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Elf, Interrupted: Book One: Glorfindel Redux by Fiondil	6 Review(s)
Tari	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 4/16/2008
Námo is a delight. Humbling himself to serve others is something all in authority should do once in a while. Ingwoin could learn a lot just by watching him. Obviously the Maia have learned and benefited from his lessons. I think there is more to the Valar losing bets with each other. I think they are used as a learning tool which is a good thing. Tari Author Reply: Námo is indeed a delight, which is why I enjoy writing about him so much. Ingwion can indeed learn from him and I suspect that the Maiar have benefited from his lessons over time. And the betting is probably both a learning tool and a way to amuse themselves along the way as they try to figure out the Children.

Larner	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 2/14/2008
More lessons learned. Poor Finderato--not only tripping and dropping his tray, but then pulling the entire table-coverings down on top of himself! And it is very painful to find oneself being awkward in such a situation! Author Reply: But we've all been there, haven't we, and still managed to survive the embarrassment. Ingwion will, too.

MithLuin	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 5/4/2007
I'm curious about this mysterious project...but I'm sure we'll find out later. If Olwë's involved, and the Valar....I can't help thinking it has something to do with Tol Eressea. Author Reply: It took me a while to find out just what this mysterious project was too, and I still don't know all the details. The Valar insist on keeping some things close to their chests. sigh But I do know that it does indeed have something to do with Tol Eressëa.

Kitty	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 5/3/2007
Oh Valar, Fiondil, I should probably feel sorry for Ingwion, but instead I’ve laughed myself silly! Námo and his bets! I’m not entirely sure how much of all this was only acting and how much true, but it was so much fun! Potatoes in inappropriate shapes snicker If this accident with the soup had happened tome, I’d probably died from embarassment just there and then! Poor Ingwion, it is terribly when a courtesy is leading to something like that. But it seems to run in the family grin Uh, Námo’s apprentice? It’s difficult to imagine what that includes. Not very nice of Námo to shock Ingwion like that after all the poor elf has gone through this day. Author Reply: The Valar don't lie, though they might not tell the entire truth, however, in this case, everything Námo says to Ingwion is true, inappropriately shaped potatoes and all. grin Ingwion needed something like this to happen to shock him out of his self-image of the always-in-control-haryon-to-the-High-Kingship elf that he sees himself as being. Hopefully the entire experience will make him a more "humane" person in his dealings with others. As Námo pointed out, Ingwion's initial reaction to Glorfindel had been one of arrogance rather than sympathy.

Radbooks	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 5/1/2007
Oh, it's hard to be a servant, but it really can be a joy IF your heart is right. It's tough for the son of a king to see that, though Finrod seems to have learned it pretty well already, but he's been in totally different circumstances. Being Namo's apprentice ought to be lots of fun for Ingwion! Author Reply: We are, of course, all servants, to one degree or another, to each other. Whether we enter into such service with joy or with something that is less than joy will determine how we will fare as servants, as well as how we will fare as masters when we must step into that role as well. "Námo" and "fun" in the same sentence.... I didn't think it was possible, but you may be right. grin

Bodkin	Reviewed Chapter: 85 on 5/1/2007
I'll bet Ingwion didn't feel he needed this lesson in service as an expression of love. Not that peeling potatoes and weeding will do him any harm at all! Author Reply: Ingwion has only a surface understanding of "service" as something one does out of duty. He's the haryon to the High Kingship. That position entails much privlege but also much in the way of obligations. He has not yet learned that those obligations, when entered into with love and joy, transform duty into a deeper sense of service; that one in fact becomes "a servant to the servants" the way Námo does in this instance.

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