Oh, thanks for reading that story. I’m glad you liked it. I rather like it myself for various odd reasons, but it is not one that has gotten much attention.
Very interesting to me that you never sought to write elves in Tolkien fanfiction. Your interpretation of the Wraeththu is so intuitive. And the Wraeththu remind me very much of the elves in The Silmarillion, nearly perfect in body and mind, replete with special gifts and powers. Yet, unlike the placid, ethereal and wise ancient elves of LotR, their younger incarnations are so flawed and yet still appealing, often incompletely aware of their own motives, impelled by passion and rash in action. Those younger versions of the elves are also manipulated behind the scenes, seemingly randomly helped, abandoned or betrayed by the Valar. The Valar themselves in The Silmarillion appear well-meaning but capable of stunning mistakes and indifference, and deal with the elves in a manner strikingly similar to the way in which Thiede deals with the Wraeththu.
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Date: 2008-04-26 05:49 am (UTC)Very interesting to me that you never sought to write elves in Tolkien fanfiction. Your interpretation of the Wraeththu is so intuitive. And the Wraeththu remind me very much of the elves in The Silmarillion, nearly perfect in body and mind, replete with special gifts and powers. Yet, unlike the placid, ethereal and wise ancient elves of LotR, their younger incarnations are so flawed and yet still appealing, often incompletely aware of their own motives, impelled by passion and rash in action. Those younger versions of the elves are also manipulated behind the scenes, seemingly randomly helped, abandoned or betrayed by the Valar. The Valar themselves in The Silmarillion appear well-meaning but capable of stunning mistakes and indifference, and deal with the elves in a manner strikingly similar to the way in which Thiede deals with the Wraeththu.