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| Moments in Time by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| Fiondil | Reviewed Chapter: 46 on 12/13/2007 |
| A very powerful story, Larner. I loved the comparison between the Wight and Iarwain, two who were meant to serve the Light, but only one does, though his choice of service has it's own concomitant consequences. Yet, for all that he may have abandoned his allegiance to Lord Irmo, Iarwain never abandoned his allegiance to Ilúvatar and that is what matters the most. The conversation between the Wight and Iarwain was espcially illuminating on many levels. Excellent job. Author Reply: In part this was inspired by Shirebound's "Spellbound," although the actual unleashing of this plot bunny and the one that saw me writing "The Craft of the Elven Smith" was brought about by trying to write Gandalf's journey past the Barrowdowns in my latest chapter of "Stirring Rings." Until I wrote these two stories, I was not allowed to finish that chapter. We don't know for certain who or what the wights were, whether houseless spirits or failed Maiar or what; that at least a few might have been the latter just seemed right as I began writing this. Bombadil is referred to as "Eldest." We know he is immortal at least as are the Elves, although he is not an Elf. We know he has taken a bride in the River Daughter, Goldberry. We know that he has come to limit himself mostly to the bounds of the Old Forest, where he watches over the trees and apparently looks over the Hedge into the Shire from time to time, where his knows Farmer Maggot personally; and that on occasion he visits Bree. That he started as a Maia who, like Melian, came to tie himself to Middle Earth, seems very possible; and from what we can see of his nature, the focus of his former allegiance was likely either Yavanna or Irmo. Considering the dreams our Hobbits knew when resting in his house, I'd guess Irmo was the more likely. IF he was a Maia originally, he would probably also be able to pass into and out of the realm of possibilities I postulate that Sauron turned into the Shadow Realm in which his Nazgul existed. We know that Sauron could not do any true creation, but that he did twist what was already present within Eä; I suggested that the Shadow Realm might originally have been a plane of awareness where those who were among the greatest craftsman among the Maiar and the Eldar and those who wore the Rings of Power might sojourn where they might touch the Song of Creation and bring back out of it the imaginings of their minds and make them manifest. Once Frodo was healed, in "Reunion" he was taught how to enter that realm freely that he might create clay figures that appear close to life, and fire and color them with the might of his will rather than having to labor over them in a studio and have to use kilns and so on. So, the wight tries to hide in the Shadow Realm, but cannot do so effectively, as Iarwain can follow and confront him there. Anyway, thanks so for the response to this. I don't think that Bombadil ever forsook his original allegiance to the Creator, which was why he was allowed to remain his own Master. | |