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The Last Maker  by Ecthelion of the fountain 2 Review(s)
Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 2/23/2025
“𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘵; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘥𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘸ë 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦?” (1)

𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨-𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘥𝘢. (2)

The way you've drawn parallels between Feanaro and Turin is interesting. The way both sort to challenge the limit of possibility and take fate into their own hands. I can never decide whether this is defiance, hubris, or a mix of both.

Nice touch with Celebrimbor leaving Nargothrond with the arrival of Turin.

“𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘢ï𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”

Strangely enough, me too. When reading the Silmarillion, I put down my phone to process that shock.

Author Reply: Yeah—I found it to be a strange yet compelling parallel between the two, and I felt there was something else Celebrimbor would keenly sense—a certain bitterness born from a sense of injustice.

PSWReviewed Chapter: 5 on 2/14/2025
Sometimes consolation or defense is not what we want or need. In that, at least, perhaps Annatar did him a favor all unwitting. However, I don’t think revealing anything of himself to Annatar is wise, no matter how many Rings of Power they create together….

Author Reply: It would be unwise—if he truly knew whom he was dealing with! Yet, Annatar was gradually lowering his guard, step by step.

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