Comments on The Rising of Eärendil's Star

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Ah yes this was a teaser!!! Now what can we do to get to read more of this? Again you do an admirable job to give all such unique voices. My heart went out to Elros the most when he whispered "But it's so far away."  Poor Elros, he misses his parents so much. Elrond is pictured so differently, less whistful but so curious! The observations of Maedhros and Maglor reminded me immediately of the short scene in the Simarillion where both discover that a Silmaril is in the sky now, it feels to me that both now try - in their own way - to transfer that knowlegde. Yeps, where is the rest? ;)

A teaser you say...? Could you please hurry with the rest? ;)

I enjoyed this story very much. The beginning, with Maglor and Elros, was very touching, but the part with Maedhros and Elrond was the one that really moved me. Somehow, I recalled the scene of the council of Elrond from the movie and suddenly I saw Elrond, as he appeared in the film -- speaking about the Ring (regardless of the fact whether Hugo Weaving was a convincing Elrond or not) -- but in a different perspective. And I thought, gods, this man had once had a chance to talk with the sons of Feanor. He was a living and walking legend. This thought alone made me envious. Why, one can ask? Because we, modern people, can't be faced with legends such as Elrond. We can only admire what is left from the past: ruins, debris, scattered pieces of art, but no living evidence. We cannot ask them to tell us what was like to live 3 thousand years ago. Thanks for invoking such thoutghs and for sharing the story with us.

All the best,

Binka 



Thank you for the kind words!  Hopefully, it won't take me years to finish Part 1 (which this is the end of).  But...it will be awhile, certainly.  Elros and Elrond must be very different people (if they choose separate fates), but at the same time, they must be incredibly close as twins raised apart from their people.  I wanted to split them up for this scene so I could get parallel but unique reactions. 

Hehe, they don't.  This conversation takes place a few days after the conversation Tolkien recorded between Maglor and Maedhros - so they know it is the Silmaril that went into the Sea with Elwing.  When Maglor says, "You are not an orphan," he merely means that, somehow, Elwing must have lived.  Earendil's fate will not be learned until later.  Since my tale will span several years, I have to work out who knows what when and at what age. 

Ah yes this was a teaser!!! Now what can we do to get to read more of this? Again you do an admirable job to give all such unique voices. My heart went out to Elros the most when he whispered "But it's so far away."  Poor Elros, he misses his parents so much. Elrond is pictured so differently, less whistful but so curious! The observations of Maedhros and Maglor reminded me immediately of the short scene in the Simarillion where both discover that a Silmaril is in the sky now, it feels to me that both now try - in their own way - to transfer that knowlegde. Yeps, where is the rest? ;)

Are you volunteering to beta, my dear?  *grins*

I do not have time at the moment - and won't til Thanksgiving, AHHHH!  But when I *do* (you know, sometime in 2008..9..10), would you be interested in being tapped?  You'd get first peak then :)

Thank you so much for your insightful review!

 

 

A teaser you say...? Could you please hurry with the rest? ;)

I enjoyed this story very much. The beginning, with Maglor and Elros, was very touching, but the part with Maedhros and Elrond was the one that really moved me. Somehow, I recalled the scene of the council of Elrond from the movie and suddenly I saw Elrond, as he appeared in the film -- speaking about the Ring (regardless of the fact whether Hugo Weaving was a convincing Elrond or not) -- but in a different perspective. And I thought, gods, this man had once had a chance to talk with the sons of Feanor. He was a living and walking legend. This thought alone made me envious. Why, one can ask? Because we, modern people, can't be faced with legends such as Elrond. We can only admire what is left from the past: ruins, debris, scattered pieces of art, but no living evidence. We cannot ask them to tell us what was like to live 3 thousand years ago. Thanks for invoking such thoutghs and for sharing the story with us.

All the best,

Binka 



I'm sorry!  Of my two longish Silmarillion WIPs, I think this one is on the back burner at the moment.  I'll see what I can do about finishing the other one up and getting it posted, and then get back to this one.  Though I did think of a name for this one just yesterday - "On the Edge of Ruin."  We'll see if it sticks. 

I love the scene in the movie where Elrond says, "I was there, Gandalf."  It just drives home how *ancient* he is.  And of course calls to mind the passage in the book where Frodo is hit by the same realization when he blurts out, "You remember?"  As you say, he's a legend!

I'll try to share more of this with you later, but I must ask for your continued patience.  Thanks so much for the review!