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| The King and the Steward by Itarille | 6 Review(s) |
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| Erulissé | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/6/2025 |
| I love this story. It all feels so right! I was so excited to see Dirhael and Faramir make it up and the beginning to what could be an amazing friendship! Dirhael is correct, the more you know about him, the harder it is to dislike Faramir. I feel as if I know Dirhael already, even though I don't know that much about him. I love the interaction with prickly old Lord Hador. He is quite a character! He certainly has some cheek. Thank you for the encouragement! I am so excited to see it published and finally get to hold a physical copy of all that hard work. It's been a long time in the making. Author Reply: Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the story. The more you know about him, the harder it is to dislike Faramir-- exactly! | |
| UTfrog | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/4/2025 |
| Still loving this story. Thank you Author Reply: Thank you for letting me know! I hope you have recovered from your cold and headache! | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/4/2025 |
| (or perhaps the Steward is not the messenger but simply making condolence visits? Even so, it speaks to his conscience, empathy, and sense of duty to his people) Author Reply: Faramir purposely visited the boy. Not to break the news of his father's death (that happened much earlier, the father was killed during the siege), but to reach out to him. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/4/2025 |
| Oh! That wonderful smell of art supplies! You capture the store, as seen through Dirhael's perspective, very effectively. I am guessing that the blacksmith is dead, and that is why no one is working at the eleventh hour, and the Steward has just brought the news to his son (or maybe apprentice, but the depth of anger and despair speaks of a son hearing of his father). O man o man, you don't know with what anticipation I was watching to see how Faramir would deal with Lord Hador's cutting (or trying to cut) Dirhael... thus they may claim the closest kinship to the men of the North... Beautifully done! Incredible diplomacy. And this gave me shivers (in a good way): “What I heard gave me hope that even if Minas Tirith should fall, and we were reduced to exile, it would not be the end of Gondor. You endured, and kept doing your duty—if you could do it, so must we.” "another son who had lost his father" – Oh, you've reduced me to tears now. While I'm also remembering that Faramir is yet another son who has lost his father, and in the same war... Faramir is not making it easy for Dirhael to maintain his grudge or keep his distance, is he? To quote from the classic Casablanca, in the scene where two men walk away into the fog: “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Very well done. I am liking Faramir (and Dirhael) more and more (though it doesn't seem possible). Author Reply: The blacksmith was not dead, he just had a family matter to attend to, and finished earlier that day (eleventh hour is 5pm). The boy was the newest apprentice, so the cleaning tasks fell to him. His father (not the blacksmith) was killed during the siege, and he did have reason to blame Faramir about that. At least in his mind. But that's another story. I like writing about Lord Hador :) I pictured him as an annoying but harmless character. Complained about everything under the sun, haughty and hungry for power, but would fight valiantly to defend his land whenever needed. Ah yes, Faramir also lost his father. And unlike Dirhael, he didn't have the consolation that his father died valiantly in battle. I like the allusion to Casablanca. Thank you so much! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/4/2025 |
| You endured, and kept doing your duty—if you could do it, so must we. I like that. :) Author Reply: Thank you! I'd like to think the Northern Dunedain would like that as well. | |
| Robbie | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/4/2025 |
| I love this story! i'm a great Faramir fan, and treasure stories describing him as a new steward. I especially like the way you describe him, letting us see all those traits we love, but not exaggerating and heaping feats, but telling gently, hinting and often through the eyes of others. I always look forward to the new chapters of this story. I also found I not just like to see the others from the fellowship interact with Faramir, but for the developments with Dirhael, and am even becoming in Dirhael, himself, a bit. (A lot of OCs don't get that far with me.) I also read your other stories, and (begging your pardon for saying as I shouldn't, as Sam would say, and for lacking in the right words to say this better) wanted to tell you I like them, too, and in my opinion your writing style has improved over time and wanted to let you know.Thank you for sharing! Author Reply: Thank you! It's always a pleasure to hear from a fellow Faramir admirer. I'm glad you found my description "not exaggerating, but hinting". I tried hard to achieve that,though sometimes I slip into heaping compliments :) I'm glad you liked Dirhael. And thank you for commenting on some improvement on my writing style! I do hope to keep improving over time, as I read and write more. | |