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| A Little Nudge Out of the Door by Jocelyn | 2 Review(s) |
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| mistry89 | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/28/2004 |
| From chapter 3: *He is intriguing even by elf standards, this Legolas. His coming of age may mean a great deal for Middle Earth.* Yup, you said it Gandalf, wise, wily wizard! "Legolas was actually the youngest of the participants in the Gathering Trial, a fact that had made his victory all the more sweet to his people." Actually, this fits in with my view - that of the "great and the good", Legolas is the youngest. I think that for many years before the events of 3019, the elves would have stopped increasing their families - many left ME, and they would not produce elfings who (possibly) would still be enamoured with ME and be reluctant to leave ... if that makes sense. I do think that wood elves stayed, so they may have had elflings. Thranduil is *really* reluctant about the marriage thing for Legolas. It is sweet (I'm assuming it is because he sees him as the last link to his Queen, and so is keeping him close). I like the lightness of the story so far, but sense a darker strand, and reading about the "doings" of elves is always a treat. Thank you. | |
| rgbj | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 12/22/2003 |
| Arranged marriages OH MY!! What are they thinking? The King has a sense of dread. This is the orc lady isn't it? The one Cand and Tathar were so afraid of? Well the King is smooth about it all. No wonder he is so overprotective. Legolas was the youngest of the competitors by quite a lot. The King must really be dragging his heels over losing him. Mithrandir gave good advice. Give the kid a little credit. He didn't knock, that is so not good. Still sees him as childlike. We can see why. He lost his mother to the nasty Balrog. That is a good tie in with the Mines of Moria. In the book he drops his arrow and is frozen with fright. Now we know why. Poor Queen. She was a good mother. Enter rumor full of painted tongue. In a social situation such as this gossip is almost as important as the food, not the drink of course. Poor lonely king. That is why he is so eager to keep Legolas a child. He is the last one and his queen is gone. The others have their own lives and the King will cling to this one as long as he can. Failure not desired but accepted and then move on but Legolas can't do that. The loss of his mother may have made him more self aware. Good parent despite his shortcomings. This from his children. Oh my a little rift in the lute here. Legolas is intimidated by his father? Well his father may be a very strong personality and be overwhelming. Is Legolas afraid of him for some reason? Well let's get on to the next chapter and start getting some answers for our questions. | |