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| Droplets by perelleth | 12 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/9/2006 |
| Lovely Finrod - and nice to think of him as a major influence on Galadriel. I'm sure as her oldest brother he did spend quite a lot of time with his only sister - and he does come over as a particularly admirable elf. I like the thought of Galadriel as the link between Finrod and Aragorn - and, as such, wearing a ring that represented honour and promise - and service - rather than dominance and control. And I love Finrod's reassurance that Celeborn will come. Galadriel must have been very vulnerable at this point. Author Reply: THank-you, BOdkin, yours is a great compliment coming from the one who has better pinned down the Elf in question ( in my eye, of course! :-)) wearing a ring that represented honour and promise - and service - rather than dominance and control. *grins* Yes, that's exactly what prompted me. There are Rings and Rings, I suppose...:-) "Ocorrono troppe vite per farne una", "Many lives are needed to make up one life" Eugenio MOntale, an Italian NObel Prize said. What any of us may become is, among other things, the result of what we allow ourselves to absorb from the good -or evil- around. We know so little about Firnrod, only that he gave up his inmortal life to save the life of a mortal. That deed does not come up in a fancy whim, but it is the result of a deeply seated conviction and personality. And that elf must have been an example for friends and family not in his death, but before, in his life, so his legacy was not just the deed, but the firm belief that promtped it, in my opinion. That is, in my tale, one of the "many lives" needed to make of Galadriel the powerful and eise Elven woman who finally had the strength to allow Aragorn engage Arwen and to refuse the Ring... Apologies for the digression... :-) | |
| meckinock | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/8/2006 |
| I'm glad you showed us the gift passed on, Perelleth. The departure from Lorien was bittersweet, but the fulfilled promise of home, family, and peace was heartwarming. I'm glad the ring found its way home, too. Author Reply: Thank-you meckinock. I like to think that Finrod’s deed had a lasting impact upon Galadriel and that it may have influenced her attitude towards the second born, leading her to assume her brother's role until the time of the elves reached its end. So she would have mirrored his behaviour and continued his task, and so the Ring actually belonged to her as both Aragorn and Finrod understood... | |