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| Strangers by MP brennan | 7 Review(s) |
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| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/30/2013 |
| Hooray for Aragorn! This story left me wanting to cheer.I think we both see Aragorn in a similiar light,so I love reading your stories about him. You are inspiring me to write more about this culture! Author Reply: And this is why I love fanfic: you inspire me to write and I inspire you to write, and pretty soon we have this beautiful continuous feedback loop of more fic. ;D Seriously, I'm glad you enjoyed this tale, and I'll eagerly await any Harad stories you decide to write! -Brennan | |
| Lyana | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| Love, love, LOVE your characterizations! I will be very sorry indeed to see these tales of Harad come to an end. You've developed a side of Aragorn that I don't think I've seen in fan fic before (but must have existed for him to have survived the way he did!). And I will now, forever, have "Dakheel" ingrained in my mind as one of his many names. Author Reply: Thank you! I've had a lot of fun with these fics, so I'm glad you've enjoyed them. I hope you like the conclusion to this one! -Brennan | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| Aha! Oh, but Aragorn has given this man a good deal of well-deserved grief! And I suspect that nomadic tribe indeed was strengthened by Aragorn's men. And it's likely that this group of "traders" includes some of the missing villagers. Trust the Eye's people to resort to violence as "discipline" and overkill as retribution. Author Reply: Yep, it was a pretty good day's work for Aragorn. ;) With this chapter, I really wanted to show how this hyper-violent culture was being imposed on the soldiers and conscripts, basically from the top down. Thus, all the mentions of corporal punishment as well as the whole plot of razing the village--when you're inundated with that kind of violence on a daily basis, I imagine it has a corrupting influence which Sauron would find useful in his Army. Thanks for reading! -Brennan | |
| Elentarri | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| Delightful chapter. I'm so happy you posted something - I was having withdrawal symptoms. ;) Author Reply: Haha, sorry to cause withdrawal! I'm glad you enjoyed this. The last chapter is pretty much done, so I should have another fix for you tomorrow or the next day at the latest. ;) -Brennan | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| I love these stories. , Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying them! -Brennan | |
| UTfrog | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| "All the honor He deserves" is a great line! So very truthful and so very deceiving. I love your Aragorn. He remains quite honorable, but is a very sneaky devil. This trilogy gets better and better. Thank you for some great reading. You write excellent dialogue. Your characters come alive through their speech patterns. Hope your exams went well. Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed his underhanded tactics; the situation seemed to call for them. Aragorn is interesting because he does have a very strong sense of personal honor, but at the same time, he shows a lot of cunning. (Look, for instance, at how he "drew Sauron's eye" by convincing him that he had the ring in RotK.) I had a lot of fun playing with that side of him. I hope you like the last part! -Brennan | |
| Phyloxena | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/29/2013 |
| This is great. I love your stories. You managed to write Aragorn through unsympathetic, hostile perception and to give him all the credit he deserves. He is a great captain and military leader, and these traits are hard to portray through friendly eyes :). Waiting for the next chapter. Author Reply: Thank you! Yeah, trying to get Aragorn's character to come through despite the narrator's bias was definitely the hardest part of this fic, so I'm glad it worked for you. The last chap should be up soon. I hope you keep reading! -Brennan | |