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masterofmidgets) wrote2007-12-01 04:59 pm
masterofmidgets) wrote2007-12-01 04:59 pm
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So I Know It's Not NaNo Any More, But...
I think I may have been talked into writing a novel by Al. Yeah. I'm kind of terrified by the thought. And there's a very good chance this will never get written cause I fail like that, but I do think it's kind of a nice plot idea. Maybe.
Plot Summary
The End
Does this sound like it could be a story of not-monumental suckage?
Plot Summary
Ifan is a young smith who is gaining a reputation for being quite gifted and making some rather lovely things, as well as being very handsome. Damien is a lord of the faerie. He was bonded as a young (by faerie standards) man to an older lady of the faerie who wanted him because he was attractive and quickly lost interest in him; he, however, fell madly in love with her, and is bitter and hurt that his attempts to win back her love (or even her fidelity) are met with failure. To hurt her and/or make her jealous, he goes into the mortal realm to take a human lover - basically the first pretty person he sees. He hears about Ifan's talents as a smith, goes to the village, and decides to seduce this handsome young man with promises of love, sex, and a chance to craft objects of art he can't make or sell in a small rural village. Ifan is infatuated by Damien and agrees to go with him to the realm of the faerie, where he lives for some time as Damien's lover (and a smith, as well). He realizes, as time goes by, however, that Damien's heart isn't his; the faerie lord's interest in him quickly wanes, and he spends most of his effort trying to win his lady love, turning to Ifan only when he fails. Still, Ifan loves him, so he stays with the faerie, consoling himself with his craft - Damien, to give him something to do and keep him out of the way, creates him a smithy on the border of the faerie realm and the human realm that sort of flickers in and out of reality.
One day, while he is working in his smithy, he hears strange noises, and finds a young man drowning in the well outside. He pulls him out, and the young man begs him for help, and then promptly passes out. Ifan hides the young man in his room and nurses him for several weeks while he recovers from a fever; over this time, he and the young man gradually become friends. The young man's name is Llyr, and he is a traveling bard who leapt into a river to escape bandits and came up in the well. After a few weeks, Ifan comes into the room to find only a note thanking him - Llyr has moved on, and Ifan is inexplicably saddened by this. A few months later, however, he is once again working in his smithy when Llyr comes walking out of the woods. He stays for a few days, and then leaves again. This becomes a pattern, with Llyr showing up for a few days every few months to visit.
Two years after he fell through the well, Llyr returns immensely excited - he has been offered a position as a court musician in the capital. He confesses to Ifan that he loves him, and wants him to come live with him there. Ifan says he needs time to think about it, and Llyr tells him he will come back in a week - if Ifan wants to go with him, he should be ready to go then. Ifan seriously considers going with him that night, but the next day, Damien finds Ifan and asks him to make him a magical eye that will see only the truth - he wants to use it on his wife to see if she really loves him. Ifan spends the week working on the eye, but he has a different plan - he wants Damien to use it on him first, so he can see how much Ifan loves him and will finally give up on his wife and love Ifan. The morning Llyr is going to come back, Damien comes to Ifan's rooms to get his eye. Before Ifan can give it to him, Damien kisses him to thank him for making it, which is when Llyr walks in and sees them. He is much confused and hurt by this, and runs off.
Damien is furious when he understands who Llyr is and why he was there, and refuses to speak to Ifan. Ifan, desperate to win him back (well, win him at all), gives him the eye and begs him to use it on him, which Damien does. He sees that Ifan is in love with him, and is overcome by his realization of how stupidly he has acted and how badly he has used Ifan. Sadly, he is still not in love with him; they have some kind of nice heart to heart in which Damien figures out that he has been going about things really really the wrong way and Ifan decides that he has to leave even though he still loves Damien. He goes chasing after Llyr; unfortunately, he rather forgot that the real world, unlike the realm of the faerie, has such things as weather and seasons. He comes out in a massive snowstorm, gets immediately lost, and finally gets swept up by the cold, badly flooded river. He nearly dies, but Llyr, who had been coming back to see him one last time, hears his shouts and saves him. They have the final conversation of the story, in which Ifan admits that he may never love Llyr the way Llyr loves but does like him as a friend and is willing to try to make it work anyway, and Llyr thinks about ditching him and but decides he can live with that and agrees.
One day, while he is working in his smithy, he hears strange noises, and finds a young man drowning in the well outside. He pulls him out, and the young man begs him for help, and then promptly passes out. Ifan hides the young man in his room and nurses him for several weeks while he recovers from a fever; over this time, he and the young man gradually become friends. The young man's name is Llyr, and he is a traveling bard who leapt into a river to escape bandits and came up in the well. After a few weeks, Ifan comes into the room to find only a note thanking him - Llyr has moved on, and Ifan is inexplicably saddened by this. A few months later, however, he is once again working in his smithy when Llyr comes walking out of the woods. He stays for a few days, and then leaves again. This becomes a pattern, with Llyr showing up for a few days every few months to visit.
Two years after he fell through the well, Llyr returns immensely excited - he has been offered a position as a court musician in the capital. He confesses to Ifan that he loves him, and wants him to come live with him there. Ifan says he needs time to think about it, and Llyr tells him he will come back in a week - if Ifan wants to go with him, he should be ready to go then. Ifan seriously considers going with him that night, but the next day, Damien finds Ifan and asks him to make him a magical eye that will see only the truth - he wants to use it on his wife to see if she really loves him. Ifan spends the week working on the eye, but he has a different plan - he wants Damien to use it on him first, so he can see how much Ifan loves him and will finally give up on his wife and love Ifan. The morning Llyr is going to come back, Damien comes to Ifan's rooms to get his eye. Before Ifan can give it to him, Damien kisses him to thank him for making it, which is when Llyr walks in and sees them. He is much confused and hurt by this, and runs off.
Damien is furious when he understands who Llyr is and why he was there, and refuses to speak to Ifan. Ifan, desperate to win him back (well, win him at all), gives him the eye and begs him to use it on him, which Damien does. He sees that Ifan is in love with him, and is overcome by his realization of how stupidly he has acted and how badly he has used Ifan. Sadly, he is still not in love with him; they have some kind of nice heart to heart in which Damien figures out that he has been going about things really really the wrong way and Ifan decides that he has to leave even though he still loves Damien. He goes chasing after Llyr; unfortunately, he rather forgot that the real world, unlike the realm of the faerie, has such things as weather and seasons. He comes out in a massive snowstorm, gets immediately lost, and finally gets swept up by the cold, badly flooded river. He nearly dies, but Llyr, who had been coming back to see him one last time, hears his shouts and saves him. They have the final conversation of the story, in which Ifan admits that he may never love Llyr the way Llyr loves but does like him as a friend and is willing to try to make it work anyway, and Llyr thinks about ditching him and but decides he can live with that and agrees.
The End
Does this sound like it could be a story of not-monumental suckage?