Thank you, Himring! I'm glad the repetition is effective.

Honestly, that's just where Denethor ended up. :P For a character that has shown up to speak in exactly one fic, he tends to lurk in the background of most of my Celeborn or Thranduil ranting about the Valar fics. In a lot of ways, I think he ends up being a more effective king that we both hear about and who didn't want to go to Valinor than Elu is, because Elu just got delayed when he stumbled accross Melian. To an extent, I think that diminishes the grief of him ending up reborn in Valinor, whereas Denethor doesn't have that.

Thank you! I'm glad you think it's effective and that the sense of longing comes through.

Thank you! I hope she didn't get sent straight back to Mandos, though they might have exiled her like they did Fëanor (except unlike Fëanor, I don't think she cares. It might have set off a rush of Sindar and Silvan trying to get themselves exiled).

I'm glad the repititions drive the point home.

Thanks! Yeah, the elves who don't want to be in Valinor got a rough deal.

Thank you! I'm glad the feeling and the longing comes through well, and even more glad that the repetition works. :D