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| The Queen's Orc by jodancingtree | 4 Review(s) |
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| Calime | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/23/2004 |
| Tears and more tears. I read the review by FantasyFan and your comments, and I agree totally. The strangeness of it all is that we still weep for Frodo in a AU story when we could just as likely think of him still in the Undying Lands or passed on with Sam to heaven as in your other fan fiction. It is a testament to your skill that we can feel both of your stories equally--no half hearted AU here. | |
| Muinthel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/6/2004 |
| ....well well ....I'm really thrilled to find this story! Like I told you - I was really looking forward to what would happen to Frodos orc. It will be very interesting to find out how Aragorn will eventually handle the whole situation, for I think he is allready starting to change. The behaviour of Canohando and how Arwen reacted on it would leave nobody untouched. I hope Aragorn will find a decision as wise as he would have learned it from his father and from the Lady of the woods.... "...you may find friendship and help in unexpected places and situations!" That is something that also Frodo learned....by Tolkien and in your stories the hard way ;)!!! Author Reply: I am so touched and happy to find there are readers interested in what happens to Canohando - I did get so fond of him when I was writing Wizard! And of course he's a real challenge to Aragorn's justice - lucky for both of them that Arwen is there with the wisdom she learned from Elrond... | |
| Lossenchristal | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/6/2004 |
| That was a Lovely chapter! Thanks so much! I can't wait to see what Aragorn decides...:)Please don't make us wait too long!:) Namarië, ~Lossenchristal Author Reply: Thank you, Lossenchristal! I'll try not to take too long putting up the next chapter... jo | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/6/2004 |
| I think the king has gotten complacent in the time of peace, and has forgotten somewhat the way of a warrior. He is so used now to rule, and law, that Arwen needs to remind him how decisions are made in the heat of battle. And she's also reminding him the lesson that Gimli and Legolas learned long ago, to look beyond the externals to the soul within, and find kinship in old enemies. At least he has compassion enough left to think of disciplining the warden of the jail. How we treat the old, the helpless and the unworthy says much of the heart of our beliefs. I hope Aragorn can find justice for Canohando in the same way that he found justice for Beregond long before: justice tempered with wisdom and mercy. The first step has not quite been taken, though. Aragorn still calls him 'orc' instead of by his name, as Arwen does. He will have to see him as a sentient being before he can offer him redemption. The thought is beginning to stir, though. He is allowing Arwen to give orders for Canohando's care. More tears are shed for Frodo, and I admit a few of them are mine. But I am trying to be brave and remember that Frodo felt at peace with his own death, and that all he needed to accomplish was achieved. It doesn't take the pain away though. Is it strange that thinking of the AU death of a fictional character can inspire such strong emotion? He touches a deep chord in me. Author Reply: I do so appreciate your thought-provoking reviews! Yes, Frodo touches a deep chord in me, too. Just reading something Tolkien wrote (forget where) about how things were in the Shire "in Frodo's time" - underlining that Frodo's time was in the distant past by then - cut me up. I want it to be always Frodo's time! But it doesn't work that way, and even Frodo could be weary at the end of a long life, and want to rest... It's not his own sorrow, it's the sorrow of those who love him and don't want to lose him. Like us. (Which is why I can't stop writing about him - there's so much Frodo creeping into this story, I suspect I should name him as one of the characters! No wait, I did, because of the Prologue. ;-) And I think you're right about Aragorn: he will have a struggle in his own mind, if he decides he wants to pardon Canohando - law versus "grace"... jo | |