Light from the West by Armariel
Antane · 18 June 2006 · Chapter 15: Peacemaker
"You...you...chamber pot!" LOL! Don't know why I love this insult so much but it's so cute and innocent and truly I'm sure the worst thing that child could think of. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Compared to some of the things kids called each other when I was young--let along what they call each other nowadays--the epithet "chamber pot" does seem rather mild, yes? heheh ~~~{~@
Antane · 18 June 2006 · Chapter 14: Parts of Speech
She and Lyrien were sitting on the terrace floor facing each other, matching the souls of their bare feet. Remember when we used to do that, and you said you couldn't wait until your feet were as big as mine? What a sweet memory! More, more! Love the mini Bag End and the different versions of the song. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Have you seen THIS mini Bag End? http://community.livejournal.com/little_world/39277.html?view=211565 Awesome! ~~~{~@
Antane · 18 June 2006 · Chapter 13: Bilbo's Delight
Never underestimate a servant! Indeed!
Author's reply
Definitely! Don't you just hate it when you thought of something just perfect to say and it was too late? Hindsight is 20/20, as they say! ~~~{~@
Bodkin · 18 June 2006 · Chapter 15: Peacemaker
Rûdharanion almost seems to be finding this change of role a bit of a relief - even if he still does feel the need to make a show of himself. Still, he's listening to advice on how to win Aredhel's heart - and listening is always a good thing. Dinlad can be a little pest - but he does seem to need a friend. He's one of those who feels that any attention is better than none, it seems. Mind you, encouraging the dog to damage little Bag End isn't very kind (but he is a brother - what do you expect!) Providing him with a horn - and a better interest (and more positive attention) can only be a good thing! The charm bracelets sound pretty, too. Frodo is making an impression on the youth of the Island!
Author's reply
Yes, listening is the first step, and he has taken that...and I believe he sincerely wishes to please both Frodo and Aredhel, and must try and forget himself in order to do so. Funny, every time I think I've had done with him and try to dismiss him, he keeps popping up again! But sometimes characters have minds of their own.... I suspect Dinlad has been a bit jealous of the attention Frodo pays to the girls--never mind that they earned it and he did not--hence allowing the dog to mess up their hobbit-hole. But yes, I'd say he is in need of some positive attention, even if he hasn't deserved it, and Frodo looks beyond the faults and sees the need, as a savior's job is to do. Still, I doubt the boy is going to turn into a little saint overnight! (yes, he IS a brother, after all, and therefore feels the need to be a royal pain in the tukas!) But, it's a start. And I dare say he's been turned in the right direction. ~~~{~@
Bodkin · 14 June 2006 · Chapter 14: Parts of Speech
Rûdharanion is in love, is he? I hope he manages to forget himself a bit and stop showing off his own remarkableness to her - or she might well go the same way as his last love. I like the way Dûndeloth is writing a trilogy. I can almost come up with a title for it... And the miniature Bag End is so cute - although I'm not surprised Frodo found it difficult. They had great fun with the game.
Author's reply
I hope so too...but he is taking on the copying of the epic, and not doing it for his own glorification, (at least, I think so) so maybe that will impress his Aredhel more than his own outpourings. Or at least, just as much.... Well, if you can come up with a title, by all means shoot it at me--if Dûndeloth decides to use it I'll credit you with it! heheh I imagine the little Bag End did stir up some bittersweet feelings in Frodo so it was good of him to fix it up for the girls, but he loves them as his own so that's only to be expected. I've often found at our family get-togethers that we all enjoy playing games along with the kids much more than discussing politics or religious or whatever...you can't change anybody's views anyway!
Bodkin · 11 June 2006 · Chapter 13: Bilbo's Delight
Bilbo invented pizza! That was definitely a good afternoon's work - and well worth inviting Galadriel to come and partake of it. In fact, Bilbo might find himself with a job if he's not careful!
