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| Elvenhome by Soledad | 7 Review(s) |
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| Mila | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 10/23/2009 |
| Wow what a story i love the book of lost tales and you change a little here and you did wounderful work you need to update beacuse is unique Author Reply: Thank you. I honestly intend to pick up the story again - just waiting for inspiration and a little inner peace... This tale needs a specific mindset to be written, and I'm not in that mindspace right now. | |
| Jen | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 10/23/2009 |
| Hello Soledad i really love your the idea of the story and is very interesting i also like that you write about Celebrían . i read that long ago and all the time check the story in hope you will continue that beautiful story Author Reply: So do I - that's why I've decided to post it here. I intended to kick it into gear around the end of summer, but then suddenly a great deal of real life problems interfered, and I lost my impulse again. *sighs* | |
| walkerskye | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/16/2009 |
| call them ripples or echos, the choices made by one generation flow into those that follow - not just in the tales of LOTR, but of life. so far your tale is would around about choices leading to sorrow. those are the tales of carried shame and guilt. you keep mentioning how there has been forgiveness, mostly, but that some still hold to old grudges. but to forgive is also a choice, with merciful consequences that can also flow for generations. you hint at the fact that the Noldoli learned later of the mercy of Eru. might that theme be a direction you could go? the core story is about the choice Celebrian must make - could the stories of forgiveness inform her choice as much, or more, than the ancient stories of wrath? I hope this helps a bit. bottom line is, I love the story so far and can't wait to see where you go with it. what does Celebrian choose in the end? I'll wait, with what patience I can muster. Author Reply: Sorry for the late answer - I somehow managed to overlook your lovely review. Interesting aspects are you offering... I hope inspiration will hit, soon. I so wish to continue this story, it's one of my personal favourites. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/14/2009 |
| I pray that it now flow for you once more. Some tales, I've found, need ignoring for a time, then a fair amount of poking to get themselves finished! Excellent look at the situation! Author Reply: Thanks, Larner. :) I'm off to my well-earned holidays starting tomorrow - I hope that the beauties I'm about to see will inspire me to return to Elvenhome. I love this story very much myself, so perhaps after coming home I'll be able to finally continue it. | |
| Dís Thráinsdotter | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/14/2009 |
| It is bad to take Gods name in one´s mouth in vain, or the Devil´s name for that matter. Sometimes the making of an oath crushes people and it seems to have ruined the lives of many. I guess it was the effect of Melkor´s lies that came to their fruitision that time. Author Reply: Partly, yes. But let's face it, the Valar were fairly block-headed, too. A lot of grief could have been spared everyone if they'd tried to see the Elves as the beings they were, instead of considering them children or pretty things for their own amusement. I'm probably unjust to the Valar, but the way they tried to solve the problems of the Elves in the Elder Days makes me want to tear my hair out. | |
| Sitara | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/14/2009 |
| I cannot quite believe my eyes. Finally, I managed to find out an unbiased and fair view over what happened at the Darkening. I suspect there are not many tales such as this. I'm a person who dabbled once solely in the LOTR fandom and peeked inside the Silmarillion only out of curiosity over why everyone was enthusiastically (or, comradely, as they would say where I live) pointing a finger towards one Elf. You have my respect and consideration for writing this, Soledad. Anyway, whatever your own or your characters' particular opinions in regard to Feanor and whatever your muse would whisper you from this point of the story on, I would like to thank you for being fair and for remembering the other side of the coin. Although many parts of HoME 1 were discarded when the Silmarillion was published, I believe they are still very significant for understanding the characters' state of mind. Excellent job in using both the published Silmarillion and HoME 1 and again, thank you from all my heart. Sorry for my English, I'm not an English speaker. Sitara Author Reply: Don't worry, I'm not a native speaker myself, and my English is full of glitches without a beta, too. ;) I'm very happy that you like this story so much, thanks for taking the time to review. I hope I'll find the inspiration to continue, soon, as lots of intriguing things need to be revealed yet. Personally, I prefer the older stuff - any older stuff - to the Silmarillion, which I find stilted and pompous in style and really hard to read, no matter in which language, but that's just me. | |
| Fantasia | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 7/14/2009 |
| You are very good with this tale, I can see all of them fighting each other about the decision to go or not go to Middle Earth and to taking the Oath. I really never fully understand why the Oath was impossible to break, I guess it is because I grow up learning of the mercy of God and we have Jesus to see that part of him, also, it is a complete different time...I can not imagine God holding you to an Oath that was done in a moment of madness, but I never comprehend the Valars either, with Namo "cursing" all the Noldors, at the end, all of them ,elves and Valars, made terrible mistakes, none, save God, is perfect...I can't wait for the next chapter... Author Reply: I completely agree with you about the Oath. I once let Elros talk about it with Maglor in a drabble. Maglor whined about going to the Everlasting Darkness when he breaks the Oath, and Elros asked him what makes him think that fulfilling the Oath wouldn't do the same. IMO, regardless of Námo's "curse", God/Eru/Ilúvatar would never condemn someone for turning back from a wrong path, Oath or no Oath. Even the Old Testament states that God wants mercy and not sacrifices. | |