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| Avoidance by Stefania | 4 Review(s) |
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| elanor_dh | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 11/14/2005 |
| Gooosh, you are sooo cruel! ;) But of course I wish you good luck! :) :D Author Reply: Ahem. What, me cruel? Not. Me just verrrry sloooowwwwwww. I wrote two pages last night and thought I was gonna collapse with the effort. I write technical manuals for a living. Writing fun stuff is more fun, but I've already expend a lot of writing energy just coming up with the stuff to put the food on the table, me in my dance classes, and the cat in kitty litter. Thanks for putting up with my general pokiness. I promise to try and be faster. - Steff | |
| elanor_dh | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 11/13/2005 |
| This is simply most excellent! I love everything about it :) You know how I've been waiting for this chapter and my waiting has been rewarded. And now I'm waiting for another with the last remnants of my patience! *patience, gosh, who am I going to cheat* ;) I adore this story sooo much! Author Reply: Wow! Thanks for your encouragement, Elanor. I actually have the next chapter about 2/3 done. Problem is, it has to deal with the most difficult subject I've yet had to face as a writer. It is bound to be controversial in some quarters, so I might try it out on a small writers' alias first. Now that I've whetted your appetite, wish me luck :) :) - Steff | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 11/12/2005 |
| I loved this conversation as I don't think anyone else's Faramir I've read has asked Eowyn to tell of the battle or discussed the witch king like this ! Author Reply: Poor Eowyn. Letting that story out is part of her healing process. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 11/11/2005 |
| Excellent chapter! I loved it when Faramir mentally speculates on whether Eowyn has 'decent breasts' and round hips suitable for child-bearing, and then berates himself - somehow it works, establishing this Faramir as a good, intelligent and noble man with a streak of earthy practicality. I had problems with these lines: "She felt a little foolish, like an uncouth young girl from the countryside, being escorted by the greatest man in Gondor. Oh rubbish, he's the same age as I am more or less, and I'm the one here who is of royal blood. He's merely the Steward of Gondor. Aragorn is their rightful King." Wouldn't Eowyn have a little more respect for the Stewardship - Faramir's ancestor made the famous alliance with Eorl and so gave the Eotheod a kingdom; I would think this would have occurred in the Movieverse as well. Also, Gandalf is the only person in the Movieverse who disrespects the Stewardship; I think Eowyn would have a higher opinion of the office and the men who fill it, even while acknowledging Aragorn's Kingship. Still, a minor quibble in a very entertaining chapter. Loved Eowyn's reminiscence about her battle with the WiKi. Author Reply: Hi Raksha - Thanks a bunch for your review. As always, you always keep me honest :) :) Re: your comments on Eowyn feeling foolish and then thinking: "I'm the one here who is of royal blood. He's merely the Steward of Gondor. Aragorn is their rightful King." Of course Eowyn respects the Stewards. But consider her situation when she says this. She is rather overwhelmed with the unfamiliarity, formality, and just plain hugeness of Minas Tirith. My Eowyn has a lot of pride and a certain amount of haughtiness. Telling herself that she's royalty and Faramir is merely a Steward is her defense mechanism for protecting herself when she feels very vulnerable. In my movieverse-based story, Cirion and Eorl did in fact make their famous pact. In fact, their alliance figures in several sequences I have planned for later chapters. | |