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| Via Dolorosa or The Way of Sorrows by Antane | 3 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 54 on 6/18/2007 |
| Ah, so somehow a record of these memories of Frodo's must have been found and that's how they got into the movies! (Clever!) I feel like I just keep repeating and repeating things like this, but the imagery in this chapter is wonderfully vivid, and again, Frodo's pain is almost palpable. Poor dear, remembering these nightmares and clouded realities and too ashamed to even ask! If he *would* ask, he might--no, would--find reassurance. Love the little detail about the heat making closeness rather uncomfortable--something I, in your place, probably wouldn't have thought to include. God bless, Galadriel P.S. I *will* catch up on your fluffy stuff, I promise (can't wait, in fact!) but I think I have a tiny, timid h/c plot bunny nudging me, but it's such a little thing I dare not break the mood. Author Reply: Hantanyel, ammelda! Glad you enjoyed. The more I thought about it the more it seemed that the Ring would give him nightmares like this so vivid that he couldn't figure out later what was real and what wasn't since the movie versions of things and people (Faramir at least) are much more threatening than the way they really were. I look forward to your fluffy reviews, but no, we don't want to scare away that little plot bunny do we, Precious? No, Precious, no we don't. Namarie, God bless, Melinyel, Antane :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 54 on 6/6/2007 |
| The Ring still obscures Frodo's vision. Good way to work the movie and book-verses together here--blurring the division between dreams and nightmares. Frodo will heal, and Sam will heal knowing that is true for Frodo as well. Author Reply: A belated but hearfelt hantanyel, dear Larner! I've thought that much of what the movie added or changed could indeed be nightmares given by the Ring to torment Frodo - the terrifying flight to the Ferry, how threatening Faramir was, being manipulated into attacking Sam and sending him away, trying to kill Gollum - but so real that Frodo wouldn't know what was real and what wasn't. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 54 on 6/5/2007 |
| Oh there is so much in this. Your phrase 'drowning in darkness' is so evocative. And I love the way that you meld the book and the film by making the bit where Frodo sends Sam away into something that he is not sure happened and won't ask. Am thinking about the names of those stars btw. Not something I know a lot about even though I love stargazing when I am not in murky London. Author Reply: Another belated but heartfelt hantanyel, dear harrowcat! As far as melding book and movie, see my reply to Larner. Glad you are thinking of those star names. :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |