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| Till We Have Faces by Antane | 3 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 39 on 9/1/2014 |
| Such an inevitability to this statement: I must return there if I am ever to leave it. I must climb up again before I can climb down. A sort of, to get to the end, you have to go through. Frodo's words to Boromir, an echo of what he'd said to Sam... I love the image of Frodo, picking up the pieces, and his joyful realisation at the end. He didn't choose. Indeed. And I hadn't contemplated Smeagol's ultimate fate. But of course he goes to whatever hobbit afterlife might be, doesn't he? Comforting, somehow, to think of him arriving (rather belated) at the Feast, or a feast of some kind or another, where everything is made clear and he sees clearly at last, and yet there is an underlying love that sustains. For he was made for a purpose, and without him, the Ring might not have gone into the Fire in time... Author Reply: Le hannon, Lindelea! I was so not looking forward to this chapter because I was so afraid it would be a terrible experience for him because his other revisits had been so incredibly intense but Nienna was there, thank God! I would hope that Smeagol would arrive at long last at the Feast (and have all the fresh fish he could ever want!) but even Tolkien did not want to speculate on that. It is a nice thought though. :) Indeed 'by chance or chance well used' he was an instrument of Providence (I love that quote from Unfinished Tales about Isildur and the Ring slipping from his hand as he fled the Orcs), 'if chance you call it' as Tom said about hearing Frodo's panicked cry for help, we know it wasn't chance at all in any of the three cases. :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 39 on 8/31/2014 |
| Indeed, he did NOT choose--he had been swept away, and the Ring took him rather than the other way around. I rejoice that he sees that truth now. Author Reply: I am so glad too that he sees those words as they really were! :) I so dreaded writing this chapter because he has had such intense experiences in remembering other things I really thought this would just worsen the damage. And we know he dreaded it too but I had an inkling that maybe it would turn out well after all after he spent those hours the night before essentially in prayer to strengthen himself. Nienna's presence at the Fire made all the difference. I don't know what will happen for sure until the words just come out and am glad that this is the last hurdle (I think) that he needs to overcome to become healed and whole at last. :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 39 on 8/30/2014 |
| I just love this: “We will come to the Fire Mountain today?” Boromir asked. Frodo’s hand tightened slightly around the man’s. “I must return there if I am ever to leave it. I must climb up again before I can climb down." Ohhh, this chapter gives us such a splendid, healing, necessary experience for Frodo. Boromir (and we) lucky to be able to witness it. A comment you made to my review of the previous chapter reminded me of chapter 5 of my story "Light out of Darkness", which I haven't read in many years, where Galadriel realizes that Frodo's own Light will pull him towards seeking out a life in the West where the light will match his own. *happy sigh* Author Reply: Lucky indeed! I just told Larner how much I dreaded this chapter and put it off but I am glad that Nienna was there for him to show him light and truth. Yea! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |