King Arthur Drabble: "The Just Man Justices"

[amari_z]

Title: The Just Man Justices
Author:amari
Word Count: 100
Notes: For ka100 Challenge #17 again. Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem: As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame. Text of poem is here. I didn't mean to write another, but, well, the line used here as the title just kept bugging me.



Even still, with all he has seen and done, Arthur yet believes that man is made in God’s image, and so man, when he is truest to himself, is innately just.

As he stares into the empty darkness and balances what he wants against what he needs, what he feels against what he believes, one man against a multitude, he knows which way the scales will tilt. For while there is a place for compassion in justice, there are no means to weigh love.

Still, he wonders how it can be that being what he is causes him such pain.

Comments

[far-mountain.livejournal.com]

Ah, Arthur.

Even when he does everything right he suffers.

What an insightful moment you've created. I especially liked him staring out into the darkness where no answers dwell, that at night he, just like everyone else, is left alone with his doubts and questions.

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

Ah, but who says he's doing everything right? ; ) Thanks for reading!

[far-mountain.livejournal.com]

Hm.

How about even when he *thinks* he's doing everything right?

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

*LOL* Yeah, that would be him. Self-righteous git. : )

[far-mountain.livejournal.com]

And we luv 'im. :-)

Such rich material for fic.

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's why we like to torture write stories about him. : )

[sasha-b.livejournal.com]

...yea, verily, that is my Arthur.

Well done, darlin. Rang very true for such a small amount of words.

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you liked it!

[mistressmarilyn.livejournal.com]

Wonderful insight to Arthur. And well written as usual.

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much!

[just-jimbo.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... interesting.

I do see Arthur as a man who has shouldered his responsibility like a heavy mantle, and happiness is not something he really knows (certainly by the end of the movie, especially).

[amari-z.livejournal.com]

While I don't think his characterization in the movie is actually very well done, personally, I don't view him as the type of person who would base his decisions on what would make him happy.

Thanks for reading!