Mm, that is probably a fair assessment. [ the smile is quiet and faint, but the spark in his eyes is real enough ] She always did like to... make an impression.
Hm, no it certainly does not seem to have, eh? Only her method of doing so. You should ask her how she made an impression at the banquet for her fifteeth begetting day. Finrod was laughing for weeks afterwards every time it was brought up.
He would not, I imagine - he was always a kind one, and not likely to spread rumors too unkind when the one at fault was not there! Besides, he was as much to blame as her, that day!
Hm, I imagine he would not have been able to keep entirely silent. But you had best ask your mother for further tales, lest she decide to seek revenge on me!
[ For the first time this conversation she wins a small wicked smile from him and he wags his finger at her ]
Oh no no no, she will already be cross that I have told you this much! I do not fancy being on the receiving end of her wrath again, especially as there are no statues of me to desecrate!
Very well as then. The things I do for you [ he grumbles fondly ]
You know, I think, how your mother was something of a tomboy growing up? She had a reputation for destroying dresses, indeed, she often lamented that she was forced to wear them at all! For her fifteeth begetting day, one of especial magnificence was commissioned for her. It was a lovely thing, dripping in pearls and exquisitely embroidered. Much to her displeasure, it also had long heavy drop sleeves and an equally long train. Hardly easy to move in. She raged angrily at all of us that she was no delicate jewel to be displayed so, but we all knew she would wear it, for it was a gift from grandfather. Finrod took her aside, comforting her that at the least it was only one time. He then suggested that it would make a lovely short dress and cape later.
Imagine the look on everyone's faces when she walked into the banquet hall, skirt chopped scandalously short and the train turned into a lovely cape, drop sleeves elaborately tied in ribbons to keep them out of the way!
She looked beautiful and dangerous and utterly not like a 'delicate jewel' - but a magnificent one all the same! We knew Finrod had helped - no one ties ribbons like he does. And Amarië as well, based on the tailoring. More than one ellon lost their heart to her that night! And she set a new fashion trend in Alqualonde as well as Tirion. Fortunately, grandfather found it funny as well, although her parents, perhaps less so!
[She listens intently, a smug little smile on her face at her apparent victory against Maglor. He can probably even see her as she imagines it all as he tells her the tale.
Her mouth actually drops open when he reaches the part where her mother had cut the skirt of the dress and changed it before the banquet, before everyone had seen it in its original glory.
At the same time though-] I suppose I was not so different from her when I was young. I ruined a great many fine dresses.
I am not entirely surprised to hear that [ he answers wryly ] - with Galadriel as your mother, indeed I think I would be rather curious if you did not.
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Date: 2014-08-11 06:14 pm (UTC)[She's glad he's showing some reaction, that it's genuine.]
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Date: 2014-08-12 08:15 am (UTC)He would not, I imagine - he was always a kind one, and not likely to spread rumors too unkind when the one at fault was not there! Besides, he was as much to blame as her, that day!
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Date: 2014-08-13 08:00 am (UTC)Oh no no no, she will already be cross that I have told you this much! I do not fancy being on the receiving end of her wrath again, especially as there are no statues of me to desecrate!
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Date: 2014-08-14 03:40 am (UTC)I think not! I love you dearly Celebrian, but I fear your mother more. Bad enough the last time!
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Date: 2014-08-14 04:04 am (UTC)She would never know, I promise. At least, I will say nothing to her.
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Date: 2014-08-14 09:36 am (UTC)And will you protect me from her inevitable revenge when she finds out then little niece? I do not fancy a repeat of the Fountain Incident!
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Date: 2014-08-15 05:50 am (UTC)You will be safe, I promise. Now come on, tell me something?
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Date: 2014-08-15 11:14 am (UTC)[ He throws up his hands and shakes his head at her ]
Very well, but you swear you will not tell your mother I told you this story!
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Date: 2014-08-15 04:13 pm (UTC)I will not tell her a thing, I promise.
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Date: 2014-08-16 10:59 am (UTC)Very well as then. The things I do for you [ he grumbles fondly ]
You know, I think, how your mother was something of a tomboy growing up? She had a reputation for destroying dresses, indeed, she often lamented that she was forced to wear them at all! For her fifteeth begetting day, one of especial magnificence was commissioned for her. It was a lovely thing, dripping in pearls and exquisitely embroidered. Much to her displeasure, it also had long heavy drop sleeves and an equally long train. Hardly easy to move in. She raged angrily at all of us that she was no delicate jewel to be displayed so, but we all knew she would wear it, for it was a gift from grandfather. Finrod took her aside, comforting her that at the least it was only one time. He then suggested that it would make a lovely short dress and cape later.
Imagine the look on everyone's faces when she walked into the banquet hall, skirt chopped scandalously short and the train turned into a lovely cape, drop sleeves elaborately tied in ribbons to keep them out of the way!
She looked beautiful and dangerous and utterly not like a 'delicate jewel' - but a magnificent one all the same! We knew Finrod had helped - no one ties ribbons like he does. And Amarië as well, based on the tailoring. More than one ellon lost their heart to her that night! And she set a new fashion trend in Alqualonde as well as Tirion. Fortunately, grandfather found it funny as well, although her parents, perhaps less so!
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Date: 2014-08-18 05:44 pm (UTC)Her mouth actually drops open when he reaches the part where her mother had cut the skirt of the dress and changed it before the banquet, before everyone had seen it in its original glory.
At the same time though-] I suppose I was not so different from her when I was young. I ruined a great many fine dresses.
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Date: 2014-08-19 03:45 am (UTC)I am not entirely surprised to hear that [ he answers wryly ] - with Galadriel as your mother, indeed I think I would be rather curious if you did not.
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Date: 2014-08-19 04:51 am (UTC)I thought you might not be. Surprisingly though, it was mother who was often more displeased about my dresses ruin.
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Date: 2014-08-19 05:38 am (UTC)Hm, I suppose she would be! After all, it is now her who makes or pays for them!
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Date: 2014-08-19 06:21 am (UTC)and can seemingly wrap him around their finger.]She should have seen it coming.
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Date: 2014-08-19 06:36 am (UTC)Apparently in this one area, at least, Galadriel's famed foresight failed her!
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Date: 2014-08-19 04:21 pm (UTC)Unfortunately so! It seems fitting now that ruining her own dresses should have come back to haunt her in the form of her own daughter.
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Date: 2014-08-20 06:59 am (UTC)So it does! Perhaps all her past indiscretions will come back that way as well. Tell me, little niece, were you as fond of mud pies as she was?
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