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| Patterns in the Tide by Ithilien | 9 Review(s) |
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| Marianel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/3/2015 |
| Magical and bittersweet, heartwarming and sad at the same time. Aragorn is so wise and in this tale when hes old I think of Gandalf and the actual similarity to Aragorn but at the same time Aragorn is also young in his mind. He rejoices now while Legolas is more stayed somehow but yet like a young man in other ways. They compliment each other with two sides of the same coin! I love your story and even my own heart aches at these topics. It makes me think of my own family and my children. I will try to live life to the fullest as long as i can.Legolas should try to live as if his last day was the next. He has such a long life, why waste it! Thank you for the story!❤️ | |
| Aloysius | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/21/2004 |
| Your descriptive detail is wonderful, as is your understanding of Legolas' feelings. I love the relationship you portray between them and the way they help each other to understand that which they cannot experience for themselves. | |
| *~SuGaR~* | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/17/2003 |
| You'd better start dodging those...ummm, flying items!!! Why must everybody go on vacation while i have to stay here and wait for them all to come back!?!?!? *sigh* Wait...fur??...are you trying to say I'm hairy...*glares*...i didn't get a b-day fic*pout*(but the fact that you don't know when it is may explain a bit) The rest of "The Hunting Trip" would be enough for me though, so you'd better get it done quick!!! It's already belated!!!...heh, kidding, i want that witch-butt-kicking to be good!!! Ahhh...the good ol' sea-longing again, eh??? You must like that better than i thought, seemed like you were finally finished with that topic. Change...what a big word...some green on Mordor seems..weird. Guess we won't be able to call it Mordor anymore, it'd have to be like...Galendor. That sounds funny, oh well... Well, great to see SOME updates at least. Sure beats waiting with nothing, but don't stay on vacation too long, k? I will be sad when it's all over though...just like after Return of the King...*sob* I can never be content...argh!!...and the weather isn't helping. Pouring rain for 2 straight days just makes you wanna smile and gaze out at the setting sun...which you can't even see!!! man...64mm...Ulmo must be mad. Well, keep it comin'!! *~SuGaR~* | |
| Thundera Tiger | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/6/2003 |
| First up, please forgive my tardiness in getting this review to you. It is long overdue, and for that, I apologize. Truly a remarkable little ficlet! Second...where is my THT!!! ARGH! Yes, I know you explained what was happening at the beginning of this tale, but really, Ithilien! Do you honestly expect us to wait patiently while you fine-tune and make absolutely wonderful the crowning glory of an amazing piece of work? Gyah! **looks around for something heavy to throw** I hope you know just how much agony you're inflicting. And finally, I may as well review this piece. It deserves it, after all. Wow. So many emotions are packed into such a tiny space! Well, tiny in our eyes, I suppose. I've seen chaptered fics that are smaller than this. But getting back to this fic...wow. The first part where Legolas is constantly teasing his friend made me laugh, but the swiftness with which that disappeared took my breath away. The story takes on a much more solemn tone after the realization of age comes to Legolas, and though he tries to put it behind him, he's soon confronted with another problem: the sea. In my opinion, you have the absolute best view of Legolas and his sea-longing. No other author out there compares, and every time you have my favorite elf veering off into that cuivar, I feel like weeping. Truly remarkable. You manage to pull in so many emotions and so many thoughts and feelings. It's unbelievable. And then we come to a ray of hope that shines briefly in the middle of this story. There is green where once was nothing! But this hope is short-lived, because it represents yet another barrier for Legolas. The ensuing conversation between the elf and the king is inspired. My favorite part is when Legolas says that things might change and Aragorn comes back with the idea that things *have* to change. It's such a collision of two cultures and mindsets packed into some very well drafted dialoguel. And it seems to represent everything that's going through Legolas's mind. It's really all about change. Anyway, marvelous fic and you have my thanks for sharing it with us! I hope Lamiel appreciated it as much as the rest of us. Thanks again! | |
| Le Rouret | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/3/2003 |
| Dammit, you keep writing what I wish I could write. This was beautiful. I've often fantasized about what it must have been like for Legolas (and for Arwen too), watching their beloved mortal friends age and die; your little story describes it so poignantly. Thank you for letting us into your imagination! This, and "The Hunting Trip," are so vivid and and elegantly written. It's an epicurean pleasure just reading your work. Have a nice vacation, and I'm looking forward to your next offering! | |
| Nightwing | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/27/2003 |
| "You must still choose the pattern, each of you poor perplexed fledglings, as long as thread remains to be woven." (Lloyd Alexander) Well, I did not have to wait until the grande finale of The Hunting Trip for you to make me cry. You just did it, and this for the first time ever. I knew it would be you. As usual, your imagery and emotion were awe-inspiring. Comparing the rolling ocean waves to breaths, the movement of their hair in the breeze to that of the shifting grasses... This story is the essence of Buddhism: learning to accept change, and learning to let go of desire. Thank you. | |
| Lamiel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/26/2003 |
| Oh, Ithilien. This is beautiful. Just . . . beautiful. So poignant, and the image Legolas sees, of the waves on the seashore like time, and his pain at the thought of leaving and not seeing the completion of the pattern--of course mortals are used to the idea that they will not see the fruits of their generation a thousand years from the present, even if they don't wish to acknowledge the thought of death openly, but for an Elf the idea must be completely foreign. This is incredible. And yet the sea completes him, and he wants to escape the endless pattern of death and life and death, and yet he stays. For Aragorn. For love. I am beyond words. Thank you, thank you so much. I couldn't ask for a sweeter or more thoughtful gift. Thank you. Lamiel | |
| TigerLily713 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/26/2003 |
| Wow, you really captured the emotion and anguish that exists when one is considering this subject. It is interesting how this was started as an experience for Aragorn but ended in an experience for Legolas. This was a marvellous work, I appreciate having been able to read it. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/26/2003 |
| Very moving. How strange it must be to be an Elf and watch the mortals age and die. And how odd to be a mortal and see your Elven friends change in much subtler ways. The sea longing was nicely done in particular. | |