2006 Author Reviews for
Aearwen

Aearwen and Maeglin? I have read so much of her works featuring this elf that they became inseparable in my thoughts. Aearwen is an author who excels in many things, from her incredibly well written humouristic stories to writing drama: she has it all in her pen, making her an all-round author. Her parodies are stories I read often if a need a good laugh. In this poem, but also in every other work she writes about Maeglin, she provides us with a different insight of this character. The tragedy of him and his mother is well explored her in poignant prose, but also with great skill in poetry. Most often, it is easy to think of him as a betrayer of a city, but like many other black/white characters Tolkien has given to us, there are more sides to Maeglin than that. Aearwen shows us that in her works which are all story gems in their own way.