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| Droplets by perelleth | 12 Review(s) |
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| NTGDFIiWsoj | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/9/2012 |
| Oh.Em.Gee… I can see a peecrft rose in that droplet of water. That is amazing, Jessica!!! Well done!!! The colors are so vibrant too. | |
| Nariel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 6/17/2007 |
| I just had a really wierd thought. After reading this it came into my head that Finrod was more mortal Atani than shining Elda. I realise though that my thought was not very original, but hey no one else is speaking out. *Come out, come out wherever you are* if you had this thought already. Don't you ever have the thought that if Finrod had the choice between a mortal or immortal life he would choose the mortal life even if he still loved Amarie? Now in the story you wrote something about Maedhros being in the position of Clegorm and Curufin. THAT would be a story to write! Especially if the author used first person. Wouldn't that be angsty? Well, Namarie! Author Reply: Thank you, Nariel. What I like of TOlkien's world is that there is plenty of room for all of us to imagine and plot with his characters since everything is so opne! :-) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/28/2007 |
| Namo would undoubtedly find such conversations diverting as well as difficult. And between the Firstborn and the Edain--with a good deal of grace, they do win through in the end--if again at great cost and loss. Author Reply: Namo would surely be laughing with them, and shaking his head in certain pride, I think, that they finally found sterngth and comofrt in what they had learnt from the Valar. Thank you, LArner. | |
| MithLuin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/24/2007 |
| *Beautifully* done. Wonderfully, perfectly, brutally honest despair that veers away at the last second from madness and plunges on to hope. I salute you! And I am very glad that Fingon has Maedhros to drink with, even if the battle they are plotting leads to his death. Author Reply: Thank you, MIth Luin! Brutal is a word that i think describes MAedhros attitude here. I am so glad that you liked it. It was a bitter moment between two friends who are impossibly apart and yet still close, for good and bad. | |
| Haleth | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/3/2006 |
| Many people interpret the fate of the sons of Feanor as having been sealed by their Oath. It's very refreshing to see someone taking an alternative interpretation and giving them a tiny flicker of hope. It's really good to see someone very familiar with both the Silmarillion and HoME using the ideas expressed there to develop the characters and give us a small window into their interactions. For whatever reason, it never before occurred to me how very much alone Fingon must have been after Fingolfin and Finrod's deaths, Turgons disappearance and sending Erenion to live with Cirdan. Thank you for the insight. Author Reply: Thanks to you, Haleth. Finrod's compassionate words to Andreth could not come out from sudden inspiration but from a deep knowledge, I believe. So I like to think that they could stil hold on to that certainty, that forgiveness and redemption could still be theirs because of Eru's grace and not because of anything they did or failed to. it never before occurred to me how very much alone Fingon must have been... Maedhros was struck by the same thought here... and they were the best of friends, so do not feel guilty.. :-) | |
| Eruanneth_Luin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/28/2006 |
| Ah, Perelleth, think not you are the only one who wishes to read and write tales of the less ‘popular’ elves (yes, I wrote a short Maedhros tale and co-authored a longer one of Maglor). Your story was recommended reading and I found it both intensely gripping and revealing. That these two ‘best of friends in better times’ can still come together and heal the breaches of Doom and treasons says much for the enduring strength of friendship. Thank you for this poignant glimpse that emphasizes not only the plunge from the heights of creative beauty to the morass of an un-winnable war, but also the effects of those involved in the still ongoing struggle against evil. Author Reply: Thank-you Eruanneth, I'm glad that the recommendation worked for you ! :-) It is a tale that began with the music, and the struggle extended as long as Arda lasted, involving different peoples. And these two had a particularly sad lot in it. | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/25/2006 |
| I missed this. But I am glad I found it now when I could give it proper attention. This is so very well done. The history and range of emotions ring very true. .and I say it again, no one does conflict as well as you - but the end is my favorite. We know Finrod already walks wtih his father beneath the trees in Valinor again, so indeed Mandos must have listened to him and said enough! But I love how you've drawn his philsophical musings into this. The hopelessness and yet drive of Maedhros, the bitterness of Fingon's lot - the fear of treason and treachery - this is not easy tale, nor are the squabbles petty. When these elves fell, they fell from a great height. And I just love that Finrod knew that redemption would come. Author Reply: I'm particularly thrilled that you liked this piece! Whenever i read the conversation between Finrod and Andreth I'm moved by the generosity of thought of the Elf, but also by the the secondary level, where an old man tries to reasure himself through his imagination and his worldbuilding, as his life progresses and the end is closer than the beginning... When these elves fell, they fell from a great height YOu are so right, I think. And at this particular time I think this wa a kind of point of no return, when mAedhros has not yet fallen much lower than his friend, but has seen madness in his murderous brothers; when he sees how deep he can drag his friend and yet knows that both are doomed and with no escape, as he thinks, and how the betrayed cousin's words reach to him beyond a horrible death to offer a last gift of hope and redemption...that will be useless in the end, because MAedhros was never ready to embrace grace and redemption. | |
