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Elf, Interrupted: Book One: Glorfindel Redux  by Fiondil 5 Review(s)
TariReviewed Chapter: 84 on 4/15/2008
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Mushroom tarts sounds so good. I love mushrooms

And isn't obedience a problem we all have. I know I don't always listen and many times people don't listen to me. We hear, but we don't listen. This can cause us to make false assumptions. How did you get to be so wise?


Author Reply: Wisdom has nothing to do with it, but experience does. I have as hard a time listening as the next person and that's the hardest thing to do, to listen and as you say not make assumptions, false or otherwise.

And I love mushrooms, too. In that, I'm a Hobbit at heart. *grin*

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 84 on 2/14/2008
Certainly giving heed is one skill many of us must learn to master. And he learns--somewhat slowly, apparently.

And I see his is the heart--and stomach--of a Hobbit. I think that he would be one to appreciate Bilbo and Frodo when they reach Tol Eressea.

Author Reply: Slow to learn, perhaps, but learning nonetheless... and I'm sure Frodo and Sam would make him an honorary hobbit just because of his stomach. *grin*

KittyReviewed Chapter: 84 on 5/3/2007
Oh, you’re back already? Now I have to hurry with the remaining reviews, or you’ll soon have doubled the number of chapters I don’t have reviewed yet ;-)

"Can I help it if I like food?" You should introduce Ingwion to Frodo and Sam when they are on Tol Eressëa. They would get along very well ;-)

Am sympathising with Ingwion – I fear I would feel the same way as he, even if it may be irrational when one thinks things through or in hindsight. And to be related to Fëanor must have been quite a shock for him.

But it is not fair to blame Glorfindel for his problems. It may have started with Glorfindel’s disappearance, but Glorfindel had nothing to do with what Ingwion did. I can only hope that was only a silly thought in the first anger and vanished after his talk with Námo and Ulmo.

Author Reply: Ingwion is probably feeling too many things at once to know which way is up anymore. He, of course, is not actually related to Fëanor except through Arafinwë, although a Hobbit would probably be able to figure out the exact relationship with no problem, but certainly to be compared to Fëanor would be shocking to him. Usually, when we are called on the carpet for something we've done we start out in denial by trying to pin the blame on someone else. Ingwion recognizes that Glorfindel's presence in hi8 life has been the catalyst for the changes within him, but he is not to be blamed for what Ingwion ultimately decides to do with those changes. It's easier to blame another than to own up to our own failings (although I doubt the Valar see this as a failing and are rejoicing that Ingwion is taking the first faltering steps towards a truer and more mature relationship with the Valar in his act of defiance).

RadbooksReviewed Chapter: 84 on 5/1/2007
Oh, that would be hard - to be compared to Feanor! But, once you start not listening it does indeed become a slippery slope and it's very, very hard to climb back up it. Fortunately, Ingwion's heart is in the right place and I think he's willing to learn, although he was quick to shift the blame to Glorfindel. He's fortunate - though he doesn't think so right now - to have the Vala helping him so he doesn't turn against them.

Author Reply: Ingwion little realizes at this moment how much the Valar's love for him is what is keeping him from following down Fëanor's path of self-destruction. Their method of correction is probably a case of "tough love" but it is effective as it seeks to break down the self-delusional barriers Ingwion has erected around him, which is why he is able to shift the blame for his own failings to another (an all-too common practice among humans, as well).

BodkinReviewed Chapter: 84 on 5/1/2007
He's reverted to the childish stage, then. And the only way is up. Although there will doubtless be a lot of tumbles along the way!

Author Reply: Ingwion has had his entire world turned upside down and he's not even sure why, so his reverting to a childish stage is understandable under the circumstances. Eventually though he will see that a little shaking up is good for the fëa. He may come out of the experience with a more mature grasp on reality.

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