I liked very much your version of Aragorn's journey to Mirkwood. I think you did a great job of portraying how hard both mentally and physically that trip must have been for him. It must have been a most harrowing experience, and you can feel that in your story.
I liked the idea of him finding some rest in Lothlorien, and with the Beornings because, if he had not, the ordeal might have have been too much even for Aragorn. The encounter with Rumil, Orophin and Grimbeorn provides a much needed and well deserved rest to our exhausted ranger. I loved the bit in which Aragorn laughed aloud with joy at meeting Rumil and Orophin, and I enjoyed the pet joke very much. The bit about the honeycakes reminding him of his childhood and of Gilraen is very touching, as is the scene in which he takes strenght from his memories of Arwen.
And I absolutely loved your ending. Aragorn banishing by the strenght of his will his fears and doubts, and exclaiming I am ready is to my mind perfection itself. When I read it I wanted to shout - Yeeeeeeees that's my Aragorn.
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Date: 2008-12-09 09:44 pm (UTC)I liked the idea of him finding some rest in Lothlorien, and with the Beornings because, if he had not, the ordeal might have have been too much even for Aragorn. The encounter with Rumil, Orophin and Grimbeorn provides a much needed and well deserved rest to our exhausted ranger. I loved the bit in which Aragorn laughed aloud with joy at meeting Rumil and Orophin, and I enjoyed the pet joke very much. The bit about the honeycakes reminding him of his childhood and of Gilraen is very touching, as is the scene in which he takes strenght from his memories of Arwen.
And I absolutely loved your ending. Aragorn banishing by the strenght of his will his fears and doubts, and exclaiming I am ready is to my mind perfection itself. When I read it I wanted to shout - Yeeeeeeees that's my Aragorn.