News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
| About Us News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
|
| Elf, Interrupted: Book One: Glorfindel Redux by Fiondil | 13 Review(s) |
|---|---|
| merimas gamgee | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/20/2006 |
| Interesting story, very well written and thought out. One question: I can understand your using the twins as a healing device for Glorfindel, but wouldn't their own father (and mother for that matter) also be present in Mandos? Or, barring that, their great-Grandfather? I'd love to see more of this though. cheers, Merimas Author Reply: Yes, Dior and Nimloth and even Elu would be there (among other relatives) but not necessarily in a position to be of any help. In my story "The Other Balrog-Slayer", I speak of how Turgon still sleeps in Mandos, his fëa still too weak and damaged by guilt and grief to even stand for judgment (in this story, Glorfindel has slept for almost ten years of the Sun before he wakens again and is summoned to the Ring of Doom). It may well be that none of the twins' closest relatives are even "awake" yet. Another factor is that the fëar forget their previous lives and relations. (A necessary component of their healing, since memories would overburden the fëa when it is still too fragile to bear them. The amnesia allows the fëar to be children again for a time). Finrod, for instance, plays catch-me with his great-niece, Finduilas, and neither of them have any memory of their previous relationship while residing in Mandos. So, even if the twins' parents were present, neither would have any recognition of one another. Glad you are enjoying the story. More to come. | |
| Elflingimp | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/20/2006 |
| Wow what a Monday morning treat to wake up to! You were right about the kleenex(sob) Will there be more? I certainly hope so! I liked the fact you brought the sons of Dior into the picture,no fanfiction I have read brings them up,they had such a cruel ending,its nice to think they would be happy. Author Reply: Well, as the story is listed as "in progress" I suppose there will be more *grin*. The twins were somewhat unexpected, but once they arrived, I knew they were in the right place beside Glorfindel. And as Manwë says to Námo, he does need the practice, considering whose twins he will someday meet. I suppose one reason no fanfiction has ever brought them up is that they were only 7 years old when they died, which would make them about 3 years old in human terms. In this story I have enough time pass in Mandos that their fëar have begun to mature towards adulthood in spite of their lack of progress emotionally, so that now they are about 13 years old in human terms. | |
| Lady Esyllt | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/20/2006 |
| I've never really thought about what the disembodied elves would get up to in the Halls of Waiting, this is an interesting look at what might happen. I can't wait to read what happens next! Author Reply: I never could get my mind around the image of elves just floating around doing nothing until they were ready to be re-embodied. I always figured there would be some purpose to their existence in Mandos and came up with the idea that they would be given the opportunity to relearn being children again, their fëar returned to their original state of innocence. | |