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| Droplets by perelleth | 143 Review(s) |
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| Dot | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/9/2006 |
| You really are clever with chapter titles. I’m so glad you decided to continue this! It’s just lovely. I particularly liked the opening – that the final thing she sees in her mirror is the beloved face of someone who awaits her on the other side of the Sea, someone who will understand her struggle. I love the idea of their closeness, of a special relationship between Finrod and Galadriel. Mmm… you wrote Finrod wonderfully. I love that moment when she realises that he had been the one to make her who she was – she had followed his guidance, though they were parted, and it made her a better person. I like the thought of his influence on her so that in a way he still played a part in all that was accomplished. She continued his task. I love that it’s his humility that gives her humility. And he’s right, I think, in saying that the Ring belongs to her – Aragorn may have understood that and Finrod does immediately. The reassurance at the end was just perfect. This new understanding is setting her on the path to healing and soon she will be able to share her joy with Celeborn. Author Reply: Thank-you, Dot, You are to blame!!! I must confess that I am recycling drabbles and pieces, and since you suggested that I should resurrect Finrod, I was mulling this in my head... We get to see him through the eyes of a younger sister who has missed him for a long time.. but I'm glad that you liked it. I assume that there are truths about ourselves that take us long time to admit or discover, and that at times life only makes sense when you are able to look at it from a vantage point. It made sense to me that she might acknowledge at this point, when she has finally gained her humility, that all that she was was the result not of her own, lonesome, proud struggle, but a result of many different factors, influences, other people's struggles and sacrifices, even chance and destiny, and that she was but another, if powerful, tool. I agree with you that it would have given her the definite step to healing. THank you for nudging me! :-) | |
| 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... | |
| The Karenator | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/26/2006 |
| Wow! Perelleth, just wow! This little snippet really carries a wallop. The dialogue is perfect--Aragorn offering his apologies for disturbing her and Galadriel reminding him it's his gardens after all. Her thoughts about him are a mixture of pride and pain. He has claimed a bride very dear to her heart. Galadriel's weariness is palpable. She's ready to go to Valinor, to leave the future in the hands of men, and she finds comfort in the man who will be at the helm. I had no idea what was in the pouch and was startled by the contents. What a beautiful sentiment! I love it. Gosh, Perelleth, this is just wonderful. You have a way with words, you do! In fact, I think I'll read it again. Author Reply: Thank-you Karen, I´m glad you enjoyed it! I think you are right that she feels proud of him despite tiredness and pain, and then he goes and gives her yet another chance to feel even prouder. They taught him very well, and he was very considerate to acknowledge all the lives and sacrifices that were needed to make him king...:-) | |
| Haleth | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| Yet another beautiful story. Galadriel must have known of Arwen's relationship with Aragorn. I've always wondered if she had foreseen it and encouraged it or perhaps deliberately turned a blind eye. Aragorn seems to be aware of this, although neither of them will openly speak of it. You convey a great deal in a short piece. I wonder what Finrod will say when he sees his ring again? Will he want to know of the men who carried it? Especially of the one who sent it home him? Or will he be like Aragorn and not ask any direct questions at all? Author Reply: Thank-you Haleth! Now that's a good question. Whatever the answer, she did meddle at some point, easing Aragorn's path when she orchestrated the troth-pledging moment, and by the words she tells to him in Lorien when they part, I think that she really cared for him, beyond seeing him as an instrument of fate, and I think that, in redeeiming Finrod's ring and giving it to her he would be acknowledging without words her love and support beyond simple duty... I wonder what Finrod will say when he sees his ring again? Ah, but you should know! :-) Perhaps he is so intrigued that he becomes a relic-hunter in M-E? | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| Now this is something you don't see too often. Aragorn and Galadriel. Whoa, that's like a planetary conjunction there. Two cosmic forces meet and greet. I loved the dignity they shared, that respect that you only really have for a colleague who you know done good. Author Reply: that's like a planetary conjunction there LOL! I liked that! I think she really values him, and with this parting present he shows her how tall he has grown and how many thngs he can say without words...:-) | |
| Dot | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| This is marvellous, perelleth. It was a lovely glimpse of Galadriel at the end of her days here. You’ve really caught a sense of weariness and of her stepping back and knowing that time has moved on and she’s no longer part of shaping of M-e. I thought it was a very nice moment when she acknowledges that she’s in his gardens – she’s no longer so… untouchable, I guess. And I just love her thoughts about him. This line, I think, is a wonderful look at how she sees him: Bold son of a man, she thinks with a brief wave of regret, who dared claim the gift of a Firstborn with such impertinent confidence…and such honourable steadfastness. There’s that touch of regret, a hint of admiration and even some affection. And this seems to me to be one of the best descriptions of Aragorn that I have ever seen: For all his youth, this one has always been sure of his fate, and has embraced it with a grace that made him an equal among those doomed, be them Eldar or Edain. Yet, for all that she feels she knows him, he still manages to surprise her! I gasped aloud when I realized what he’s given her! That’s just so perfect. He returns to her the symbol of the tie between elves and men, between her family and his, makes his gratitude known, gives her a sense of release and, I imagine, reminds her of family waiting for her. She should go with a sense of accomplishment. I love the last line because there are so many ways for it to be read. But it was just such a perfect gesture, and I love the idea that the two of them had this moment. This whole piece was beautifully written. Oh, and I love the title! :-) PS. Are you going to resurrect Finrod and let us see what he says?! Author Reply: Thank-you Dot! I'm glad that you gasped too, Galadriel understands you perfectly! :-) By the words she tells to Aragorn in Lorien I think that she really cares for him, and she must be proud of what he has accomplished,although she must be of course worn out by this time. But yet he is her project, too, and he gaves her the last gift behaving so elfy and surprising her with that. He was reared up by elves and he has learnt what is important for them, and what to tell and how, so I think this was a double surpirse for her. ANd she must needed that at that time. Are you going to resurrect Finrod and let us see what he says?! I fear Finrod is well beyond my abilities! | |
| NanaHalfelven | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| Oh, Very Good!! What a perfect "ending" for the long incredible history of keeping the faith, and so just it should go home...More, please! Author Reply: Thank-you, Nana, I'm glad that you liked it! It seemed appropriate to me after such a long time that it was returned. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| Nice glimpse of these two, Perelleth. I like the idea that "respect and connivance" mark their relationship. Author Reply: Connivance was not exactly the word I was looking for, I think, but it has the sense. Maybe complicity. She sounds very affectionate when they part in Lorien, and she helped him catch Arwen, so I think there must have been some kind of deep understanding between the two. Glad you liked, it, thanks! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/24/2006 |
| *applauds* From the title to the final line, this is marvelous. What a unique and creative idea! Author Reply: Thank-you shirebound! :-) (I am particulary fond of the last line.. :-)) | |