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| Steelsheen by Ecthelion of the fountain | 1 Review(s) |
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| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 999999 on 4/17/2025 |
| It may have something to do with the large amount of fanfic that I've read, that I thought that it was canonical that Morwen returned to her native lands after the death of Thengel. For some reason, it is a popular take, in the stories that I have read. I wish you luck in your Sindarin learning. I am learning Quenya, and I chose to learn it first since it seemed the easier of the two, yet it is also difficult mainly because the rules, grammar, etc are so different from both, my native language, and English. Add the fact that Tolkien's writings sometimes leaves gaps which then causes debates among the learned scholars, and no consensus. Then there is neo-Quenya... *sigh* I can only imagine how difficult it is for you in Sindarin, which is considered less complete. I would like to tell you that I find your stories beautiful, poetic and very Tolkienic in their style and themes. And it gives me inspiration, and hope, that someday, even as a non-native speaker, I will be able to wield the words of this foreign language as skillfully as you do. Author Reply: Ah—I wasn’t aware of the fandom’s popular take on this! But it’s actually wonderful that so many have noticed it and found it unsatisfying. As I mentioned in a previous reply to Lindelea, I don’t usually read fanfics—I simply write them. To me, the missing date was both a spark and a door to many possibilities. Given the lifespan of her people, Morwen might very well have still been alive during the War of the Ring! But I chose otherwise, though I tried to build a “detective” story around the mystery of her fate. Thank you again for the encouragement! I hadn’t realized English isn’t your native language either—we surely share the same struggles, and the same quiet victories, as we strive to master what we were not born into. Wishing us both the best of luck on that journey! | |