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| Fiondil's Tapestry by Fiondil | 12 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/21/2008 |
| Lucifer falling? Falling until he finally is able to accept living once more? This one has me a bit puzzled. The constant fall of the one who was once best and brightest and who fell spiritually the most--now he's finally stopped falling. Was it what the Valar truly did to him, or merely his punishment of himself? Author Reply: I don't think you read the ending carefully enough, Larner. We're talking about Feanor, not Lucifer. The key is in his realization at the end that he was never falling into darkness and despair but into Love, into the arms of Eru, from whom he probably assumed would never forgive him for his sins. He is passed among the Valar three times, once for each Silmaril, where he is constantly reminded that he is loved in spite of what had happened, but he needs to accept that for himself, hence the 'little push' off the mountain. Only at the very end does he 'get' it. He isn't falling down, but up (hence the title). And as the Valar keep reminding him (and us), this isn't a punishment but a lesson. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/21/2008 |
| That was an interesting look at Fëanor and his experiences after he died. I needed myself some time to understand what the Valar tried to achieve with this, though not as much as Fëanor himself ;-) Well, now he can wait for the Remaking of the world, I suppose ... Sometimes I wonder if he and his sons could bear rebirth at all before that, after all they did. Author Reply: There is every indication that Feanor and his sons would not be allowed rebirth until the very end with the Remaking. So this tale really speaks of a distant future in the history of Arda. | |