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| The Acceptable Sacrifice by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 73 on 1/21/2006 |
| Ah, they are beginning to piece the rest of the story together. In one way, Frodo's reluctance to tell all is in a way leading to a greater creedence being given to his stories, for by stopping before he tells it all, he gets his listeners to thinking about what they've heard so far, and pondering on what they already know. Also, by noting his reluctance, they realize that there have to be worse things he's not telling them. I liked your description of Frodo's nightmare: just enough of what happened to make it horribly real to him, the hint of absurdity that often manifests in dreams with Gandalf turning Orcs into goldfish, and the merest hint of the movie in Saruman's voice on the wind. Very dreamlike and surreal--and realistic in that it is like something he *would* dream. Author Reply: Yes, they are understanding more. In "The Choice of Healing" I have Frodo telling most of the story to Ferdi, so he knows clearly what the allusions Frodo makes in the Cottons' house mean; and now Bucca and Dorno are figuring it out. Frodo's willing to tell about what Pippin and Merry did to a point, but never about Sam and himself save that they were hiding much of the time. But he's said enough this time to truly begin piecing it together, to realize why Frodo is thinner, more solemn, more purposeful--and why he is so honored by the new King and others they might meet in the future. And glad you agree about the dream--the mix of silliness and grim detail that so often fills our more disturbing dreams. And even in the book Legolas speaks of hearing what sounds like a fell voice on the air--that in the movie they actually showed Saruman on top of Orthanc chanting spells to waken the mountain I thought was wonderful even the first time I saw it. | |