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| Creation Song of Ilúvatar by Fadesintothewest | 3 Review(s) |
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| Coriandra | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 7/9/2005 |
| That was beautiful, but so sad which is a sure sign that Lenmana was never a Mary Sue. I find character death scenes heartbreaking if they're well written. It's impossible for me to feel this way about a Sue because they just aren't believeable. Thank you for taking as on this journal, I'm sure your other readers found it as moving as I did. | |
| Shemyaza | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 4/27/2005 |
| This is an addendum to the earlier review. I finished your story and was intrigued with the usage of a lost soul from another world intruding into Middle-earth. You said at the start that you thought she might have MS qualities. Well, if she did, they weren't at all evident. Her presence in ME with the Elves was thoughtfully crafted and she was what all original characters should be in my opinion - i.e. a complement to the canon characters and someone who enriches the story and doesn't take it over for her/himself. She was afraid of the journey we all have to take after our lives have ended and wanted to hold on instead of finding who she truly was, which is not the sum total of our corporeal forms. I'm not religious, so I don't believe in heaven as such, but I have become more spiritual as time has gone on and believe that a spirit does fly towards it's real home when it leaves the body at the point of death. Author Reply: Thanks Shemyaza, I tried not to make her a MS, but I guess you always run a risk of that. The danger here was that I could make this character a double MS, in the context of Middle Earth and a sage Native American all knowing mystic, but I wanted to get away from that and instead explore her humanity through legolas. I myself also have a more spiritual outlook on life the older I have grown. Thanks for the review, and I am glad you enjoyed the story! | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 4/26/2005 |
| When I saw the notice for this update, I thought I must be seeing things! This was beautiful, Fades. I'm glad Lemnana found her way home again. And Legolas's words about love rang true. Author Reply: I know when I got around to it, I couldn't believe it myself! Too long away from a story I really liked working on it. Thanks for the review Daw! Legolas is all about love after all, as is Tolkien... Reminders for everyday life... patience and love! | |