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| Destiny's Child by Mirkwoodmaiden | 125 Review(s) |
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| Fimbrethil | Reviewed Chapter: 39 on 11/4/2025 |
| “a man of such qualities” Yes! — Film: “A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor to show his quality.” “Captain Faramir. You have shone your quality, sir…the very highest.” Book: “Now’s a chance to show your quality.” “So it seems….A chance for Faramir, Captain of Gondor, to show his quality! Ha!” […] “You took the chance, sir.…and showed your quality: the very highest.” Not to mention all the other times he gains their friendship. I see Éowyn learns somewhat of the Denethor/Faramir relationship…. Finally confirmation Éowyn does actually switch rooms! And Merry smokes in Éowyn’s presence now… Pretty good combining, but because you skipped the part of the conversation about Pippin and Merry getting the pipes out, it is a little glaring when their pipes just appear. “Or if she were honest she was afraid of marriage even before that because of what it did to her mother. Within a year of her father’s death she and Éomer had lost her as well. Her mother died of a broken heart. She left them. But what Faramir's eyes offered was beyond any of these experiences and when she attempted a tenuous wave she was rewarded with the brightest, warmest smile that began in small part to take down the wall she had constructed around her heart, seemingly whether she willed it or no.” Good point about the love. I hope that love happens here, but that the death of the one doesn’t cause the death of the other. But except for possible danger in wars, which I doubt will happen in Elessar’s reign, Faramir will probably outlive Éowyn because he is more Numenorean (and a tiny but Elvish:)) Faramir getting to her heart—awwww. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 39 on 11/4/2025 |
| Merry paused here, “I would not see her hurt anymore. If you can help her, I will be forever in your debt.” Faramir held the hobbit’s earnest eyes for moments longer, “She is in my heart, Master Hobbit, I can only hope she will let me into hers. I love that passage. What an important, peaceful, and healing time this is for all three of them, trusting in friendship bonds and glimmers of hope. Author Reply: Shirebound! Exactly! This is a time to start the healing process and it may be slow going at first. But everyone will get there! Yay! Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 38 on 11/2/2025 |
| MM! More of Alyrin! Hurrah! She had seemed especially down after her young Riders friends had left the morning before. How difficult it must have been to have been left behind. I remember reading about Merry watching the Army march away from the City. I even looked up the passage just now: The last glint of the morning sun on spear and helm twinkled and was lost, and still he remained with bowed head and heavy heart, feeling friendless and alone. Everyone that he cared for had gone away into the gloom that hung over the distant eastern sky; and little hope at all was left in his heart that he would ever see any of them again. As if recalled by his mood of despair, the pain in his arm returned, and he felt weak and old, and the sunlight seemed thin. I wonder, was it worse for Merry, watching them march away, or for Éowyn, confined to her bed when the Army departed? Equally bad, I suppose. She said a quick word to Béma asking his protection remain over Waerith, took a deep breath and tried to look forward and not back. ...a picture of courage, especially considering the times. (Kindred spirits! I like fuss-free clothes, too.) (You make the Warden sound so real.) he seemed to see straight into her heart, past her defenses This fits well with Gandalf's description of Faramir. I do love how Éowyn and Faramir take the measure of each other, along with the common ground you reveal here. Despite the hurt and loss and desperate situation, this chapter left me smiling. (((hugs))) Lin Author Reply: Lin! Hello! More Alyrin! I agree. She started as a bit player guiding Eomer to where Eowyn lay and she just took the reins of her character and started running with it! :-)) Spirited girl! I think she will one of the reasons Eowyn proclaims she will become a healer! Also the treatment she received at the Houses and her own burgeoning interest in herbs that she absorbed from being around Leoulf and Holdlith! It had to come from somewhere. "How difficult it must have been to have been left behind." For both her and Merry. Another bond that is formed. "She said a quick word to Béma asking his protection remain over Waerith, took a deep breath and tried to look forward and not back. ...a picture of courage, especially considering the times." Eowyn knows no other way. She is trying really hard to look forward, even though she isn't seeing any future worth living for (... at this point) :-)) "(Kindred spirits! I like fuss-free clothes, too.)" So do I. I am irked if it takes me more than 5 minutes in the morning to figure out what I am wearing and then just throw it on! "(You make the Warden sound so real.)" Thanks. He just seemed to be one of those sympathetic characters. I think in the chapter "The Steward and the King!" he mentions that he was glad to see the lonely hearts of Faramir and Eowyn find each other in time of war. *sigh* "he seemed to see straight into her heart, past her defenses This fits well with Gandalf's description of Faramir." Exactly. And that is what Eowyn needs right now. Someone who Sees her, not just what they expect to see. Ah! Faramir. Finally I get to write him in this story. It has been a long time in coming! "I do love how Éowyn and Faramir take the measure of each other, along with the common ground you reveal here." I am glad that came through. I was trying to write a meeting between the two that seemed real. This relationship has lived in my heart since high school. Who says Tolkien couldn't write romance when he put his mind to it! *sigh* "Despite the hurt and loss and desperate situation, this chapter left me smiling." Yay!!!!! The chapters before the House of Healing have been so hard to write because Eowyn was at the lowest points in her life. I kept driving towards these chapters! :-)) Chapter 39 is almost ready! Thanks for writing. Hope you are well! (((hugs))) MM | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 38 on 10/29/2025 |