Author's reply
Bilbo as proprietor of a pizza parlor--it might work! Guess there are worse jobs for a retired adventurer. Can see him flipping that crust around! Hmmm...now I'm getting hungry, might have to go and fix a little Bilbo's Delight for supper........... ~~~{~@
Antane · 6 June 2006 · Chapter 12: A Remembrance
What a loving, heartbreaking tribute here! "Not to the being who is trying with all his small might to keep more pieces from falling, to keep what is left moving along, tearing pieces from himself to patch it." Yes, even if there was no balm rubbed in, there was still balm indeed, the love of a friend, the touch of his hand, the sound of his voice. Sam was the best balm to that troubled soul, still is. I imagine that when Frodo is claimed by the Ring at the fire and he gives Sam that wicked grin, that's, of course, the Ring smiling, taunting Sam saying basically the same thing Frodo heard the Ring say in this rememberance - He's mine, I know you've done everything to keep him from being claimed, but he's mine, and there's nothing you can do about it. Like that first paragraph too! :) I don't know when Sam and Rosie first met, but I imagine he was growing up loving the both sides of his heart, one right alongside the other, giving himself to both. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Ah yes. There was no balm except Love, but that was enough, at least to put Evil out of commission for a long while! Unfortunately, human love will only go so far, no matter how great, it can't do all. Still, without it, there is no stairway to the Divine. Somehow I thought that first bit might go over well;);) hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Queen Galadriel · 6 June 2006 · Chapter 12: A Remembrance
Oh, I love this chapter! “Ha! That’s the sort of thing you thrive on,” I said grinning. “Anyone who likes to juggle burning sticks while dancing on a rolling barrel can’t be so averse to taking risks." LOL! I have to say, Galendur is a bit...out of the ordinary for Elven-kind, but I do like him! Burning sticks, is it? *tsk tsk* doesn't sound very wise at all. LOL! You cannot escape Me, it says. You cannot destroy Me. You are a fool if you think any balm will erase the marks I will put on you. I will enter you as a devouring worm and live inside of you for all your days. You will have no rest, no rest. You are mine. In My image I have made you. You cannot escape Me. I am the hands of the orcs when they touched you, tore the patches from you and tossed them to the wind, they are My slaves and so you shall be. I have only begun to take you apart, and no adoring wretch of a servant can put you together again. You are Mine. And I have only begun to show you. You will scream to die before I am done with you. Did you really think you could destroy Me? I was born before your kind walked the earth. I will be when your kind are no more. And you will love Me and call Me your own even as I violate and kick you into the dust, you pathetic little heap of ugliness. Defy Me if you will, I own you, and you cannot escape, cannot escape...there is no life in the Void.... And then you get me from laughing to crying. Oh, I hate that Ring! How terribly cruel! Maybe not a poem exactly, but it reads like poetry. Yes, I can see what you're saying about Rosie. And yes, we all have those moods where we think someone is coming between us and those we hold most dear. Still, I'm glad Frodo realised it wasn't really so. God bless, Galadriel
Author's reply
So glad you like it Dearie! No, I suppose juggling flaming sticks isn't such a great idea..."Don't try this at home, kids!";);) But I just get a wee bit tired of nothing but wise, ethereal, all-knowing, near-perfect Elves all the time and want one who's a bit wild and wacky to keep things from getting too stodgy over in that paradise...and of course he's a very YOUNG Elf--I never established his exact age, but conceived him as the equivalent of a young man in his mid-twenties, and half mortal at that, and so he could get by with a bit of craziness, surely! Not a poem exactly, but it could be called a prose-poem...some would say "poetic prose" but that sounds a bit too, well, prosy, to me. This chapter being basically about memory, Frodo is essentially inventing stream-of-consciousness, which could be a form of poetry, and he has to evoke the specter of evil in order to exorcise it. Not an easy thing to do, surely. But hopefully he can accomplish it through his writing. Thanks bunches for the FB! hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Bodkin · 6 June 2006 · Chapter 12: A Remembrance
A powerful memory - no less so for being expressed in prose. Sam's balm, though. I think his presence was all the balm Frodo had. Was it really Rûdharanion trying to poke around in Frodo's head? Very bad manners of whoever it was! Good thing he was warned about it.
