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| Arwen's Heart by Bodkin | 12 Review(s) |
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| The Karenator | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/6/2005 |
| Another well done chapter. Arwen has the right idea in bringing together all the elven realms and getting them to understand one another better. Hopefully. Males in the competitive mode can sometimes get a little testy. :>) The little story about Estel was good. Personally, I was on Glorfindel's side. Let the kid find out that camping in the woods all on his own wasn't the picnic he thought it would be. That would have been a lesson not soon forgotten. But as a parent and geared toward protecting the little yard apes, I understand Elrond's reluctance to do that just yet. Gilrean understands the importance of balancing shelter and preparation for life for her son. Letting the young ones test their wings is a tough thing. It's hard to turn off the parenting and become a mentor. Especially when the kid does something really dumb. But consequences are a good teacher. As is success. Very nicely done. I'm looking forward to more. Karen Author Reply: Competitive males can be a problem - but sport does give them a bond most of the time! Poor Estel. Here he is, growing like a weed, and to the elves he is still barely out of the nursery. Elrond wants to shield him and give him a happy childhood - and like most teenagers, he is desperate to grow up. Yes, I think I would have gone for the Glorfindel option - although it might have been quite hard to hold back from intervention when he was getting really hungry and miserable. I hope Gilraen gets her message across. Elrond is used to fostering his brother's heirs, but he's not had to deal with them as a father and probably always saw them as being close to adulthood. With Estel - once he lets him go, he knows the kind of life the boy will live and the dangers he will face. Not an easy situation - but then, what in Elrond's life ever was? And Estel is going to carry on the family tradition. And then there's Gilraen, poor woman. Thank you. More will come. In time. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/5/2005 |
| I loved the twins' assessment of the Lothlorien warriors! You're really doing a nice job showing why Arwen's plan was necessary. They all need to know one another's strengths and styled. And of course, given the Battle of the Golden Wood, the twins are wrong, wrong, wrong. The scenes with Estel are nice too. He's a convincing adolescent, Eru help them. Gilraen has her work cut out for her. She's probably right though. Estel can kick against the traces when he's being sheltered (not even allowed to go hungry in the woods for a day or two while secretly being guarded), but if he has to take on real challenges, he can rise to meet them. Author Reply: The twins are being rather naughty really - typically male competitiveness. It won't do the elves any harm to realise that they all have their strengths and are fighting the same enemy. Oh yes, the twins are wrong. (Haldir from the movie always looks like one who wouldn't want to untidy his hair, though!) Poor Elrond and Gilraen. It cannot have been easy to guide a boy through adolescence in his teens in a place inhabited by elves to whom the twins seemed like youths. They do need to let him mature if he is to be ready by 20 to go out on his own. But I think they'll probably do a good job! | |