FIC: Shades of Meaning

[mharific]

Title: Shades of Meaning
Fandom: Westmark
Rating: PG-13
Words: 131
Disclaimer: They belong to Mr. Alexander. I'm just playing with them.
Summary: Zara and Florian speak different languages.
Notes: For fanfic100 #011, "red".


She's hard, thin, sharp: all short words with pointed ends. She wields them against herself, against her red hair, her flat body, her thin hands in which the veins show like mold. She knows other words too, equally harsh: fool, cat, brat, bitch. They rattle in her head, becoming a meaningless noise, like her breath.

Florian has other words for her. Russet, he says, in a voice that makes her awful hair sound like silk; and auburn, warm as velvet. Tigress, he says laughing, as though her claws, her snarls, her spite, were something grand and wild.

Indomitable, he says, and indispensable.

Marvel.

Divinity.

She knows it's nonsense; it's all words, most of them meaning nothing. But she wants, all the same, to be as beautiful as he makes her sound.

Comments

[saldemonium.livejournal.com]

Lovely. So very visual. I've never read Westmark, but you make the people sound interesting.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Sankyuu. That means I'm doing something right, then, because they are interesting. :D A little crazy, but interesting.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh.

^_^;; You make me ashamed to play her. You know her so well. Oh. <3333 Scratchkitty.

[mharific.livejournal.com]

Right, miss, as if you don't influence my characterization like mad. :D

She is a troublesome girl, isn't she?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Shh, I have nothing to do with her. You'll note she hasn't said a word in ages (actually, I think I've figured out something to do with my characterisation and what's going wrong with playing her--I shall probably bibble at you to-night).

Absolutely dreadful. XD We got her to write to Mordred, but not very much.

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Whee, sock-bibbling! One of life's great joys. ^_^

He appreciates that. We think.

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Hello!

I was so excited to see that someone had claimed this series on fanfic100. I absolutely *love* Lloyd Alexander, and Westmark is my favorite of his works. Yay!

That said, this was quite a lovely little ficlet. I think this adds a deeper dimension to Zara's character because it takes her beyond what we see in the books.

Well done!

[mharific.livejournal.com]

^_^! Thanks! Always fun to find more fans.

Now to actually get somewhere on the silly challenge. *cough*