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| Freedom From Fear by Fionnabhair Nic Aillil | 1 Review(s) |
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| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/17/2004 |
| Hello! just finished the first chapter. I like the idea behind the story tracing Eowyn's life. It's a really good idea. I like the characterisations that you are portraying. I can see that young Eowyn could be so traumatised by her mother's death. It was a nice piece of character sketching and a good insight into a child's mind to write about the idea that Eowyn thinks that she will die early simply because she resembles her Mum. Nicely done. Also liked how you write about Eomer reason's for becoming the man that he becomes. Again good insight into how a young son might view the responsibilities shoved onto him at such an early age! Mirkwoodmaiden Author Reply: Thank you. I always view the death of Théodwyn in particular as a kind of submerged motivation in Éowyn - part of the reason why she wants to die in battle, rather than wait at home. Like so many of us, she cannot stand the idea of becoming like her mother. In many ways one of the major points in FFF is how Éowyn's search for some kind of mother figure, and her later willingness to accept that role for herself. (In a weird way this explains her attraction to Aragorn - he smells like Théodwyn.) | |