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Oh, wow. Wow!

Far from being bothered by the photos, I'm actually so taken with them I almost feel I'm not paying the writing proper attention. That's gorgeous.

The writing is very evocative of Maglor's state of mind... It's almost jarring juxtaposed with the image.

Wow, thank you so much! ♥ I don't mind that the photo impression precedes the writing for you; I took some of them partly with this story in mind, or rather Maglor at this point in his life, and watched them all the time when I wrote each section. To me, they're inseparably linked, and I'm terribly pleased that it seems to work in this way for you, particularly this: <i> It's almost jarring juxtaposed with the image. </i>

 

Thank you! Here, too, you're getting just what I wanted to show in choosing this photo. It's one of my all-time favourites I took, too, and also one of the best. Also something not so easy to get; we were travelling in the northernmost part of Europe last year, and this was taken at night on the mainland looking out to the Vesterålen islands (the northern part of the Lofotes) across the sound. It was just two or three days after the period when the sun truly never goes beyond the horizon, which creates a whole different atmosphere of light at the time you'd usually expect sunrise or so, as the sun was just above the horizon but hidden behind a mountain range. This was taken at around 5.30 in the morning, I think.

I'm trying to find new and non-repetitive ways to express how much I'm liking the photos - they are gorgeous.

I like how Maglor recognizes that there may be reasons he's not remembering everything again yet, and at a point where he can feel grateful to be.

And he's rediscovered (recovered?) joy - how wonderful. And wanting to be around people again. So curious to see what happens next!

(I tried commenting on the writing first this time rather than oohing and aahing at the photo! But the photo is still wonderful, and I love that bird highlighted against the clouds.)

YES! Go look for Elrond! It is so utterly appropriate that thinking of the night sky should make Maglor think of him. And that photo is fantastic. (Although I may be biased - I'm a sucker for pastel skies over the ocean.)

I loved this story, thanks so much for the recommendation!

 

I'm so happy this works for you as well! The same goes for me for pastel seascapes. I googled one as an inspiration for the first version of this story, and it was breathtaking - and couldn't be used as it wasn't free to show around. So I tried to make my own pics for this purpose, but of course, that's not as easy as it sounds, particularly not if you don't live close to any open water surface. *g*

Thank you so much for your lovely feedback to this fic, and particularly for taking the time to give one to every small part! As this fic was somewhat experimental with the photo part I wasn't sure how well it'd work, and the feedback so far wasn't much to go by, too.