Fic: The Dragon and the Serpent

[nianeyna]

Title: The Dragon and the Serpent
Author: nianeyna
Characters/Pairings: Amber, gen
Genre: character study
Wordcount: 300
A/N: I wrote this partly because I always wondered about Amber's earrings, and partly because I wanted to get inside the Fool's head (don't we all). So without further ado - here.

This fic has been moved! It is now at AO3.

Comments

[miarr.livejournal.com]

Oh my god!

I--!

You--!

And the Amber and the thing with the it and they--!

Guh.

(I have an incurable weakness for Liveship Traders fic. Okay. Now to review:)

Suddenly a huge head rears up, surrounded by a ruff of magnificent red spikes tipped with gold. The mouth opens, slowly, showing needle sharp teeth. The serpent’s eyes hold endless sadness -

That is such a Hobb paragraph. I love your descriptions--they fit right into the style of the book. Good job.

Light from a streetlamp outside fell on bins of beads and shelves stocked with wooden cups and figurines. It was comforting, to be surrounded by the work of my own hands.

All these little details just supplement everything Hobb wrote in her books, you add in these perfect bits of information which I desperately crave for, and I lap it all up, like some retarded cat in front of a bowl of cream. Mmm, oh, Amber.

I did not light any lamps. I didn’t need to see, only feel.

Oh, Amber. You are the perfect craftswoman.

I sat in the dark and carved a dragon and a serpent, and I thought about destiny.

The Ending Line of Perfection. I think I love this more than is healthy.

Permission to add to the fic list? :D ♥

P.S. Why don't you link to this on fitzandthefool? Lots of people would love to see more fic, trust me, but nobody checks individual journals, only the central community page. A link would bring many more folks to your fic, in which case everybody wins. After all, in a fandom this small, pimping is practically a mitzvah. *grin*

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

*rereads your comment*

Oh, your praise makes me so happy. It gives me warm glowy feelings inside, it really does. I mean, I'm sort of a beginning writer, and - do you ever stop being REALLY NERVOUS when you show things to other people?

OF COURSE you can add this to the fic list. I was rather hoping you would ask, actually :D.

Linking away!

[i-have-a-spork.livejournal.com]

I feel like I should say something constructive, but sadly I'll be in the corner going 'squee!'.

:D

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

That's okay too!

[sivullinen.livejournal.com]

I sat in the dark and carved a dragon and a serpent, and I thought about destiny.

Love ♥ ♥ ♥

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

Hee. I'm rather proud of that line.

[pink-bambi13.livejournal.com]

the very last line is my favorite! I love this, it is amazing!!

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

Yes, people seem to like that line a lot... Thanks for the review!

[floydsir.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what this is about, but I can say with absolute truth that you are in my top five favorite writers on livejournal. :)

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

The Liveship traders trilogy by Robin Hobb. Read it. But first read the Farseer trilogy (first book is Assassin's Apprentice.) And also, wait until summer to read them, because either you will not be able to get into them or they will eat your life. No in between.

Also, out of curiosity, how many other writers do you know on livejournal? ;) (And who are the other top four?)

[goldenbeloved.livejournal.com]

And here I've been thinking myself relatively alone in rebelling against Hobbian wishes, writing my own Foolish tales. What a happy discovery! Ta muchly for the reciprocity, nia! Amber is a delicious character; you've done well. ♥

[nianeyna.livejournal.com]

Oh, we're around. The problem is finding each other, as you've discovered. :) Are you a member of elderlings? It's a locked hobbfic community, I can get you an invite if anybody's still alive over there. :)

Thanks for the feedback! I love Amber; I wish there'd been more of her.

[goldenbeloved.livejournal.com]

I am not a member...didn't know if it til I read mention by miarr on that expurgatorius link you sent me. I sent a membership request but as no one was sponsoring me (whatever that means) I reckon it'll be rejected.
But if you could get me in...ah, yes, I think I'd like that. :)