Comments on Until the final flicker of life’s embers

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Always fascinated with the differing way people imagine the Silmarils to have power or be sentient!

Very interesting how their souls seem to break into their parts, one staying in the hall of mortals, the other seeking the rebirth of Elves!

Thank you for reading! I am grateful for your comment, too. ... Yeah, Dior and Luthien were two strange characters in the histories; I worried that lacking choice meant they'd be stuck somewhere odd (for Dior) or somewhere unsuitable (for Luthien), and I guess that was part of the impetus for this fic.

Oooh Nessa's party!  How delightful, I would be sorely put upon not to join, also. <3

Uilon is delightful lol

I enjoyed how you personified Ekkaia, and such beautiful descriptions of Alqualonde. 

"more happiness have we had than if we’d managed to please everyone but ourselves" - Profound!! Would that we all could learn this wisdom!

(alas, lunch is over, the rest will have to wait, but this is lovely so far!)

But they pretended very hard that they did not know who was staying at Uilon’s house.

They're so cute!  All the gifts, so thoughtful! 

Meeting with Elwing and Earendil was so beautiful!  I agree with Luthien, Beren's fate vs. Tuor's seems horribly unfair.

Aaahhh Tuor and Idril <3  Tuor is absolutely adorable lol

Nimloth reunion at last!!  *Elenas* ^.^ <3

Beautiful story

 

“Not everyone has dance in their nature” I feel seen rip

This is such a creative and dreamlike story! I really love Uilon, just a chill fisherman striking up conversations with strangers and handing out seafood. He’s so immediately endearing! 

:D Thank you for reading! Yeah, I always felt like Lúthien's dancing was her true calling, until Acts of Heroism (and her man) dragged her away from it. Now she's going to create an interpretive dance of the fall of Beleriand, and everyone will be so moved when they see it that maybe the Valar will stop _drowning shit_ over and over ... :D

I liked this a lot! 

You packed so many intriguing and appealing things in there!

And all the details and descriptions are great.

I enjoyed what you did both with the canon characters and with the OCs!

 

Nimloth still fought, desperate and faithful, before the door that led to their children’s quarters. She was in the green gown she’d worn that afternoon for the midwinter festival, but the blood-smeared sword in her hand was her grandfather’s; last night it had been a dusty decoration on their wall. ... “Go,” Nimloth choked to Dior, but he knew that there was no place he wished to go, not now that they were to be parted forever.

I love those passages. So beautiful and tragic!

The hall of mortal statues is also very interesting. I like how you have each statue reflect the person's nature. And aww, Elros -- sad that they couldn't see him until after his death. I liked how his statue echoes the Argonnath.