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| Of Falcons and Mūmakil by Lialathuveril | 4 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/11/2006 |
| Oh - and by the way - I can understand how Finduilas's experience could well make Imrahil much more doubtful about Lothiriel engaging in a supposedly very good marriage with a foreign king hundreds of miles from home. It would naturally make you wary! Author Reply: Hello again! I didn't realize you left this review as well. No doubt Finduilas's marriage was considered a very good one when she made it and look how it turned out. She is described as being 'a lady of great beauty and gentle heart' - not quite the stuff Lothiriel is made of I think (Although Imrahil might not know). Lia | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/11/2006 |
| I love Imrahil's parting words! There is no way he is going to let Eomer upset Lothiriel! Them's fighting words! He likes Eomer: he loves Lothiriel - but Rohan is just so far away, and Imrahil lacks the control over the King of Rohan that he would have over Lothiriel's other suitors. So many fathers would, I think, feel just the same. However, he also wants Lothiriel to be happy - so he will allow himself to be convinced. Hopefully. And he's not going to get a sensible thought out of Lothiriel for a while - she and Eomer just need some time to get used to the idea that each loves the other. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly over the next few months! Author Reply: Hello Bodkin, that's also how I see Imrahil's thoughts. Eomer won't just be her husband, but also is a king and they will living in a far-away foreign country, so he has no way to protect his daughter if anything goes wrong between them. I think that's what's worrying him most, although he can't say so of course. He will have to rely on Eomer being a good man and maybe those parting words of his. I had to laugh when I read what you wrote about Lothiriel. How true! Take care, Lia | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/11/2006 |
| Ah, yes, I had thought perhaps it was the memory of Finduilas and how she had faded away when far from her home that made her brother into a somewhat overprotective father... I liked this. It was far more realistic than his instant and enthusiastic agreement to have his daughter living so far away. Distance *meant* so much more in times like that. It has scarcely been a century since someone going more than just a few miles away parted from family in the knowledge that the journey could prove dangerous, or that, if something happened, word might never come back. Author Reply: Hello Dreamflower, yes, Rohan is several weeks' travel away and hard travel at that, so Lothiriel would be very much cut off from her family. I think what also bothers Imrahil, although he can't say so, is the fact that he has no 'handle' on Eomer like he has on the other suitors who are his vassals after all. As for your other remark, I have always marvelled at the British living in India in the 18/19th century sending their children home to school for years at a time and before the Suez canal was built that journey used to take months! | |
| Alison H | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/10/2006 |
| While I understood Imrahil's concerns for his daughter I was glad to see Lothiriel assert herself and put forward her opinion.Ornamental indeed! I don't think she would ever let Eomer treat her in such a way and Eomer knows she can handle herself.I'm glad Imrahil gave his consent in the end! Great story and I can't wait for 23! Ali. Author Reply: Hello Ali, sometimes it's difficult to see what our nearest and dearest really are like. I think Imrahil doesn't know half of what Lothiriel has been up to lately and doesn't realize she's grown up considerably. No doubt he'll get a few eye-openers in the chapters to come. Lia | |