I fell in love with your Celebrian and her book fetish. Loved the idea that she can share it with Elrond. That part was just so sweet and gently funny.
I loved the references of Elrond's remembrances of his foster parents and the stories from her father which gave Celebrian her information on the Feanorians. I always feel like there has to be two very distinct sets of histories and memories of how the events of the First Age played out. A bit like the completely and totally contradictory reports of the life and deeds of Richard III in the different traditions, north and south, of English history and literature.
And then this version of the story of Aredhel is just so devastating and heartbreaking. And such a cruel foreshadowing of Celebrian's fate. A story of light and shadows. Written, of course, by Idril! Who else!
I really loved this bit of characterization:
My aunt was ever fair and free-hearted, not fond of study, but far more entertained by the pleasures of the hunt and of travel, exploring and finding all that was new. Indeed, she had confessed to me once long before, that she wished with all her heart that she could have loved Celegorm, as he loved her once, for that would have been a life far more to her taste, than hiding away behind white walls.
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Date: 2015-03-16 12:22 am (UTC)I loved the references of Elrond's remembrances of his foster parents and the stories from her father which gave Celebrian her information on the Feanorians. I always feel like there has to be two very distinct sets of histories and memories of how the events of the First Age played out. A bit like the completely and totally contradictory reports of the life and deeds of Richard III in the different traditions, north and south, of English history and literature.
And then this version of the story of Aredhel is just so devastating and heartbreaking. And such a cruel foreshadowing of Celebrian's fate. A story of light and shadows. Written, of course, by Idril! Who else!
I really loved this bit of characterization:
My aunt was ever fair and free-hearted, not fond of study, but far more entertained by the pleasures of the hunt and of travel, exploring and finding all that was new. Indeed, she had confessed to me once long before, that she wished with all her heart that she could have loved Celegorm, as he loved her once, for that would have been a life far more to her taste, than hiding away behind white walls.
I could use that as a prompt for a story!