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| The Best Laid Plans..... by DADGAD | 4 Review(s) |
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| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/13/2008 |
| Of course Manwe might have strengthened the wind a little......... Everyone playing their part and confounding the plans of Sauron, and giving Yavanna's children the opportunity to do what had to be done. A wonderful set of stories. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/10/2008 |
| Yes, Manwe--send your winds their way. And love the oblique reference to Yavanna's small children--not as deep-dwelling as her consort's creations, of course, closer to Men and Elves in nature; but in their way as enduring as the Dwarves--and many times less expected! Love this one, Dadgad! Glad you finally got this chapter posted so I could find the story and read it! Thank you! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/9/2008 |
| Just a little breeze, certainly. And a few little things happening here or there, "chance, if chance you call it" there in Middle-earth. This is a wonderful set of ficlets--each one a bit of a gem in its own right, but adding them up, one after another, and you came up with a cracking good exploration of the theme of "oft evil will evil mars". I can think of lots more little gaps you could fill that way. Saruman sending so many off to Helm's Deep, because, of course, Orthanc is impregnable; the Southrons not worrying about an ambush in Ithilien, because, of course, they have mumakil, and who could stand against them; the Nazgul in Minas Morgul deciding that there couldn't possibly be anything trying to get *into* Mordor; Shelob gloating over her little snack, before Sam shows up; Those orcs rounding up those little "deserters"... But I do love the ones you picked! Author Reply: Oh no! just when I thought I'd finished....I wanted to get across the idea of Sauron's far reaching war plans, and how they went astray, which is why I didn't have a Shelob vignette. But I'll have to think about the others. And you're right, I was thinking of that 'chance, if you call it that' phrase when I wrote this. Manwe's plans are a bit more subtle but rather more robust than Sauron's, because he has better people to carry them out. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/9/2008 |
| These are all great DADGAD. I liked the last one especially. Author Reply: Thanks Harrowcat. I had done all the others and was not sure how to finish the series until I came up with this. Glad you like it! | |