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| Fragments of a love story by Nesta | 2 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/24/2009 |
| I caught the "The Last Ship" reference at once, of course, although my favorite in that collection is "The Cat." And I love that it inspired this story and your Firiel. Am currently writing about the original of that name, myself! Ardor on the part of those of Telcontar's line has been rather singleminded, hasn't it? And now to see how it all plays out! I'd wondered if Legolas was involved in one way or another with her disappearances, and am pleased to know I was right. Author Reply: At long last, another TB fan! I like 'The Cat' as well - it seems so simple, and yet it plays so cleverly with words and rhymes. Very true about what cats are like, too, although a friend of mine has a cat who's so fat she's spherical, and who plainly never dreams of anything but cream. Legolas didn't engineer Fíriel's disappearances, but he did welcome her. I think that quite soon in the Fourth Age, Elves would start to retreat from Men until they became a bit of a legend. As for going over Sea, I don't think this really happened - it was just the dream-form taken by Fíriel's desire to escape. I don't think the Fíriel poem is meant to be 'real' either, because Elves didn't pick up people and take them to Valinor just like that. As I wanted to work it, the poem is a Gondorian folktale remotely based on Fíriel's adventure. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/23/2009 |
| Oh, she's that Firiel - what a stroke of fanfictional genius! I don't think Aragorn would have wed Arwen if Arwen had not loved him, though. Author Reply: I always loved that particular poem in 'Tom Bombadil'. I'm one of the comparatively few admirers of Tolkien's verse overall! Arwen was different anyway, I think. She was 'too far above' Aragorn for him to dream of influencing her in any way that didn't come from deep inside her. And who knows what inner struggles she went through before and after being betrothed to him? | |