Reviews (72)

dinopoodle · 1 October 2009 · Chapter 18: The Light Beyond

I am almost speachless, (that takes a lot!!) Simply wonderful! God, or ada Bless you!!!!!!!!

harrowcat · 26 August 2007 · Chapter 18: The Light Beyond

Ah, 'happy and very satisfied sigh,' so beautiful Antane. Thank you for letting us come along on their journeys. I especially loved the links you made between Elrond's experiences with his wife and daughter and Frodo's with Sam and Merry and Pippin, (and others too of course). A bit of me hankers to have you try and picture those final reunions too but it is perfect as it is.

Queen Galadriel · 24 August 2007 · Chapter 17: A Gift

Oh, wow! You just amaze me with this story. The conversations between Elrond and Iluvatar especially struck me here. Elrond¡¦s cry is that of any of us children of God when we think we can¡¦t bear any more, when we¡¦re almost indignant because we think we and those dearest to us have had enough suffering for one lifetime: ¡§Why? Why! I don¡¦t understand and it isn¡¦t fair!¡¨ I look forward to Elrond¡¦s observance of the rest of this journey, to the very finish, I hope. Pretty please? ƒº God bless, Galadriel

Queen Galadriel · 24 August 2007 · Chapter 16: A Prayer for Frodo

Oh, this chapter is so very moving. You write Elrond and Arwen¡¦s interactions wonderfully well, my dear. ƒº I love that she is encouraging him and remembering (and reminding him) when he encouraged her. I love the references to Celebrien (I¡¦d so love to find a story of her last days in Middle-earth sometime), and Arwen¡¦s prayer was beautiful and touching. God bless, Galadriel

harrowcat · 14 August 2007 · Chapter 17: A Gift

I want him closer to Me, though that too will be his choice. Yes, every step of our way is by our own will but is used to God's good purpose. I love that this is as much about Elrond's journey of Faith as Frodo's.

Larner · 13 August 2007 · Chapter 17: A Gift

And Frodo begins to consider the gift, and his heart is prepared to accept it.

harrowcat · 31 July 2007 · Chapter 16: A Prayer for Frodo

Ah! *sniff, sniff* beautiful Antane. My heart is bleeding for Elrond, and Frodo of course.

Larner · 30 July 2007 · Chapter 16: A Prayer for Frodo

The prayer has been made and the choice will be offered when the time is right. And with his loss of his daughter shall come such joy nonetheless, and such ease to three who need it after what they have suffered from the Ring either through the bearing of it themselves or through seeing what it wrought in the ones they loved most.

Queen Galadriel · 20 July 2007 · Chapter 15: Rest

Ah, some of this looks very familiar. :) I'm glad you found a way to incorporate it that (I hope) was satisfying, and it was wonderful to see these moments from Elrond's POV. Very moving indeed. God bless, Galadriel

Queen Galadriel · 20 July 2007 · Chapter 14: Eucatastrophe

*tears* Oh wow...that's all I can say. The weaving of the lyrics into the tale added just the right touch, and this: I am glad they are together, Ada. That is the way it should be for two quitin fear. But still it is bitter. Why does it have to end this way? It will end this way, my child, but you do not know when that end will be. Has not anything you have seen and heard yet brought you to believe that Panthael’s heart is what I have fashioned to be? Hold onto his hope, if you have no more of your own. What hope is there left? I tried so hard to hold on the entire time, to trust in Your words and vision. But there is nothing left for me to hope or trust in. While there’s life, there’s hope. Trust still for My watch has not ceased over them anymore than has Panthael’s ceased over his Iorhael. The flames are so close. I am closer. Wow! God bless, Galadriel

Queen Galadriel · 20 July 2007 · Chapter 13: Claim

Oh wow! That is the most intense chapter so far. I knew what was going to happen and I was still tense, sitting on the edge of my chair. Poor Elrond, how many times we have all been in more or less that same position, trying to trust our Father but not able to find it within us and relying only on Him to give us the strength to trust in Him...or not relying, depending on the situation. There are so many wonderful lines in here that if I quoted my favorite parts you'd have practically the whole thing repeated here, so I'll just say I loved it and really felt for Elrond's pain. God bless, Galadriel

harrowcat · 15 July 2007 · Chapter 15: Rest

loving it back from the brink or trying to. What a lovely image Antane. But all the rest was wonderful too.

