Assorted Drabbles by Forodwaith
Marta · 25 January 2007 · Chapter 17: Downfall
Wonderfully evocative, Forodwaith. It reminded me in a way of the old couple in the movie Titanic who do not even try to find the boats - only here there's a really nice element of guilt, and of doubt: that line "what - if anything - lay beyond the wave." I wouldn't mind seeing more from these two, but even as it stands, it's an unsettling vignette that leaves me thinking. Which is of course just what I like best. :^)
Radbooks · 4 August 2006 · Chapter 54: The Stone City (too little here that grows and is glad)
Thank you so much! This is a wonderful drabble and I love seeing Aragorn and Arwen having such a precious moment together with their son. After all their years apart they deserve many such moments. It was just perfect. :)
Author's reply
I'm glad you liked it! It was interesting to think of Aragorn as a father -- I haven't written him in that role before.
daw the minstrel · 3 August 2006 · Chapter 54: The Stone City (too little here that grows and is glad)
I don't read many drabbbles, but I liked this. You captured Tolkien's characters but also made them recognizable new parents.
vampfan30 · 18 July 2006 · Chapter 53: The Return of the King
Hi, Forodwaith ! Thank you very much for our little story- loved it... Vampfan30--- Dear Forodwaith, I thank you very much for our little story-I loved it,too....Ansley!!!(vampfan30 jr.)When I saw that it was up, I had her come over & read it. When she got to the part where the Elf showed up, she lit up & giggled. It was a definite hit with her, thanks so much.....
Author's reply
I'm glad you both enjoyed it. It's a little light on Legolas, I know, but I hoped the mother & daughter pair would make up for that.
Bodkin · 14 July 2006 · Chapter 51: Intimations of Mortality
Interesting thought - how Arwen reacted to giving birth to mortal children. In some ways it might have been harder for her than binding her own life to Aragorn's. She would have to have learned to embrace the gift not to feel that she had condemned them to death ... So many things that will not have crossed their minds in the years before their hopes came true.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 51: Intimations of Mortality
Yes, aging indeed. And for Aragorn and Arwen's daughter it must have felt odd to realize her parents were yet mortal.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 50: Troubled
Yes, our Strider, seeking Gandalf for Frodo's sake. Lovely!
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 42: Homecoming
Too bad Castamir wasn't dealt with before the Kinslaying became what it did, and before the Usurper and his folk forever destroyed what integrity might have remained in Umbar.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 41: Crownless
Well, as another "pervy Ranger fancier," I also appreciate this one.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 40: At swim, two brothers
A fitting memory for that moment.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 39: Release from Bondage
Grief in time is finally relieved, but not swiftly--not for this one.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 38: Faint Hope
Yes, the grief of looking at hope doomed to not flower here where the joy might be shared. But in the end Sam also benefits from her gift to Frodo, and she finds the comforts of mortality, although they may seem bitter, in the end prove sweeter than she might have expected.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 37: Orc's Best Friend
Yes, mutual hatred and distrust would be the rule among those subjected under Mordor and the rule of darkness.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 36: Interment
And in the end he cheated them of that expectation--not that his firstborn achieved that standard resting place, either. I hope the sea was gentle with Boromir's remains.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 35: Sea Change
Beautiful.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 34: Folly
Wonderful insight Elfhelm shows.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 33: No spring can last
Gentleness abounds here. At least Celebrian found her healing at last.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 32: Preconceptions
Love seeing the competence of Aragorn's queen, and her freedom with her new mortal companions.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 31: The White Mountains
Glad Arwen finds kinship and not conflict with Eowyn. And what memories to hold!
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 30: Under Siege
Oh, wonderful to see Arwen taking part in the final defense of Imladris!
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 29: Of Tuor and his coming to Vinyamar
The dancing of Elven maidens and their forebears is always wonderful and beauteous.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 28: Palantiri Triptych
Sad, really, how the stones were lost to Middle Earth in the end.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 27: The Hour of our Meeting
Nice meeting between Gildor and Bilbo. Lovely!
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 26: Chosen
Clot-head? Not chieftain yet? Hmmmm. Love Halbarad's comforting words.
Larner · 13 July 2006 · Chapter 25: A Memory of Loveliness
Nice to see a moment of proper fatherly-filiel relationship between Denethor and Faramir.