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Far Horizons  by Bodkin 5 Review(s)
NilmandraReviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/10/2004
Ok, may I just say I really enjoyed Galadriel and Thranduil sniping at each other, and nearly being sent to their rooms without desert?

Good punishment for Calion, I think - poor thing still seems to be a sacrificial lamb, now to the high king, who, it appears is very wise.

E2, on the other hand, are going to get their hands slapped by their naneth if they are not nice. I did rather enjoy Elladan's outburst. Oh, and forgot to mention, I loved Celebrian last chapter - she who is wonderfully suspicious and and resourceful.

Author Reply: I keep trying to set them up for a confrontation - but they are very practised at sliding out of it. I think Thranduil might have to let Galadriel win - he couldn't fight dirty, could he?

It will do Calion good - although it might not feel like it right now. E2 - well, they are defending their friend. But not in a way that naneth's approve of.

Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/4/2004
"‘Any threat to my friend, or any member of his family, or household, or race – and I will have a knife at your throat faster than you can say Feanor – understood?’"

That is a good line! Love it!


Author Reply: And very Elladan, I feel.

(It's difficult to say - yes, I liked that line, too, when you wrote it - but I did! There are some others here and there as well, that make me grin.)


AliceReviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/4/2004
I'm really enjoying this story. I can never decided which plotline I want to get back to faster. There's Glorfindel and Rindor the spymaster with a spy in their midst and a mysterious creature watching them and reporting back to his mistress. There's the trouble at home with Calion and Legolas now being forced in one another's company for a century. Let's hope that they become friends because otherwise that century is going to be very, very long. There's trouble at home and abroad. It's all very interesting. I look forward to the next chapter.

Author Reply: It is getting quite complicated to keep track of everything that is going on! (But it is fun!)

I tend to think that these elf lords probably had pretty big households full of people working in stables / gardens / kitchens and so on. It would probably be possible to have Calion shovelling manure for a century and see very little of him. (Although I doubt that will happen!)

Lots of trouble. I don't think that will stop just yet.

Thank you for reading.

Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/4/2004
Oh that was priceless--that is a punishment MUCH worse than exile. Very good for you. Great chapter.

Author Reply: It could be considered a way of punishing the victim as well as the criminal - but it seemed a good way of having someone pay off a debt to society. And knowing you would spend a period of years in service to someone you sinned against would be a pretty good deterrent.

Thank you - I hope you continue to enjoy it.

daw the minstrelReviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/4/2004
The image of people drawing away from Calion was great. You can see how isolated he feels.

Loved the tension in this:‘She and Nisimalote and the little ones will be safe staying with Naneth.’
Drawing a sharp breath, Legolas gave a brief nod. ‘They had better be,’ he said.

I also liked Thranduil and Elrond plotting on how to keep their sons safe. They seem to have accepted their sons as adults, which is interesting. Of course, that doesn't stop Thranduil from being ticked off when Legolas asks for mercy for Calion. What a funny sentence though! Legolas and Calion are condemned to spend a century together. How awful! LOL

Celeborn is bad to laugh at Galadriel and Thranduil, who are both so irritated.



Author Reply: Poor lad - his family isn't up to much, abandoning him like that. He must have felt a complete leper. Even his name made everyone draw away from him.

Worrying - E2L have achieved the hostages to fortune that they have never had before. It's all very well being reckless when it's just you, but there's a whole new meaning to safety when it's your kids.

I think Thranduil and Elrond know they're adults deep down, even though they would quite like to keep them locked away with Naneth - and they now have younger ones to shield, too.

I spent ages - (well, some time, anyway)- thinking about elves and punishment and came to the conclusion that they were not likely to go for violent sentences, or have prisons - and would probably be more into community service, with exile from society for the worst offences - and taken to an extreme, if you offend against a person, you owe them, so being forced into a period of service seemed appropriate - a bit like weregild, it would be a way of paying off your debt.

I think Celeborn finds the Galadriel/Thranduil edginess quite amusing - and feels they should outgrow it.

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