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| Silver Among The Gold by Eruanneth_Luin | 9 Review(s) |
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| MithLuin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/13/2006 |
| The sadness of the elves, indeed! I have been wandering through your stories, and they all have great poignancy. I look forward to the next addition to your tale of Maglor. Author Reply: Thank you for the review, MithLuin. For all the beauty the elves preserved and the great depth of love they had for Arda, it was not theirs to hold. To watch the fading and death of those mortal lives which they had cherished for millennia, seems to me the ultimate grief. Alassiel and I just posted Chapter 10; Chapters 11 and 12 will follow shortly. | |
| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/31/2005 |
| I remember reading this about a year ago and crying for Celeborn and all the things he has lost. But to lose a tree that embodied so many precious memories throughout his long life and was tied so closely to Galadriel would be such a heartwrenching, destructive experience for him, especially given his reluctance to sail. I reread it today so I could review and cried again. Such a heartbreaking picture of loss brought on by that thing the elves cannot control - the passage of time. You have a beautiful way with words. Thank you for sharing. linda Author Reply: You are so right about time and the Eldar. They must watch all living things in Middle-Earth sprout, grow, blossom, and die, all the while they remain virtually unchanged. Looking around at the winter-bare, leafless trees and seeing among them young trees still retaining their autumn-gold color leaves and smooth silver-grey trunks, I was reminded that just perhaps a descendant of the golden mellyrn yet graces our modern age. To my surprise I learned they are American Beeches, though not I think of the grand potential of those of Doriath in the days of Elu Thingol. So altogether I was heartened as well as sorrowful this winter. Thus this tale came to be written. | |
| Marnie | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/10/2005 |
| Sorry I didn't see this earlier - I've been much less active in the fandom recently, trying to clear up my unfinished stories and then move on. So I hadn't been checking for new Celeborn fic. This is a lovely surprise, though very sad and haunting. There really isn't any mystery about why Celeborn left Lothlorien if this was happening - all the oldest trees which meant so much to him dying. He couldn't possibly have lived through it. I'm glad he had somewhere to go, and someone there to look after him though. Author Reply: I thought you might like to see that I think of your special elf with concern, after all he was as much Lord of Lothlorien as Galadriel was it’s Lady, and his chief delight was the trees in his care. Having experienced the last spark of life leaving a beloved pet, I could well imagine the intense pain at the loss of such a long-time friend. | |
| ellie | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/5/2005 |
| How beautiful and how sad for Celeborn and for his tree. Nicely done. Author Reply: Exactly as I saw it, too. The depth of his love and grief over the majestic mallorn exemplify the extremes of joy and bereavement. When we think of the dreadful turmoil of parting in our short lives just what might it be like to experience that loss repeatedly through ages of life. | |
| Nerdanel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/5/2005 |
| This is such a touching tale, and so very sad. I love the idea of the tree representing Galadriel and Celeborn's relationship, and how it has sort of been torn apart by the Sundering Sea, and by the effects of Time. The last sentence is the best part of the whole thing: it brings it all together in a deep, and poignant finale. A lovely look on the Lord of Lorien. Wonderful. Author Reply: Though he rather intimidates me to write of him, his plight seems so real and personal that I dared not keep the image to myself. Often we think that elves of Middle-Earth did not REALLY suffer the passage of time, when it must have been agonizing. But preserving is not keeping as The Silver Lord discovered to his profound wounding. I would not wish for elven immortality. | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/1/2005 |
| I like the connection of Celeborn to the trees and Galadriel, tying them together, but also tearing them apart when the circle is broken. I can easily see Celeborn leaving Lothlorien after this, moving to Imladris with his grandsons. And finally, the loss of his great trees had to help lessen his tie to Middle-earth and allow to him sail. Nicely done and nicely fitting with what we know of Celeborn. Also romantic. :) Author Reply: Trees, most leafless and not a few fallen, in our area brought the 'fading' of Lothlorien to a new realtiy for me. But the presence of several very small trees, dark golden leaves still gracing the branches with silvery-grey trunks wove the tale together. Amazing how Arda Marred still appears to those who take the time to look. By the way, the small 'mellryn' (as I imagine them to be) are actually American Beech. Yes, I am a hopeless romantic! Thank you for noticing :) | |
| DAYNA | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/1/2005 |
| ::wails:: you made me cry! AT work no less! lol. How incredibly sad! He loses his wife *and* the tree too?? Not fair! :) Thank you for a wonderful story. Author Reply: It grieved me as well to bring forth the tale. Just so is the plight of the Eldar, though common to us all. In the end we all must release those people and things that have meant much to us. Greater and more often the tragedy for Elves who outlive so much of the world about them. | |
| Bejai | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/1/2005 |
| Oh! Beautiful and sad. I love the idea that Galadriel and Celeborn sung the tree to its life. To me, the relationship of the elves to the trees is really a defining point of their character. That it has died is just too hearbreaking. Glorious story! Author Reply: It occurred after listening to the Lament of Galadriel sung on The Starlit Jewel that it would have been a most fitting gift from Galadriel who (based on the poem) sang a tree into life by 'the walls of Elven Tirion' to the Lord of her heart. The woods were preserved from age and decay by both Lady and Ring, the loss of which would be their doom. Glad you enjoyed the telling, as it was not an easy tale to bring forth. | |
| songspinner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/1/2005 |
| This was truly stunning. Simple imagery that was somehow also extremely rich, especially the image of Haldir finding his lord at the base of the tree. So very sad, but beautiful. I hadn't thought of what would happen to the mallorns once she'd gone. Author Reply: This little tale came as a response to the winter-bare trees, and the undeniable love the Sindar and Silvan Elves felt for trees which grew in the woodlands in which they dwelt. After all, Elves taught the trees to speak in the first place and that would take dedication,love and time. I am delighted that others share my enjoyment of Elves and their trees. | |