Author's reply
Yes...I think I was drawing on a technique practiced by Tim O'Brien in his Vietnam stories, "meta-fiction", explaining how a story came to be written, even admitting to certain falsehoods, which may be essentially true in the context of the story. The balm being no more than a symbol of Love, so that the addition of it was basically true even if it were literally false. Well, yes, I dare say it was Rûdharanion...and yes, tacky of him! Although there are those who might call it blatant theft, perhaps bordering on rape. But surely he's sorry now and won't try it again, ahem....And we writers are all spies and eavesdroppers anyway, snagging people's memories without their permission and hopefully putting them to good use! ~~~{~@
Queen Galadriel · 3 June 2006 · Chapter 11: Complaints
Haven't much time, but I am so glad Rudharanion seems to be turning towards the light. I hate to say it, but that piece of Frodo's story (supposedly, anyway) is unbearable; but I guess I'll believe Frodo, and I would be moved as well, I think. But good gracious! Rudharanion is much too romantic! I don't know that I'd say Rosie actually came *between* Frodo and Sam; the love of a brother and the love of a spouse are two different things, after all. But poor Frodo, to have Galendur become friends with Rudharanion. I must commend our dear Baggins, though, for I never would have guessed he *hated* him from the way he acted at the tower. God bless, Galadriel
Author's reply
Welll of course he didn't hate him at the tower, but he would never have guessed in a million years that Rudy might usurp him as Galendur's special friend...which he did NOT of course, but if he DID, then Frodo might feel he had cause to hate him, or might feel he really shouldn't but would anyway, etc., etc....he's human after all! And yes, Rudharanion is romantic almost to the point of lunacy! He is an example of perfectionism run amok (not an uncommon affliction of artists and writers, which may account for the self-destructive tendencies of some of them). I dare say he abides in the darkness, or rather the half-light, because the full light is too revealing, not of just other people's flaws and weaknesses but of his own as well, and came to the Island because he couldn't bear the ugliness of plain humanity and marred earth. But on Tol Eressea he has been forced to confront his own glaring imperfections, and perhaps that will be a wake-up call for him. He knows, deep down, that his version of the story stinks and he'll never finish it, and he knows why. Maybe he'll discover, once Dundeloth's epic is finished, that not ALL reality is so disgusting, and he'll be able to write his version and do it right. As for Rosie...well, see my reply to Antane, then I won't have to repeat myself so much *grin* hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Antane · 3 June 2006 · Chapter 11: Complaints
I do love these letters, the loving gift Lyrien gave, the concern and prayers for "Rudy" and all that. I think that manuscript belongs in the nearest bonfire, but perhaps it's better where it is. I never thought of Rosie coming between Sam and Frodo - I think she was very understanding of such a deep, long standing friendship. Keep writing, Frodo! Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
So glad you're enjoying this! "Rudy" *giggle* Well, Frodo has admitted he's not much good at throwing things into the fire;) and perhaps the lovely things about the manuscript could be taken out and put to use in something else. I've wondered what would happen if my dearest friend were to dump her no-good husband and find a man who would love her and treat her as she deserves. On the one hand, this would be exactly what I'd want for her. Still, I'm also sure my worse half would feel that the guy came between us, and things would never be quite the same. Which they wouldn't, in fact. It did happen with another close friend, when she found a man and fell in love, and was blissfully happy; I was glad for her, and also a trifle jealous, and felt the man did come between us, for she seemed to have so little time for her friends any more, and when I'd make plans to go and visit her, something else would come up with her and I couldn't come. I contented myself with the knowledge that she was happy now and deserved to be so, since she is a fine person and has been through the wringer, and is more than entitled to some joy, and I wouldn't change things. I thought perhaps Frodo might have had some of those feelings at times, being, like the rest of us, an imperfect mortal *gasp*, and his worse half might have such moods once in a while. Thanks for the encouragement! Frodo thanks you too *g* hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Bodkin · 1 June 2006 · Chapter 10: Beacon
Well. Maybe Rûdharanion does have a glimmer of sense. But it's very small. I rather like the idea of Galendur giving him enough time to train before beating him round the ring. And I'm glad Frodo didn't weaken.
Author's reply
There's more to everyone than meets the eye--and ear--I'm sure. And of course it's not much fun playing somebody we know stands no chance of beating our socks off, what? *g* Yes, I liked the idea of him giving him time to train, procuring the proper instruction for him, not telling anyone what the fight is about, and executing the match publicly. I dare say Rûdharanion wouldn't have done as much, had the shoe been on the other foot. And of course Frodo wouldn't give in--he's a Baggins, after all! *ggg* ~~~{~@
Larner · 31 May 2006 · Chapter 10: Beacon
Good enough, that wisdom comes to him at the last. He certainly needs it. And the sparring may indeed be the redemption he needs.
