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| Rising to the Challenge by annmarwalk | 1 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 40 on 12/14/2008 |
| I still find the image of Merry as a painter of wooden toys, and keeping the Araw in memory of Boromir, to be a wondrous one. I've ever seen Frodo as innately artistic, as you know--this seems for my image of the two of them as a memorial to Frodo as well, that he would seek to give life to these wooden toys and animals! Author Reply: You know, I started to write this as several different characters, including both Frodo and Faramir, but neither of them rang true for me - I think it was Merry's playfulness that spoke to me, as well as a really silly mental image of him concentrating over his work, his tongue just peeping out between his lips. I think, too, that he would have felt Boromir's sacrifice and loss just as deeply as Pippin did, and that they shared many hours of remembrance, full of both pain and joy. Thank you for reading, and leaving such a wealth of thoughtful comments! | |