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| Stewards of Arda by perelleth | 5 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 4/6/2008 |
| And looking up Daeron sees the sign of hope descended from such love as SHE once knew. SHE is gone, but the hope continues on, even through this Age.... Lovely. Author Reply: Thank you... This story is the "prequel" to "many fruitless victories" in which I wrote the end of arda and how this 4 stranded elves saved the day...more or less. Daeron came into the group then, and in this chapter I got to explore his feelings regarding a love that he lost forever, since Luthien died for the elves... despite his betrayal, his is a sad tale as well.. | |
| The Karenator | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/6/2006 |
| Lovely. Just lovely. I adore Cyrus. He's such a well rounded character, completely believable and wholly sympathetic. He was at a difficult juncture in his life; perhaps, within the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth of nature's own rhythm: The Big Picture. Things seem to be slipping away from him, or, are at least, beyond his ability to understand or control at the moment. Daeron was a wonderful addition to this tale. He certainly knows of loss, and from his own pain and the ages he's had to observe and learn, he has a little magic to share with a grieving scientist who needs a little reminder about why he's needed. The details about the desert, the Bedu, their traditional stories, and the often clashing needs between cultures was delightful. I enjoyed this tremendously. But then, you know I love this creation of yours; this tale of ancient wisdom and current concerns. Thanks. Author Reply: Thank-you Karen! I'm so happy that you had time to read this and that you enjoyed it! The story is waiting to be told since the beginning of the year, but for some reason I find it very difficult to pull it out... It was hard to follow Dr. Feldman at this sad point of his life, and I thought that Daeron could actaully offer the best comfort, and even feel touched and reminded of his own pain. And then, there were songs and musci and old isntruments! ;-) Nomadic peoples depend on the seasonal cycles and thus are truly connected with the lands. Their knowledge is vast, because thy need it to survive, and their harsh life conditions make them a wondrous, entertaining hosts with a very tolerant frame of mind, very different from ours but also very enlightening. Glad you enjoyed! | |
| Redheredh | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/6/2006 |
| Oh, thank you so much for the birthday wishes! And yes, I definitely enjoyed this episode! Heck, I love anything with Dr. F in it! But, this story happens just after the loss of his family and he is so sad. :( Poor guy... at a real low point it seems. Thanks for sending in Daeron. :) The content was truly interesting! You have made me very curious now about the Bedouins and desert ecology. The New Year's celebrations was a nice way of showing that all peoples share this world and have more than a few things culturally in common. Your writing always captures me. Because, it always rings true. The breath of your stories is so deep. And you never forget to include the realistic sort of humor that someone like Asim would perpetrate. lol! I like Asim - reminds me of your Beliond - and admired the sheikh. However, it was Cyrus and Daeron together that was the best part for me. Tea and sympathy - elf-style. Brilliant. I really like the conversation and the consolation they offered each other. That bit where Cyrus shrugs and drinks Daeron's potion anyway was a priceless little detail! Thank you so much, Perelleth! The birthday dedication was sweet of you! Actually, I think you would do very well in the Blessed Realm. However, I fervently hope your mission in Ennor is not yet done. Ah now, don't think I've forgotten them for here they are: Hugs! :) Author Reply: Thanks to you, I'm so glad that you enjoyed this little secret birthday party. This chapter had been waiting to be written since the first one was done (the whole story, actually lies in stand by) and I picked it up back in May but it wouldn't come out... However, it was Cyrus and Daeron together that was the best part for me. Heheh. That was the point of the story, and the part that was clearer since the beginning... but... I got a bit carried away with the details. Yet I am glad that it held your attention. Nomadic peoples are almost extinct presently, and they have such a wholly diffferent frame of mind... And Bedouins are intimately related to the desert. I find them fascinating. Because, it always rings true Why, thanks! Actually I have very little imagination, and a firm belief based on experience that reality almost always surpasses fiction, for good as well as for bad! Yet I'm tickled that you singled out Asim's humour. "My" Beliond would have surely stopped the car and lectured the impudent scientist, but I've met people like Asim... ;-) | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/5/2006 |
| Very haunting, Perelleth. In some ways, living through all of time would be an incredible burden. And you have to wonder what Arda Marred comes to mean as these characters struggle with the changes in the earth. Author Reply: Thank-you, Daw. I assume that they learnt to read the pattern in changes and to find stability underneath change, from their longer span. Yet it must have been surely difficult for them to see the lands change. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/5/2006 |
| Poor Cyrus. It's not surprising that he feels more jaded about fighting the tide than does Daeron who has a whole different length of time for his perspective to represent. And to lose his wife and little George like that - I can see why he wanted to keep this appointment with the desert and the white camels. I love the desert you describe - and the Bedouin. And the rather smug, self-satisfied, patting-themselves-on-the-back, foreign experts come to tell the desert peoples that they don't know what they're doing. And Daeron ... Well. Not a character for whom I've ever had much sympathy really - but all you've got to do is change the prism round and it gives you a whole new look at him. I would like to think that he might be happy one day - but I somehow doubt that Luthien's long-lost twin sister will turn up for him. A gorgeous story, perelleth. I loved it. You are so good at combining real life and the irritations of bureaucracy with magic and the unknown. Brilliant. Author Reply: Thank-you Bodkin! Daeron fell in the club just by chance, because there were four Elves whose fate we are not told about, and throwing the twins into the mix seemed too much to me at the time, so I had Celeborn, Thranduil, Maglor and Daeron. Not that I ever thought much about this one, but he seemed useful here, as one who has also lost a loved one and could understand Cyrus' longing..from a very different span. combining real life and the irritations of bureaucracy with magic and the unknown It surprises me that there can still be found magic and unknown things amidst such confusion and struggle and...loads of paperwork. But it appears, from time to time!And that is what supposedly the Elves did, in human's eyes. Thanks for your help! ;-) | |