| elliska | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/22/2006 |
| Catching up... Wow! This is just packed! A king is he that can hold his own... I love M's reflections on his own words as he travels through the destroyed lands. I always did think that comment on his part was arrogant and you show why very well here. It must have been the day you made me High Prince of the Noldor, Cousin, when I finally understood how doomed I was… Wow, I never thought of it that way. Too true. What must Fingolfin and his sons have thought when M gave up his claim! And Fingon's mood is so incredibly well portrayed here--the many evil deeds, his losses, what Luthien accomplished when they could not, the betrayals... His full doom really becomes thoroughly evident. And M must face that pain. The reader feels for them very powerfully throughout this conversation. And the discussion of estel. Very powerful. I really enjoyed this (I do love First Age stories)! Author Reply: Thank-you elliska! I too love first age a lot, so I'm glad that you liked this. It is a very complex time, and with the scent of tragedy around all of them. It was an impossible fight, and they must have found out at some point, yet they could not submit, and knowing that their defeat was a matter of time, it must have been truly difficult for them. And specially for these two, struggling to keep their friendhip even for political reasons, despite the grudge and tiredness. Glad that it came through, for at this point I believe that both are deserving of pity... | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/16/2006 |
| Too tired from travelling to write a long review, but I really enjoyed this. I love the mixed feelings evident in both Fingon and Maedhros when they greet each other, and the sense that they're rebuilding an old, damaged friendship. They both needed that drink, and it seems to have helped them loosen their hearts a little. Regardless of the hangovers, they'll feel better about the world and each other in the morning. Author Reply: Glad that you liked it, FP! And who knows if elves suffer from hangovers? maybe it is one of those things Tolkien Never Said about Elves! Seriously, this had been around in the form of two drabbles and short paragraphs of a time that intrigued me, and somehow it made sense through Maedhros' voice, who seems to me a difficult character. I suposse that at this time he still had hopes of fulfilling his oath or die as honorably as he could trying. | |
| Redheredh | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/16/2006 |
| Ya know, I really like this. Exactly the kind of conversation I would want to overhear and observe. Actually, it's rather brilliant. You examine so much in a Socratic/Tennessee Williams kind of way. Very emotional and entertaining. Very well written. My thing with the Oath is that those who took it faced Everlasting Darkness - the Abyss, Hell - if they did not fulfill it. Because of both fear and pride, they would not take it back when they had the chance. Making apologies and seeking forgiveness requires humility, admitting terrible mistakes and being willing to make penance. If going to Hell was that penance, I can see their dilemma. Til the last, the Sons of Feanor, Maedhros and Maglor included, had difficulty seeing that the means was just as important as the ends. The greater good was badly served. Free will. A bonus and a bitch for the immortal Eldar, the higher born Children of Iluvatar. Even angels sin. But, thinking of the Feanoreans fulfilling their destructive lives with a false sense of dignity is sad. Finrod simply believes in Eru's forgivness and redemption for his own kind despite losing their struggle against sin. I loved your taking a look at these pivotal days from these characters' viewpoint. Now, I do go with Orodreth being Gil-galad's dad, but you've got his other parentage nicely and believably worked out. The cousin's personalities are quite well-drawn. As always, you make me laugh at human nature and its endearing frailties in the shape of elves. I hope you have more of this sort of thing left to dig out of that hard disk of yours. :) Author Reply: Thank-you Redheredh! and I apologize that it took me so long to answer! yet I'm thriled that you liked this conversation! I agree with you, that to the Feanorians, above all to Maglor and Maedhros, the alternative to the oath had to be unthinkable, and they are so wrong in their conception even in the end, when Maedhros prefers to condemn himself further than to run the risk of carrying the fight to the Blessed realm.. But at this point I believe that Maedhos would have been ready to die a glorious death confronting Morgoth in balttle, and would have liked a swift, brave end, even in victory, so he could claim "remember me and not my fate..." but life would not be gentle to them. And of course the doom said that they would be long in Mandos, but not that they would never return... Surely at this stage of his life he was stil entitled to some frail hope... I hope you have more of this sort of thing left to dig out of that hard disk of yours. :) LOLOL! yes there are a number of things, witing for the time and the right inspiration... | |