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| For the Love of the Lord of the White Tree by Legolass | 8 Review(s) |
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| Nurayy | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 7/24/2021 |
| I could feel Aragorn's anguish and being unable to feel joy or comfort in his return. And how badly Legolas feels the absence of his dear friend. You describe the feelings of them two so well it is painful. I loved the encounter of Aragorn and Thranduil. Loved how you described the great elven King. I'm always so in awe with him. I never did write him myself -maybe I'm shy, or afraid to do it :) - but I love to read him. I love when he is portrayed the way you do it; impressive and regal, and wise, with great skill, just, and good to his people, and with great love for his son. I'm so glad you write him so. There was still another visitor in Minas Tirith whose identity you still did not reveal, or did I get something wrong? Oh dear, what came Sarambaq come to inflict to Legolas that even the men were shocked...! Author Reply: So glad you like the portrayal of Thranduil. He is often seen to be hard-hearted and arrogant, but I think it is how the king of an isolated realm beset by centuries of natural dangers and unnatural evil might become: wary and decisive. Not necessarily unfeeling. And the stories depicting him as a cruel father to Legolas... those writers have the liberty and the right to picture him that way if they so choose. I don't because I don't see a reason for it. :-) I see him the way I wrote him in this chapter. Yes there IS another guest/arrival in Minas Tirith. I'm sure you'll recall who it is, as well as what Sarambaq did, soon enough. Thank you for the review! Author Reply: So glad you like the portrayal of Thranduil. He is often seen to be hard-hearted and arrogant, but I think it is how the king of an isolated realm beset by centuries of natural dangers and unnatural evil might become: wary and decisive. Not necessarily unfeeling. And the stories depicting him as a cruel father to Legolas... those writers have the liberty and the right to picture him that way if they so choose. I don't because I don't see a reason for it. :-) I see him the way I wrote him in this chapter. Yes there IS another guest/arrival in Minas Tirith. I'm sure you'll recall who it is, as well as what Sarambaq did, soon enough. Thank you for the review! | |
| Angel | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 5/4/2005 |
| doo doo doo doo! Where are you? Dancing the update dance here...hope it works.... SOOON! Author Reply: Yooo hooo .... here I am, and here they are. :-) | |
| Bev | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 5/2/2005 |
| *a post script to my previous review* Holy Cow....I swear I did not read the previous reviews when I made mine. I just now read Indigo Buntings' review *insert weird music* and my mouth fell open when I read she had a similar idea about Legolas' hair. WOW Author Reply: Bev, you are the third reviewer (two here, one at another site) - to make a guess at the hair. :-) Thanks for your support. Hope you like the two latest chapters. | |
| Bev | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 5/1/2005 |
| Yaaa...their on their way. *cringe* What did Sarambaq do to Legolas? The coward. Undoubtedly something to weaken him more than he already was. Or, could it be......for some reason....I have this vision of them cutting off all of his beautiful hair...to humiliate him. *shaking head...LOL* ...no...he wouldn't do that...would he? Agggghhhh...enough trying to read things into it that aren't there. Great chapter..can't wait for the next one. I'll have my coffee and biscuits ready. Bev | |
| Angel | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 5/1/2005 |
| Well there goes the exposition. But my it was beautifully written and the fabric of language becomes ever more potent in your hands. I am beginning to see why Estel left...sort of :P You've setting downpat!!!! "A distance away, in a curious blood-red sea of light from the setting sun,...." "When he closed his eyes, he could see the light on the fair face of Arwen and hear the pure voices of his elven kin in Ithilien and the Greenwood, and his heart lifted in song with theirs as they sang a tribute to Earendil, to Elbereth and to her lamps in the sky. " Such powerful images! Thank you so much for not keeping us waiting...less grey hairs ;) | |
| ArcherGal2932 | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 4/30/2005 |
wow. wow. wow. wow. i love everything about this piece. please please please write more. please..... ;-) ~ArcherGal2932 Author Reply: Next two - climactic chapters - are up! Thanks for your support, ArcherGal. | |
| Indigo Bunting | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 4/30/2005 |
| All right! More chapters! And very exciting ones, too. You are building the suspense very nicely. The postings were coming so fast and furious last week that I had the feeling you had written the chapters long ago. That's what I often do - I write chapters of action or important events long in advance because they're focal points of the story, the sorts of chapters that you flesh out in your mind before you even start writing them down. I'm not sure what Sarambaq and his minions did to Legolas, but I have a guess: I'll bet they cut his hair. But whatever it was, I see a sort of 'Mouth of Sauron with Frodo's mithril coat' scenario in the future, to be played out between Sarambaq and Thranduil. Author Reply: Weeell... not quite the 'Mouth of Sauron' thing, Indigo, but that would have worked too. :-) Perhaps in another story. Just FYI - you are the third reviewer (two here, one at another site) - to make a guess at the hair. :-) As for the last few chapters that I posted fast - I actually took two weeks to write them all before I posted them close together; I wanted to maintain the pacing for readers in real-time as well - am I making sense? Thanks for your support. | |
| TithenFeredir | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 4/30/2005 |
| I like it that you speak Thranduil's age and experience, and what an imposing figure he makes, but you also show him to be compassionate to Aragorn and a concerned father. I loved his statement about trusting Aragorn as his son did. It sort of gave the impression that we can see where Legolas got his capacity for friendship and loyalty. Another lovely little touch: while Aragorn, upon arriving home, thought of Legolas and grieved, Legolas now thinks of Aragorn's return home and takes comfort in it. Very nice. I'm looking forward to the next chapters. ~TF Author Reply: Thank you, TF - hope you like the two latest chapters too. | |