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| More Faramir drabbles by Nesta | 6 Review(s) |
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| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/11/2010 |
| "when he misses the gold he gets in a terrible temper and says the target is set up wrong" lol I liked this comment... Your depiction of Boromir is very accurate and true (and funny!), I can just see Faramir thinking that about his big brother! Author Reply: Yes, Boromir is a likeable fellow really, but his ego does need to be massaged and I'm sure Faramir did a lot of that. Thanks for reading, Rian! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/9/2007 |
| Now, this is wonderful. The brothers love one another, that's plain! And rightly so. Author Reply: Yes indeed! But without being sentimental about it. I don't think either brother was ever sentimental; look at the wonderfully restrained - even quite sharply critical - and yet loving way that Faramir talks about B. in TT. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/29/2006 |
| You capture the brother's personalities brilliantly.I enjoyed this. Author Reply: Thanks, Linda! Children's writing can be devastatingly revealing about their personalities and attitudes. I hope the schoolmaster had the sense not to show these compositions to Denethor... | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/28/2006 |
He’s good at remembering words and dates and things like that, which can be quite useful at times. - Heeeee! Loved this line of 12-year-old Boromir's with its grudging approval of his bookish little brother. It's funny, and rather telling, as FrenchPony has observed, that Boromir, though older by five years, spells no better than his little brother. Faramir's anecdote about Boromir's reaction to missing the gold in archery contests is also quite telling, and funny. I imagine that Boromir learned to mask his thwarted pride, at least publiclly, as he aged. The brothers' mutual love and admiration comes through well, filtered through the lens of a bit of light, and realistic, sibling tension. I love the way that both brothers already have a sense of purpose and destiny and know what their future roles will be - both to fight the Enemy, Boromir to be a Captain and then Steward ever, Faramir to be Boromir's lieutenant, then the lord of Gondor's good counselor... Author Reply: I've always been intrigued by the situation of people who are born ineluctably into a destiny (or job): heir to the throne, for instance, or to a dukedom, or an industrial empire; or, at the other end of the scale, into a low Hindu caste, for example. Even for the apparently privileged, it can be a heavy burden. As this applies to our favourite brothers, I've a feeling that Boromir would always tend to see the advantages of his position, and Faramir the obligations of his. Not that Boromir lacks a sense of duty, of course; but he's less stern about it. Bright six-year-olds can certainly write well - I've seen plenty of evidence of this. I've also seen a superabundance of work by sixteen-year-olds who express themselves far worse than Boromir does here! | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/28/2006 |
| Those are so cute. Interesting, and very in character, that twelve-year-old Boromir's spelling is worse than his little brother's, and that he writes less. You can definitely tell which one is the warrior and which one is the scholar! Author Reply: Boromir is certainly no scholar, but he's not stupid either; he writes about as well as the average twelve-year-old, I think. But Faramir grows up to be a master of words, and that sort of thing tends to develop early! | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/28/2006 |
| How cuuuuuuteeeeee!! LOL (love them both) Author Reply: I love them both, too! | |