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| Droplets by perelleth | 12 Review(s) |
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| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/16/2006 |
| There's lots of deep stuff going on here, Perelleth. Free will, eh? That's well argued, I think. And you even succeed in making me feel sorry for Maedhros. Author Reply: And you even succeed in making me feel sorry for Maedhros. LOLOL! Now that's a deed, :-) I just stole Finrod's reasoning to Andreth in that piece, "the conversation" which, apart from a long (boring) metaphyiscal discussion, contains a beautiful reasoning by Finrod of what estel is and why the Gift of Men, death, had to be a gift, even if MOrgoth corrupted the Edain's perception. I just thought it would too work for the Elves, doomed, exiled, fallen, but not utterly rejected from their creator. Any flaws in Fingon's rendition has to be blamed to wine... Thank-you daw, for taking the time and the trouble! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/16/2006 |
| You know, I can't help but feel sorry for many of the Noldor princes. They just didn't know what they were getting into. They were used to being Golden Boys for whom Everything Went Right - and then they weren't. I'm not surprised Fingon is close to the edge. Life has been grinding away at him unforgivingly and one death has been followed by another until it must be hard to hang onto any hope. It would be Finrod who would promise that higher 'estel' somewhere in the future - and it must be a comfort to Fingon, who is so much less mired in Feanor's clinging oath-bound nastiness. He did well to take Ereinion and attempt to detach him from his kin. Didn't save him in the end, but it was the best he could do. Maedhros, on the other hand ... What is about that wretched oath? This SoF, (and Maglor), are both intelligent enough to know that it will bring only disaster in its wake. How could they not be clever enough to know that seeking to abrogate it could be no worse than trying to fulfil it? Better to condemn themselves as oath-breakers than to attempt to slay half elvenkind in pursuit of those stupid Silmarils. I can't help feeling that the SoF are still desperate to win their father's approval - something they may well have been lacking all their lives. Feanor was too obsessive to be able to see out much and take much note of others' feelings. (I wonder why Tolkien gave Feanor so many sons - the two Ms seem fairly clearly defined, and the three Cs are quite an unpleasant lot, while the two As are little more than names - to me, anyway. Maybe to fail to understand the needs of two sons seems worse than not to pay any attention to the needs of a whole bunch.) Author Reply: Thank-you, Bodkin. It is really surprising, and sad, how that intensity of focus could have been put to much better use... Maybe to fail to understand the needs of two sons seems worse than not to pay any attention to the needs of a whole bunch.) NOw that's an interesting thought. The seven were a fearsome combined force bent on bringing thoughtless disaster upon everyone, blind stupidity being the gravest of their sins in my eye. Yet one cannot help wondering how that came to pass, and how they would deal with their own sense of being doomed and bearers of misery to both firends and foes. At times a too large sense of own importance can lead to such mistakes, I'd say!! | |