I Who Am Water by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written for the prompt: "Each year at summer’s end I go to find them for her, In a wide pool, deep and clear…" (Fellowship of the Ring, "In the House of Tom Bombadil").
A non-compilation contribution to Seasons of Middle-earth (B2MeM 2014).
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Summary:
Goldberry is the River-daughter.
Major Characters: Goldberry
Major Relationships: Goldberry/Tom Bombadil
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
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Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 111 Posted on 17 June 2023 Updated on 17 June 2023 This fanwork is complete.
I Who Am Water
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No matter how many water lilies he brings, this circle of bowls that I can lightly leap across cannot be my wide pool, deep and clear, my ancient home in the river.
‘Goldberry’, he calls me, ‘Goldberry, merry yellow berry-o!’
And I consent. I consent to be Goldberry. I sleep in Tom’s arms at night. I welcome our visitors. I sing water, I who am water; I sing rain for hobbits at summer’s end.
If I withheld my consent, I could slip the noose and turn into a nameless brook hurrying down to the Withywindle. No house or door could hold me. Not even Tom could stop me.
Chapter End Notes
When I posted this in 2014, I wrote:
Possibly influenced by a fic that I have read, but which I cannot clearly remember. If it reminds you of someone else's fic, please let me know whose it is...
I have read and love Clodia's stories featuring Goldberry.
(I did not receive any helpful response to that request and, if that fic even existed, I remember it even less now.)
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