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| Destiny's Child by Mirkwoodmaiden | 4 Review(s) |
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| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 5/4/2025 |
| Little by little, their rivalry and enmity will wear away. It’s unfortunate that others were there to hear them - but then again maybe it both forced them a little farther together than they might have been willing to go otherwise… Author Reply: PSW! Yes!! Exactly! In the face of such upheaval, petty childhood grievances pale in comparison. Even Saelith, as self absorbed as she has always been, begins to see this. A threat of humiliation (strapped the slowest horse) didn't phase her but Haere thinking she is somehow less than perfect did, and Eowyn sees that and feels for her and pities her. Revelations in times of war. And yes an audience probably help them along this path. Saelith like Lobelia Sackville Baggins will be soon, is cheered accepting Eowyn's extended hand. She had received approval for reaching beyond her own viewpoint. She choose to reach out and not to put on airs and received fervent approval for it. It has set her on a new path of thinking. Again revelations in times of war. Eowyn also is letting go. Seeing life differently. All is changing and will never be the same. Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 4/10/2025 |
| My hubbie says like Tolkien I never met a word I didn't like! Hah. Kindred spirits. I'm awfully long-winded, I'm afraid, and when I'm tired I ramble dreadfully. (((hugs))) | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 4/9/2025 |
| I'm so glad to see this new addition! Hmmm. Perhaps Holdlith is Éowyn's canary in the coal mine? What a wonderful character she is, too! Alas, poor Gamhelm. Seriously outnumbered in this battle of wits. It didn't surprise me that Éowyn is known in this outlying village. I'd imagine she has an outstanding reputation and has won the trust of the people with her previous actions and generous spirit. Somehow Waehild sounds a bit like Princess Leia in my imagination. (Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?) This word-picture reveals so much in so few words: Hidden behind a serious visage he saw in his eyes a loyalty and companionship that spoke to the need to crush a cup of good ale together. It can be quite satisfying to see someone on their high horse being taken down a peg. Éowyn's insight into Saelith's fear shows her growing maturity and understanding. I half-expected they were carrying word to the village to evacuate to Helm's Deep. Is the village not at risk from the attack expected to hit Edoras? (I still know too little about the Rohirrim, I admit.) Author Reply: Lindelea! Yep! I'm squeezing writing and reading time into the early morning hours, so I can move forward in my fanfiction along with everything else that I do. Retirement is on the far horizon and it can't get here fast enough! "Perhaps Holdlith is Éowyn's canary in the coal mine? What a wonderful character she is, too!" I Love this image! Hadn't thought of it like that yet, but yeah she kinda is! She has turned into a wonderful character! Gamhelm! Alas poor Gamhelm. What can I say, he loves strong women!! And wisely knows how to treat them. :-)) "Éowyn is known in this outlying village." I hadn't really thought about it until this chapter, but Upbourn isn't really far and it is something Eowyn would do though with less frequency! Like Gamhelm says people can see her title through to that that she genuinely cares. "Somehow Waehild sounds a bit like Princess Leia in my imagination. (Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?)" LOL! Love it!! "This word-picture reveals so much in so few words: Hidden behind a serious visage he saw in his eyes a loyalty and companionship that spoke to the need to crush a cup of good ale together." It was an image that struck me when writing. It is how I write. I have only a notion how I want to start a chapter with usually no idea how it is going to end. I write a chapter to find out where it will end. That was definitely the case with this chapter I started writing about Saelith and that is what gave me my ending. It sometimes makes for long chapter! My hubbie says like Tolkien I never met a word I didn't like! With the change of circumstance and leaving Edoras and her life of quiet despair, Eowyn is seeing life from a new perspective which allows her to view Saelith from a new perspective. Only in the film does Eowyn and the citizenry of Edoras go to Helm's Deep. I think PJ changed it to for a cleaner forward storyline. Which I completely understand. in the book Eowyn and citizenry go to Dunharrow. PJ does change quite a bit in TT, but he keeps the spirit of the Rohirrim intact I think! Thanks for writing as ever. I shall endeavor in more reading before tackling the next chapter. (((hugs))) MM | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 4/9/2025 |
| Saelith had been raised to be an ornament, either to dangle from her father’s arm or to hang on her husband’s. She knew no other way and was lost when taken out of her world, out of her element. What an important -- and compassionate -- revelation. Author Reply: Shirebound! How lovely to hear from you!! And yes, with the change of circumstance Eowyn is seeing things differently and it has given her a new perspective. thanks for writing!! (((hugs))) MM | |