Wow, very good! and original! My compliments. It's nice to see Celegorm with a personality!! I hadn't given him much thought, but lately he's been pestering me...Good job!

wow. nice job. im in love with Maedhros, and the stuff about him almost made me cry...seriously *sniffle* although necessarily believe that Maedhros was completely broken when he came back from Thangorodrim (because i dont want to believe it *huggles little Russandol*) i was still quite moved. i bow to you *bows*

Oh my...wow. Just...wow! That was fantastic, and so beleviable! Is that how you spell believeable...anyway...
I could just see him saying that to himself, because it's so true! Innocence is the biggest casualty of war.

Oh, wow . . . I'd never given Celegorm much thought, but was impressed with this. Very creepy and powerful.

It is rather strange, in a way, but then again not so. It was written very well, and it flowed well for the POV aspect; it was sad, desperate, but those emotions were well portrayed I think. It was lovely in that sorrowful way, and the descriptions of the elves, of Luthien, etc. were all very interesting and well done.
I enjoyed it. Thank you.
^_^

*is embarassed*

Okay, I read this a while back and enjoyed it, and Nemis' LJ comments spurred me to come back to it.

This was awesome. I mean, really. I was not particularly fond of Tolkien's portrayal of Celegorm as some sort of desperate bachelor, and this story gives such a brilliant Alternative explanation, without betraying much. Hmm, I that didn't come out the way I wanted it to- I don't quite know how to explain. Apologies! :)

Not too happy with Luthien beating Celegorm up though. But she is very scary here, no doubt...

"Stop… stop… stop… hurting… me…"

Oh! Evil Luthien! (Sorry, but those are the vibes I got!) Poor Celegorm.

Fantastic story! :)

Now, this is clever and well-executed! I do believe you may have come up with a plausible interpretation of Celegorm's behavior towards Luthien that doesn't simply devolve into saying "he was a villian". His actions are clearly wrong, but his reasons for undertaking them make sense (at least to himself). Bravo!

Now, can you possibly do the same for Curufin?

Sorry for the contradiction. THIS is the better one. A wholly new and interesting view on Celegorm, and on Luthien (it´s so beautiful, that image of the innocent child in love!) And then, the reflections about Maedhros. All the horror conveyed in a paragraph.
Did I tell you that you´re writng better and better?

wow.

i'd never imagined this side of Celegorm but this fic has made me feel otherwise. i would hate him because of what he did but i think that perhaps he was not all evil.

brilliant fic

Whoa! Luthien is very scary.
Poor Celegorm. It turns out I *do* have a soft spot for the man after all.
His ruminations on Maedhros were terrifingly believable, and his fear for Luthien heartwrenching. (Stupid biased Pengolod)
Very good. Scary ending.

#Stop… stop… *stop… hurting… me…*#
The Lay of Leithian *used* to be the remedy when I found myself warming towards the two Cs. I don't think it'll work for Celegorm for a while, because this idea isn't going to go away very soon.

Cheers,
~Feanoriel

*glomps you*

This is beautiful. *sniffles*. Yes, plot bunnies good...

Absolutely bloody brilliant! It is of course exactly what happened. We are not told much by Tolkien, just that Celegorm held her prisoner. Your take that he held her because he feared for her is just awesome. I never believed that even one of Feanor's sons would try to take an unwilling lady to wife just because he wanted to. That he remembers his brother, and Maedhros cruel torment and wants to save Luthien from such a fate so incredibly real.

That was good. That certainly gives a nicer prospective to Celegorm's actions than normal. Very, very good.

The 'wise' thoughts of one who knows better, or thinks he does. And who may be deluding himself, though the story is ambiguous enough to leave the question open. The interesting thing is that if he wants to protect her as he does here, instead of merely possessing her, this is actually proof of his love.
(BTW, Maedhros is a bit AU: there was more left than ashes: even after Thangorodrim 'the fire of life was hot within him', to quote Sil ch. 13. But then, this is Celegorm's Maedhros...)
Good fic.

Thank you. Now I have always had a hankering for a fan fic in which Luthien gets to thwack Celegorm
(call me a friek) And this is brilliant. Because how utterly understandable his feelings are and yet he still remains totally punchable in his condescention.
It's nice to see Celegorm as something other than the moustache twiddling bad guy that he comes accross as in the Silmarillon tale of Beren and Luthien