B2MeM Day 1 - Materialism + Friendship

[alasse_mirimiel]

Materialism

"If the elf-king had a weakness it was for treasure, especially for silver and white gems; and though his hoard was rich, he was ever eager for more, since he had not yet as great a treasure as other elf-lords of old."

Friendship

"Long before, in the bliss of Valinor, before Melkor was unchained, or lies came between them, Fingon had been close in friendship with Maedhros; and though he knew not yet that Maedhros had not forgotten him at the burning of the ships, the thought of their ancient friendship stung his heart. Therefore he dared a deed which is justly renowned among the feats of the princes of the Noldor: alone, and without the counsel of any, he set forth in search of Maedhros; and aided by the very darkness that Morgoth had made he came unseen into the fastness of his foes."

"I beg of you," said Bilbo stammering and standing on one foot, "to accept this gift!" and he brought out a necklace of silver and pearls that Dain had given him at their parting.

"In what way have I earned such a gift, O hobbit?" said the king.

"Well, er, I thought, don't you know," said Bilbo rather confused, "that, er, some little return should be made for your, er, hospitality. I mean even a burglar has his feelings. I have drunk much of your wine and eaten much of your bread."

"I will take your gift, O Bilbo the Magnificent!" said the king gravely. "And I name you elf-friend and blessed. May your shadow never grow less (or stealing would be too easy)! Farewell!"

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Just lovely!

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hhimring]

What a nice and unexpected combination of prompts!
I do like that conversation between Bilbo and Thranduil.
You can see that Thranduil is looking at someone smaller than him, like a hobbit.

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear it works for the prompts! (This wasn't planned at all)

[zdenka]

Hee. That's a charming moment in the book, and I quite like your drawing.

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

Happy to hear you like it :)

[shadowbrides.livejournal.com]

I'm not really a fan of the movie depiction of king T., but I like your drawing nevertheless!

[alasse-mirimiel.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like the drawing, even if you don't like the design :)

Thranduil wasn't a character I ever pictured in my head, so I don't really care how he looks like in the movie. The only thing that made me go 'YES!!' when I saw it was his crown. I thought it looked really cool.