Fascinating take on the Valar as parents and elves as naughty children. (Well, some extreme depths of naughtiness, maybe.) It's odd to think of an ageless creature anticipating anything, and frankly it's hard to believe when most people write the Vala perspective. But you've managed to make Varda both outside time and expectant, even giddy in a looming godlike way. Nice piece of writing.
RobinKa
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Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:27 am
I like to see how you've portrayed Varda -- how affectionately she thought about the beautiful and yet fragile creatures, and how she looked upon them when they first met. This is a very effective (and poignant) counterpoint to the conclusion of this piece -- the darkness that would soon wipe the innocence away. And also, this makes me wonder just what she would say or think about mortal people