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Apr. 16th, 2013 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I have already posted a list of my first lines. And now, final lines! WIPs will be missing from this list, for obvious reasons. Actually, all I am posting here is the last lines of my stories off AO3:
This was a bit more interesting for me than the first lines, because I remembered fewer of them. And huh, I seem to like ending fics with dialogue, don't I?
- "Rolls right off the tongue,” said Ingwë sarcastically.
- "Are you sure you want to leave our musical notation bet for another day?”
- Yours, as ever, Findaráto
- "What did your scroll call it...'Climbing Telperion'?"
- "You know, now that I think about it, I suppose that celebration I foresaw might have been one of Cirdan's..."
- Their wedding was a simple affair; and they lived happily, if not ever after, then at least for a while.
- He merely glared down in sullen irritation.
- It might have ruined the moment.
- He rode out of Gondolin astride the fire-drake's spine, an improved version of the Balrog song running through his head.
- The artist in me knows that it is a fine story.
- “Right,” said Glorfindel happily.
- "Ai, Elbereth," said Ecthelion.
- Soon, they were off; and the Eagle circled the mountain twice before disappearing into the sky.
- For one, I am sure you know that Ereinion was actually rather ashamed of what his name revealed, and changed it at the earliest opportunity.
- He simply took Ecthelion's hand and tangled it in the hair at the back of his neck.
- He has many pieces to place.
- I believe the exit is that way...
This was a bit more interesting for me than the first lines, because I remembered fewer of them. And huh, I seem to like ending fics with dialogue, don't I?
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Date: 2013-04-16 08:30 pm (UTC)Outstanding among those is:
"Ai, Elbereth," said Ecthelion.
That is kind of a fandom classic for me.
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Date: 2013-04-16 09:00 pm (UTC)My favorite, though, is #17, only because it belongs to my favorite Tehta fic.
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Date: 2013-04-16 09:06 pm (UTC)Seventeen is the Beleg one, right?
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Date: 2013-04-16 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-17 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-17 12:14 am (UTC)How I wish I had a tacky Glorfindel and Ecthelion kissing icon for this post. I'll have to settle for Fingon/Maedhros.
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Date: 2013-04-17 12:24 am (UTC)I think this is actually a semi-serious point: I prefer to end on a slightly-tense note to a relaxed note (post-coital would be more relaxed.) That's true for most of the other fics, too. Salgant starts a new career, Beleg runs off after Tuor, Maedhros plots... It's almost like ending in media res as well as starting there.
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Date: 2013-04-17 12:29 am (UTC)I think that makes sense from a dramatic and storytelling point of view.
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Date: 2013-04-17 12:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-04-17 04:26 am (UTC)“Right,” said Glorfindel happily.
"Ai, Elbereth," said Ecthelion.
Soon, they were off; and the Eagle circled the mountain twice before disappearing into the sky.
It reads like a changed version of your eagle humour fic with an Ecthelion who has some doubts about travelling by eagle.
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Date: 2013-04-17 08:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-05-25 01:12 pm (UTC)And I like your ending "in medias res" (i have forgotten how to handle nested comments, so I've read all of them and am starting a new thread here. Ugh so awkward. C'est la vie.) I never ever ever can resist the temptation to resolve every tiny thing, since in my case writing is so much about wish-fulfillment and my desire to know what happens. Also I really like writing sex scenes. I admire the discipline and carefulness of your writing.