm writing him?

Avarien departed too quickly, perhaps. COuld she be lingering Osanwe-wise somewhere near? Hadn't thought of that. Maybe she gets "sent back for a time"-- if she's needed in some way. Gah. Shelving that for the moment.

That Mellonin is mind communicating to Ravion and he back, tells me that Avarien is not really gone.

Build wheels. I'm only partly kiddling. THe essence of who he is should play the strongest part. Maybe some fundamentally Rohirric thing will Matter. Maybe just his original befriending of Amroth/Mellondu. THe snowball fight.

In other words, friendship plain and simple. Okay.

See above. She was a gypsy? Wisdom about drawbacks of the wandering lifestyle?

Okay, but I'm no good at gypsy lifestyle. Drawbacks of wandering? Okay, maybe I could do something with that.

What would Raefindan expect Indil/Angela to do?

That actually doesn't help at all because she's still a mystery to Raefindan; but on second thought that actually helps, because then I at least know that whatever she is going to do is going to be a surprise to everybody. After all, we're dealing with a very unique construct at this point, a little girl who is descended from Mithrellas combined with the soul and spirit of a 21st century young woman who has already experienced both earthly love and paradise, and knows it. (trampling all over Hebrews "only once to live" here, but so did Tolkien I guess).

So I think my next post is probably going to be something more with Tharonwë, which makes it your turn. Anything from Indil/Angela is down the road a bit, just like Raefindan's rain.

[mark12_30]

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Bump.

Originally Posted by littlemanpoet

Characters and themes that have yet to be worked in:

Note: everything below is suggestion, not certainty.

• Aeron and Gwyllion are there to aid them, being ghosts, and this has been their destiny from the get-go.
• Raefindan brings rain into the spirit realm where Amroth and Nimrodel hold their drama
• Mithrellas - osanwë? Should she be Nimrodel's aid the way Erebemlin is for Amroth?
• Ædegard - he's here for Mellondu - but what can he do?
• Leafa - wow, I really don't know what to do with her past singing.
• Jorje - I'm kind of lost here too.
• Taitheneb returns - this is alak's task
• Indil/Angela - I'd almost forgotten about her! What might she do?

Meanwhile, Raefindan continues to hold Tharonwë in check. Maybe I need to work on finding ideas for these characters from your posts, Helen. I'm really struggling with everybody but Tharonwë right now, and him soon too. I guess I like to know where things are headed in order to know what's happening now; not so good at just "following my nose". Hmm... not so good at prophetic writing. Any ideas?

EDIT: well, that worked in Gwyllion and Aeron after all, and Ædegard and Leafa a little bit; but they need more. I'm still thinking about that Raefindan/rain thing...

[littlemanpoet]

Thanks. This helps. I hope to have some time to look at this story in detail, perhaps through this weekend.

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