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| Doomed to Live by fliewatuet | 1 Review(s) |
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| Timmy2222 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 10/5/2004 |
| You catch the characters very well. Gimli, proud, stubborn, and distrustful to one, who claimed himself a traitor. Boromir, weakened by his wounds, but willing to keep up with the Company, and grateful they did not abandon him at all. And Legolas, serene, knowing, leading them though doubts fight within him. I laughed about the last paragraph and Legolas' uncertainty what kind of medicines he should use. It seems hard to imagine that through all the years that Elf has lived, he doesn't know anything about healing, but it only adds to the very 'human' touch you gave all the characters. - T. Author Reply: Glad you like my characterization. And as far as Legolas' uncertainity is concerned, that was very much deliberate *g*. I like toying with people's expectations, and having seen Legolas described as one with a profound knowledge about all of Middle-earth, not only Mirkwood (see, e.g. PJ's movies), or with having healing skills that would match those of Elrond, I just couldn't resist. It also changes the group dynamics of the three hunters, and I just wanted to explore what would happen if none of them would be really fitting for the role that Aragorn plays in the original text. He, and nobody's perfect, not even Legolas ;-) fliewatuet | |