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| Makalaurë by Eruanneth_Luin | 54 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/13/2005 |
| Healing himself by offering healing. Maglor seems to have a need to look after people - and finds consolation in that. He is in the right place to release his pain. I look forward to seeing more of his recovery - and to seeing him with his mother!! Author Reply: Maglor was primarily a minstrel and healer, shedding of blood an unnatural act that preyed on his mind. Mandos’ Doom laid on him and overwhelming love of his father drove him to deeds reprehensible in his own eyes. He is in great need of healing in fëa. Thank you for the review, Bodkin. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/10/2005 |
| I'm glad Maglor overcame his temptation and came home. It was touching to see who would come and plead for him - but his fate was ultimately in his own hands. Author Reply: Weariness with his ages-long wander life and the keen desire to go home again finally broke his spirit and pride enough to plead for an audience with Manwë. And Manwë who wept as the Noldor fled Aman, would certainly have the kindness of heart to at least hear his cry for mercy. Thank you for the review, Bodkin. | |
| Elena Tiriel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/9/2005 |
| A lovely story... I would like to see how it works out for Maglor in Aman... Author Reply: Alassiel and I discovered that the story has progressed beyond the intended first and only chapter and so should you wish to learn more, please stay tuned. Thank you for your review, Elena Tiriel. | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/9/2005 |
| I never got to tell you the rest of my thoughts on this, due to my drugged state at the time :/ However, knowing Elrond was in the story did make rereading it more slowly possible. I was at first unsure that Manwe would allow Maglor back into Aman, to some how traverse the sea and make his way alive to anyplace but Mandos's Halls, in his unrepentatnt state. But it has grown on me considerably, that this is what Manwe might do, as he could read the heart to know that true repentance was not far off and needed only a small nudge to come to fulfillment. The elves that pleaded on his behalf did not move me, as they did not move Manwe, to forgive Maglor. What they did show was the purity of their own spirits, that they had forgiven without being asked, before repentance occurred. Elrond speaking on his behalf did move me, but then, come on - it was Elrond. But it did move me to feel pity for Maglor (at a high level, I feel it at a low level easily) when he saw Earendil with the Silmaril on his brow and moved past desire to true repentance. The fact that he tossed his own Silmaril into the sea was a massive first step of letting go of the oath... and perhaps the passage of ages of time prepared him for the humility he needed to stand before the King of the Valar. How he is received in Aman will be interesting. Author Reply: When we consider what is already known of Maglor at the retaking of the Silmarilli, that he did not want to shed more blood and would rather have accepted their already bleak future, then casting the Jewel from him, it would seem plausible that Manwë being the closest representative to Ilúvatar would be inclined to at least hear him out. Maglor cannot even forgive himself, how much harder to receive forgiveness from others. He did not feel deserving of any kindness; he just wanted to come home and dwell in the shadows if that were the best he was allowed. He repented of his deeds long ago, but wandered alone without the voices of others to help him in the process of healing, thereby only magnifying his unrelenting guilt. We all know how you feel about Elrond. Maglor likewise has a deep attachment to that son of his heart. Thank you for your in-depth review, Nilmandra. | |