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| Following the Other Wizard: journey into healing by jodancingtree | 7 Review(s) |
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| Calime | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 8/4/2004 |
| Well that sure got the tears flowing! It was a beautiful chapter in other ways as well. The sights and images of Frodo and Canohando climbing and then lingering on the mountain were lovely! | |
| Katie aka.Chickloveslotr | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| just wanted to let you know i LOVE this story and you are an excellent writer! lots of love, Kat Author Reply: Thank you, Kat! Love ya- jo | |
| Grimnir | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| Jo, what a wonderful story you are writing there! I still follow with suspense and look forward to each new chapter. I love the way you describe the deep friendship between Frodo and the orcs - who would have thought it possible at the starting point? And they will never meet again?!? "You were my comrade in arms in the hardest battle I ever fought." Yesss! To cite something matching: "He who conquers himself is greater than the conquerors of worlds." (Tathagata) By the way, I went to your website and found your excellent poems. Oh, some of them had me in tears, I could very much identify with what you have put in beautiful words. Sometime in our life we all walk through Mordor, don't we? Author Reply: Oh Grimnir, you made my day! Thank you so much for reading my poems, and for telling me! Oh, I want so much for Frodo and Canohando to meet again - and yet Canohando is right: there has to come a time of parting. Yet I think they will remain bound in heart to one another as long as they live. jo | |
| cpsings4him | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| Sigh. This just gets better and better. What else can I say? When Canahandro was first introduced, I couldn't wait for him to leave...now it breaks my heart that he and Frodo must part. Splendid job! Blessings! cp Author Reply: Thanks, cp! Yeah, Canohando kind of grew on me, too... jo | |
| Breon Briarwood | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| wow... | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| Canohando has his own wisdom, doesn't he? To take away happy memories of the other is a gift all by itself. Their parting made me cry. It was good to see Radagast confident that Frodo will some day be able to go home, and it seems Canohando is not surprised. It came to me as I was reading this, that Gandalf's role in Eru's plan was to bring about the defeat of Sauron, the destruction of the ring. Radagast played little part in that work, and at one point seems ashamed of that. Perhaps his role never was to be part of Gandalf's task: instead, the part he was to play is in cleaning up the mess that was left once Gandalf's task was accomplished, including bringing peace and healing to one who willingly took on a task harder than his spirit could recover from. The sort of cosmic fair-play that we wish existed but don't often get to see. A conscious part of your planning? Author Reply: Hi, FantasyFan - You know, I didn't plan it that way. This story is an adventure for me: it sort of grew organically, one thing leading to another. Radagast seemed like the right person to show up at the hidden cave back in the Shire, to rescue Frodo from suicide - and everything else just developed from that. About the only thing I engineered deliberately was the meeting with Gimli: because I like the Dwarf and wanted to see him again, and because I had to get rid of Nano *somehow* - I couldn't imagine them taking him along to Mordor! >vbg< You're right - it's a nice symmetry, but I can't take credit for it. Maybe it grows out of Tolkien's own way of arranging things : everyone has their part to play, great or small, but no one person does it all. jo | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 3/10/2004 |
| I'm just running out of ways to say how much in awe I still am with this story, Jo. Who knew it would come to this point of tender, heartfelt farewell between hobbit and Orcs? And whither now? I can't wait to find out. Author Reply: Thank you, shirebound. I have to admit, I hate to see Frodo leave the orcs - I love the friendship there - jo | |