Comments on: Varda is empty http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/ "They had to flee to Mhalwae..." Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Lisa http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1061 Lisa Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:15:24 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1061 I just want to weep for Varda. How very sad to have lost all hope, along with another baby. I just want to weep for Varda. How very sad to have lost all hope, along with another baby.

]]> By: Kara http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1057 Kara Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:53:57 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1057 I'm all caught up again! It wasn't a chore in the least though, I'm so invested in your characters now and my heart hurts for all of them—they each have their own torments (and isn't that half the fun of writing?). Poor Varda...alone again in her grief. I wish she had someone she could unburden herself on. Your imagery and metaphors for the empty bodies/clothes was very affecting. I’m all caught up again! It wasn’t a chore in the least though, I’m so invested in your characters now and my heart hurts for all of them—they each have their own torments (and isn’t that half the fun of writing?).

Poor Varda…alone again in her grief. I wish she had someone she could unburden herself on. Your imagery and metaphors for the empty bodies/clothes was very affecting.

]]> By: Pandora Moon http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1058 Pandora Moon Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:34:47 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1058 Hi. I like how you've written this too. I wish that Sigurd would at least try to comfort his wife instead of just thinking about his own grief. Keep Simming!. See ya Hi. I like how you’ve written this too. I wish that Sigurd would at least try to comfort his wife instead of just thinking about his own grief.

Keep Simming!.

See ya

]]> By: Mao http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1060 Mao Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:24:11 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1060 Oh, poor Varda. She's going to break under the weight of her own sadness if this continues. Sigurd definitely needs to pull it together and realize that his loss is hers, also. I liked the writing in this a great deal. There's something to be said for subtle instead of 'in your face'. Oh, poor Varda. She’s going to break under the weight of her own sadness if this continues. Sigurd definitely needs to pull it together and realize that his loss is hers, also.

I liked the writing in this a great deal. There’s something to be said for subtle instead of ‘in your face’.

]]> By: Lothere http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1059 Lothere Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:14:45 +0000 http://www.mhalwae.com/2007/12/02/varda-is-empty/#comment-1059 Wow, that was so intense and sad. I loved this part about her grief: "They would inspect it in the cold flicker of candlelight, turning its spasming malformed body over and over in their hands as they shook their sympathetic heads." And the "grotesque squirming thing". Quite hideously evocative, in the context. Also the whole empty dresses / empty bodies metaphor too. Poor Vadra. I wish Sigurd could be at least a little stronger for her. At times like this she doesn't seem like a bitch quite so much. Though I think that with her personality, she would need not just a man a little stronger than Sigurd, but a very strong man, even stronger than herself. She would be great with a Noah, actually. Wow, that was so intense and sad. I loved this part about her grief: “They would inspect it in the cold flicker of candlelight, turning its spasming malformed body over and over in their hands as they shook their sympathetic heads.” And the “grotesque squirming thing”. Quite hideously evocative, in the context.

Also the whole empty dresses / empty bodies metaphor too.

Poor Vadra. I wish Sigurd could be at least a little stronger for her. At times like this she doesn’t seem like a bitch quite so much. Though I think that with her personality, she would need not just a man a little stronger than Sigurd, but a very strong man, even stronger than herself. She would be great with a Noah, actually.

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