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| Among the Great by Peredhel | 4 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/5/2006 |
| It would be a vastly different world, I know. As it was, bookverse, it was the young lords who inherited the rule of the Free Peoples, metaphorically speaking, save for Imrahil and Aragorn. In this version, with Aragorn gone, Imrahil and his older sons gone.... Not a pretty picture. Author Reply: Oh, definitely. Yes, the young have inherited pretty thorougly, down to little Alphros and his aunt. LOL, it isn't a bright and cheerful picture, certainly. | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/3/2006 |
| Wow. This really shows what a near thing the victory of the Ring was. So many people taking so many chances. And here, as in the real world, sometimes things don't work out as well as in stories. I am thoroughly enjoying this. Author Reply: Yes. I was looking at the timelines, and it's really -- I mean, it's so close. Tolkien very carefully structures the whole thing-- but it so easily mightn't have been that way. Thank you. | |
| phyloxena | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/3/2006 |
| Tolkien didn't tell us how Aragorn united two kingdoms and how he ruled them, but supposedly he was good and his people prospered. I do not doubt Faramir is a great ruler, but circumstances here so less favorable, I wonder how he managed. Are you planning to go into the politics here? Author Reply: Oh, absolutely. I think there were undoubtedly difficulties canonically -- well, he wouldn't spent so much time at war with Éomer if there weren't -- but yes, these circumstances are much less favourable, and there is a lot on Faramir's plate. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/3/2006 |
| What a sad victory for the West, so many dead. And what of the hobbits, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf? I'm not sure - has Faramir used the seeing-stone or not? I feel so sorry for Eowyn and Faramir, who will have to part. I hope Eowyn marries Elfhelm, or someone who can make her happy. And will Lothiriel hold Dol Amroth for little Alphros? Author Reply: Yes-- it hardly deserves the name, really. Well, I can't answer any of that, except the last -- yes, she does. She rules as Princess-Regent. | |