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Fiondil's Tapestry  by Fiondil 12 Review(s)
6336Reviewed Chapter: 43 on 9/17/2010
Does Glorfindel realise that Mithrandir is Olorin?
Huggs,
Lynda

Author Reply: He does in my universe, Lynda. *grin*

obsidianjReviewed Chapter: 43 on 1/21/2009
What a contrast between this Glorfindel and the EI!Glorfindel. Time changes even elves. I loved the story of Bilbo's 'sword'.

Author Reply: Hi, obsidianj. I'm glad you liked this one and the story of Bilbo's 'sword'. Yes, even Glorfi eventually grows up. *lol* I hope someday to write a sequel to EI in which Glorfindel returns to Aman and has to readjust to life in the Undying Lands, though first I have to get him back to Middle-earth. *grin* Thanks for letting me know how much you liked this story. I appreciate it.

KittyReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/25/2008
Hm, Legolas feels unnerved by Glorfindel? Oh well, if he'd seen him during the first years after his rebirth, he would probably not be so in awe of him *grin* But it's a sign how much Glorfindel has matured since where we're in EI just now.

Elves and Dwarves simply do not get along. *raises brow* Oh Legolas, if you only knew you will be the one to disprove that thoroughly in only a few months time!

Loved the story Glorfindel told; that is a nice sequel to the other story where Glamdring and Sting were made. Such a pity Glorfindel never used that knife in Gondolin! Bilbo would have been so pleased to know that he fought with the same blade as the legendary Lord Glorfindel of Gondolin! Or at least to know it was Glorfindel's in the first place, as he obviously doesn't even know that.

Legolas should look deeper than the surface only, that is true, but it is easy to underestimate the Hobbits if one doesn't know them well, I think.

You know, a follow-up on this after the Quest in Minas Tirith would be interesting - how Legolas' opinion about the Hobbits and Dwarves, or at least Gimli, has changed.

Author Reply: Ah... another plotbunny! *lol* Perhaps such a sequel to this story would be appropriate. We'll have to see what the Muse says.

I'm glad you enjoyed this one, Kitty. Thanks for letting me know.

KayleeReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/24/2008
Such a wonderful little tale, meldonya! Loved the story within the story, and I knew all the Sindarin without looking. *grin* "Animadversion", hmm? *adds to vocabulary list*

This is a wonderful sequel to Blades of Destiny, meldonya. :) A very mature and grown-up Glorfy here. *grins* Finrod would be appalled. *snicker*

(Just kidding at that last part, though who knows, maybe he would be.) Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

~Kaylee!

*writing this review at five a.m. on Christmas Eve*

Author Reply: Thanks, Kaylee. I'm glad you enjoyed it. And you even remember "Blades of Destiny"! Good for you! And I think Finrod would be pleased to see this more mature Glorfindel. Of course, by the time he leaves for Middle-earth he should be more mature. I doubt the Valar would let him go if he were still acting the elfling. *grin*

Merry Christmas to you, as well.

*writing this reply at 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve*

RadbooksReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
Very, very nice. I like this mature Glorfindel very much... he has some very good wisdom to pass on. Evidently those years in Aman have not been wasted! :)

Author Reply: Apparently not! *grin* Glad you liked this one Radbooks. Thanks for letting me know.

Independence1776Reviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
I love the frame story style of this fic. It works very well, unlike others I've read.

"He loved and respected Glorfindel, both as a friend and a mentor, but sometimes this particular Elf unnerved him in ways that not even Lord Elrond could." Well, Elrond has never been to Valinor. That alone... Though if I somehow met either one, I'm not sure who'd I'd be more intimidated by.

"Elves and Dwarves simply do not get along." Famous last words, Legolas. Famous last words.

"What, by all that’s holy, are you playing at Mithrandir, bringing a Perian on this little jaunt of yours?" *laughs* This line, for some reason, just strikes me as humorous. Probably the mild swear, given exactly who he's talking to.

So Glorfindel had Sting made. Nice little expanded connection between Ages.

"That’s all right. Sometimes I still have my doubts as well." Sometimes, I think *everyone* doubted Mithrandir at one point or another.

"Remember, Thranduilion, in the end, whether we are Elves or Men, Dwarves or Halflings, we are ultimately Eru’s Children and beloved by the Belain. Never forget that." Wonderful sentence.

I understood all the Sindarin! (Even though it pretty much exhausted my knowledge.)

Wonderful story!

~ Indy

Author Reply: Hi Indy! If you read my Tapestry fic, "STING: Blades of Destiny", you will see the story of how Sting came to be.

I'm happy that you understood all the Sindarin. That's a step in the rigth direction. *grin*

I think if I were ever to meet either Elf-lord I would just be intimidated, period. *lol*

I'm glad you enjoyed this story (and the story in the story). Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate it very much.

RickReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
Another dandy! I really liked this one; especially the interaction between Legolas & Glorfindel (of course, I like practically anything about Glorfindel that's reasonably book-based). You'll be hearing from me again.


Author Reply: Thanks, Rick. I'm glad you enjoyed this tale.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
Yes, another encounter between Glorfindel and Legolas. And Legolas has a good deal to learn of his companions and himself.

Excellent advice and memories.

Author Reply: Thanks, Larner. I'm glad you enjoyed this story.

6336Reviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
Good advice for our young prince, look below the surface to what lies beneath, not everybody is how they appear, even dwarves!
I am not surprised Glorfindel did not recognise Sting, how it got from his home in Gondolin to a Trolls Hole only Atar knows!
More please,
Lynda

Author Reply: Well, it had been so long ago and literally in another life, I'm not surprised he didn't recognize Sting immediately either. And how it got from Gondolin to a Troll's hole, indeed, only Atar knows.

Calenlass GreenleafReviewed Chapter: 43 on 12/23/2008
Ah...so Sting's origins have been revealed. :) This was certainly a unique way of putting it.

Legolas-and-Glorfindel fic are far and few, and I always love your take on these two.

~Cal

Author Reply: Sting's origins were described in an earlier Tapestry fic, "STING: Blades of Destiny". I'm glad you love my take on these two Elves and I agree there are too few fics with these two together.

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