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Knew I Love Once?  by Thranduil Oropherion Redux 9 Review(s)
VirtuellaReviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/7/2010
Beautifully done!

Author Reply: Thank you so much!

CalenharnReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/11/2010
I see another reader referred to you as "randy", which is the name I was alluding to, among the readers (and you were a most Thoughtful Reader (not a name, a description)) in that universe. So I am presuming that my guess was correct. ;)


Nieriel RainaReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/8/2010
Hi ya Randy! Nice to see you here at SoA! :) Love this one. Great emotions. So much conveyed in so few words. Nicely done.

Author Reply: Thank you! I'm gratified (and a little surprised) to be here.

Jay of LasgalenReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/8/2010
What a sad, poignant farewell. I think you've caught the grief of the characters perfectly, and compounded it by Legolas's sea-longing.


Jay


Author Reply: Thank you. I always found the ending in the Appendices very sad, with Arwen riding north and Legolas sailing. This somber poem fit so well.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/7/2010
And such love each held for him. Poignant.

Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

CalenharnReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/7/2010
Beautifully written... (though after reading that third section there is only one universe that comes to my mind... and I am now wondering if you were one (particular) Thoughtful Reader of that universe).

Author Reply: It's possible -- there are so many possible universes -- although I never went by the name of Thoughtful Reader.

I'm glad you liked this.

ellieReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/7/2010
Very beautiful, I like the way you used the quotes.

Author Reply: Thank you. This poem, when I found it, was just too perfect not to use.

lisseReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/7/2010
A beautiful piece. I enjoyed it.

Author Reply: Thank you! I had help from Faulkner's lovely poem.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/6/2010
That's a very poignant and beautifully written farewell between two who are so similar, and yet share such dissimilar fates. I was especially moved by Legolas' acknowledgment of the 'two smaller beds'. *sniff*

Author Reply: Hurrah -- my first review! Thank you for noticing the mention of Merry and Pippin's small biers. It must have been very hard for Legolas to lose them one by one.

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