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The Masque Of The King Stag  by French Pony 7 Review(s)
Eruanneth_LuinReviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/23/2004
Life for the woodland elves was not just singing, dancing and feasting. you show the hard reality and dangers of day-to-day existence and their effect on those young ones in their midst.

Legolas is to be pitied for his intense need for his Ada who cannot yet face him without overpowering pain.

Again the beautiful images of this magnificent Elven King creating with his graceful elegant body a story, magical brought to life with the raw energy and fluid moves of Elfkind.

KarriReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/12/2004
Ai! So close and yet still so far. It is progres though, which counts for something, I suppose. Luindil is quite the wise and perceptive elf. I like him very much.

LamielReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/12/2004
Oh wow! Thranduil's dance... oh, the imagery of that! And then his reaction when he saw Legolas watching him . . . he should have hugged him then. He needed to hug him then! But he couldn't. And the way he spoke to him, "little mouse," and then Legolas got up and went, without his hug... oh, I just want to cuddle the dear little elfling. I won't say what I want to do to his fell, fierce, beautiful father.

elliskaReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/8/2004
By the way, I forgot to mention that I got a kick out of the 'I can't imagine what Men would want with bear teeth and claws but I'll trade them' line that Thranduil says. Too funny. I love subtle humor.

BodkinReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/5/2004
Thranduil wants to watch it. Legolas is coming very close to the point where he will close up against his adar in his need not to be hurt any further. So far he seems to be doing most of the work in trying to bridge the gap between them - and he is mostly unaware of Thranduil's moves.

At least Legolas has more people around him who seem able to touch him - Doronrin, Menellir and Luindil to name but three - all offering him love and support.

elliskaReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/4/2004
Poor little Legolas. I think it is very true that he would have seen a lot of things in his everyday life, Shadow and Nana's death aside, to teach him respect for the forest. But it would be very scary to a child to see someone wounded hunting after seeing his Nana. Everyone does a good job reassuring him but I doubt he'd be fully reassured until he saw his Ada was healed.

Besides, if he listened closely enough, he might hear someone mention his Ada. Such a sad little thought. And hiding to watch Ada. Very sad. I wonder what he thought about what he saw. Great descriptions and emotions. Looking forward to the next one.

daw the minstrelReviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/4/2004
Aren't you supposed to be doing homework? Only kidding! I was glad to see this update. And anyway the masque stuff probably makes it a legitimate part of your studies, don't you think?

I liked the bit about Legolas wanting to hold Doronrin's hand. When my son was in nursery school, the teachers took the kids trick or treating on campus (I was in grad school at the time and the school was on campus). My kid reported to me afterwards that he wanted to hold the hand of Kay, the teacher he had a crush on, but another kid got there first. My normally well-behaved son then said, "So I punched him right in his Big Bird suit."

When Doronrin left, Legolas looked so small and abandoned, poor thing. I was relieved someone spotted him. He is such a sweetie, wanting the dancer to be "gentle" with his father and saying he would sit with Menellir so he wouldn't be "sad" about not dancing.

You're being nicely subtle about this. It was clear that it was Nana and maybe Ada that he was worrying about when he saw Menellir. Having lost Nana, being reminded of her was hard, and of course, he doesn't want to lose Ada.

For some reason, I actually teared up when you mentioned Thranduil's "small, hopeful smile" in the discussion of the shoes. It was the "hopeful" part that got me. It's like he's been in cold and darkness and he's just beginning to dare to hope that he won't have to stay there forever. But then the scene in the Hall, when he danced and then saw Legolas was almost unbearable.

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