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| Passover and Pilgrimage by Larner | 17 Review(s) |
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| Szepilona10 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| Oh! That was amazing! From a beran(sp) waistland to a land of beauty! It reminds me of pictures from my science book of volcanos and calderas (I think that that's what they are called), espesialy the pictures of Mount St. Helen's (Which I love because my name is Helen!) after it erupted. That's not the end, is it? If it isn't update soon, and if it is, please work on the Tenent! God Bless! ~Szepilona10~ P.S. It is called a caldera! P.P.S. My computer's working!!!!!:D Author Reply: Yes, from barren wasteland to a land with its own life, much as our deserts have their own beauty and forms of wildlife. Yes, caldera, and that was the working title for this story as I wrote it. I grew up within sight of Mount Rainier, and have regular sight now of Mt. Baker, now that I live on the Olympic Peninsula. And each time I head south down I-5 I travel past Mount St Helens as well, and I usually get a good view of Mt. Hood as well. I live in the land of shield volcanoes, you see! To fly south on clear days along the coastal ranges is beautiful, as one can see snow-topped peaks from Mt. Bachelor in Canada all the way to Mt. Lassen in California. And because we are lower, they seem somehow more majestic than the Rockies, even, although in reality the Rockies are higher. But each mountain range has its own particular beauty. There's not much more to this, I fear, but a small amount more. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| How wonderful that Sam could come here and see all the good that came from his and Frodo's sacrifices. The others could not know even as they stand there in a land renewed how terrible it had been, but Sam does. And is that small figure who I think it is? It would be wonderful if Frodo could be aware of this transformation also. A tribute indeed to the Ringbearers. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Yes, Sam knows what this was like as opposed to how it is now. And what Frodo knows--that may be made clear. Yes, a proper tribute to the Ringbearers as the land of Mordor begins to revive! Thank you! | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| What a lovely story....is there more? I forgot to look *g* ~~~~{~@ Author Reply: Not much more, I fear. Thank you so, Armariel! I am honored. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| Oh my! How amazing for them to see how the land is cleanses of every element of Sauron's power! If anything should prove to Merry that Frodo's sacrifice had true meaning, this should. The scene of all of them swimming in Mordor of all places was priceless. I wonder how they are going back? Will they retrace the steps from Cirith Ungol? Ah well, I suppose I will just have to wait to find out! Author Reply: I think that this above all would help to reinforce that the Eldar Days are indeed over, and now it will be the evil Men carry in their own hearts that will define the conflicts of the future. A final proving that Sauron has no further authority within Middle Earth. And am so glad you like the scene of them swimming in the pool! Mordor needs its oases, don't you agree? As for how they went back.... Well, we will see, I suppose. Thanks so, Dreamflower. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| " There are a few small streams, and even more springs throughout the area. Lord Ulmo seeks to reestablish his ways through that land, with the aid of Lord Aulë. Once they are finished that will allow the Lady Yavanna full access once more." That's beautiful. And what a lovely idea of Sam's, to be able to tell Frodo someday of the healing of Mordor. A lake with fruit trees, and joyous song! What a spectacular sight. And then ...there in the midst of the greater forms there appeared to be one smaller one, like a small column of silver light... You help us to see it all so clearly. A most wonderful "Passover", dear Larner. Author Reply: Yes, I believe that once Sauron was gone life would begin returning to Mordor, slowly but inexorably, and this would be one of the things Sam would wish so to share with Frodo, how the site of his greatest horror is now filled with beauty and is even fruitful! Thank you so, Shirebound. Am so glad people appear to like this so! | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| WOW - that was truly beautiful!!!!! I'm speechless... Well, almost... I love this iine, “We had all meant to accompany Frodo to the end then,” he said, his gruff voice particularly solemn. “We will go the distance this time, to keep faith with him now.” And bringing Boromir to Aragorn's memory was a stroke that brought tears to my eyes. I had written a little tale of Faramir making a pilgrimage to Amon Hen... this is so far beyond that, I am humbled. But of course, the Ringbearer's path is worth many pilgrimages. I do so hope the rest of Sam's family can make this pilgrimage..... And what a joy for them to find such beauty.... Ah! *heavy sigh* Incredibly well writeen, inspired, and beautiful. Bless you for sharing this! Author Reply: To do honor to those whose memory should ever be respected is always a good thing, I believe. I believe Aragorn would remember Boromir especially now, when almost all the Fellowship has been gathered once more, and that he would find Faramir's company the more treasured for the memory of that he'd known with Faramir's brother. I suspect that most of Sam and Rosie's children will one day make this journey themselves, but felt that he would rejoice to have shared it with Elanor. Certainly the three lads particularly want to see where Pippin killed his troll! Thank you so, Agape! I am honored! | |
| Sunny | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/14/2009 |
| The pilgrimage thing in the story is a thing that doesn’t really resonate with me. To begin with, Norway is staunchly Protestant, and that sort of thing is something that “doesn’t belong” – at least when I went to school and had to attend those mandatory attempts at indoctronation. And then, I am just as staunchly agnostic, so the whole religion thing is just bound to fail. What did _not_ fail, though was the ecological lesson: After Sauron’s fall, Mordor went back to what it was “supposed” to be: A desert, which though it is not covered in grass and trees, still has its own stern beauty. Mother Nature always wins – and when it _seems_ that Man wins – for a time – that “victory” comes at a price. Granted, Sauron was a Maia, and he poisoned the land rather than forcing the desert to bloom. The lesson is still there, though. The story is charming in its own way. And if this is what is going to coax your muse out of her higing place, I am all for it. Author Reply: Not all pilgrimages are religious in nature. I know that the visit I made to Bosworth Field or the airfield where my father died were not religious, but attempts to honor Richard Plantagenet and my father and his co-pilot, not to mention coming to appreciate where I was born, a place I had no memory of at all. Yes, now that Sauron is no more the land begins to fall into its own. Unfortunately the muse continues to be recalcitrant, I'm sorry to say; but I have added a few more paragraphs to "Or Perchance." Now--to get some others updated! | |