Author's reply
Yes, as I was just telling Queen Galadriel, the match may be what he needs to force him to confront the physicality of his being and pull him down from the rafters, into which he has ascended so high he has lost sight of the nature of truth. Not really sure if Galendur realizes this or just wants to kick some buttarooski...*g* blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@
Queen Galadriel · 31 May 2006 · Chapter 10: Beacon
Ah, I said I wanted to give Rudharanion a nickname and would refrain out of politeness, but now I refrain out of pity. I do pity him. I can't exactly say why, for he reminds me of Saruman, but I hope he reaches the light. If only he could, he might become great, truly great. But I'm a little afraid for him in this sparring match. Not that Galendur would tear him to bits or anything, but he does seem really worked up. How like Frodo to take the papers with such respect. And I can bet he'll read them with as much, even if it is untrue. God bless, Galadriel
Author's reply
Yes, I hope so too! I dare say Rudharanion also needs Galendur to pull him out of the rafters--he has gotten up there so high he has lost sight of what is real and true, so obsessed with his own visions that he believes them the only reality and can no longer distinguish between truth and lies anymore. Maybe the match will bring him down to earth and force him to confront the physical aspects of truth as well. And Frodo's gentler approach may turn him onto the right path once he's been planted firmly enough on the ground to see it. Thanks once more for reviewing! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@
Queen Galadriel · 29 May 2006 · Chapter 9: Intimations of Immortality
I haven't read "Bear Me Away," but this was recommended to me, so I've been sitting here having the best time for like two hours! So much for a productive day, but I don't feel like repenting. :) I love the world you've built on Tol Eressea, though it is very different from mine, and my, what interesting original characters! The children are adorable, especially Lyrien. She's so cute and sweet and innocent! :) And how sweet of her to make a Frodo and Sam doll, and another Frodo-doll for herself. :) Galendur and Tilwen do make a very lovely couple, and they have such a sweet, warm friendship with Frodo. I love the way they've just made him and Bilbo a part of their family. That Rudharanion fellow is...well...*rude*! Ugh! (Sorry for the pun, but I absolutely could not resist.) But I love Dundeloth, and I hope he does get to write Frodo's story! You know, for all Rudharanion (I am so tempted to give him a nickname, but I'll be polite and refrain from doing so :)) made me really mad, I am interested to see just how much he has twisted the truth of Frodo's story. I shouldn't wonder if he had Frodo and Sam storming the Dark Tower with swords, after Frodo threw the Ring into the fire. BTW, it was so adorable that the kids played the quest. :) Can't wait to see what happens next! Pleeeease update soon! God bless, Galadriel
Author's reply
Hello Dearie! Today is a holiday, so no repenting allowed!;);) I'm glad you discovered this and like my characters. I'll recommend "Bear Me Away" myself while you're waiting on the next part;) Lyrien, Galendur and Tilwen are all introduced in that one, along with the first Frodo-doll *g* and others. The story of how they become friends you might find amusing, and Bilbo is a prominent character throughout. If nothing else, read the first chapter, which was originally a stand-alone story that I ended up continuing and expanding, and tells of Frodo's genesis as a poet, the forging of his bond with Elrond, and the beginning of his road to healing, faith, and joy. Rûdharanion IS a bit rude, isn't he? In fact, I think that's why I chose the name...I got it when I put "John Donne" through an "elf-name generator", which I use to find names for my Elf OC's. Not that I don't like John Donne--I tried the names of several great poets, but I end up choosing the names for how they sound and how they fit the characters, rather than for what they mean. (To get "Dûndeloth" I used "William Shakespeare"!) You can nickname him if you like, LOL I think I'd have given him a shorter name if I had known he was going to stick around for so long! And yes, about him having F & S storming the Dark Tower--well, yes, that IS pretty much the sort of thing he would be likely to come up with! And I bet Frodo never thought he'd see kids playing him and Sam...especially elf-children...heheh Thanks so much for the R&R! hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Bodkin · 29 May 2006 · Chapter 9: Intimations of Immortality
It is sad to think how stories become twisted over time. And, of course, soi-disant chroniclers like the lovely Rûdharanion don't help. I doubt his version of the tale bears any resemblance at all to what actually happened. I like the elven light-house! And flibbertygibbet is just such a great word!
Author's reply
It IS a lovely word, isn't it? heheh I dare say Rûdharanion's version is...ummmmm....well, I'll let Frodo tell us himself, when he gets a look at it! Only, being a gentlehobbit he'll probably be much too polite about it! lol "Soi-disant" (sounds French) is a new word to me but I think I can guess its meaning! Not sure yet why the light-house decided to light up once more...it's a sign of some sort, I'm certain, but what, remains to be seen! We'll see, preciousss! And hannon le once more! ~~~{~@
Larner · 27 May 2006 · Chapter 9: Intimations of Immortality
Yes, the ultimate in egotism the fool is. And now the lighthouse is glowing? I want to find out what this means.
