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Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil  by Larner 9 Review(s)
Eirinn LeighReviewed Chapter: 42 on 8/28/2015
This almost, /almost/, makes me kind of ok with the Tauriel/Kili thing. Still not within the context of The Hobbit, but elsewhere within middle earth I can see an elf/dwarf coupling mirroring that of Yavanna and Alue.

Linda HoylandReviewed Chapter: 42 on 11/6/2009
What a beautiful poetic story!I love the idea of dancing things into being lik the Hindu legend of Shiva's dance of endless renewal.

Author Reply: Song and dance have always gone hand in hand, throughout human existence, I think. That these two would have indeed danced and sung so much into being just seemed so right!

Thanks so, Linda!

Raksha The DemonReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/8/2009
A particularly lovely piece; blending high language and power with suggestions of tenderness and sensuality. I love the use of song here; it works so well with Tolkien's use of music and of course, The Song.

Well done!

Author Reply: I'm so glad I managed to communicate the moods I'd intended, Raksha. This was written with the theme of music in mind, and of course I found myself thinking also of THE Song.

Thanks so for the feedback.

KittyReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/7/2009
Lovely, Larner! Reading that, I can see them singing all these things into being. Very appropriate for Yavanna und Aulë.

Author Reply: Oh, I'm so very glad you agree, Kitty! I found I rather liked writing this one.

ParmalokwenReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/6/2009
Ooh, lovely! Valarin romance fics are so few and far between.

Author Reply: Again, am please it pleases. One thing the ALEC challenges has done--they've had me reaching beyond my more normal areas of writing! And this one was to include music somehow....

Thanks for the feedback.

6336Reviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/6/2009
Oh, lovely!
More please,
Lynda

Author Reply: Glad it pleases, Lynda. Thank you so!

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/6/2009
Oh, this was lovely Larner! On the surface, it would seem that Yavanna and Aule are opposites--nature versus artifice. But you show how they compliment each other: no aritifice without the raw materials nature provides, and artifice enables nature to increase its bounty even more! Wonderful!

Author Reply: I am so glad you like it, Dreamflower! It was interesting trying to figure out how to meet the challenge--I'd intended originally to post the Hurin/Lynesse story there, you see--but it grew in the telling, and by that time the character of Lynesse could have given away who wrote the story.

And Aule and Yavanna were well paired, I think.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/6/2009
That's just beautiful. What a glorious way to describe the intertwining of soul-mates, and the joy of these early days.

Author Reply: Am so glad you think so, Shirebound! I am honored, and they must have rejoiced indeed to share in the preparation of the world for the coming of the Children.

FiondilReviewed Chapter: 42 on 1/6/2009
Just lovely, Larner. I suspected it was Yavanna and Aulė before I got to the end. For all their differences in temperment and interests, they greatly complement each other. And their dance goes on....

Author Reply: Am so glad you enjoyed it, Fiondil--and indeed their dance goes on!

Thank you so!

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