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| The Consequences of Curiosity by MissMilton | 13 Review(s) |
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| Denise | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/10/2006 |
| Ah, in my enthusiasm I forgot to mention one small typo: Near the end, where Aragorn says, ‘I am more that happy to remain only with the knowledge that you are obeying the spirit if not the letter of the law…’, I think "that" should be "than"? Still laughing as I read it again... and again. It's just marvelous. | |
| Denise | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/7/2006 |
| This is wonderful! You have a gift for smoothly rolling formal language, as another reviewer noted, and the entire exchange was so very funny. I could just see Aragorn's fingers turning white from gripping that ledger, holding it up defensively, and getting a desperate look in his eye as Faramir went into more and more detail. LOL! ‘—therefore I must say that our performances are of wholly imagined situations.’ He frowned a little. ‘With the exception of The Shieldmaiden and The Scholar, I suppose. But as for, say, The Rider and Her Obedient Squire or The Lady Corsair and The Captured Emissary…’ Ah, the images these all bring forth... I'm glad this was nominated for a MEFA! Congrats on a marvelous story. Author Reply: Hi Denise, Thanks for your review! Very glad to see you found this so funny, as of course that was my intention! Ah, the images these all bring forth... Come, those are all practically canon. ;) Thanks again for reading--and for catching the typo too; it's now been fixed. -----Anna | |
| Stefania | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/17/2006 |
| Ahah, this is Faramir and Eowyn as written by Jacqueline Carey, of Kushiel's Dart fame. I love it. Your story made me curious about Aragorn and Arwen's, eh hmmm, relationship. Just one point, your final sentence, "and that he would never be able to look at a bonnet in quite the same manner again," went right over my head. This might be due to my ignorance of the bondage world or the subtle differences between British and American English. Good job. - Steff Author Reply: I haven't read Carey's book(s), but I do know what you mean. Faramir always struck me as a sub in canon, actually, and I have a story (a serious one, this time!) planned in which his taste for pain allows him to survive a very... complicated situation when he's a teen. Come to think of it, isn't the main character in the Kushiel books supposed to have been marked by a god or something? Because Faramir was certainly touched by one of the Valar, so there you have it. *g* Aragorn and Arwen's relationship is just fine, I think. It's just that Aragorn was brough up in a culture with a strong belief in pure, eternal, death-transcending love; Faramir likes that just fine, but in addition to the roses, he'd like the thorns too, please. Oh, and I think a bonnet means the same thing in American English as it does over here, at least in this context--it's a hat. It hasn't got any inherent bondage meaning, I assure you; I just used it because there's several household objects people can use for BDSM and I wanted something that most people generally don't associate with erotic play (though Aragorn certainly will from now on *g*). Explaining a joke is the saddest thing in the world, I know, but there you have it. :) Thanks for reading and reviewing! | |
| docmon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/1/2006 |
| How hilarious! Aragorn squirming in his desperation to change the subject and Faramir's stubbornness - like he didn't know what he was doing to his king! Likely it was more punishment/payment for raising the subject in the first place. great job! Author Reply: Thanks! That was my interpretation of Faramir's actions too... | |
| Chibi_kaz | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/17/2006 |
| LOL! Honestly, I got the sense that Faramir was giving back a bit of it to Aragorn. Since Aragorn asked, here's an opportunity for Faramir to 'zing' him for it! Author Reply: Yes, I do think Faramir was doing just that--by being too honest instead of dishonest. Thanks for reviewing! | |
| grumpy | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/16/2006 |
| Poor Aragorn, I think he got a little more imformation then he wanted. I can just imagine him clinging to his ledger, wishing he has never asked. Author Reply: Goodness, yes! *g* Thanks for your review! | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/15/2006 |
| LOL Very funny! Author Reply: Thanks! | |
| SurgicalSteel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/15/2006 |
| This was just too funny. Poor Aragorn, worried that Faramir's being abused - and Faramir's response is a sharing violation of the first order. Loved this! Author Reply: Thanks! Yes, "sharing violation" is just the right description--there's trust and then there's massive TMI trainwreck. *g* Thanks again for reading. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/15/2006 |
| I canot really imagine the sedate Faramir enjoying this sort of thing but I enjoyed this little story and laughed out loud. Author Reply: *g* My job is done! Though I never really saw Faramir as sedate, actually: quite the contrary... Thanks for your review! | |
| oshun | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/15/2006 |
| Hilarious little gem of a story--so well done. The reviews are interesting in their range of reactions--tell us a lot about the readers. So, at the risk of telling more about myself than you really want to know, I have a few particulars to add. You really had me going—the first couple of paragraphs I am groaning, “Oh! No! Not another poor sensitive angst-ridden Faramir.” And then you do a complete turn around! I loved the usually (in “fanon” if not in canon) reticent Faramir pressing his points with the resistant Aragorn. Great work. And, my thanks to gandalfs_assistant for the recommendation. I don’t think I ever would have stumbled across it otherwise. Oshun Author Reply: Tee hee! I personally cannot abide angst-ridden Faramir: I've always read him as a rather gallows-humour sort of person. And I never found him reticent, either; he always struck me as someone who will put his point across no matter how much it costs him. Very glad you liked this! | |