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| Eight Elven Cloaks by Virtuella | 87 Review(s) |
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| Claudia | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 10/2/2008 |
| This was really beautiful. I had this bookmarked for quite some time because someone had pointed this out to me and I'm glad I came back to it. What a unique way of looking at the fellowship and all their strengths and weaknesses! Well done! Author Reply: Thank you! I greatly enjoyed writing these snippets. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/15/2008 |
| i loved this story and hope you will return soon to Tolkien's world. Author Reply: Thank you, Linda. I haven't got another idea for a LOTR story at the moment, and I really need to get on with the Vetissey. Perhaps you might, though, enjoy my latest Discfic, which is a multiple-fandom crossover and has a section that features Gandalf. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/14/2008 |
| I loved every word AU or not. Time is relative and when the elves are involved it is very hard to say what might be correct. Author Reply: Thank you very much! | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 9/14/2008 |
| That gave me chills. That was beautiful and the foreshadowing was perfect. This was lovely. | |
| Soledad | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 9/12/2008 |
| Oh, Boromir! How do I mourn for you... Author Reply: Thanks for your comments! | |
| Soledad | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/12/2008 |
| The curse was hilarious. I could just see poor Gimli running across Rohan barefooted... | |
| Soledad | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 9/12/2008 |
| This is lovely! A little it remainds me of the fairy godmothers from Sleeping Beauty, you know. :) | |
| Pipkin Sweetgrass | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/11/2008 |
| I absolutely loved this story. I found it recced by Dreamflower at her LJ. I'll be reading this one again. Of course Pippin's and Boromir's blessing truly touched my heart. And both of their blessings took. Pippin grew to meet his challenges..and Boromir, in the end, remained true, helping Pippin reach his maturity to it's grandest. At least that's how I see it. All of them we lovely and I thank you. And I do not object to Au in the least. That's when we take the action figures out of the toy box and make up our own stories, dear! Author Reply: Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the story. It was a great pleasure to write. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/11/2008 |
| I love that the maidens would continue to send their blessings - the Company may have never known how much love and how many prayers they were wrapped up in, but what a wonderful story you've made to show it to us. And not to worry about the time 'problem', as we all know time passes very differently in Elven lands. Consider this gap-filler and not AU. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Thank you so much for all your comments on this story. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 9/11/2008 |
| The chapter I've been waiting for! :) I actually read this two days ago and didn't have time to write a review. More lovely blessings and sorely needed and certainly come to pass if peace could be found which we have to believe it was in his new home. Very nice. You had balked at considering God's Presence in the tale in one of my other reviews. Well we must remember who wrote this tale first, that the Professor translated, a hobbit unaware of his Creator so He wouldn't be mentioned directly, but truly God is everywhere, “that one ever-present Person who is never absent and never named" as one admirer said when the story was first published. (Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, p. 253). There is ample evidence throughout of that Presence of which I will not go into here or it will be longest review of all time! If you are intrigued to learn more about this "fundamentally religious and Catholic work" as the professor himself termed it, I highly recommend The Battle for Middle-earth by Fleming Rutledge, The Gospel According to Tolkien by Ralph Wood, Following Gandalf by Matthew Dickerson, The Philosophy of Tolkien by Peter Kreeft and *ahem* my own paper on the topic that is here on SOA, The Fiat of Iluvatar's Children During the War of the Ring, that I wrote for the 2008 Tolkien Society Seminar. I am writing a whole book on the spirituality contained in the Red Book and if you are so inclined to pray for it and for me, I'd be most appreciative! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Oh, I am fully aware that the story is infused with Christian values and motifs. But I also know that Tolkien was not too keen for people to read any "meaning" into LOTR, and that unlike the Narnia novels, LOTR wasn't meant to be a Christian allegory. Any reference to Iluvatar would be extrapolated from the Silmarillion rather than LOTR itself. I would exclude such an interpretation, but I wouldn't take it for granted, either. Author Reply: Sorry, I meant "I wouldn't exclude..." | |