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| Awaiting the Thaw by Bodkin | 14 Review(s) |
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| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/19/2005 |
| A nice backstory, perfectly condensed. I'm not familiar with your Valinor series, for I tend to get lost with such great number of OCs and I need continuous reading to get a hold on them, but this piece was very well done from her point of view. Seeing the anguish of those dark days in ME, one can never doubt that these elves must be truly blissful in Valinor! Author Reply: Lots of OCs do get very confusing - some of the Valinor stuff is worse that way than others. I tend to forget now - they've taken on a life of their own and just seem part of the family. I'm glad you liked this - the twins seemed very dark here, with just a promise of ease at the end, but I think they were lost in their world of revenge for a long time before they began to emerge. Valinor is full of joy in lots of ways - but I can see it being a bit like a long holiday in a place that doesn't have a lot going on. Once they've soaked up the sun and spent a few days at the beach, they'd start saying 'What do we do now?' | |
| Jay of Lasgalen | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/19/2005 |
| That was a wonderful story, and a lovely surprise after the long, hot, exhausting day I've had at work. Thank you! I really like Miriwen here - she's calm and level headed, the very essence of what a healer should be. Her unrequited love for Elladan is sad, but we know that she'll reach him in the end! The image of the twins is so sad, and so is Elrond's helplessness in the face of their rage. This picture is very telling: 'two who were isolated even in the middle of the crowd'. While I think they both draw strength and support from their bond, it can also be destructive, because they continually fuel each other's anger. Thank you for the final scene of them beginning to heal. It will be a long path, but they will make it. Jay Author Reply: And what a hot day! With flash floods in Yorkshire, too. Miriwen is the wife I feel I know best - and she is exactly what Elladan needs. It's just a shame it takes him quite a few centuries to realise it. It's a very bleak picture of the twins - but they must have been very shut off from everyone for a while in their orc-slaying phase. And yes, they would have drawn strength from each other to continue in this way - I'm sure that, had they not been twins, they would have begun to heal more quickly. I like to imagine Elrond's relief when they came home this time - and he could see his sons in their eyes rather than the bloodthirsty warriors. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/19/2005 |
| Great title for this story! I liked this in general. You're right. It was a story that needed to be written, letting us get to know Miriwen a little and giving us good backstory on the twins. They're really frightening in their rage. Poor Elrond and Glorfindel too. Author Reply: Thank you. Miriwen is probably the most developed wife in my head. Not entirely sure why. And Sirithiel the least. The twins aren't really very pleasant to be around at this point - completely self-contained and obsessed. They probably would have recovered earlier had they not been twins. I'm glad Elrond has Glorfindel or I don't know how he would have managed to endure these two or three hundred years before they started to come round. And they're not healed - the process is only just beginning. | |
| utfrog98 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/19/2005 |
| Wonderful way to start Father's Day. I am glad Miriwen insisted that you tell her tale. Now we need much more of the courtship. Thank you for all your wonderful stories. Author Reply: Thank you! There's a long gap before the courtship continues, I'm afraid. Not until the twins make it to Valinor. Miriwen is too busy in Mirkwood and Elladan is still a long way from being ready for lurve. I hope you continue to enjoy the stories! | |