| "And might I say what a beautifully written review! If you don't mind, should it come up, could I possibly use that sentence in my next chapter?" Thank you, and of course you may! Author Reply: Yay!! Thank you!! 😊 (((MM))) | |
| Fimbrethil | Reviewed Chapter: 38 on 10/29/2025 |
| Such devotion Eirik has for Faramir. I am glad of it; Faramir needs it. “The Lord Faramir looked up again and the blue depths seemed to see her, she was caught by the gentle look in his light blue eyes, he seemed to see straight into her heart, past her defenses. There was no pretense or pretension, only an unnerving communion of sorts” “‘Do not misunderstand him, lord,’ said Éowyn with fervor. ‘It is not lack of care that grieves me. No houses could be fairer, for those who desire to be healed. But I cannot lie in sloth, idle, caged.” She stated this all, wondering how she could admit so much to a man she had known for seconds. Yet as she stared into the gentle blue depths, she could not help but admit all to this gentle man who had yet to utter a single word to her. “I looked for death in battle. But I have not died, and battle still goes on.” Faramir! * happy squeal* “Éowyn received his stare and though she saw grave tenderness in his eyes, she somehow knew that his fierceness in battle would be the match of any in the Riddermark.” Right. I always liked that part about him not one outmatched by a Rider. And then thinking if he is as strong as Boromir, but Boromir was killed by Ugluk, but Éomer killed Ugluk, would then Éomer be stronger? All this talk about Éowyn wanting employment, I thought “I would go on any errand now you would devise to send me on.” Which is more or less a line from Shakespeare. "A cage." Éowyn stopped. The word was more than she had meant to say, far more than she had meant to reveal. She looked at Faramir, not knowing what she expected to see, but a small almost admiring smile was on his face and the quiet compassion and understanding had not left his eyes.” awwww. I think I may be in the Faramir fanclub, lol. PS: Do you know of a version of this scene written from Faramir’s POV? Author Reply: Fimbrethil! Thank you so much! So glad you liked it! Those chapters where Eowyn and Faramir meet and fall in love have been with me since I read them in high school! Always been in the Faramir fan club and though it was a little different I loved David Wenham as Faramir in the films! Eirik is very devoted to Faramir. He idolizes him! Funny that you should ask about Faramir's POV. I actually have a story about Faramir's POV at this point in the Ring War. It is on here and it is called "Bound by duty; Bound by joy." I hope you like it, if you choose to read it! (((hugs))) MM | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 38 on 10/29/2025 |
| They both recognize the Light in each other, although Eowyn's shell of frustration and anger holding her bitter heart in chains will take longer to crumble. What a beautifully-written chapter. Author Reply: Shirebound! Thank you! And might I say what a beautifully written review! If you don't mind, should it come up, could I possibly use that sentence in my next chapter? These are the chapters that I have been waiting to write. They are the chapters that have kept me going through some of Eowyn's darkest times. So glad you liked it! (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 10/25/2025 |
| p.s. I'm so glad that my suggestions proved helpful. Author Reply: It really put my mind at ease!! Thank you! (((hugs))) (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 10/25/2025 |
| MM! I'm so glad to see this new chapter as healing progresses. Éomer’s heart felt a touch at her words and wounded though it was from this day’s pain he felt it begin the long process of healing. How fitting, somehow, that Éowyn's words are instrumental in beginning the healing process for her brother's heart. Typical sister. "When did you last eat something?" But how sad, that she's convinced Aragorn despises her because she deserted her people. I hope he will soon set her mind at rest. I like that Alyrin, with all that must be on her mind, is mindful to set the writing materials ready nearby. I do like the hobbit-like emphasis on food and well-being. who was a quick study and would make a very good healer for her village – I think the Tookish healer Woodruff would agree! How interesting that the sword transformed into a red ribbon... Éowyn realized then that her boys were not boys anymore. Such a difficult truth, a matter that mingles both sorrow and pride. All have survived, My Lady. At last! The news we all have been waiting to hear while fearing we would hear something else entirely. She mused about how no one would escape this battle without having been changed even if they had not sustained physical damage. I remember the family stories