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| Jay's Drabblets by Jay of Lasgalen | 6 Review(s) |
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| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 4/23/2007 |
| OH! Nice! And I hadn't thought that the darkness would have spread that far - but why not? Author Reply: Perhaps it wasn't just a physical darkness, but a shadow on Elrond's mind as well. He had to be feeling the strain as he tried to follow events. | |
| elliska | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 4/2/2006 |
| Catching up on my reading here...Poor Elrond. I always thought that he must have gone insane wondering and waiting and worrying and second-guessing in Imladris. I thought you captured him really well here. Author Reply: Thanks! It must have been hard for him, waiting at home while knowing what danger his sons faced. He must have realised that there was little chance he'd ever see any of them again :( | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 3/29/2006 |
| Ooh, marvelously eerie and appropriate! Love the image of the Lord of Imladris keeping watch over these three from afar in this manner. Author Reply: I like the idea of the elves being able to farsee events, but it can't have been an easy time for Elrond. | |
| Lianna | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 3/9/2006 |
| Poor Elrond. Tolkien never gave the guy a break. I had not considered before that with his abilities, he must have been able to follow the events of the War of the Ring quite closely -- without being able to have an impact on the outcome. And, as you pointed out in Letter from Elladan, no matter what the outcome, there was unhappiness in store for him and his family. Poor baby. Off-topic: I see that five of your stories, including the aforementioned Letter from Elladan, made the Mithril Awards semifinals. Congratulations! Author Reply: Elrond had a very hard time. He lost so much, and so many people dear to him. Although Tolkien never said, I think (and hope) that the twins chose immortality in the end, otherwise Elrond would have lost *all* his children to death :( Thanks for the congratulations. I wrote Letter From Elladan two years ago, and it *still* gets nominated for awards! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 3/9/2006 |
| Knowing that all three of his sons - by blood, love and betrothal - were facing death together must have been a dreadful time for Elrond. And he couldn't know the outcome - Had he been right to send the words of Malbeth the Seer south with Elrohir? - He had to give them the knowledge with which to make their own choice. That's what Galadriel learned over three ages, I think. That you can guide and advise and hope - but that, in the end, you have to grant people the right to make their own decisions. Author Reply: It must have been hard to send them off to war without knowing the outcome, but knowing great battles and many deaths lay ahead. The more I study this section, the more I realise that Elladan and Elrohir could have just delivered the messages, and then disappeared - but they stuck with Aragorn to the bitter end. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 61 on 3/7/2006 |
| Elrond must have had a terribly time, knowing his sons are all in the midst of the war, likely to die and never to return, and he could do absolutely nothing to prevent it. Not to be able to do anything is probably even worse than to be there and fight with them. Poor guy. In the end he must've been so relieved to know they're all whole and healthy. Although it was bad enough he had to leave Aragorn and Arwen behind, knowing he would lose them forever. Author Reply: Yes, you're right - to sit at home and worry and wonder, waiting for news - far worse for Elrond than actually being there. And he'd sent the twins to Aragorn, and more or less told him to take the Paths of the Dead. He'd blame himself. What were the chances that they'd all survive the battles? | |