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| Jay's Drabblets by Jay of Lasgalen | 8 Review(s) |
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| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/26/2007 |
| Absolutely gorgeous thought - that some of the heroes of that day did not let the enemy did not get away entirely. And I LOVE the part about Oropher and Thranduil! Author Reply: I thought it made sense that the orcs and Easterlings who fled would be pursued across the marshes - and who better than Legolas, who has such history here? | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/2/2005 |
| Oh, yes, I can see Legolas thinking this, looking down into the Enemy's last lingering cheats and advertisements of the power he had taken to himself! Author Reply: I'd forgotten the details of this one - I had to go back and re-read it. It's an eerie place, full of dark tales Legolas would have heard from his father :( | |
| Kalima | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/12/2005 |
| Ooooo, so nice and creepy. But it disturbs me about the elf candles. Are we to think the elves have ghosts here?? Peter Jackson certainly seemed to think so. Of course, he LIKES creepy ghosties and ghoulies (see TROTK, EE, skulls scene, the silly boy). Your rendition of creepy is so much more better! (So much more Tolkienish and subtle.) Author Reply: Who knows about the Dead Marshes? Frodo thought he saw the faces of elves and men and orcs there. It's just a horrible, creepy place - and Legolas's grandfather died there :( | |
| LKK | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/11/2004 |
| Eerie, Jay. Of all the creepy places Tolkien wrote about, the Dead Marshes disturb me the most. (The movie version didn't help matters in the least!) I shudder to think of Oropher lying there among the dead. I can easily understand why Thranduil would have nightmares. And now, Legolas might have them as well. Ai! Thanks for creeping me out. You did a very good job with this one. (Seriously. No sarcasm intended.) Author Reply: Inspiration for this came from the chapter where Gollum talks about 'dead faces in the water', and also from UT where it says that Thranduil 'had seen the horror of Mordor and could not forget it'. I'm glad you found it creepy - it's meant to be! | |
| Vi Janaway | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/10/2004 |
| Spooky and well done Vi Author Reply: Thanks! I think it must have been a very spooky place for Legolas to see. | |
| Lasse-Lanta | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/9/2004 |
| Wow, very powerful, could you just imagine the dawning realization? I guess you can since you've done such a great job of portraying it in so few words. Author Reply: I was listening to my CD of the BBC's production of LOTR when Frodo and Gollum talk about the faces of dead elves in the waters of the Dead Marshes. And the thought came to me: Legolas's Grandad would be there. (I know, I'm sad!) | |
| Elendiari22 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/8/2004 |
| Yikes. That is VERY interesting. I'd like to hear more about Thranduil's nightmares. Author Reply: The idea of Thranduil's nightmares came from 'Unfinished Tales', History of Galadriel and Celeborn Appendix B. It says how Thranduil has seen the horror of Mordor and cannot forget it. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/8/2004 |
| I have to admit I don't always understand the point of the whole drabble concept, but you do this very well, Jay. This image, caught for a moment through Legolas's eyes, as he sees where his grandfather fell is sort of like poetry. It's compact and evocative. Author Reply: I like the discipline of drabbles - writing in exactly 100 words is not easy. Every word that needs to be added or removed is very carefully considered! | |