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| The Acceptable Sacrifice by Larner | 15 Review(s) |
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| Amy | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/4/2006 |
| Ah, another important chapter, with Saruman and Bilbo and the end in sight. It brought tears to my eyes. Author Reply: I'm not going to end it immediately, though. Hope you'll bear with me, Amy! And thanks so for letting me know you're still reading. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/4/2006 |
| Oh, so well done Larner. I never could get my head around the conundrum of free-will vs pre-destination in my Theology course even though I wrote a passing essay on the subject. And it is both good and sad to see Frodo and Bilbo re-united for a time. Author Reply: God sees us from the point of view of Eternity, and so can see the whole of our lives in one glance, while we must live it within the context of time. God may not wish us to be foolish or to try to steal the Ring held by our neighbor, but if we're going to do it He may well make certain other events make it happen at the best time for our own redemption and for the needs of others. And, as Frodo notes, that is not always a comfortable thought. Don't know what this idea may have gotten from your instructors in theology, but there it is. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/4/2006 |
| It must have been dreadful for the Hobbits to part from Aragorn.I shall miss him too ! Author Reply: Yes, it must have been terribly difficult for all of them. And you KNOW how much Aragorn means to me, much less the Hobbits. | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/4/2006 |
| Here I am late at might again. It is lovely how you blend Galadriel and Celeborn's parting words from the book to Aragorn with more about their concern for Frodo. So Halladan will have the priviledge of directing the re-building of the ancient capital, Annuminas. That, and spreading the word to the whole Northern Kingdom. He is going to be a busy man. So Peregrin carries dispatches from their new king to the ruling worthies in the Shire and the Breeland! As he told the ruffian in the Shire, he really is the King's Messenger. Our little Pippin has grown up, indeed. All of them having dreams and flashbacks makes the house at Crickhollow seem more and more a good idea. Merry and Pip can help and support each other, and it can be a refuge for the other two on occasion. Interesting that Gandalf told Frodo that Saruman needed his understanding.That gentle nudge no doubt helped prepared him to respond to Saruman when they next met him in the Shire. I particularly liked Aragorn's request of the older Elves that someone still be there to support Arwen when she loses him. I agree with you, and several other fan-fic authors, that her brothers, Celeborn, and likely Glorfindel stayed behind as a rear guard until ARagorn and Arwen both left Middle Earth. I have enjoyed your explorations and insights in this story. I will not say "hurry and update", as I will miss it when you finish! Best Wishes. Author Reply: It will go on yet for a while, so don't be too quick to say goodbye to it. Not a LONG time over, I think, but long enough. But I do think that Aragorn would indeed wish for someone to stand by his beloved when that time comes, and I still like to believe the reason why the limit for the twins to go was lifted from the leaving of their father for precisely that reason. The unspoken evidence is that all four of them had to fight the effects of their experience, but that Frodo never fully recovered; otherwise, why would Merry and Pippin have gone to the Crickhollow house? And there ought to have been communications between the King and the Thain at the least; Pippin is the most logical person to carry them. It's fun to explore all the small details that Tolkien left to our imaginations. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/3/2006 |
| All right, I'm going to try and review three chapters at once here. The farewells in Gondor were very sweet-especially between Frodo and Lasgon. I really feel for Frodo, being angry about being ill and the slowness of the healing that will never be complete in Middle-earth. Poor dear, even the spider bite makes him sick. And this chapter-wow! The farewells between Aragorn and Sam and Frodo brought tears to my eyes, for all they were so brief and without many words. I like how you describe this journey; I could almost believe Tolkien himself wrote it. And the sixth is fast approaching...oh dear. Oh, and I like the bit at the end and how you describe the love between Frodo and Bilbo. Yes, that's the escence of it. Neither would think of himself in his grief for the other. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Three at once! Whoo boy! These three chapters are indeed one long, protracted goodbye between the Hobbits and so many they've come to love and depend on, and many who've come to care for them. That you particularly appreciated the farewell between Lasgon and Frodo is wonderful, for I think the two of them would have developed a close relationship. Chronic illness is the pits. Have several clients with various conditions, and lived through my husband's last illness, and they will all tell you that there is a lot of frustration involved, as one day you can feel nearly normal, and the next sick as can be, and often no warning you will be bouncing between states in a few moments' time. For Aragorn, saying goodbye to Frodo if he had any idea that Frodo wouldn't remain long in Middle Earth must have been extraordinarily difficult. And, of course, for the two Bagginses--each would care deeply for the other, and wish for help for the other before themselves. Thanks so much for the review! | |