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| The Cruelest Kindness by MP brennan | 3 Review(s) |
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| eliza | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/18/2013 |
| hummm. interesting story. Quite possible a dilemma that soliders today must still wrestle with. How to redeem some one who very probable does not want to be redeemed. Along side of that poor Aragorn has to deal with leadership when clearly those he leads does not agree with him. You summed it up nicely "cruel to be kind". It will be interesting to see how Aragorn deals with the steward. Great begininng. Author Reply: Thank you so much for your review! Sorry for my late reply. You were right to point out that the conflict in this story is relevant to today's world. While I try not to draw too much from real people and events, the inspiration for this story came partly from the ever-depressing evening news and stories like the incarceration of Omar Khadr. To some extent, I'm just a troubled American trying to make amends through fiction. Thanks again for your support! This story got a bit truncated due to Teitho's length limits, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. -Brennan | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/18/2013 |
| It is a difficult position to be in for one who has a tendency to see the best potential in others. But to kill a boy would indeed be difficult for him. He himself probably began riding out on patrols from Rivendell at that age, and he is still young enough to remember how callow he was at the time. But I am glad he sees the boy as redeemable. Author Reply: Thanks so much for your wonderful review! I'm glad you appreciated the dilemma laid out in this story. -Brennan | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/17/2013 |
| This is a super story and I'm delighted it won, congratulations!It had my first place vote.I was haunted by the story all week and it is part of the reason that I'm writing another chapter of to my story. I loved the way your portrayed Aragorn's dilemma and loved the solution he came up with. Your Aragorn is just perfect and how I imagine him to be. As you ask for concrit, my one nitpick is that you should never pull out an arrow, but rather cut it out. I learned that researching my own stories. The exception is if the victim wears a silk shirt! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AnnoyingArrows A very deserving winner of the 100th Teitho contest. Author Reply: Hi Linda! I wanted to thank you so much for this awesome review. Sorry I didn't respond sooner (RL's been craaazy). I'm so so glad you enjoyed this story and that it stuck with you. How are things going with "Too Long a Sacrifice"? It's funny--I think my reaction to your story was very similar to your reaction to mine. I couldn't get it out of my head and kept going back to reread over and over. I was ecstatic when I heard that you were adding on to that story, and I hope the writing process goes well! -Brennan | |