Comments on A Thousand Winds that Blow

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Ooh, I'm enjoying this so much. 

Poor Daeron, returning to find everyone dead and gone, and even the trees still mourning Luthien. It twas a nice surprise to see Leaflock striding into the fic and I immediately liked him. Such a dear to carry Celegorm to find help. I suppose without the evidence provided by the pendant he could have been taken for one of the Sindar. Poor Daeron, almost dying when he realised, and also how alone he is! And then along comes Skinbark carrying two little peredhels and he's very much not alone! The burdensomeness of being of Melian's line is so interesting too. I'm so curious to see how this unfolds. (Also, I had never considered a fire in a flet, and now you've got me thinking about what a flet fireplace looks like!)

Thank you! I always enjoy sticking Ents into stories where I can--especially Leaflock and Skinbark, who deserve a bit of page-time. (:

(Also, I had never considered a fire in a flet, and now you've got me thinking about what a flet fireplace looks like!)

I'm imagining a tree-house situation more than the platforms that Frodo & everyone sleep on in FOTR--so there's a little hearth in there somewhere, though no one's lived in this one for a while so there's not a lot of furniture and it's all pretty bare-bones.

This is a really interesting constellation! I like the idea of Daeron with Dior's sons, seen from Daeron's POV, who is also still struggling with the past.

An amnesiac Celegorm (if that is what happens) is a really interesting character to throw in the mix. Also, his skills could become important for everyone's survival, assuming he recovers sufficiently.

Very neat, the role you have assigned the Ents; they seem very believable, the way they bully Daeron into giving up his reservations without even meaning to.

This is really interesting! Those characters do have lots of potential for conflict – but Daeron is such a sweetheart, caring for everyone the Ents drop at his front door, so I'm optimistic they can resolve that! 

It was really heartbreaking how Celegorm could somewhat remember Curvo... He is not in a state to be a danger to Daeron and the kids right now, and might stay nice as long as he doesn't remember the Oath, right?!

I also really enjoyed the dialogues with the Ents, especially this part:

...Alas for Neldoreth, for Region, for the pine woods of Dorthonion! A fell wind blows from the north, and the Enemy’s power only grows. There is naught the Ents can do now to stop it. We can only hope to outrun it. ...

Made me really sad about their loss 🌿💔 

Thank you so much! Writing Amnesiac!Celegorm plus Daeron plus Elured and Elurin has been very fun and very crunchy--the Oath is kind of haunting the narrative in the background like a metaphysical sword of Damocles, and this is basically the darkest part of the Silm's timeline that they're trying to survive. We'll see how it all shakes out, I guess! :D

I'm also glad you like the Ents! They're always so much fun for me to write <3

This is so good! My heart breaks for Daeron, he is having such A Time. I love your description of him reinforcing his enchantments, he is so mysterious! I just love the way you write his character in general, he always has so many different sides to him. 

I also really like the name the twins gave Celegorm. It's so fitting to the setting and the mood of the story. This must be such a strange situation for children to be in too. I feel so bad for everyone!