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| To Water the Dust by Eruanna | 7 Review(s) |
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| naiade | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/17/2006 |
| I have just discovered this story of such subtle power that I'm still shivering from its beauty. Glad that it won an award. Congratulations, and thank you for sharing, this, Eruanna. Author Reply: Thank you for such a kind and truly moving review! I'm very glad you enjoyed this story. Blessings, Eruanna | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/9/2005 | |
| Brilliant use of Ulmo as the author of that stream in Mordor. One tiny beta note -- and only because the rest of it is so wonderfully canonical -- by this time they had only one water bottle. Author Reply: *blushes* I can't believe I missed that! Thank you so much for the tip, and the lovely comment! Blessings, Eruanna | |
| docmon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/5/2005 |
| wonderfully written vignette. the distance you put between the hobbits and the reader by using 'the stronger one' and the 'burdened one' worked well to let us take the water's pov. the descriptions of the land having no memory, then remembering something akin to life, then returning back to the lifeless state without memory, terrific images, all of it. I like how you make it the blessing of the Lord of the Waters. It gave it all more meaning, especially your last line, that he dreamt of the sea. wonderfull. Author Reply: Wow, thank you! You know, some of the things you say I had never even thought of before. ;) But I really wanted to show the differences between the two hobbits, and how each has his own peculiar type of courage. And I can't help but think that Frodo and Ulmo must have had some sort of connection, even if only tenuous. I'm very glad you liked this! Thank you for such a lovely and thoughtful review! Blessings, Eruanna | |
| Eruanneth_Luin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/29/2005 |
| Such joy to know that we have not been utterly forsaken when all around us is bitter despair. How many times do we also find that unlooked-for relief and foget the One providing it.Your defining the two wanderers as the strong one and the burdened one is evocative of the advantages of friendship in times of trial. Thank you for a tender story of hope amid hopelessness. Author Reply: Wow, your review is beautifully written. Hum, I guess that may sound odd, but what I mean is you really have a lovely way of putting your words together. Thank you for such a moving review! It truly is a joy to know that we are not forsaken, and indeed there is only One who has ever been utterly forsaken, so that we might not be. This passage of LOTR has been of immense importance to me during my own periods of bitter despair, as I waited for that looked-for relief that comes trickling down beyond hope. I am glad if I can have conveyed even a fraction of that feeling in this story. Blessings, Eruanna | |
| Citrine | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/28/2005 |
| This is beautiful, you know, and your quotation makes me want to read The Silmarillion again. You have such a way with words here: '...the burdened one dreams of the sea.' That makes my eyes well up. I don't know if you've ever read Teasel's excellent story 'On Gorgoroth Plain', but this reminds me of it in a very, very good way. Author Reply: Ah, I think I want to read The Silmarillion again myself. Or LOTR for that matter. You discover so many new things every time you read it... I wanted to do something with Frodo and Ulmo, because it always struck me that the little stream in Mordor couldn't be just a coincidence. In Unfinished Tales, Ulmo calls his messenger, Tuor, with a stream that suddenly springs out of the ground. Once he follows the spring, the sound of the sea sinks deep in Tuor's heart, and he dreams of it ever after. And Frodo has many dreams of the sea, of course, and there is so much in The Silmarillion about the song of the waters calling to people that I thought it couldn't be just an accident. Well, that was quite a long ramble! I apoligize. ;) Thank you for the lovely review! I have not read Teasel's story, but I think I will go look it up now. Thanks for the tip! Blessings, Eruanna | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/28/2005 |
| This is sweet and sad and very, very gentle, a wonderful blending of LOTR, the Silmarillion, and your own imagination filling in the gaps. Thank you very much for this one--it is a keeper. Author Reply: Thank you! You have such a way with words in your comments, and I'm afraid I can't match that. ;) But I'm very glad you like it, and thank you for such high praise! Blessings, Eruanna | |
| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/28/2005 |
| Oh, I love this sad, yet hopeful little story! You have done a wonderful job of tying canon into the heart of it, and the thought that Ulmo sent that little rill of water to strengthen Frodo and Sam just when they needed it most is so believable and heartening, too! The descriptions of the land - how it has forgotten the feel of water - are most effective and affecting. I almost cried when the water dried up after the two hobbits had passed, pointing even more strongly to the divine intervention of the Lord of Waters (and of course the quote from THE SILMARILLION was perfect). A lovely, lovely piece of work, Eruanna. Thank you for sharing. linda Author Reply: Thank you so much for such a kind review! I'm very glad someone enjoyed it. :) This idea has been kicking about in my head for a long time now, and I finally managed to get it on paper. That section of the book has always been one of the most moving for me (I'm near tears every time I read it), so I'm certainly glad to have conveyed something of that feeling! Thank you again for your review! Blessings, Eruanna | |