Reviews for "The Gift of Iluvatar"

Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:48 am

Great piece. Wonderful use of dialogue, characterisations are spot on and this beautifully crafted piece is a pelaseure to read. My only complaint is that the end is missing. It cuts off abruptly, and I am now in the unhappy position of being left bereft without closure. Please add the end I beg you Smile smiley face

Mon Jun 09, 2003 2:13 pm

Ack!!!! It appears as if the story was too long for the chapter field! I will remedy this by the end of today! I am so sorry! (It looked OK on the update screen!?)

Sat Sep 06, 2003 5:57 pm

This was really good. I enjoyed it so much. The language was "right" and Aragorn's words to Indil were so touching, as was Gandalf's concern for the hobbits. Her impressions and awe of him were no less so. If there is something that I didn't enjoy as much, it was the end where Indil realizes she's fallen in love with Frodo. That was the one part where it seemed to ring false, but the rest of it was spot on and right on pitch. Pippin's earthiness was very amusing. Smile smiley face

And the descriptions of poor beaten and bruised Sam and Frodo had me tearing up. Crying or Very sad smiley face

Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:43 am

I truly enjoyed this Ariel. I appreciated Aragorn's doubts as to whether he had done Frodo any favors by saving him. I had been thinking the same thing as I read. Often, I have wondered if it would not have been kinder for Frodo to have simply died on Mt. Doom rather than return to his troubled existence. I read Indil a bit differently. I am not so certain, although she herself defines it as love, that it was actually a sexual feeling she had for Frodo. Certainly, it was a somewhat mature love, but at the same time, I have to wonder if she was not seeing her own sons in this perian and perhaps feeling a twinge for them. So,it is an odd mixture of love between equals, but also of mother-love. Does that make any sense? Those blue eyes would be tough to resist.

Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:40 pm

Lindorien said
> I am not so certain, although she herself defines it as love, that it was actually a sexual feeling she had for Frodo. Certainly, it was a somewhat mature love, but at the same time, I have to wonder if she was not seeing her own sons in this perian and perhaps feeling a twinge for them. So,it is an odd mixture of love between equals, but also of mother-love. Does that make any sense?

Yes, it does, and yes, you are right! There are many kinds of love - and many ways of answering them. I did not intend to have it a sexual feeling mainly because of the difference in species, but also to have it more an agape type of love, with motherly elements, the admiration of the saved for their hero, and just a very pure compassion. I am afraid my tendancy for writing smut acts against me when I try and write something purely innocent. Wink smiley face

Ariel

Fri Jun 25, 2004 2:25 am

I feel like to have found such a great story! It was perfectly written, everything from the descriptions, to the characterizations, to the dialoge. Personally I felt that her love for Frodo was like her love for her sons, a maternal type of love. ( How I think you envisioned it) But its open to interpretation, which I also love in a story. Very Happy smiley face

Great story!

Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:01 am

This is great Smile smiley face

All the hobbits being tended so carefuly. I like the healer she cares already deep;y for them.
Poor frodo,he seems not so well...
Great story enjoyed reading it..... Very Happy smiley face

Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:16 am

Lovely, Frodo finally wakes up... I felt so sorry for the healer,she really cared for frodo yet cannott ever tell him... Great piece,very enduring.... Very Happy smiley face

Keep up the great writing.. Very Happy smiley face

Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:02 am

I just realized that I hadn't reviewed this wonderful thing, though I've really enjoyed it Smile smiley face

Well, this is a Cormallen story that I highly recommend, full of wonderful descriptions and interactions that ring with a brilliance rarely found Smile smiley face

A beautiful piece!

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