Larner · 13 July 2007 · Chapter 15: Rest

Cut and burned they've been, and weakened they've become; but they are now safe in the arms of those who love them, both terrestrially and celestially.

Elemmírë · 11 July 2007 · Chapter 14: Eucatastrophe

What a lovely blend of book and movie verse, Antane, and another wonderfully written and thought-out chapter! I again really like how you have Elrond thinking of Celebrian here and comparing Frodo's suffering fea with hers. It's interesting also because although Celebrian resides in the West now, Elrond has only his faith alone that she is healed of her wounds since he's never seen her since. It will end this way, my child, but you do not know when that end will be. Has not anything you have seen and heard yet brought you to believe that Panthael’s heart is what I have fashioned to be? Hold onto his hope, if you have no more of your own. What hope is there left? I tried so hard to hold on the entire time, to trust in Your words and vision. But there is nothing left for me to hope or trust in. While there’s life, there’s hope. Trust still for My watch has not ceased over them anymore than has Panthael’s ceased over his Iorhael. The flames are so close. I am closer. I LOVE that "conversation" between them. Is that perhaps a bit of foreshadow that Frodo and Sam will end their mortal lives together in each others' arms ... but in the Blessed Realm? And those last two lines left me speechless. Yes, Elrond, partake in Sam's hope for it is unquenchable. :D I was reminded of something that I recently heard at Connecticut's Respiratory Therapy which I attended. The key note speaker was talking about healing and Spirituality, that it comes in many forms, etc. But she said something which was the only note I wrote down that day in the margin of my program. She said, "Hope to live fully, come what may." I also thought of Tolkien's own, While there's life, there is hope, during this speech. It's always been an important quote to me as a healthcare professional, for when I first started my job it was with the intention of helping and healing people. But many times, I found myself unable to do just that because for so many who are chronically ill there is no full healing. Then one day I realized that help and healing comes in many different forms, from just being able to put a smile on a patient's face, making them forget their troubles for a moment, to just fetching someone a glass of water. Helping people and healing do not just from a cure that many times does not exist. Hope itself also comes in many such different forms. Sorry to ramble, but I feel that once Elrond regains his faith, that it will be stronger than ever. May he and Sam (through Iluvatar) be able to show Frodo what it is to live fully again ... and to have hope once more as well. I can't wait for the next chapter. You are going to write of Elrond in Minas Tirith with Frodo, right? Hint, hint. LOL! ~Elemmírë~

Elemmírë · 11 July 2007 · Chapter 13: Claim

Wow! That was just totally AWESOME, Antane!!!!!!!!!!!! The emotion on Elrond's part was so very tangible from the beginning of this chapter to the end. I really liked how you handled his own failing faith in Iluvatar and Frodo putting on the Ring was truly the perfect time for it, I knew you'd find the right place for that and you wrote it so perfectly. Elrond's own flashbacks at the Sammath Naur with Isildur were also just as heartfelt. It really must have been agonozing guilt on Elrond's part to stand by helplessly again as another claimed the Ring. What a shattering blow to his faith, but Iluvatar's response was just ... I don't have words for it, but I know Elrond will hopefully come to his own understanding in time. It is as it was always was to be, my child. Your brother has shown great strength and in his weakness, I will show my strength. He has not failed. I gave both your brothers the grace to be who I created them to be - Bronwe athan Harthad and Harthad Uluithiad - to help right the wrong of Isildur. They have done that. Your other brother and I will fulfill the rest. Better that he lose a piece of mortal flesh than his immortal fea That was such a cool line too and I too wonder if it was Iluvatar, Celebrian, or Elrond's mind himself that said it. I also liked how Galadriel's phial would not shine forth in the Sammath Naur, for all the Darkness and Evil there. It is fitting that the Light of Iluvatar be the only Light strong enough to shine forth in that place. ~Elemmírë~ p.s. I recommend the movie, 'Evan Almighty' to you if you haven't seen it yet. :)