Author's reply
Not really sure yet myself--the Muse made us do it!!! And she'd better have a good explanation!! Well, I think I know, maybe, but, well, we'll see, precioussss.... I think light symbolizes Truth in this tale...the kind with the capital T, you know.......... ~~~{~@
Larner · 22 May 2006 · Chapter 8: Heights
Quite the most moving chapter so far, to go in an agony of anticipation of dread, and to find beauty instead. This is a gift of healing, I think. Very, very lovely.
Author's reply
Wow, thank you! It has been the most difficult one to write so far, so glad it works. I felt that maybe Frodo, surrounded by natural beauty and the affection and concern of his friends and mentors, would find healing along the way if he made up his mind to do so, and it would ultimately enable him to see things for what they really were, leave his demons behind and grow in spirit. blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@
Antane · 22 May 2006 · Chapter 8: Heights
That must have been a little scary for Frodo to hear his own addiction to the Ring spelled out so cleary. As far as demons repenting, no their choice was made a *long* time before, they cannot become good again even if they wanted to, just like the good angels cannot become evil. We humans are free to repent and change from evil to good or good to evil, but not them. Their choices are permanently fixed. I think I might change my mind on letting Sam hear the whole poem, though I suppose if he can get through the little snippet here, he should be able to get through anything. I suppose Frodo couldn't just tell us the whole thing and spare his brother? :) Namarie, God bless, Antane
Author's reply
Well, I suppose I could have put a link to the entire poem at the bottom of the page, it not having occurred to me that some readers might not have been familiar with it, but a bit late for it now. Maybe I will anyway. Not so sure about good angels not being able to become evil--if it happened before, it could happen again, and it's easier to fall than to rise after all--but it's highly unlikely, I suppose, so I don't fret about it. I think if they were going to fall they'd have done it long ago! If you are familiar with C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters you might remember where the demon Screwtape states that it was God's decision to create a being composed of flesh and spirit (a "revolting hybrid" as he puts it) that decided Lucifer and his gang to rebel and go off on their own. Whether that's factual or just Lewis's speculation I don't know, but it makes sense to me. Then there's Milton's Satan whose opinion is that it's "better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." I don't know if Tolkien was familiar with Dante or not, (I'm sure he probably was) but his orcs are very close to Dante's devils, of whom Lewis says are probably the most accurately depicted of any author's. He doesn't seem to approve of Milton's take on them and thinks he's inadvertantly glorifying evil, perhaps in the way that some moviemakers glorify street gangs without actually meaning to. Eek, I'm rambling...well, redemption is a theme that has long intrigued me, and I sometimes wonder why Tolkien didn't see fit to redeem any of his evil characters. He seems to have toyed with the idea of redeeming Gollum, but didn't quite get there, settling for having Frodo forgive him--which brings about Frodo's redemption, but that's it for that theme! But I just love redeeming imperfect characters in my stories. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling...lol Thanks once more! hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Bodkin · 22 May 2006 · Chapter 8: Heights
Galendur is good for Frodo. Dizzy intoxication and giggling must make a pleasant change from gloom and doom. Poor orcs. Taken and tormented and twisted. I have, occasionally, wondered if the spirits of orcs were taken into the Halls of Mandos and purified of evil - and whether they might, in time, be returned to new hroa and gifted with life in the Blessed Realm. Or whether that might apply only to those who actually started life as elves before they were captured, and future generations of orcs, being genetically engineered, did not have a fea in the same way. Odd the things you wonder about! I like the vision of Elwing's tower as a light-house.