about my uncle, a medic in the Battle of the Bulge, who did not speak at all for six months after returning from WWII. Éowyn's honest confession in answer to Háláf's question brought tears to my eyes. They nodded with the lie unchallenged. It would have to be enough for now. ...not only for the sake of their love and respect for their Lady, but that they also have lies of their own to contend with, I suspect... Much healing is needed all around. (((hugs))) Lin Author Reply: Lin! "I'm so glad to see this new chapter as healing progresses." Yes definitely! There will still be a few bumps in the road but at least Eowyn is finally on the road to healing and happiness. " How fitting, somehow, that Éowyn's words are instrumental in beginning the healing process for her brother's heart." They have shared so much on this journey it only seemed right. "Typical sister. "When did you last eat something?" LOL! If she had had any sort of energy she probably would have slapped him upside the head. But the pinned look had roughly the same effect. :-)) "But how sad, that she's convinced Aragorn despises her because she deserted her people. I hope he will soon set her mind at rest." Right now Eowyn feels shame, embarrassment when Aragorn is mentioned. She knows that he didn't really say those things about her deserting her people that was the Black Breath, but it was so real and she was in such a vulnerable state that it will take some time and their first meeting is probably going to be pretty awkward. And she really did fall on her knees, that will take time to recover from. But they will work it out. "I like that Alyrin, with all that must be on her mind, is mindful to set the writing materials ready nearby." She will make a fine healer. So it is nice that Master Healer and Healer Woodruff would concur! :-) She just started as a healer to guide Eomer to Eowyn and she just ran with whatever I gave her! :-)) I think she will be part of the reason Eowyn declares she will be a healer. Small characters can have a big impact. :-) "I do like the hobbit-like emphasis on food and well-being." Exactly! It just makes hobbity good sense! "How interesting that the sword transformed into a red ribbon..." Yeah...When I thought about it just before I started typing I thought pink ribbon or green but my fingers typed red and it just seemed right. "Éowyn realized then that her boys were not boys anymore. Such a difficult truth, a matter that mingles both sorrow and pride." Yeah. I always say that I write to find out what happens. So much does in this scene. Eowyn realises they are boys anymore and I think they end the scene with a relationship that is close to them being equals. "All have survived, My Lady. At last! The news we all have been waiting to hear while fearing we would hear something else entirely." Realistically speaking at least one of them should have died, but I couldn't do that to Eowyn. I mean she is dealing with so much as it is. One of the boys' deaths I think would have been too much for Eowyn. It was hard enough seeing Halaf injured. "I remember the family stories about my uncle, a medic in the Battle of the Bulge, who did not speak at all for six months after returning from WWII." Yep! As cliched as the phrase may be War is truly hell. What it does to people... My friend Val's dad was in bomb disposal in WW2. Surely he would talk about funny stories, but he never talked about what he actually did in the war. Aethelred will retain scars from this day for the rest of his life. They all will. "Éowyn's honest confession in answer to Háláf's question brought tears to my eyes." Mine, too. But the discussion had to real and honest or the boys would have felt cheated and Eowyn couldn't do that to them. Exactly. Under Halaf's bandage were some pretty major stitches but he was not about to tell Eowyn that. Healing of (physical, spiritual etc.) all kinds will be needed. Thanks for writing and the advice! (((hugs))) MM | |
| Fimbrethil | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 10/25/2025 |
| Éomer has not been taken from his sister! Well, possibly the Éomer she knew. Regardless, she instigates the taking herself as she moves to Gondor. :) So in the long run, she will be fine. I am glad her boys have survived…and that Éomer has eaten something. Author Reply: Fimbrethil! Hello! Yes brother and sister are reunited! But neither are quite the same nobody coming out of that battle could be. In the long run Eowyn will be happy but in the interim, things are a little rough! Realistically one of the boys would have died but I just couldn't do that to Eowyn! She already has so much to cope with. And yes Éomer has finally gotten something to eat! :-)) thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 10/25/2025 |
| I really like Alyrin. Poor Éowyn, in need of so much more than physical healing. Author Reply: Shirebound! "I really like Alyrin." So do I. At first she was just guided Éomer to his sister but then she just grew on me. I'm thinking that, after writing her, she is one of the inspirations that lead to Eowyn to declaring she will become a healer. Poor Éowyn, she has been through so much, but she will be happy, because she will accept that Faramir loves her. I'm thinking of adding beginning chapters to the story that follows this which I wrote during the pandemic called "Leaving Home; Coming Home" which I am sure that you have read because you read everything I write! Thank you for that BTW! I wrote that before this and I have created some characters that I have really grown to love who would be in that story! Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |