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| More Faramir drabbles by Nesta | 51 Review(s) |
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| Florrie | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/23/2014 |
| I loved this! I mean Faramir is so imposing and cool! Author Reply: He's the coolest character there is! | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2010 |
| Wow, now I feel sad for Arwen...You know I've never thought of her choice as her being in exile from home, just as her leaving her family forever (which is sad enough), if you understand what I mean... I've always thought Minas Tirith would always be first in Faramir's heart, look at how he speaks of it in TTT, like if it was a lady! Eowyn's home being where her loved ones are makes sense. Author Reply: Il semble que pour les Elfes, cette terre est toujours un lieu d'exil ou ils font un sejour temporaire. Pour Arwen, l'amour fait de la terre un paradis, mais un paradis qui durera peu de temps et qu'elle va payer tres cher. Neanmoins il y a un revers a la medaille; pour les hommes aussi, la terre est une habitation temporaire car la mort les prend tres vite et les envoie a un "ailleurs" inconnu. A la longue, le sort des hommes est preferable car ils seront immortels aupres de Dieu, tandis que la vie des Elfes, pour longue qu'elle soit, aboutira a l'aneantissement. C'est pourquoi Arwen pourra rejoindre Aragorn dans la mort, mais elle ne verra jamais plus son pere ni ses autres parents elfiques. A-t-elle bien choisi? Vraiment je ne sais pas. Il est tres evident que Faramir aime sa ville d'un amour tres profond et personnel. Quelque chose me dit qu'Aragon l'envoie habiter en Emyn Arnen parce que la ville ne saurait contenir deux si grands hommes - et Faramir y est chez lui, connu et aime de tous, tandis qu'Aragon est le nouveau venu... | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 6/17/2010 |
| This is so funny! Neither Aragorn nor Faramir (nor Denethor) need any ornamentation to look great... I loved the ambassador's arrogance, and the style, the rhythm (the questions/answers), it is very well done (it makes me think of a poem or a fable). But I don't think Aragorn is a far greater man, when Pip compares the two, the first time he sees Faramir, he doesn't seem to think him a lesser man, and I doubt he was at his best at the time... But then It's true I'm biased, Aragorn just get on my nerve sometimes in the book (I don't dislike him but I think there are times he is a bit arrogant, but then I seem to be the only one...). Anyway Faramir has an effect on people, just look at Gollum; he had just starred at him and the other react like if he had been stabbed. By the way, I'm sorry if I make mistakes, English isn't my first language (I'm French), and it's hard sometimes to express myself! Author Reply: Tu n'as pas besoin de t'excuser, ton anglais est impeccable! Personnellement je ne crois pas que Faramir soit inferieur a Aragorn, dont l'arrogance m'irrite souvent. Mais pour JRRT, evidemment Aragorn etait le non-pareil. Les auteurs peuvent mal juger leurs propres personnages! Dans cette petite histoire, Elboron emploie une ruse psychologique pour deconcerter l'ambassadeur - je suis sure que dans son for interieur, Elboron met toujours son pere a la premiere place. (Pardon, cet ordinateur ne fait pas les accents.) | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/11/2010 |
| "And now comes the worst time of all, when for the first time I must send not only my lord into battle, but also my son" Poor Eowyn... I'm so glad you didn't make Eowyn a silly stubborn girl who would beg Faramir to let her go with him into battle (or who would go without his approval at all)! I wouldn't say women are more courageous than men, but there are many forms of courage, and I don't know how most men will cope if the places were exchanged... Somehow your story made me think of my history professor (a man), who said the birth of a child is just as hard for the father as for the mother, if not harder (of course all the girls protested vividly). It's interesting, since it's the only occasion the woman is the one who suffers physically whereas the man is the one who suffers mentally... Did Turin go to battle? And how did he and they all feel about it if he did? Author Reply: I think there was a touch of the silly stubborn girl about Eowyn in the book - or perhaps it would be better to say 'frustrated'. Evidently JRRT didn't want her to seem 'mannish', just a woman rebelling against the sort of narrow life she saw herself condemned to. Her life with Faramir wouldn't be narrow, and I don't think she'd be discontented if she didn't go to war, because she would have other worthwhile things to do. And she wouldn't have to consider going without his approval, because I don't think he'd forbid her to do things - he'd leave her to work out what was sensible and worthwhile and what wasn't. On the other hand, if there were a dire military crisis and Ithilien got invaded or something, I'm sure Eowyn would take up the sword again and would be as skilful as ever. I can't speak to childbirth, but I can't imagine fathers suffering as much as women do! I read somewhere that women actually are far better at bearing physical pain than men are, because women have to be made that way to have children at all. You know the way many men act as if they're half killed if they suffer a slight injury or illness? I have a half-written story about Turin and his attitude to war - must get it finished some time soon. He saw it all very differently, of course. | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/11/2010 |
