oh DAMMIT Hope you KNOW what Havens fics do to me *sob sob* go write some domlijah! Cheer me up! *sniff sniff* *snogs you ruefully* still love you even when you make me cry you evil bint
At the end of all things is that glorious reunion, isn't there? This made such a wonderful start to my day, and now it's making a lovely break near lunch time.
Your words are beautiful. The story is comfortable and sweet and melancholy without being sad and I love the way it weaves around ideas and images over and over.
Oh, off topic, I think I put the wrong letter in with your tape. So if it starts 'ello, I'm writing this on the bus...', just ignore it. And laugh to think of megolas' curious face when she opens a short note about twister and vegemite.
Oh, I get such a painful feeling when I read these stories. Your use of words was beautiful, hope, just beautiful. Christmas 2003 will be, for me, such an unbearably sad time. When he sails away I know I will be a blubbing wreck. But it was such a hopeful story, too, and for that I thank you.
Havens fics are so very, very sad, though I do love the insights in this one. Sam doesn't want to live forever, just long enough to see Frodo one last time and bring closure to his life. And he hopes, doubts, that Frodo is still there for him to see. *ack*
(Frodo's own voice, and he still feels the heated joy of that)
Such a small thing, blink and you'll miss it, but this little parenthetical observation moved me most of all. In all the agonizing about how he would "never really heal," it's so often overlooked that Frodo was restored to himself, and not to the utter madness that both he and Gandalf expected if the Ring was taken from him by force. Wounded, but not destroyed. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? If you're Frodo, you probably say "half-empty and evaporating rapidly." ;-)
Anyway, your crafting and use of language in this one is just lovely. Nicely done.
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go write some domlijah! Cheer me up!
*sniff sniff*
*snogs you ruefully* still love you even when you make me cry you evil bint
LIJTOT
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I wish I had something intelligent to add...
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At the end of all things is that glorious reunion, isn't there? This made such a wonderful start to my day, and now it's making a lovely break near lunch time.
So lovely, all of it.
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Your words are beautiful. The story is comfortable and sweet and melancholy without being sad and I love the way it weaves around ideas and images over and over.
Oh, off topic, I think I put the wrong letter in with your tape. So if it starts 'ello, I'm writing this on the bus...', just ignore it. And laugh to think of
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Oh, Sam...
(Frodo's own voice, and he still feels the heated joy of that)
Such a small thing, blink and you'll miss it, but this little parenthetical observation moved me most of all. In all the agonizing about how he would "never really heal," it's so often overlooked that Frodo was restored to himself, and not to the utter madness that both he and Gandalf expected if the Ring was taken from him by force. Wounded, but not destroyed. Is the glass half-empty or half-full? If you're Frodo, you probably say "half-empty and evaporating rapidly." ;-)
Anyway, your crafting and use of language in this one is just lovely. Nicely done.
You know...
Beautiful, poignant...just right.