The Captain and the King
| Zine | |
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| Title: | The Captain and the King |
| Publisher: | Carolyn Golledge/Solo Press |
| Editor: | |
| Author(s): | plasticChevy |
| Cover Artist(s): | |
| Illustrator(s): | |
| Date(s): | March 2002 (first chapter, online), May 2003 (as a complete print zine) |
| Medium: | online, print |
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| Fandom: | Lord of the Rings |
| Language: | English |
| External Links: | The Captain and the King (fanfiction.net) |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
The Captain and the King is a gen novel by plasticChevy.
The first chapter was posted to the net in March 2002 and the story was finished in March 2003. The online version has a word count of more than 145,000 words and it was later published as a 187-page zine.
It has a sequel, The Steward's Tale.
Art appears on Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
Descriptions
Author's summary:
AU story - Saruman believes Isildur's Heir is carrying the Ring, so he sends his orcs to capture the Men of the Fellowship. Aragorn and Boromir are taken prisoner at Parth Galen. [1]
From the publisher's ad:
Alternate Universe, post The Fellowship of the Ring. Boromir does not die at the battle of Amon Hen, but he is wounded and then blinded by a blow with a sword. He and Aragorn, also wounded, are taken captive by the orcs on Saruman's orders. Both men wind up in the dungeons of Isengard, but are rescued, and taken to Edoras. And that's just the first couple of chapters. All the characters play their parts, but it focuses on Aragorn, Boromir and Merry. It returns Boromir to Minas Tirith by the most amazing and heroic means (not to mention nail biting!), and then the adventure really begins! It goes some way beyond the final victory against Sauron, too, as Boromir faces deadly opposition from those who believe a blind man is not fit to be Steward. But Aragorn has sworn he will have Boromir as his Steward or he will have none. The bond between the two men has been forged in the hell of Isengard and nothing can break it. [2]
Reactions and Reviews
What Stuck With Me and Why: This one again for two reasons. One, it's such a great Boromir Lives AU, that mixes films and books, and deals with a lot of the political fall out and includes all the characters and some great OCs, and deals with guilt, and loyalty and disability. I followed it when it was a WIP and was totally hooked. There was SO much loyalty and h/c. New chapters were an absolute highlight for me. As with #4, it's a real way to pick apart a universe and change it to something else without being judgy or picking on the old universe.
And then the author blew the ending. And it became a different kind of feeling: sort of an object lesson in not letting your fixation on a character overrule the logic of the universe, and to consider what might seem like grand romantic gestures might actually mean. I still can't believe that someone with such a great understanding of the characters would actually do that, and I never reread the epilogue. [3]
References
- ^ Author's Notes on Fanfiction.net
- ^ Somerescue zine info
- ^ comment by muccamukk, Meme: Ten Fic That Stayed With You, May 26, 2015