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We Were Young Once ~ I by Conquistadora	7 Review(s)
mystarlight	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 11/14/2019
Love development of characters as they act intelligently or stupidly as their personality demands.

TithenFeredir	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/10/2005
Oh good, another chapter! The first part, where Thranduil was in a quiet conversation while getting his hair cut, was hilarious with Amroth in the background alternately stalking the fish and then thrashing angrily about in the stream. The tussle that followed seemed like good fun but it also gave me a strong impression of those elves as very physically powerful creatures, as if to see them "play" might be the tiniest bit scary as well as fun. Now that Amroth is gone I wonder if Thranduil will perhaps think of getting a child of his own...or two or three. ;-) I'm happy to read in your responses to other reviews that the next chapter is not too far off. ~TF Author Reply: Hehehe . . . It reminds me of what goes on in the boys' dorms around here. The bouts of play-wrestling in St. Ben(edict)'s were becoming an indelible characteristic of the Christendom College social life, but I think the dean made them stop now that several bones have been accidentally broken in two separate entanglements with Anthony Smitha, a huge guy from Texas. ;) Oh, Thranduil's thinking about it all right . . . ;)

Amaniel	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/9/2005
Ah... Finally. ;) It was worth the wait though! Author Reply: Ah, but you haven't seen anything yet! ;)

Silent Planet	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/9/2005
Hum...shorter, but sweet. I'm glad you finally updated, goodness, does feel as if it's been forever. Somehow, Thranduil always ends up soaked through and slightly damaged pride-wise in your stories. You think he'd learn not to stand/sit near river banks. Ah well..... Author Reply: Yes, short was the best I could do for this one, but it was never really a huge focus point anyway, and I'll make it up to you with a 14-page follow up. ;) Hey, I think deep down Thranduil really enjoys that kind of thing. Thankfully a certain part of him never grows up. :D

Eruanneth_Luin	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/9/2005
Such fun to watch adult elves at play. We know they enjoyed life, but so seldom glimpse their lighter side. What a princely gift for the young Amroth, though the thought that they might not meet again this side of adulthood (of far even beyond) added a wistful air to the departure. Thank you for another chapter during this very busy time of your life, though I am hoping that e're long Thranduil will make known his intentions toward a fair elf-maid. Author Reply: He's working on that. Just hold tight a bit longer. ;)

elliska	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/9/2005
To everything there is a season...one of my favorite verses. And indeed that is true here. It struck me as very sad that Thranduil saw the memories of his father's presence in the house as distant and I enjoyed them speculating on what he could be doing and when he might come back. And young Amroth was very dear here. So determined to spear a fish. That was a sweet image. The teasing about haircuts and previous haircut disasters--somehow that was very funny to contemplate. Spring is the season for renewal and one of the best ways to do that is to have a bit of nice play. I can so see a bunch of happy elves disintegrating into a playful water fight/mud fight. That had me laughing my head off. This was the stuff of which memories were made. Nice line and exactly true. You rarely have the insight to realize it at the time but memories of this type of easy camaraderie is often so important down the road. And the departure of Celeborn. It must be strange to be an elf knowing that you kin is not growing older and being lost to you but to live in a world like M-E where travel (and visiting people once they leave you) is so difficult. But Thranduil and Celeborn's paths will cross again and how different their situations will be. Also strange...to have millennia for your life to evolve. Meeting people again after so many years, you wonder if it would be like meeting someone completely different. And that makes me wonder what it will be like when Oropher finally comes back. I really look forward to your updates and they never disappoint. I love your writing. Waiting patiently for your next installment... Author Reply: Don't worry; I don't think Oropher will change much. ;) And actually, I hope the next installment won't take so long, since I already have most of it written. So, now if I could just get a good start on my Song of Roland paper . . . By this point I'm more than ready to be done with Lindon and get on with things, so if we could just convince Oropher to come back sometime in the near future we'd have it made. ;) Only five weeks of the year left! Whee! :D

lwarren	Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 4/8/2005
An update! I'm always so glad to see this story continued, knowing how busy you are at school! I have been keeping up, but haven't reviewed the last couple of chapters. (As my son would say, "My bad." What DOES that mean?) LOL But I have been reading and like Thranduil, expecting Oropher to return any time now, but he seems lost! :-) This was a wonderful chapter...I loved the haircut by the stream with Thranduil reflecting about things and watching Amroth try his hand at fishing! The resulting scuffle (a rather mild word for that free-for-all!) was hilarious...all I could think was "elven mud wrestling"!!!! And Thranduil was right, of such times are the dearest memories made. So Oropher's been gone over two hundred years? Wow, that's long...even for an elf! It has me wondering if he is getting everything ready before he returns for his family (house, yard, realm, Silvan subjects...the usual). Celeborn, Galadriel (who was remarkably out of the picture), and Amroth leaving was rather sad, especially with Thranduil feeling like his years with Amroth were akin to raising a son. (Hey, you! Thranduil! What about Lin?) It seems our Thranduil needs a rather emphatic nudge towards that girl, Coriel, like maybe a swift kick in the pants! ;-) What I really liked though was the wolf! How totally cool was that gift? A really great chapter...your descriptive style of writing is as effective and affecting as ever, Coriel! Now, send out the search parties for Oropher!!! linda Author Reply: Galadriel was indeed very out of the picture. At first that was just because I was tired and didn't feel like elaborating beyond the bare bones of the plotline ^_^, but later it became more of a subtle statement regarding Thranduil's overall perspective. He's much more interested in Celeborn and Amroth, and so doesn't mention Galadriel's presence much at that particular time. Celeborn often tends to be eclipsed by Galadriel, so I thought it would be interesting to see it the other way around. ;) Hehehe . . . All I can say is that we must be patient with him a bit longer. He'll come around in his own good time. He's never done this before; he's not sure how it all works. ;D Oh, man; I wish I could have had this up sooner, but this semester has been crazy! I can't believe I hadn't posted since January. But, fortunately, the next chapter is alrealy more than half-finished, so the wait shouldn't last so long this time. But they haven't let up on us yet: papers, tests, misc. homework, and now Spring Formal of all things. o_O So, hopefully we will continue soon!

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