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| Day shall come again by Nesta | 2 Review(s) |
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| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/3/2007 |
| I am intrigued. I like the first person Faramir POV. Also, I like how, almost unwillingly, the encounter with Frodo left it's positive mark on Faramir. And I loved Faramir's visiion/link with Frodo and Sam, and their appearing as a spark of light getting brighter in the darkness of Mordor. Well done, and off to the next chapter! Author Reply: Thanks, AJ! Though Faramir says he has no hope of seeing Frodo ever again, he does imagine them meeting later and exchanging their stories, so he must at least have been able to envision Frodo and Sam succeeding in their task. I imagine a close encounter with the Nazgul would just snuff out any such positive thoughts, hence Faramir's grimly hopeless frame of mind later on. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/3/2007 |
| Frodo and Faramir both share courage and adaptability; and, most important, the ability to strive on when things seem hopeless; I like how you drew the characters together here. And Faramir was also imaginative enough to draw a flicker of hope from Frodo's quest; and, being Faramir, he can mine a lot of inspiration from that flicker. Author Reply: It touches on that state of being 'without hope', and yet not 'despairing', that JRR seems very interested in. Perhaps it goes back to the heroes of the old Icelandic sagas. The latter also show a tendency to rather mordant, point-of-death humour, which I think Faramir may have shared, though it doesn't come out in the book. | |