Author's reply
Oh yes...I refuse to let my Frodo mope and angst all the time, my Frodo will laugh and joke and tease at least some of the time! And he needs a companion who's a bit of a nutter to stir him up and keep him from getting old before his time. I've wondered about orcs. I've thought of some things I've read long ago, people speculating on whether or not devils could repent and go back to heaven (Taylor Caldwell seems to think they can) while others state that a perfect being who falls cannot rise again, unlike an imperfect human. And the passage in Dante's "Inferno" in which Virgil chides Dante for weeping over the damned, saying something to the effect that those who knowingly choose evil and do not repent are not entitled to pity no matter how wretched their fate. And the plight of criminals who have served their prison sentences and find themselves faced with freedom in an understandably mistrustful and unwelcoming society. All that go me to thinking about the fates of orcs. I was of the notion that they were drawn to the Dark Lord and all the perks that might come of having him as their master; the idea of him just taking a lot of innocent Elves by force and twisting them to his will didn't click with me. I come to no definite conclusions, but just let the characters speculate on it and draw their own. I don't know whether her tower was actually a light-house, but it makes sense for it to have been one. If it wasn't, I'll AU it into one! Thanks once more!! ~~~{~@
Bodkin · 22 May 2006 · Chapter 7: Ridiculous
I thought elves didn't remarry... not after Finwe's experience. But if a smidgeon of jealousy persuades Frodo to go on this trip, it's probably a good thing! He needs to deal with his demons rather than let them hold him back. And I can't imagine that Elwing's tower would bear much resemblance to Sauron's. I'm glad to see they've got Dinlad taped. Pesky brat.
Author's reply
Wellll, THIS pair may...perhaps...although I didn't originally intend it, but sometimes characters will take on lives of their own and go in different directions than planned! And if they don't remarry, they should...they're immortal after all...going through all the ages with no mate, not good! Yeah, I'd toyed with the idea of Frodo visiting that tower in "Bear Me Away" but ended up scrapping it, and someone else's muse retrieved it from my cutting-room floor, which happens sometimes...but then my muse picked it up and gave it back, saying, "Come on, you CAN use this!" They SHOULD tape Dinlad...across the mouth, perhaps? little varmit! But maybe he'll be a lesser Gollum in more ways than just child's play, his orneriness may do some unexpected good...... ~~~{~@
Antane · 20 May 2006 · Chapter 7: Ridiculous
I love the poem - he's got tell his Sam the whole thing later, what a loving tribute - and sleeping with the dolls. I hope we hear more of his faith journey also. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Oh, I don't know if he'd want to inflict the entire poem on Sam, such a stark and naked depiction of his own ordeal...but, maybe eventually. Even in paradise he needs some outlet for his worst memories; that outlet becomes a part of his healing. If you've seen the chapter in Bear Me Away! you might remember that his road to faith began with his wish to help a fellow sufferer with whom he identified; he comes to the conclusion that he could not save her himself but could only do what he was able when the opportunity came up, and came to find that no action performed on behalf of another, however small, is ever wasted. And this knowledge helps to bring about his own inner healing. And if he did his own part, the Almighty would do what Frodo could not. And the dolls will help, I'm sure :D hugs Armariel~~~{~@
Larner · 20 May 2006 · Chapter 7: Ridiculous
Poor Frodo--fated for now to see lovely women he could so easily love, and yet unable to do aught about it, feeling unfree to speak of natural stirrings. Galendur is turning out to be all right after all.
Author's reply
Oh yes...but someday his time will come:D this is the land where dreams come true, after all, and there's someone for everyone....Yes, I got the impression that he had quite an eye for beautiful women, from Goldberry on outwards, and could maybe have been a bit of a flirt, under different circumstances:) but at the same time, a romantic to the core! I've a feeling that deep down Galendur is really the soul of loyalty and a fun guy besides, despite a few rough edges...or maybe because of them? What more could one want in a friend? ~~~{~@
Bodkin · 15 May 2006 · Chapter 6: Missing
Galendur being attacked by a peacock... Lovely image, that! For all his apparent impulsiveness, I don't think he is dumb enough to attack Rûdharanion - although not everyone might agree! Still - if Elwing knows where he is... I bet it's something silly - matching the size of his ego. That boy - Dínlad - what a little pest! Deserves to sit through a couple of days' worth of Rudharanion's less interesting poems.
Author's reply
Heheh, now there's an idea...I dare say Galendur deserved it when he was Dínlad's age too! As for Rûdharanion...we'll just see, precioussss...maybe so!;) ~~~{~@
Antane · 13 May 2006 · Chapter 6: Missing
I was excited to see another letter - looks like Frodo got the answer he was hoping for. Loved that poem. I'm proud of you, too, Frodo! :) (BTW, glanced at first chapter of Bear Me Away and loved that Frodo was able to tell his Sam that he arrived safely home). Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
He got it in part, I'm sure, maybe more later one:D But judging from "The Sea-bell" I would say he could do much better *grin* Hope you'll get the time and inclination to read the rest someday. And hope I'll have time to get more up soon this week... Thanks once more! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@