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| Via Dolorosa or The Way of Sorrows by Antane | 3 Review(s) |
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| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 6/26/2007 |
| You have used the many themes of being carried beautifully here Antane but the thing that really touched me was this... the pain of loss and longing for the Ring is worse than the agony of losing you Author Reply: Isn't that terrible to think that? Love does cure all ills, but this time it will be Divine Love. Frodo needs to learn to be carried by his Creator instead of his Sam. He was/is already, but doesn't realize it yet. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 6/25/2007 |
| Love lightens burdens. Author Reply: Indeed. Sacrifice is not sacrifice when it is love. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 57 on 6/25/2007 |
| Oh, Antane, this is one of the best ones yet. You carry me still at times, when I’ve fallen asleep in the study, back to my bed. You lay me so gently down just as you did near the Fire, and kiss my brow and wish me a peaceful sleep. Other times when the dreams become too much and I half-wake gasping and choking, thinking I am still there amidst the terrible ash and smoke, you carry me out to the air, into the garden and lay me down among the flowers and the soft soil and I can breathe easier then. Oh! This is the nature of love, always strong enough to carry, or at least to hold on...or so I hope. It’s terrible that it was roused again when Smeagol tried to take the Ring away from me. I had already nearly attacked you and I did attack him and that was the only thing that gave me any strength. Why couldn’t I have had it earlier so you wouldn’t have needed to carry me? No, it only came when I was in danger of losing my treasure, the same thing that I was expending, that you were expending, all strength and blood and sweat and tears to lose. That is madness. Yes, madness, but madness wrought by Sauron and not by Frodo himself, which is what he must come to understand. ...just like you had been as a lad when I used to carry you as a lark and your laughter rang clear in the clean air as you protested and fought to get down, but I wouldn’t let you. *chuckles* Okay, you've inspired me now, Antane. I hope there is someone there to carry you back to bed when your head nods against a book. How light will you be when I can do that again? I think you will be made of nothing but light by then, but still I think I will feel your warm weight in my arms as well, your head against my shoulder and a smile on your face. Oh, now that is so Sam it makes me want to cry. A perfect way to end this chapter. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Hantanyel, ammelda! Yes, very Sam, and that hope and those dreams and visions will sustain him until that warm weight is felt again and never let again. And I inspired you? Or Sam did? :) *cheers and hugs* Namarie, God bless, Melinyel, Antane :) | |