Jay's Drabblets by Jay of Lasgalen
demeter d · 21 May 2006 · Chapter 7: I Remember
You write such achingly clear pictures. this mirrors the kind of thoughts which would drive the two to spend the rest of their lives hinting down Orcs. Crystalline.
Author's reply
This is a very dark time for the twins. One day I'll write a story centered on these events.
demeter d · 21 May 2006 · Chapter 4: Thranduil's Heir (Version Two)
Version one was starkly sweet anyway, but yes, this one definitely feels "Elvish". Very sweet.
Author's reply
Ooh, I'd almost forgotten this drabble! Thanks for reminding me. I liked bringing the forest into it.
demeter d · 21 May 2006 · Chapter 6: We Are Not The Same
Oh, I see you have done quite a bit of exploring off our favorite twins. Well done!
Author's reply
The twins - especially Elrohir - are my favourite characters. I find the contrasts between them fascinating.
demeter d · 21 May 2006 · Chapter 64: Separate Rooms
Charming! Not just twins, I am sure, but any siblings who have shared everything as little children probably have a few pangs of quiet lonnesome when the time comes to go their independent ways. A nice touch giving them opposite personalities. Tolkien said so little about two people who were part of so many adventures. Nicely done.
Author's reply
I love writing about the twins, and have made them both very alike and very different. I like the fact that Tolkien said so little about them - it gives me lots of room to explore.
Kitty · 3 May 2006 · Chapter 63: The Shortcut
*grin* Well, the longest way between two points is a shortcut, isn't it? The more so if there is a cliff or something like it. And of course it was not Elrohir's fault. How could Elladan even think that? ;-)
Author's reply
Of course it wasn't Elrohir's fault. Someone followed him along that path - and someone followed him down that cliff ... :>)
Bodkin · 1 May 2006 · Chapter 63: The Shortcut
Rescued by dwarves! Eternal embarrassment. The dwarves might no longer be around to recall the incident, but Elladan is - and I can't see him letting the matter go. Probably just as well that Elrohir must have similar weapons to use against Elladan. Still. I would have thought that Elrohir would have given up on suggesting shortcuts through woods!
Author's reply
Embarrassing? Oh, yes. They just hope that no-one at home will ever find out. Elrohir, however, would like to point out that no-one forced Elladan to follow him down that cliff!
Fire · 30 April 2006 · Chapter 63: The Shortcut
I can just imaging those two bikker at eachother like that, and Elrohir losing more often than he likes to ;) Just great having an "older" brother isn't it?? And for short cuts, they always turn out longer, no mater if you're a human or an elf, trust me I know!!
Author's reply
I think they bicker and tease each other a lot, but rarely argue for real. Elrohir rather wishes his brother would forget about this incident, though. (BTW, although they're twins, Elladan always calls Elrohir 'little brother', because he knows it annoys him!)
Fire · 30 April 2006 · Chapter 59: On The Slopes Of Orodruin
Oy, he can't do that, can he!! It would leave us without LOTR :(
Author's reply
This drabble was for a challenge to write a character I'd never written before, and also an AU challenge. It would have changed a lot, wouldn't it?
Fire · 30 April 2006 · Chapter 56: Battle Beneath The Trees II
Ow I love this, I can just see the snowballs flying :) It must have been great fun for borh elflings and the older elves (most of them warriors?) to have a battle like this.
Author's reply
They were all elflings, but you were supposed to think they were warriors in a real battle. Thranduil was the leader even as a child.
Fire · 30 April 2006 · Chapter 37: First Words
I've just found your drabbles and this one cracked me up. Of course their first word would be El ;) their way to close to one another to have any other way.
Author's reply
I'm glad you're enjoying these - they cover a wide range of topics and characters, but the twins (at all stages of their lives) occur most frequently. What else would their first word be?? They still call one another El even now!
elliska · 30 April 2006 · Chapter 63: The Shortcut
Hehehe! It had to have happened, as long as elves live and as ... ahem...adventurous as these two are. And being saved by dwarves! Well I suppose that is better than by Glorfindel, for then one would have to listen to his teasing. Of course if he ever found out about the dwarves, the teasing would be even worse so... Love these drabbles, Jay. :-)
Author's reply
Can you imagine how embarrassing it must have been? I think they never mentioned this little incident at home ...
Vendetta · 16 April 2006 · Chapter 2: Long Live the King
Great Drabble! I'm lucky I read this at home, it almost made me cry. I'm glad Elrond was their at the end for his twin. It would have been about them as brothers and nothing else. I could barely imagine what that would have done to him as the one left behind. I always wondered what happened between them. I don't think Tolkien ever said. Maybe sometime you could tell that story.
Author's reply
This was the very first drabble I ever wrote, and I think if I did it now, there's things I change. The central theme, though, that these are not kings or lords, but just twins, wouldn't change.
elliska · 2 April 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
Hehehe!! I bet Estel had a lot of these moments with those two as older brothers. This was great!
Author's reply
The twins try to show Estel the right way to do things - but sometimes Elrohir's enthusiasm gets the better of him :>)
elliska · 2 April 2006 · Chapter 61: The Watcher
Catching up on my reading here...Poor Elrond. I always thought that he must have gone insane wondering and waiting and worrying and second-guessing in Imladris. I thought you captured him really well here.
Author's reply
Thanks! It must have been hard for him, waiting at home while knowing what danger his sons faced. He must have realised that there was little chance he'd ever see any of them again :(
grumpy · 2 April 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
I bet that is the last time Estel lets either of the twins show him how to fly a kite. Good thing they were better at showing him how to other things, most likely why he trusted them with the kite.
Author's reply
I think the twins would have taught their little brother many things - sensibly and reliably most of the time. But even they're not perfect, which is another good thing for him to learn!
Bodkin · 30 March 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
Poor Elrohir! Doubly in the dog-house - and he was only doing his best.
Author's reply
*LOL!* Can't you just hear it? 'Give me the kite, Estel - I'll show you how to fly it really high.' Poor Estel. Poor Elrohir. And poor Elladan - he has to watch as his twin nearly breaks his neck!
Vendetta · 30 March 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
lol I could just picture this as I was reading. I love the interaction between Estel and the twins. Typical little brother reaction to a big brother's "advice" not even they can do everything right. I wonder what his reaction would have been if Elrohir *had* lost his kite?
Author's reply
What would his reaction have been if Elrohir had fallen out of the tree? I hope he'd have been more sympathetic and grateful then! But he's got to put up with two older brothers (much, much, older) giving him advice :)
Larner · 29 March 2006 · Chapter 60: Dragon's Gold
Good use of the expected words, and lovely imagery. So, no one would seek to deprive him of his lumpy, shiny mattress, woult they? Ah, if he only knew.
Author's reply
I felt surprisingly sorry for Smaug here - if Bilbo and the dwarves hadn't pinched his treasure, he'd probably have stayed inside the mountain, and wouldn't have trashed Esgaroth.
Larner · 29 March 2006 · Chapter 61: The Watcher
Ooh, marvelously eerie and appropriate! Love the image of the Lord of Imladris keeping watch over these three from afar in this manner.
Author's reply
I like the idea of the elves being able to farsee events, but it can't have been an easy time for Elrond.
Larner · 29 March 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
According to plan? Hehehehehehe! Sounds as if Elrohir almost broke more than the kite and a tree branch here. Lovely moment between Estel and his brothers.
Author's reply
Yes, Elrohir was lucky he didn't do himself rather a lot of damage! It was a long way to the ground. Estel wasn't impressed by his heroics, though.
Kitty · 29 March 2006 · Chapter 62: Kite Flying
*giggle* Ungratefully, indeed! But what will one expect - older brothers tend always to know *everything* better. Poor Estel had to put up with *two* of the sort, and nearly three thousand years older at that - it must've been rather exasperating at times. No wonder he snapped after nearly losing his kite.
Author's reply
Well - why should Estel be grateful when it was Elrohir's fault that the kite got stuck up the tree in the first place? If he hadn't been showing Estel 'how to do it right', it would never have happened!
Lianna · 9 March 2006 · Chapter 61: The Watcher
Poor Elrond. Tolkien never gave the guy a break. I had not considered before that with his abilities, he must have been able to follow the events of the War of the Ring quite closely -- without being able to have an impact on the outcome. And, as you pointed out in Letter from Elladan, no matter what the outcome, there was unhappiness in store for him and his family. Poor baby. Off-topic: I see that five of your stories, including the aforementioned Letter from Elladan, made the Mithril Awards semifinals. Congratulations!
Author's reply
Elrond had a very hard time. He lost so much, and so many people dear to him. Although Tolkien never said, I think (and hope) that the twins chose immortality in the end, otherwise Elrond would have lost *all* his children to death :( Thanks for the congratulations. I wrote Letter From Elladan two years ago, and it *still* gets nominated for awards!
Bodkin · 9 March 2006 · Chapter 61: The Watcher
Knowing that all three of his sons - by blood, love and betrothal - were facing death together must have been a dreadful time for Elrond. And he couldn't know the outcome - Had he been right to send the words of Malbeth the Seer south with Elrohir? - He had to give them the knowledge with which to make their own choice. That's what Galadriel learned over three ages, I think. That you can guide and advise and hope - but that, in the end, you have to grant people the right to make their own decisions.
Author's reply
It must have been hard to send them off to war without knowing the outcome, but knowing great battles and many deaths lay ahead. The more I study this section, the more I realise that Elladan and Elrohir could have just delivered the messages, and then disappeared - but they stuck with Aragorn to the bitter end.
Elena Tiriel · 8 March 2006 · Chapter 60: Dragon's Gold
Hi Jay! I'm enjoying reading your drabbles very much, but this one, Dragon's Gold, I noticed especially... Far be it for me to SSP a HASA challenge that I helped to spawn ;-D, but this drabble would be perfect for the Silmarils are an Elf's Best Friend challenge at HASA, which you can find here (after logging in): henneth-annun.net/members/challenge/challenge_detail.cfm?NGID=421 Since the only entries so far have been mine, I would be *delighted* if you were to enter it there. Please consider it? - Barbara
Author's reply
Hi! Thanks for reviewing this. I'd forgotten that HASA challenge - I had a few ideas for it, but nothing that got written in the end. I'll add this drabble today.
Kitty · 7 March 2006 · Chapter 61: The Watcher
Elrond must have had a terribly time, knowing his sons are all in the midst of the war, likely to die and never to return, and he could do absolutely nothing to prevent it. Not to be able to do anything is probably even worse than to be there and fight with them. Poor guy. In the end he must've been so relieved to know they're all whole and healthy. Although it was bad enough he had to leave Aragorn and Arwen behind, knowing he would lose them forever.
Author's reply
Yes, you're right - to sit at home and worry and wonder, waiting for news - far worse for Elrond than actually being there. And he'd sent the twins to Aragorn, and more or less told him to take the Paths of the Dead. He'd blame himself. What were the chances that they'd all survive the battles?