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Testaments of the Past: Chapter 6: "To Cast Away a Treasure at Need..."

Sep 02, 2006 15:24

From gryffinjack and dreamflower02 here is the latest chapter of "Testaments of the Past":

Chapter 6: "To Cast Away a Treasure at Need..."
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Comments 16

surgicalsteel September 2 2006, 21:23:19 UTC

Words fail me, other than WOW. Just - wow. Powerful stuff.

gryffinjack September 3 2006, 02:58:35 UTC

We hoped everyone would find it as powerful. It couldn't be easy for Sam. Merry, and Pippin to see that chain again after all this time.

dreamflower02 September 5 2006, 02:45:11 UTC

Thanks! It was not an easy chapter to write!

gloryunderhill September 2 2006, 23:07:18 UTC

Indeed WOW! That was chilling and riveting. Well done!

gryffinjack September 3 2006, 03:00:16 UTC

"Chilling and riveting"? Oh, good! Because that's how it was for Sam, Merry, and Pippin as well. They really needed to see that chain again, and Frodo's letter, in order to gain the closure they needed.

garnet_took September 3 2006, 23:10:34 UTC

Wow! So that was what was in that box. I'm glad they melted it down. That's just what i would have done in their places.

This was quite a gripping chapter. Great job.

GT.

gryffinjack September 4 2006, 03:41:35 UTC

We didn't see any way that any of the three of them could have kept that chain. It was Barbara's idea to melt it, and I quite agreed with her.

We are really pleased that you found it as gripping as we hoped it would be.

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gryffinjack September 4 2006, 22:39:49 UTC

Hobbits do have an amazing amount of hope, and now Frodo has given Sam, Merry, and Pippin a reason to hope that Frodo is starting to heal.

elandulin September 4 2006, 15:18:04 UTC

Aggh! "Oh, Mr. Frodo, that's hard! That's hard...!"

What a very sad and effective chapter. I love the use of Aragorn's remark to Pippin about casting off treasures at need: a very profound closing of the circle, there. But such a sad duty.

I love the props, too!

gryffinjack September 4 2006, 22:42:58 UTC

Using Aragorn's remark to Pippin was entirely Barbara's idea and execution, and I think she did it brilliantly! It is a sad duty that the three of them have, but as always, they are glad to be able to help Frodo in any way they can.

dreamflower02 September 5 2006, 02:48:25 UTC

I have always been struck by how Aragorn's off-hand remark to Pippin--many leagues away from where Frodo and Sam were struggling along--seemed somehow prophetic! So it seemed to me that the chain could literally represent those fetters that had bound Frodo.

And yes, I thought it should come full circle, and have the chain destroyed in the very hearth where the Ring's true nature was revealed.