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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 7 Review(s) |
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| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 8/11/2008 |
| This was lovely,so very true. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 4/24/2006 |
| Ah, good for Arwen! It's just beyond sad that that guilt blinded Frodo (at least partially) to all that he really had done. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Yes--I wanted that contrast, between her heart's desire and his, and her realizing what he had given up that she (and Aragorn) could be happy. | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 12/16/2005 |
| Nicely done! We see how Arwen first gets an idea of the pain and torture that Frodo still endures. It's sad how Frodo cannot forgive himself for his own moment of weakness at the hands of the Ring, yet he was willing to forgive it in Gollum. Author Reply: Yes, her first real conversation with him after arriving, and she can, I'm sure see just what her heart's desire has cost the one who gave it to her... Frodo has ever been harder on himself than on others, something often found in people of high integrity. They expect so much more from themselves than they do of others. | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 5/28/2005 |
| Oh that was lovely! Poor Frodo! Author Reply: I wanted to contrast the idea that for poor Frodo, even though it was destroyed and he hated it, the Ring was *still* his heart's desire, with the fact that it was his taking on that burden that made it possible for others--most especially Aragorn and Arwen, to achieve their *own* heart's desire. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 5/20/2005 |
| Nice little ficlet! Arwen came in the right moment and with the right words, I think, to comfort poor Frodo a little bit. Author Reply: I hope that they were of some comfort to him. In my head I am picturing this as their first real conversation after the wedding. So perhaps she will get the first glimmering of what he needs... | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 5/19/2005 |
| Nice one! And could account for why she wants to give him a gift in return. Although she would anyway. She's Elrond's daughter! Author Reply: I think you are actually right on both counts. She *does* want to try and repay him just a little--although, I suspect like her husband she will never think *anything* is enough for what he did. But, as you said, she's Elrond's daughter with a heart as lovely as her face, and even if she didn't feel obligated, she would offer the gift. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 47 on 5/19/2005 |
| This one and the one of Frodo taking leave from atop the Hill are two of the most beautiful short stories I've read about our lads. And this one has me weeping for Frodo's own inner turmoil. Another reason to put a brave face on it and try to appear normal, when inside he is anything but. Author Reply: Thank you very much. From someone like you, who has such a deep appreciation of, and high standards for,fictional depictions of Frodo it means a good deal. I think that the longing for the Ring after its destruction did a good deal to shame Frodo, even though it was something he couldn't anymore help than he could have helped putting it on at Sammath Naur in the first place. But his own high expectations for himself would not allow him to forgive himself something that he would have had no trouble forgiving someone *else* for. (Witness his forgiving attitude to Gollum, Saruman and Lotho) I wanted to contrast that with the idea that his actions gave *others* (most notably Arwen and Aragorn, their own heart's desire). | |