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| Aleglain by Redheredh | 3 Review(s) |
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| rick | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 9/1/2010 |
| This story is very good & interesting. I like the way you reconcile Tolkien's contradictory stories about Celeborn being either Umanyar or Amanyar, depending on which volume of HoME you're in. Making him both is very clever! Please do continue on & finish. Thanks for writing. Author Reply: Hello, Rick! Please forgive the late reply, but I was on vacation, motoring in the Mid-West, and have finally returned home to find my mailbox stuffed. Thank you for your kind words! :D For me, "interesting" is the praise I crave. I do enjoy trying to engineer a supporting framework for the Professor's wonderful designs. His thing about Celeborn is that he becomes what he needs to be and does what is needed to further fulfill Sauron's doom, as much as does Galadriel - whose story is just as contradictory concerning her morality rather than her nationality. I hope to continue now that RL has settled down some. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! | |
| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 12/24/2009 |
| Darn! YOu cannot leave it here!!!!! Ninloss and her longing for the chieftain are entertaining and endearing! And in a masterfully simple stroke of genius, you've jsut changed my opinion of Orongil, seeing him through Nimloss' eyes. I loved their barter and the deep respect that underlies their exchange, despite the mild, affectionate mockery. And all the politics, of course, and the economics of this early Beleriand. I rather go for wandering, nomadic elves, but the socio eocnomic structure you have cme up is wonderfully detailed, and wholly beliavable to me. Why! I wonm't even contest the fact that kinslayings were not invented by the NOldor! :-) SEriously, this is getting deliciously complex and full of hints for future developements. I bow at your masery fo setting up itnesrting characters. NOw I'm looking forward to more, much more!!!! MErry Christmas, Redheredh, may your muses and the love of writing never leave you! Author Reply: Well, this is where it will sit for awhile, and I apologize for that. Very glad you like Nimloss. :) And are ok with Orongil. ;p I sorta keep the ancient Persian world in mind when I think what commerce may be like in Beleriand. Kinslayings?! Good heavens, no such thing! Please! Just the usual gang violence and tendency to dominate! Not mass murder, but territorial takeover. Very different... I think, guilt might have been a major contributing factor in why there was no retaliation with the sword, when the tragedy at Alqualonde was revealed. The Sindar were no less guilty of having killed their own kind to dispossess their opposition of what they wanted for themselves. And then on top of that, here were the Calaquendi acting in the same benighted way... Ah, future developments... on paper will develop slowly. I really love side characters as much as main. The fruit and vegetables that make the meat a real meal. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! I appreciate your comments very much. Have the best and happiest year to come! | |
| Aiwen | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 12/23/2009 |
| I am enjoying this story. You have added a lot of detail and I enjoyed that. Thank you for writing. Author Reply: H'mm maybe I take up too much time with the details I chose... but that's what I do! ;D Glad to hear you are enjoying it! Thank you for continuing to read and review! Have a Happy New Year! | |