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Jay's Drabblets  by Jay of Lasgalen 4 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 11 on 9/3/2005
What a symbol of grief--and to lose the comfort to worse grief still!

Author Reply: I didn't state it here, but the two oak trees commemorated Thranduil's dead wife and baby daughter. Apart from the lives lost in the battle, the trees would have been the worst losses he faced.

Elendiari22Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 5/30/2005
Hey Jay! I was reading through your drabbles again tonight, and I was wondering if I could use this one as an example of a fanfic for a paper I'm writing. It's really lovely, and I'd love to use it, if it's okay with you. Please let me know!

Author Reply: Wow, I'm flattered! Yes, of course you can use it if you want (so long as it's not an example of how *not* to do something ...)


Jay ;)

KarriReviewed Chapter: 11 on 6/1/2004
Wonderful perspective and an oustanding use of so few words. :-)

Author Reply: Thank you. It can be difficult making the scenes work with exactly 100 words!

LKKReviewed Chapter: 11 on 6/1/2004
Very sad and quite chilling. The blackened skeletons image is very effective. Your prose has the cadence of poetry in this one, adding to the emotional impact. This one is one of your strongest, I think. A very good piece!

Author Reply: Although 'Thranduil had the victory' in this battle, there was much lost. It makes me wonder what Legolas found when he returned home.

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