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| The Prince and The Shipwright by Dragon | 8 Review(s) |
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| Eruviluieth | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/12/2004 |
| I've been very much enjoying this and your other stories. I hadn't considered the lives of the Silmarillion elves until this, but I'm finding them fascinating, especially in your hands. Please do continue. Author Reply: Hello! Thanks for the review and I'm so glad you're enjoying the stories! I have fun writing them! I always found the Silmarillion really tough going, until I began scribbling about them - somehow I find that if I can picture them eating breakfast or going sledging then I can remember which name they are! Dragon | |
| eRose | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/12/2004 |
| What a wonderful tale - so well visualized. The sensitive child and the awkward bachelor. One has empathy for both. I am enjoying it so much. Author Reply: Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying the story - it's one of my favourites to write and I have so many random little bitties for it! Writing Cirdan is fun! He's so splendidly out of his depth! | |
| siorah | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| Wonderful Story! Please continue Author Reply: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like it! | |
| kate | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| this is a good story. please continue on it. however, i am curious as to if you could allow some scenes of when he is a teenager to allow to see if all the problems of a young child scared and confused in a new place are solved. Author Reply: Hey Kate! Thanks for the review! I do write teenager Ereinion in some other stories (check my profile) - Storm Cloud, and A New Beginning in particular. Most are solved but some, like his refusal to wear cloaks and need for a father remain. Dragon | |
| Mum's the Word | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| Well done again, Dragon! I'm responding to two chapters at once: "Ranlhach" shows some new dimensions of Cirdan -- his kindness, which he struggles so hard to hide, and his fear of children. If only Sauron knew this weakness, he'd gather all the toddlers in Arda and foist them on Cirdan -- easily defeating the mighty Lord of the Havens! Seriously, we can only hope that Cirdan learns soon how to parent elflings; there's a reason young ones need guidance. Ranlhach himself is wise beyond his years and very comfortable with children; I hope we see more of him in your story. As for "A Bad Day," it just makes us want more than ever to gather little Ereinion up and take him home. He's so young and miserable and trying so hard to be grown up and defend himself. He can be happy and well-behaved, and he is bright; the adults just need to learn which buttons to push. So glad to see your update! Author Reply: Hello! Thanks for reviewing! Cirdan does try very hard to avoid appearing kind - I think he thinks that it's part of his duty to be kind to anyone who needs it, and thus gets embarrassed if anyone thinks he is kind or knows of his kindness. The comment about toddlers made me giggle. It would be a mighty foe indeed and poor Cirdan might just sail off west! I think he's glad he's got Ereinion instead, who is really a very odd child. Ranlhach will keep popping up throughout the story - making sure Ereinion is fed, looked after and so on. I just think they're not sure which buttons to push, especially when all Ereinion wants is his Naneth and Adar! Dragon P.S. My checkup this week went really well! | |
| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| "Please review. I have know way of knowing if its worth updating if you don’t" Sure it is! I love this story! the way you manage to show the abyss between the child's point of view, and the adults'.. I mean... It is not difficult to keep a child happy, it only takes a bit of dedication and surely a bit of empathy... which both the librarian and Cirdan seem to be lacking... But then... they're learning too...and I'm sure Cirdan will grow to really love the elfling... it's just a matter of time (and Ereinion surviving the meantime!) Poor child, he must feel so utterly alone and discomfited by this alien world, he can only hold on to memories... I felt like crying when he was rembering the things he would do with his grandfather and that horrible librarian said they had not taken care of him.... I hope Cirdan understands this is not a matter of tantrums and discipline but about a lonely and disoriented child... Wow. I hope he´ll soon adjust to the havens! And please, do keep on! (no matter how long it takes) ;-) Author Reply: Cirdan is learning indeed (and if Ereinion does survive in the meantime I'm sure they'll eventually do very well together) - he's fortunately not a thick elf, so he should pick up the basics quickly. And once Ereinion is a little more confident, he'll have no problem directing Cirdan over what he "should" be doing. I think Cirdan does understand somewhat. Or in any case, he knew Ereinion's grandfather and can understand how much Ereinion misses him! I'm sorry updates take so long (I do feel guilty!) - I'm in college most of the time, and I never write fanfic (except bitties on paper) whilst in college because it would be too distracting (and fun)! Thanks for reviewing! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| Poor little elfling. The only one with a smidgen of empathy is that young healer whose name escapes me! The librarian expects him to turn up, frail and stressed and immediately start learning using a script he has explained is alien and be able to show knowledge about things from a different region and know the stories he would have taught him! Elves clearly do not spend enough time either as or with children. Cirdan, at least, has the excuse of not having been brought up - what's the librarian's excuse? I'm quite impressed with Ereinion's strength of mind. Just as well really. He'll need that determination. More please. Author Reply: Hello! I don't think the librarian, like so many adults, can really understand how alien and incomprehensible different handwriting can look, especially coupled with the inevitable regional dialects, to a child who is learning to read and write. I think the librarian is just somewhat... well... he was chosen by Cirdan for his crustiness, shall we say. I think he was expecting an older child, who would be more of the essay writing variety than the picture-book kind. And there never have been children in Cirdan's house... and if he had no siblings, perhaps... Ereinion is a stubborn little brat. I like writing him! Dragon | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 12/11/2004 |
| Oh my goodness. Poor baby. I love the contrast between the adults' point of view (which is not totally unreasonable, just not particularly perceptive) and the child's. Ereinion is just so lost. I feel terrible for him. Author Reply: Hello! Thanks for reviewing! I think Ereinion just can't understand the adults' opinions, and they are just baffled by him. I think Cirdan is even baffled that elflings come in such small sizes. He'll learn. They all will! Dragon | |