Thank you! This is wonderful! I love your descriptions of the Halls of Mandos, and Finarfin's reaction to it - it's very chilling.
You're welcome! And thank you for reading and for your kind words. :)
I had a lot of fun with the Halls of Mandos. I'm still not sure I've captured the mood I wanted perfectly, but it's there for the tinkering now. ;) But I wanted it to be scary to an Elf...although Namo probably kicks back, puts his feet up and lets his hairless cat crawl in his lap, and watches the mist without thinking anything's amiss.
Your idea of the process of being restored to life for an Elf is both disturbing and thought-provoking
I'd never really considered it either before this. (I have to confess that I had such fun with this piece; it was one of my favorites to write!) I remember hearing once--although I've never seen this in HoMe (but you might know, as you're better versed in HoMe than me)--that Tolkien's original idea regarding Finwe was that he couldn't be reembodied because Melkor destroyed his first body too badly for restoration. Whether true or not, this got me thinking along these lines.
And imagine one waking up and being told he'd died...I kind of see the ensuing reaction akin to the kind of post-traumatic stress that follows accident victims. I would think it would make death more real to one who had already experienced it.
Oh, and sorry about the plotbunny - I didn't mean to set one loose!
Please don't be sorry! I'm really excited about this one. *pets bunny* :)
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Date: 2005-12-27 06:19 pm (UTC)You're welcome! And thank you for reading and for your kind words. :)
I had a lot of fun with the Halls of Mandos. I'm still not sure I've captured the mood I wanted perfectly, but it's there for the tinkering now. ;) But I wanted it to be scary to an Elf...although Namo probably kicks back, puts his feet up and lets his hairless cat crawl in his lap, and watches the mist without thinking anything's amiss.
Your idea of the process of being restored to life for an Elf is both disturbing and thought-provoking
I'd never really considered it either before this. (I have to confess that I had such fun with this piece; it was one of my favorites to write!) I remember hearing once--although I've never seen this in HoMe (but you might know, as you're better versed in HoMe than me)--that Tolkien's original idea regarding Finwe was that he couldn't be reembodied because Melkor destroyed his first body too badly for restoration. Whether true or not, this got me thinking along these lines.
And imagine one waking up and being told he'd died...I kind of see the ensuing reaction akin to the kind of post-traumatic stress that follows accident victims. I would think it would make death more real to one who had already experienced it.
Oh, and sorry about the plotbunny - I didn't mean to set one loose!
Please don't be sorry! I'm really excited about this one. *pets bunny* :)