| Wow, you're good with twists, aren't you? Well, we know his dream will come true... Don't worry Fara, it's nearly over, I promise! It's sad that he really doesn't ask much, just peace, and that he can't have it. | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/11/2010 |
So sad! I really feel sorry for Eowyn… I've always believed this can easily turn into a problem in their marriage, that Eowyn will grow old and die while Faramir will remain nearly unchanged... He would dread the day she would leave him, and she would fear his reaction to her physical changes. After all, she must know how he loves beautiful things, and he seemed quite taken with her beauty in RotK. So I think her concerns are somehow understandable, if not justified: Faramir will always be deeply in love with her no matter what. I can imagine it would be hard for her to speak to him about it, but I'm sure she eventually would and then they will speak about it at length, and he will find a way to reassure her, won't he? Or will it be difficult nonetheless, in spite of his love? I wonder how others will react to them. I mean, an old man with a young wife is more or less ok (that would be the case with Eomer and Lothíriel), but the contrary is rather….strange? But, thinking about it, maybe they can take it well and have fun about it. How do you view it all? Very good as always! Author Reply: JRRT was writing a romance, and like all romancers he assumes that beauty in woman is a prerequisite! Faramir certainly is taken by Eowyn's beauty, but it's very significant that the first emotion he feels for her is pity for her mental anguish. He isn't somebody that would abandon a woman if she lost her looks. In any case I think Eowyn was probably worrying unnecessarily. There's a certain type of beauty - the clear-cut kind rather than the voluptuous kind - that doesn't vanish with age but simply changes. I rather think she would be like that. Several people have written movingly about this problem with Faramir and Eowyn - Raksha the Demon is one. As for general disparity in life-spans, it's a tragic theme that runs right through LoTR. It's obviously far more acute when it comes to elves being mated with humans, but long-lived humans versus short-lived humans is the same thing on a smaller scale. A critic, I forget his name, pointed out that when elves and humans form unions, it's always an elf-woman with a human man. No male elf ever abased himself to marry a mortal woman. Now is that sexist or what? | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 6/11/2010 |
| I feel like swooning a hundred times for wonderful Faramir, and I feel like crying bcs he doesn't exist. "You give it to me so that I can lock you out?" I liked it that she felt offended... Truly, which sane girl would even ever dream of locking him out, under any circumstance? =) "And now I must leave you for a while, and go and face the knowing looks of your brother and his followers" I already told you I love his humour... "Was there ever a gift-giver more generous?" No, of course not. Of course Faramir wouldn't be one of those overly possessive husband, he would take care to let Eowyn keep some intimacy... I liked this very much, thanks for sharing! | |
| Rian Steelsheen | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/11/2010 |
| "when he misses the gold he gets in a terrible temper and says the target is set up wrong" lol I liked this comment... Your depiction of Boromir is very accurate and true (and funny!), I can just see Faramir thinking that about his big brother! Author Reply: Yes, Boromir is a likeable fellow really, but his ego does need to be massaged and I'm sure Faramir did a lot of that. Thanks for reading, Rian! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 3/24/2009 |
| Yes, there is grief for what she cannot come to now; but her love is here, and there is another haven for them, beyond the circles of this world. Thought provoking. Author Reply: Arwen may have made her choice, but I'm sure it went on troubling her. You can see it did, at Aragorn's death scene. Those two may meet again, but her elven kindred never. And the time she spent with Aragorn was only a small part of her whole life. I hope it was worth it! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/24/2009 |
| A greater man, not that a true King is that much greater than his greatest counselors! Thank you so! Author Reply: Very true. Great kings usually have great counsellors - I think Elizabeth I is the perfect example. It's only tyrants and weak kings (or presidents, or prime ministers) who have to surround themselves with nonentities. | |