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| Destiny's Child by Mirkwoodmaiden | 2 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/29/2025 |
| “My sister is smirking. That is never a good sign.” A very brotherly sentiment. The archery competition sounded quite real. I love the song and storytelling time! It sounds so cosy! Ah, Éowyn, cooking can be quite a valuable skill, and even scouts and warriors benefit from understanding how to combine various edibles and somehow end up with an edible result. But I can sympathise. I'm quite distractible, meaning I have burned too many dishes over the years, not to mention losing track of what I've added and either added something twice (too much salt is not a good thing) or forgot to add something. When I can bring myself to concentrate (and do not get interrupted), the results can sometimes impress even me. (((hugs))) I am enjoying revisiting these early chapters, even though I know there is darkness to get through before Éowyn's story will brighten once more. Author Reply: Lindelea! Yeah! I always want to show the brotherly and sisterly affection playful banter and behaviorthat exist between Eomer and Eowyn. The Archery competition is a very real combination of competitions from university competitions that I shot in and the longbow competition we had in the renaissance Archery guild at Ren faires while I was a member! Poor Eowyn! It is a combination of resistance to learning "womanly arts" and really having no skill in cooking. To Aragorn's misfortune in PJ's "Two Towers." LOL. Curiously in my story "The Heir Apparent" Elladan has a similar cooking disability...which gives Elrohir no end of Joy teasing him about. :-)) Yup! Eowyn's life is going to get significantly worse until it gets significantly better. I think that is why the last two stories, my birthday mathom and my Winter Solstice story are about Eowyn when she was happy growing up! I think it will probably be at least three chapters till she meets Faramir. Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/21/2025 |
| You know … it is important to know how to cook…. It’s good that she has her training, but it’s also good that she is learning important things she doesn’t necessarily like, too. We can’t spend all our time only doing what we want (unfortunately). This will be a growth opportunity for her as well! Author Reply: PSW! You are so right! But Eowyn is a stubborn little thing. And as we see in Two Towers when she offers Aragorn stew she didn't really apply herself to the art of cooking like she did with archery or swordsmanship! Or possibly she did and is just culinarily challenged! LOL Thanks for reading and writing once again! ((hugs)) MM | |