Apparently there was already a temple garden with birds

[huinare]

  Mairon: Huinárë, we need to talk.
  Me: Yes, I know, I'll work on it tonight, I promise.
  Mairon: Your promises tend to be empty, yet this was not what I wished to speak about. I wanted to bring your attention to the fact that you appear to have named our latest story after a series of collectors' plates.
  Me: ... Well technically, the story title has a definite article in front of it whereas these plates don't, and also their gardens are plural and ours is singular.
  Mairon: It's close enough to be embarrassing. Although, this one isn't half bad.  I require the Cranes of Eternal Life.

  Me: I am not buying you a collectible plate.
  Mairon: You do not think I deserve a collectible plate?
  Me: Okay, how about Goldfinches of Virtue?

  Mairon: We're done here.

Comments

[wheelrider.livejournal.com]

Ah, when Google brings unexpected giggle material.

"I require..." ha ha!
Didn't think such tame and traditional material would be in keeping with Mairon's taste. (They also look suspiciously.. New England-y or like a lot of the "country crap" one sees in rural collectible stores around here.)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

I decided to use AO3's import feature to import the story from SWG, just googled "The Birds of the Temple Garden" since I was feeling lazy, presuming that would immediately give me my story on SWG, but--PLATES.

Hey, it's only the Cranes of Eternal Life that are to his taste. He and I agree it's hard to make cranes unappealing in art, plus the whole eternal life thing when one is using a peoples' fear of death to manipulate them seemed apropos. Not so much the Goldfinches of Virtue!

[wheelrider.livejournal.com]

Well, you and Mairon and I agree on that point. I got lost looking at the Imperial Goldcrests or whatever cheesy snow scene that is. ("Imperial" my ass.)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

These magnificent creatures?



At only ~$30, this is practically giving itself away, buy now!