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| Interrupted Journeys: Part 1 New Journeys by elliska | 3 Review(s) |
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| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/22/2004 |
| I'll bet Hallion is absolutely right that Thranduil was a badly behaved elfling! Well, maybe not bad, but lively. :-) Author Reply: He had to have a boisterous personality, didn't he! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/22/2004 |
| Why do I find the thought of Thranduil as a terribly behaved elfling so entertaining - and so in need of expansion? I am enjoying watching the Thranduil / Lindomiel relationship - and I also thoroughly enjoyed the political / military debates between the top elves (too many to name). And Thranduil winking at Galadriel! So many chapters too. Thank you. Author Reply: I agree. The more I re-read these chapters to post them, the more curious I am about Thranduil and Oropher's relationship. I hate plot bunnies. This is like some sort of drug. You just can't put it away and my husband is ready to call a psychologist! I'm glad you like Thranduil and Lindomiel. And I agree the relationship between Thranduil and the other elven lords is most interesting. To me the single most interesting would be Galadriel and Thranduil. So many people portray them as not getting along. I can certainly see where that comes from. You have Unfinished Tales giving one of the reasons Oropher moved his capital as Galadriel's presence in Lorien. And of course Galadriel is related to Feanor. And the fact is they were so sundered by the time of the War of the Ring that Legolas didn't even know if Lorien was occupied so they could not have been close friends. But Galadriel was very concerned about what was going on in Amon Lanc--so much so that she and Celeborn traveled around looking into it.(Unfinished Tales says, "But during the Third Age Galadriel became filled with foreboding, and with Celeborn she journeyed to Lórien and stayed there long with Amroth, being especially concerned to learn all news and rumours of the growing shadow in Mirkwood and the dark stronghold in Dol Guldur.") So Thranduil is going to have to react to that somehow. I doubt he'd like interference but how would he react to getting information and (possibly worse still) support from her? It would be interesting especially if his first inclination was to not particularly trust her. (PS. I love Galadriel and Thranduil's relationship in your two current stories by the way--especially the conversations about kaleidoscopes (sp?) in today's post.) | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/22/2004 |
| I am enjoying this a lot. I like Thranduil here. Prickly, proud, and completely undone by a lady who's just as spitfiery as he is. I like Hallioth, too; I have a similar character, and there's just so much you can do with a close advisor like that. You are really extracting all the best juice out of these varied relationships. I will certainly be keeping an eye on this story in the future. Author Reply: I am glad to hear you are enjoying it. There is a lot of potential for any relationship Thranduil is in. I like to play with how he would interact with the people he would be close to and how they would react to him. Between his natural personality (and one must assume it was fairly strong if he defended Mirkwood for three millennia and then refused to sail after Sauron was defeated) and his position as king, it must have made relationships very interesting. But everyone has them and I would think especially elves. I love to play with these ideas. | |