Oh, goodness! It's been quite some time since I've read something I've liked so much as this. Your style in the first half captured Tom Bombadil's essence wonderfully, especially in lines like "hied himself off to his wife’s embrace" and "Aulendil is gone, his golden soul-trap with him." And then, the very concept of what Aragorn set out to to with the aid of his wife and the Hobbits was so lovely. The integration of the pupae was a nice element, too.
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Date: 2011-07-04 08:40 pm (UTC)