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| An Alphabet for Middle-earth by Dreamflower | 14 Review(s) |
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| Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/15/2016 | |
| I could well see that happening. Poor Elrond for having to inflict more pain and poor Frodo for having to suffer it. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/29/2007 |
| I never thought of that before - that if Frodo was aware, it would seem much the same to him - the stabbing at Weathertop meant to kill and the stabbing at Rivendell meant to heal and have him live. The shard was a tiny foe to Frodo, but he was a tiny foe to Sauron - the first didn't succeed and the second did (with Iluvatar's help). Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: You are quite right about that. I don't think Frodo was fully aware, but he was aware enough to register the pain. Hopefully he would not remember this later. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/12/2007 |
| It would take something like that wretched Morgul-knife shard to make Elrond seem evil! I do hope Frodo doesn't remember this moment. Nice bit of reassurance from Aragorn. Author Reply: I don't think Frodo will remember, or if he does, he'll just think it was more of his nightmare. I think Aragorn would have known how Elrond felt at a moment like that. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/9/2007 |
| What a fascinating connection you have made! I think Aragorn has the right of it. Frodo will never know it was Elrond he last saw, and will simply think it was part of his dream. Author Reply: Yes, I do think Aragorn would have been right about that; still, I'm sure it distressed poor Elrond anyway. | |
| PIppinfan1988 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/8/2007 |
| Wow...you're doing an awesome job with these alphabets! I think it's cool how you can play with words like this. And the tales are fantastic. :-) Of course an ill Frodo - himself nearly a Wraith - would perceive Elrond as something opposite, such as evil, someone to inflict pain. You've portrayed a very interesting view here. PF Author Reply: It's a lot of fun to see what I can do with these prompts. The ones for "I" and "J" are going to be a bit difficult, I think... It seemed to me that just swimming about in his delirium, he might see it that way. I was quite surprised when SurgicalSteel told me that it's realistic and not uncommon--that patients in surgery often will see the doctor as evil! | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/8/2007 |
| Not a vision of Elrond that Frodo will treasure if he recalls it. Sometimes we really have no choice but to inflict pain in order to do good. Author Reply: Hopefully, Frodo won't remember it. But, yes, sometimes that's true--and the one the pain's inflicted on may see it in the wrong way. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/7/2007 |
| Oh my! I'd never thought of that! Well done, Dreamflower :-) Author Reply: Thank you! 8-) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/7/2007 |
| Oh, a terrible thing to have to remember! Poor Frodo, and poor Elrond. Author Reply: Yes, I'm sure it was traumatic for them both. But hopefully, at least, Frodo might not have remembered very much of it--and the thought of what he *did* remember, perhaps blended into the original memories of his wounding. Poor Elrond, though, to know he'd inflicted such pain in order to heal. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/7/2007 |
| such a tiny foe to be so fell and loathsome. Indeed, and so was the ring! Well done Dreamflower. A difficult one to do given the Prof's description of Elrond. Author Reply: It does seem, somehow, that there may perhaps been a "sub-theme" about that in LotR; evil is, so very often, something tiny whose effect grows and grows... Yes, to try and picture, Elrond, who is described as "kind as summer", as being "evil" simply did not work for me. But in those circumstances, I *could* imagine Frodo *seeing* hm that way. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/6/2007 |
| I like this, and I think you're right. The pain Elrond caused as he healed probably would have been hard for Frodo to distinguish from the original pain. Author Reply: It just seemed sense to me under the circumstances. He was inflicting pain in the same place that the Nazgul did. I was quite gratified when SurgicalSteel told me in a LiveJournal review that it is actually quite common for patients at some point to perceive their surgeons as "evil". | |