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| A Few Leaves In The Forest by Jay of Lasgalen | 2 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/24/2004 |
| I agree with you, it needed the epilogue - it is beautiful and completes the story. Poor Legolas, contemplating all that death among his fellow elves. Although I am glad Haldir survived, surely some of the other should, too. It was kind of Legolas to let Gimli win the head count, as well as explaining how an axeman could beat an archer. Enjoyed it. Author Reply: I think in the film that all the elves died, but Haldir was the only one we really cared about. As he shouldn't even have been there, the least I could do was save him! I couldn't quite see how Gimli had been able to kill more orcs than Legolas, so this is one explanation. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/24/2004 |
| This was very moving. When Legolas began to sing, I was struck as Gimli was by how different, how Elven, he seemed. And I loved Haldir joining in. It occurred to me as I was reading that your Legolas has more resonance for me because when I see him here as an adult, I read into him the entire history you've given him in other stories. He becomes a more complicated, deeper person. Author Reply: Thanks, Daw. I included Haldir both as a way of showing readers that he was really alive, and of letting Legolas know he wasn't alone. And I love what you say about Legolas's development - I know when I read your stories I see flashes of how he became the Legolas of the Fellowship even when he was very young. | |