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| Only a Second or Two by Larner | 9 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/26/2009 |
| Wow. That is sad...very sad. And I read this right after having reread Denethor's madness and death in ROTK. I've often wondered what would have happened if he lived. I don't see much hope, though, he was going fast as it was, but maybe Aragorn, the Healer, could have helped him. Author Reply: The question, of course, is, would Denethor have accepted healing at Aragorn's hand? Or would his now cancerous pride have held him aloof even had Aragorn come in time? It's a hard thing to predict. Thanks so. | |
| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/24/2009 |
| oo how interesting! The last line is chilling. Author Reply: I wish that the two of them had not become estranged like this. One day I'd like to do a long story of Aragorn's time as Thorongil, but not right now. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/23/2009 |
| It is so sad that this potential friendship never came to pass.At least the next generation made amends. Author Reply: That is so true--a friendship begun and lost now, begun and lasting later. Thanks so, Linda. | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| Well, Denethor wasn't incredibly keen to hold him to his promise, either... Author Reply: Yes, it does work both ways, doesn't it, Celeritas? Thanks! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| Denethor and Faramir are opposites in some ways - in this particular way, how they see and treat Aragorn. It would be a bittersweet memory when Faramir so completely and immediately pledges his love to Aragorn when Denethor so completely rejected such a closeness, but as time went on, the sweetness would grow more than the bitter. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: So similar, and yet so different, and mostly because of how each chooses when faced with the same person. Thanks so, Antane. | |
| inzilbeth | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| Very well done. But for Denethor's suspicion, these two could have been good friends. Author Reply: Thank you. Yes, I think they could have indeed been excellent friends if Denethor had not given way to his jealousy for his future as the Ruling Steward. | |
| Cairistiona | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| Alas, that was a friendship doomed to failure, wasn't it. Nice glimpse of the promising beginnings of it, and the bitterness of its eventual outcome. Author Reply: Unfortunately, that's the way it proved. Thanks so, Cairistiona. | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| He made it 'Home' in the end, but not with Denethor. More please, Lynda Author Reply: Ah, yes. But Denethor lost his chance to see that which had not been seen in Gondor for so long--the great Elves who yet dwelt in the remains of the northern realm. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 3/22/2009 |
| That was a promise that *had* to be broken; I doubt it would have done any good to take Denethor to Imladris. But Aragorn made good on that promise, sort of, through Denethor's sons. Author Reply: Yes, the sons were able to see what the father rejected. And his younger son became more than Steward of Gondor in the end! | |