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Branwyn's Bijoux  by Branwyn 3 Review(s)
Raksha The DemonReviewed Chapter: 3 on 11/2/2007
This is so sad! Poor Maglor, stuck in Middle-earth lamenting his sorrow, through millenia even down to our recent history. Adding the reference to the Micmac is an interesting touch that works very well.

Haunting in more than one sense of the word!

Author Reply: Thanks for your kind comments! Tolkien says that the memory of him faded from the earth, but there is no record of his death.

annmarwalkReviewed Chapter: 3 on 11/2/2007
Suitably creepy, and a nicely subtle crossover. (Did you ever visit "Mystery Hill", in New Hampshire, when you were growing up? This story so reminded me of the legends about that site! Even if there was no lake involved. *shivers*)

Author Reply: Tolkien says that Maglor's fate was unknown, and since elves are immortal, he could still be moping around somewhere.

No, my sibs and I didn't get to "Mystery Hill," which sounds much better than the roadside attractions we did see. Like the amazing, bottomless "Blue Hole." Which actually wasn't bottomless or even blue. It is just an artesian well. And we also saw the world's biggest (at that time, anyway) steam shovel, "Big Muskie." Have you ever visited the "Roadside Attractions" website? I have been to an embarassing number of those places.

Thanks so much for commenting!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 11/2/2007
Marvelous. So, he tried sailing, but couldn't find Valinor, perhaps? And now he faces the rising son rather than the setting sun? Alas for Maglor!

Excellent mixing of traditions.

Author Reply: I believe that the Valar summoned him, but he didn't want to go to Valinor (maybe he felt unworthy or maybe he decided he had too many enemies there?). You are right that he is on the wrong coast. Maybe he took ship on a freighter to the New World, earning his keep as a member of the crew.
Glad you liked this!

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