Larner · 10 July 2007 · Chapter 14: Eucatastrophe

Mixing movie and book--nice job of it. And the two are brothers indeed where it matters most.

harrowcat · 10 July 2007 · Chapter 13: Claim

BTW Just been browsing, (and I am at work no less,) and remembered a story by Misty called Shoot the Moon. You wanted stars for ME? Try that story and contact her for more as she is an Astronomer!

harrowcat · 10 July 2007 · Chapter 13: Claim

It just seems so right that Elrond, and perhaps Gandalf and Galadriel, should be able to follow Frodo's quest in this way. I am so glad that, through her bond with him, Celebrian is able to comfort Elrond too.

Larner · 9 July 2007 · Chapter 13: Claim

A moment of sheer horror. And better the loss of a finger than the loss of the soul.

Adrianne · 25 June 2007 · Chapter 12: It Was Then That I Carried You

This is such a beautiful, magnificent rendering of a story we know so well. I love the song you included in this chapter. But the dialogue between Eru and Elrond is so exquisite and so profound and it rings so true. "How could he have done that? Elrond asked in admiration. Oh, Ada, they are such marvels. I have never seen the like. He did not carry his brother alone." Just wonderful. Thank you, Antane for this story of faith. Adrianne

Larner · 25 June 2007 · Chapter 12: It Was Then That I Carried You

Yes, I recognized the Lady's hand in the poetry. That moment of defiance and the love that lifted Frodo and found the burden so light--I remember how much respect I felt for the two of them from the very first reading oh, so many years ago now. And I feel it the more the older I get.

Queen Galadriel · 25 June 2007 · Chapter 12: It Was Then That I Carried You

Wow, this chapter is very powerful! I know you are with them, Ada, but how can any parent bear to see their children suffer like this? It is not suffering so much as it is love, my child. The loving will suffer anything for the sake of their beloved and not count it as such. Sam’s heart encompasses his master as a warm cloak and Frodo’s encircles all of Middle-earth. I love this. And thank you for the honor of the song! As always you show true talent for putting them just where they would naturally fit--something I have yet to learn, though I do write so many. God bless, Galadriel

harrowcat · 25 June 2007 · Chapter 12: It Was Then That I Carried You

I could feel the agony. You remind me of the song 'He 'aint heavy, He's my brother.' Are you taking this right to Frodo and Sam's eventual deaths? I hope so.

Elemmírë · 24 June 2007 · Chapter 12: It Was Then That I Carried You

Each time the Elf lord could feel another tear in his brother’s fea as it fought off the assault and tear would close but not completely. It was bleeding in so many places now. Elrond wished to cradle it, but he knew not how to staunch such a great number of wounds. ...... his fea having received the balm it needed to make it through another night. It was then that he truly noticed that it was through the wounds that the light shone through and it was growing brighter. What imagery! I especially liked this line, loving will suffer anything for the sake of their beloved and not count it as such. It's very profound and also very true; it's reminiscient of a parent that will do/suffer anything for their child. I personally think that we are all supposed to live with some degree of suffering in our life. We suffer now for His suffering was for all of us and then, after our suffering is complete we may move on to Heaven where the Light is and Peace. And what a beautiful, peaceful song! I just knew it had to be one of the Queen's :) She's got such talent in writing lyrics. I can just picture Elrond singing Frodo to sleep with those words either in Minas Tirith, in Rivendell, or even in the Blessed Realm. ~Elemmírë~

Elwing · 20 June 2007 · Chapter 1: Brothers

I rather enjoyed this - you didn't succumb to corniness or to angst, either or both of which would have been all to easy. One thing, though. Like apparently every other author of LOTR fanfiction, you have used the word "ada" to mean "father". The word is actually "atar", as in "Iluvatar", which means "Father of All". The confusion arose with Liv Tyler's sobbed mumble in The Two Towers, which admittedly sounded like "ada". Other than that (which is really nitpicking), this chapter was gracefully and poignantly done! Kudos! Gah I've been reading too much - I'm talking like Tolkien. :P