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| Don't Panic! by Boz4PM | 9 Review(s) |
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| mystarlight | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/2/2018 |
| Poor Penny. Regarding bunny I fully support her. Thank you!!! | |
| Nienor Niniel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 2/16/2006 |
| Poor girl! The scary thing is that I can see myself behaving pretty much the same. Although I would not have touched the sword, probably. You convey the insecurity she is feeling so very well. It's miles from the usual "I AM IN MIDDLEEARTH!1!!ELEVNTY! WHERE IS LEGGY?" I always wish that the people who write the Sue-fics would at least try to create believable human emotions when they drop their characters into a completely foreign world. I have already come to pity Halbarad very much. Something tells me that he is not going to be rid of her in Bree. Poor man! Greetings, Nienor | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/8/2005 |
| You know, we're enjoying spamming you with all these comments, but its nice to be able to leave them for the more hilarious moments. The more she revealed about her ignorance the more bizarre he found her and the more worried he became. I have thought of this before - we are so inept about survival in this day and age. Heck, half the city people I know couldn't survive on a farm or in some little in the middle-of-nowhere village. What, no coffee shop? No McDonalds? No all night grocery store? LOL, imagine havng to catch, clean and cook our meals! He slurped at the sauce. He paused. Okay, even he had to admit it wasn’t brilliant, but it was better than nothing or lembas yet again and that was good enough for him. This made me laugh! Glorfindel or Galdor would have pulled out their own personal salt shaker... and I'm glad he gave Penny credit for at least trying. | |
| phoenix23531 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/6/2005 |
| Hah!~ I love it. Was that her snickering at the Mary-sue who had her head lopped off? Simply, sadistically beautiful! I must admit I was hesitant to read this story. I've read a few Mary-sue's by mistake (and utterly regretted them), and even a few lambasting the Mary-sue's that I ended up regretting (though most of this latter category are devilishly wonderful). But I grew to sympathise with Halbarad very VERY quickly. Especially after the line: “Swords are sharp things. Not toys.” - snigger! I love your take on re-enactors. We're not all nuts, I assure you. Well, Ok, maybe we are. But Penny's reaction to Halbarad as a smelly overly-zealous re-enactor/reconstructor/etc. was priceless, and leads me to believe you know more than most about our, erm...enigmatic ways. :-) Just one note: most re-enactors I know do carry at least one sharp knife, but usually they're small because of various laws restricting the size of blades. They're dang useful when it comes to cutting up chocolate bars for sharing round the campfire. ;-) As for the dinner scene - what would she expect, a full candlelight 7 course meal? Sheesh, and what's wrong with rabbit stew. Admitedly she had just seen the furry little mite hacked to pieces but... Yep, I can only say how grateful I am that I'm not the one who has to skin and gut the meat I take to events. And Halbarad's remenisence of Gildor and Glorfindel's culinary tastes was hilarious. To be honest, I do tend to keep a box of salt and the usual herbs in my kit because meat cooked in water is just sickeningly bland. I can't wait to read the next installments. All the best, and keep it up, phoenix23531 | |
| meckinock | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/5/2005 |
| The rapidly alternating POV is a stroke of genius - it's hysterical to listen to Penny and Halbarad take turns describing one another as a complete loon. I loved the dinner of stewed rabbit (smellng like rat wee LOL.) The charcacterizations are so vivid but stop short of being over-the-top - it was hysterical to listen to Penny describing how tasteless the rabbit was, and then to Halbard admitting pretty much the same. And at least he gave her credit for pretending to like it. | |
| TithenFeredir | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/5/2005 |
| This is really a very good exercise in looking at both sides from an outsider's perspective. I loved the bit where Halbarad was very sensibly taking care of his knife while Penny assumed his action was evidence of his being some kind of bloodthirsty lunatic. Good story! ~TF | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/5/2005 |
| He could hear Gildor or Glorfindel whinging at him even now in the back of his mind, “Gah! Halbarad, there is no salt in this stew! And would it kill you to carry an onion or two in your pack?” Onions? A Ranger carrying onions?! Bloody elves! *ROFL!!* I fear I’m on the side of the bloody elves! It is funny how Penny and Halbarad are so very annoyed with each other because neither can understand the strange behaviour of the other, and usually not without reason, at least out of their own perspective. And I think I wouldn’t have been able to cope with the rabbit, either. Author Reply: I think we're all on the side of the bloody elves in this case. ;) To you and the others who have reviewed in kind, you might be entertained by a wonderful two line review someone left on this fic at ff.net: "Rangers have no onions. Rangers need no onions." *rofl* I have turned that into a sig banner it made me laugh so much. Thank you for reading and taking the time to review. :) | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/5/2005 |
| Why him? Now you have me wondering what other lunatics Halbarad has rescued. Women in distress? Hal, you really ought to listen to the Elves. Would it kill you to carry a packet of salt in your pack? Salt doesn't weigh all that much and a pinch goes a long way. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/5/2005 |
| There is something about Halbarad's ineptness with cuisine that is remarkably amusing. Would it hurt him to carry some seasoning? Except in his masculinity. | |