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| The Shadow in the Past by Itarille | 2 Review(s) |
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| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 11/22/2024 |
| Lovely description of how Faramir might've found Denethor's ashes. It is written with care and wit and i really enjoy your attention to details. Standing alone in the quiet place, Faramir could well imagine his father’s last moments. The thought that nothing else mattered, the conviction that darkness had won and day would not come again, the crackling of firewood, the smell of burning flesh, the unbearable heat—but how could he say unbearable? Someone had borne it. It is painful to imagine but I think you wrote this very well. The last part of Faramir having discovered Denethor leaving him heirlooms is a good ending and i especially liked the part that Denethor thinks Faramir will eventually wed. Author Reply: Thank you! Since there was rain, which would have entered the building and eventually quenched the fire (the dome / roof was damaged), it is possible that the body was not fully cremated. The remains could be even more disturbing than what I've described, but I intentionally avoided making it too gory. I would assume Hurin took care of any particularly gruesome details. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 11/9/2024 |
| His father had loved him; he would leave it at that. His father, mother and brother were gone; but they had loved him, and he would cherish the memory of their life together. Faramir has been well and truly healed, and the slow-growing despair that consumed his father will never happen to him. Now come the days of the King, and his wise Steward. Thank you for such a wonderful story. Author Reply: Thank you for reading and leaving a review! He is healed, though I think he will carry within him the sadness he felt for his father all his life. | |