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| An Act of Desperation by Shieldmaiden of Rohan | 1 Review(s) |
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| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 8/26/2005 |
| You're obviously getting over your writer's block in fine style - great to see the updates! "Faramir was never one to openly oppose Lord Denethor, but neither would he blindly follow his will, particularly when it came to giving orders in battle. I remember one time after we had lost a battle in Ithilien, and Lord Denethor rebuked him harshly for giving up that land to the enemy. We had been sorely outnumbered, and so the Captain responded by saying that had we not retreated, we would have been slain to the last man, and given the choice, he would rather give up a plot of land that could be recaptured later than to sacrifice the lives of so many of his people in order to defend it." Hmm. Interesting. I didn't have the impression, when reading the Faramir chapters of TTT, that Faramir and his Rangers had given up too many plots of land to the enemy. I'd have thought that if he retreated a hopeless battle to save lives, he would have come back later to retake the land, or that it was not an area of great strategic value. The incident with the dying soldier was touching; Eowyn is learning the down side of healing. And sleepy, overworked Faramir - big "Aw" - someone needs to tuck him into bed. I'll happily volunteer! Author Reply: I also don't think he would have given up much land to the enemy, though I seriously doubt even he would have won every battle there. My intent was more to make that an isolated incident (with leaving it open for later recapturing). | |