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for Mael-Gul

by Aislynn

schedule January 20, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Good Grief - I swear I thought I checked for updates every day but I missed the last chapter. So, now I'm commenting on 32 and 33.

Excellent, excellent! As awful as Estel has been in some of the past chapters, it's so good to see why Legolas loves him.

Of course, the mystery of how Estel will react to the Baromir/Legolas pairing is still hanging over our heads... And now the horror of Elrond finding out that Estel loves Legolas.

You're doing such a great job keeping your readers on the edge of their seats. {grin}

Hurry, hurry - please, please!
person Calenharn Elflover
schedule January 19, 2006 at 12:00 AM
"The next kiss felt like finally, wonderfully coming home at last."

*swoons*

Those were two lovely chapters. Young love - but a love soon to be destroyed by Elrond. (Grrrrr.) Bless Glorfindel for his warning and concern. I can even feel somewhat more mellow towards the twins - knowing as they did what was going on between Estel and Legolas, but not saying (or doing) anything about it.

I am a bit confused though, as I thought somewhere earlier in the tale, it was implied that the twins demonstrated (various unspecified but probably including painful acts) on/with Legolas to satisfy Estel's curiosity. So maybe that is something yet to come, after Elrond binds Estel and Legolas together through the spell? After when (presumably) Estel first starts down that slippery sadistic slope?

Another dangling bit I would like explained is just why Elrond hates Legolas so much. I seem to recall mention that Legolas reminded Elrond of Thranduil, but surely that can't be reason enough?!

Going back to the previous installation (before these two chapters), it belatedly occurred to me that maybe, just maybe, those visions haunting Aragorn aren't real. After all, in the real Quest things never got that desperate (and I suspect that had they all made it to Mordor, it would not have been either). So if it is not a realistic vision, then what? Could it be.... maybe.... that the Ring was producing those visions? It's an intriguing thought. The Ring seems to be able to read hearts, so it must know about Aragorn and Legolas, and it must know about Boromir's lust for Legolas, so maybe it produced those visions to prompt Aragorn to bind Legolas to Boromir (well, other Quest members) via the spell. In one fell swoop it thereby sets up one big nasty situation between the three of them: Legolas hurt and grieved by Aragorn's actions, Aragorn angry at Boromir (I would also say feeling guilty, except he doesn't seem to *have* any sense of guilt about it all), Boromir (even though he is getting what he wants, physically) growing jealous of Aragorn (because of Legolas' devotion to him). Can the Ring put all these bad feelings to good use? Hmmm. (It may not be what is really going on, but I thought it was an interesting possibility.)

person nida
schedule January 18, 2006 at 12:00 AM
It's a sweet flashback of how they fell in love with each other. Estel was cute in these 2 latest chapters. I hope you can produce a good reason of how he adopted such a sadistic taste. I also wonder if there's a flashback of when Estel first met Arwen and what was his reaction. I'm just so curious to know which one Estel loved more between Arwen and our poor elf. After reading these 2 flashbacks, I can accept Estel more than before and hope that they could be happily together at the end, though I know this is not your plan.

















person Ertia
schedule January 17, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Any time you want to turn out chapters as beautiful as this one, I can be as patient as you'd like! The image of Legolas, standing over Estel and fighting to save his life - WOW - gave me chills! Pretty angry at Elladan and Elrohir right now for putting their brother in such a place to be humiliated! And even angrier at Elrond for destroying what happiness Aragorn and Legolas had found.
All right, I'll withhold on kicking Boromir anymore until he does something to REALLY deserve it! *wicked grin*
person Luna
schedule January 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
I love it, I love Legolas in this story.
person nightbreeze
schedule January 11, 2006 at 12:00 AM
SUrely there is a cure?
person Ertia
schedule January 9, 2006 at 12:00 AM
Ooh!
Lovely lovely! I am... well, I'm surprised at Boromir. (Hands him some ice for his bruised shins. *Sorry about that*) In fact, I do believe his feelings are hurt, that he wanted Legolas to really care for him! Well..maybe this is a good thing after all! I cannot tell you how hard the wait for this chapter has been! I kept checking back over and over!
person dee
schedule January 9, 2006 at 12:00 AM
what i would like to see happen in this fic is legolas be released...the elven nations prevail and win their independence and then legolas have revenge for being humilaited so and bound to this wretched spell lol...i just feel so bad for him
person Naira
schedule January 9, 2006 at 12:00 AM
-huggles Legolas and whispers- go with Boromir, he's waaaaaaaaaay sweeter than that meany Aragorn, uh huh uh huh


Lovely update, can't wait for more
person nightbreeze
schedule January 8, 2006 at 12:00 AM
For chapter 32, problem, I can't find the chapter.