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| Useless Heroes, Uselesser Villains by Virtuella | 3 Review(s) |
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| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/21/2025 |
| If it was possible for someone to die laughing, I'd be dead by now. Good thing the password didn't involve multi-factor authentication ;) Author Reply: Oh, no, we can't ahve readers expiring on me! I must caution you not to read on... | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/20/2025 |
| "bats as spies"; Sauron obviously needs one of those suggestion boxes on the wall. Maybe some kind of programme that pays a bonus to employees who offer valuable contributions. Of course, with such a toxic corporate culture, I can imagine the suggestion box filled with cobwebs rather than slips of paper. Pippin is ahead of his time. Do you think Caradhras might have potential as a ski resort someday? It might be more profitable and less fraught with peril than delving in the depths of Moria in search of mithril. Gandalf reinforces the idea with his impression of a Saint Bernard with a jug of spirits tied around its neck. What exactly did they scout out? I have often wondered... Suddenly, I had a flash of inspiration while watching Sauron watching the Wargs in the palantír. He should hire someone to create an action-adventure video game! Then he could try out different parameters (numbers of Wargs, numbers of Orcs, weather phenomenon, strategies, etc.) before committing his forces. I'm surprised you left off the part where Boromir chucked the stone into the lake and woke up the Watcher in the Water. Probably annoyed the heck out of the creature, too. ...not to mention the loss of one Pony, known as Bill. Commas versus quotation marks. You know what they say. "Grammar saves lives." (As even the most rudimentary web search reveals...) There's Pippin being creative again. Only this time he's re-inventing the wheel, as everyone, I'm sure, remembers the rails-and-carts system that Bilbo and the Dwarves took advantage of quite a few years before this time, reminding me of a Harry Potter "Gringotts" scenario or a "Hobbit movie" video game preview. In addition to tricks on a tightrope, have you seen Legolas on a snowboard? (a stairboard?) Alas poor Elrond. First a migraine and now a toothache. I would definitely vote for railings. I'm surprised the government inspectors haven't come around and levied heavy fines for health and safety violations, at the very least. Do the Galadhrim even have permits to build treehouses? Maybe they considered the boat route during the planning stage and discarded it because they'd lose Gimli (I think Dwarves hate boats, though I might be mistaken) and Legolas (the Sea-longing is even worse after an Elf actually sails on the waters of the Sea and doesn't merely hear about it second-hand from a few seagulls). Very amusing! Reading the chapter was a nice Friday-night treat! Cheers! Author Reply: [First a migraine and now a toothache.] I confess the idea of perpetual migraines and toothaches was inspired by Hugo Weaving's dour face in the movies. Glad you enjoyed this; thanks for commenting. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/20/2025 |
| “Warg attack! Warg attack!” squealed Sauron. “Get them, get them, pewww, pewww, pewww!” *snork* You have me grinning mightily. Author Reply: :D | |