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| Moments in Time by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 12/10/2005 |
| Oh Larner, there are so many wondrous concepts and beautifully written passages in this story, I'm just in awe. These are my *very* favorite parts: A knife edge, had she described the dangers facing the eight who remained in the Fellowship? How much finer had been the path beneath her own feet as she had stood looking down on It, the chain still through Its circle, lying in that palm? When Celebrimbor had gifted Nenya to her, she'd accepted it as her due; and there was no question she had used it well. And yet--what had she wrought? Had she built a land unique within the world? Nay--she had instead reproduced in the mortal lands a reflection of the immortal lands she'd left of her own free will! "After all, my love, I, too, have been little more than a gardener since we returned here; and what is a true lord in the end save for the servant of all who think of him as their ruler?" Aragorn would not need the box, for he would wear the stone openly. She would fill it, therefore, with earth from her own garden and charge it for renewal Manwë and the Lady Elbereth, far away in the fastnesses of Aman, watched as the Lady Galadriel passed her final unwitting test with satisfaction. Yes, their errant and willful daughter would now return to them; and full worthy had she shown herself at the last. And as the light of Eärendil fell on the sleeping form of the Ringbearer through the open entrance to the pavilion, that sliver of Light Galadriel had foreseen slipped gently into place, blessing him and preparing him to win through past the ordeal in the orc tower. Lord and Lady looked down on him with compassion and love, and gently they gifted him to Ulmo for his relief when the time came. Author Reply: Thank you, Shirebound, for showing me in such depth what you appreciated best here. A definitely bittersweet story, I think. Am glad it moved you so deeply. | |