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estellabrandybuck
Joined: 01 Jun 2004
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Thu Aug 12, 2004 10:42 pm
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I never really thought much about Celeborn before this essay, but I must say, I can definitely see your point. I really want to check out some Celeborn fanfiction  |
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Lothwen
Joined: 20 Jul 2004
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Fri Aug 13, 2004 6:18 am
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What an insight you have! And I agree with you totally. Elwes are not nice creatures without fault. People who say differently have clearly not understood the stories in the Silmarillion or the history of middle-earth series. (Check out the History Of Galadriel And Celeborn, if you have not already).
Celeborn does not deserve the bad reputation he for some reason have gotten. (Which I have never understood). Because he is not wrong to do and say the things he does. Hopefully your brilliant essay will remedy that.
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figment
Joined: 29 Jul 2004
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Location: Kitchener, ON
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Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:02 pm
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Aww, man, this is a nice piece of work!! Very well done, with an excellent mixture of personal opinions and factual back-uppage. It's nice to see that there's someone other than myself out there who likes Celeborn.. I've always thought him underrated too.
By the way, I feel your pain of how hard it is to find Celeborn fics... I look forward to reading yours. |
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Jomitsui
Joined: 24 Dec 2003
Reviews: 29
Location: Singapore
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Sat Sep 11, 2004 3:24 pm
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Great, now more will realise that Celeborn is something more than a nice looking background for Galadrial! Who will actually believe that someone as powerful in mind and in elven magic as Galadrial will fall for someone lesser in mind or character! At least not me or some others in the world. Remember that even Galadrial speaks highly of him, naming him the wisest of all elves on middleearth.  The Silver Lord is old and wise.
Marnie, what a good job! Not many can write so well of Celeborn, certainly not me. |
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WebWalker
Joined: 18 Sep 2004
Reviews: 20
Location: Maine - USA
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Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:59 am
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I could not have made this point better or more eloquently than you just did. Celeborn and Thranduil have always been two of my favorite characters in the books. It pained me to see that Thranduil's name was not even brought into the movies (even though he was mostly in The Hobbit) and also to see the way that Celeborn was portrayed in those same movies!
Both of these elves would have to be crafty (in a sense), caring, and wise beyond belief to be able to survive as long as they have when so many others of their race had perished long before.
If this does not create a movement of favorable Celeborn stories, than nothing will. |
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Ingole
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
Reviews: 36
Location: Washington State, USA
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Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:03 am
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Dead on, Marnie. Well thought out, well supported, well written...and dead on.
Also have to agree with WebWalker - Thranduil and Celeborn are more-than-a-little-feral favorites. Professor T. left enough unsaid about each that they should be very juicy fair game for fan fiction writers...Unfortunately, this same dearth of detail has enabled the persistent casting of these two as a vicious beast and a milky moron respectively.
My one and only point of departure from your essay is embarrassingly frivolous, having to do with Marton Csokas' beauty (He is a stunner when allowed his natural coloring and spirit) On the other hand, I must thank you for being one of the few to notice his intensity in the snippet that was cut from the theatrical version of "Fellowship". Now THAT is my idea of Celeborn...focus and fire vs dispassion and ice. |
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Nessa
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
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Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:00 pm
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| Marnie: I would like very much to read any story you have written about Celeborn and his life. I have always admired him, and like you, have wanted to know more about him. He is obviously not a shallow, shadow! I enjoyed this story very much and have rated it. Nessa |
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felis1215
Joined: 14 Oct 2004
Reviews: 119
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:47 pm
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| Well thought out and written. I've always liked him and kudos for standing up for him! |
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SpiritoftheGauntlets
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
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Thu Mar 12, 2009 3:04 pm
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YES! *applause* Nice work!
I myself happen to have been guilty of writing off Celeborn the first time through, but my Dad changed my perspective on that front and I never went back to it again. Your essay was so good I ended up calling him over to read it. Nice work! |
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RobinKa
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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Location: Wherever I may roam
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Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:32 am
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| Celeborn may not be my fav character, but certainly your essay is very well thought of, researched and written. And spot on, of course! Excellently done |
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