Really well written and beautifully done! Wish it was longer!

Wow this was amazing. Thank you so much for this.

I'm glad I found this story. I was very interested in seeing how the elves would deal with Estel's utter desolation when he was rejected by Elrond. I could sort of see it because the movie leaned in that direction: Arwen is elf-kind and belongs with her people, not with you, etc.
Your sensitive portrayal of the topic gave me a few moments of reflection on some of my own past issues. I wish I'd had the twins and Glorfindel on my side. Thank you for writing.

Awww, poor Aragorn. I honestly, don't see Aragorn acting like this, but in an AU world I could see him going this way. Great story. I would love a sequel to this.

You're a very talented writer. You have a gift, so don't ever stop writing. I would love to see a sequel where Elrond finds out about Estel after much yelling from the twins , and feels very guilty about what he's said.

I'm at a loss for words...

A heavy and difficult subject to write about, yet you handled it with so much care that this is one of the best stories out here on this subject. Just marvellous.

You did a great job on the balance between angst and levity. Glorfindel is the perfect Elf to achieve that.

All in all, a marvellous story! Thank you for having had the courage to write and post it for the whole world to read.

Oh poor Aragorn :( Reminds me of when a couple of my own characters snapped in rather similar situations

Very well written and I liked how Glorfindel and the twins were there for comfort and to give a bit of humor to the otherwise dark situation

What a beautiful story...I can't imagine Elrond ever saying those things to Estel, but for the purposes of this story, it was well used. And I connected with Estel, it made me realise what I was feeling when I cut myself. So maybe that's the first step to recovery, lol. I don't know, but this was a great story, and please write more like it, it helped me, maybe it will help someone else...well done, mellon nin.

This is SO good and so brilliant! You should write more of this stuff cuz you're so brilliant at it! I know Aragorn's strong, but it is good to see a weak bit of him.

i wish to read more stories like this. perhaps you know of some? *hinthint* this was beautiful...*sniff* so true. perhaps you can recommend some more authors of this kind of lovely angst. afterall i searched long and high for this one! through the reviews of 'For Eden.' you write beautifully. very good job.

This is a well writen story, love to hear more... Please continue soon...

OMG that is SO BEAUTIFUL! but you can't hurt Aragorn? That is one of the most incredibly moving pieces I have ever read! i love it

arianwen

Its good, but too cruel. I dont think Elrond would be that cruel, or reject him so directly.

I was going back through things, and something struck me. I just noticed the timeline you gave this story; I hadn't seen that it was during FoTR before. Aragorn seems awfully young, more like the seventeen-year-old he was when this started than eighty-seven. I don't think it's anything specific, just his tone overall seems almost childish to me. It could be that this was deliberate, in order to make him more vulnerable and to harken back to earlier incidents, in which case please disregard my objections. Or perhaps you wanted to show how comfortable he is with the twins-okay, I think I've answered my own questions. Perhaps if one of the twins had "commented" mentally (or audibly, whatever works) on the same fact, I would not even have remarked on it. Just something to keep in mind for later stories, I suppose; no need to go through and change anything in this one. It works, it just seemed strange to me at first. But I've just reasoned away my objections, so there you go. Now it's just a thought for future writing; when you put someone in a dire enough emotional state that it would affect how they act, having the other characters notice it keeps the reader from doing so on their own. Anyway, I liked-obviously enough to think about it a while after having read it, so good job! You really made me put a lot of thought into this story; nicely done.

Oh whoah, so bleak. Do you address the incidents discussed here in other fics, or are you planning to do so in the future or add more here later? Tell me where to look for these please, I need to know. Very chilling story. You really capture a sense of loss and despair in your work. I feel almost as bad for Elladan and Elrohir, trying to help but not able to. The moments of levity were well-placed to dillute some of the darkness and help us get through it, but they also served to emphasize the sadness of the rest of the story. Nicely done.