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| In His Wisdom by Gwynhyffar | 4 Review(s) |
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| Redheredh | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/13/2006 |
| This chapter offers quite a few whys and wherefores about Greenwood's participation in the Last Alliance. Very nicely done explanation and examination of a vital decision. One of the great advantages Sauron, and Morgoth for that matter, always had was their vast numbers of orcs. Somewhat like in warfare today, it seems only intelligence (secrecy) and 'technology' were what the elves had going for them. That situation was definitely there at the end of the Second Age. Without their numbers, the Alliance would be overwhelmed and a dark wave would slowly devour all the Silvan as well. I like that Thranduil was uncertain whether Oropher is right in fostering what could be false bravado or needed moral. Author Reply: Oropher knows that the time has come to stand up and help in the struggle against Sauron. He also knows that because of Sauron's weakened state, there isn't a lot of time to spare. Thranduil is afraid that the bravado Oropher is fostering will lead to a skewed sense of ability rather than simply high moral. Thanks for reading! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/8/2006 |
| Thranduil's right in some ways. But then, so is Oropher - and he has a greater experience of the world beyond the wood. It's probably a good thing that the pair of them can debate the subject. Oropher did a good job managing the council! But seeing Thranduil looking back on it ... outcomes obviously influenced his thoughts on the LAoMaE. He was unlikely to make the same choice at the end of the Third Age even if matters had been different - but war came to him and the forest anyway. Author Reply: Oropher knows his people and how to get what he wants and needs from them without seeming too overbearing. Thranduil can argue with Oropher, but in the end Oropher has the final say no matter what Thranduil thinks and he has to try to support that decision. I think the events at the end of the 2nd Age would have left him better prepared for the events at the end of the 3rd Age. | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/7/2006 |
| Knowing Oropher's fate only heightens the tension of his arguments with Thranduil and his proclaimation about the Greenwood! How hard it must be for Thranduil to remember this conflict with his own father, much less tell it to his own son. In some ways he will be prophetic, I'm sure, and in others it is almost self-fulfilling, between his fears and knowing his father's impetuousness. Legolas may learn more than he ever thought. Author Reply: I think Thranduil would look back on it all with some anger mixed with... well, all those other emotions that spring up from having survived something so horrific when others that you really care for didn't. The conflict beforehand just makes it that much worse. There are some things that you can try to tell someone, but even if you are eloquent enough to describe those things, I'm not sure anyone can ever really understand without having been there. I would imagine Legolas gets a taste of it later, though. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/6/2006 |
| Nicely done argument, Gwyn. The wood-elves must have been unfamiliar with this type of warfare. They'd have a hard time imagining a land not filled with trees. And yet, the Alliance did need them. A true dilemma. Author Reply: Thanks, Daw. I think the wood-elves don't really know what they're getting into. They have an idea that things will be different, but they really have no concept of the 'battle plain' that they are going to end up on. Oropher is one of the exceptions to that, but even though he has an idea of what they may be facing, he also knows that they don't have many options. | |