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| Boromir in Rivendell by esamen | 4 Review(s) |
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| PIppinfan1988 | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/20/2004 |
| I like how you've written in Boromir's paranoia! He's so funny... This is a wonderful story! Pippinfan Author Reply: Yes . . . Boromir's had a pretty tough life. Lots of rigid rules at home, not much love, and very dark, frightening days of war. He's a pretty good guy, pretty tough both physically and mentally, to have survived it all and made it this far. So he is out of his element and trying to figure out how to get around in this new situation . . . new to him both geographically and mentally. His lonely, hurting heart is going to be drawn out by the hobbits' warmth and friendship. I hope you enjoy what's to come! | |
| Chigger | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/20/2004 |
| Heeho. Gotta love those hobbits. :) Bilbo's intro was nice. As always the hobbits tended to ramble, and that's one of their endearing traits. :) You have a wonderful talent, to be sure. Again you're making me hungry; even more so than last time! :) And I must agree with the Elves on their dislike for ale, but the idea of Dwarves bringing their own was wonderful! :D I sympathize with Boromir on trying to keep all the hobbits straight. When we were still LOTR newbies we had a heck of a time keeping Merry and Pippin straight, but now they're so different how can you help it? :) And the dwarves were well written as well. I laughed when the introductions were going around. All the hobbits stood up and bowed and the dwarves grunted, growled, slapped and ate. :) Wonderful group manners, don't you agree? Author Reply: Oh, I'm so happy you liked the dwarves and that you noticed the contrast in manners! I always thought that The Hobbit was incredibly fun to read partly because of the contrast between Bilbo's hobbitiness and the dwarves' dwarvishness. So a lot of that influenced this story. And I thought that Bilbo was one of the true gems of the films. He just came off the page into living color for me. Those grey curls looked much like my original visualization. A little bit of Bilbo's voice in the film has influenced the dialogue here too. Sorry about the fact that everyone is eating all the time and makes you hungry. What else do you expect from a story with hobbits in it? Gotta be true to canon . . . Let's all have some tea and cakes. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/19/2004 |
| Boromir is about to have his hands full I believe. LOL This is quite wonderful. I am enjoying it very much. Author Reply: Thanks again. Your review is a literal answer to prayer. I was beginning to wonder if anyone was out there (except for wonderful Shirebound, who is by all standards a writer's dream angel, so freely giving with her fabulous feedback). Please do let me know how you like the development of the story. The mood will get more intense as Frodo and Boromir interact more. That dang Ring just gets in the way of a good relationship. And again, if you have any little tingles of insights about great things that could happen in this story, please send them on to me. It's not done yet, and so far people have contributed great ideas that have made this story much better than I originally thought it would be. Bless your beautiful reviewing heart. I hope you enjoy the story very much. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/17/2004 |
| What a wonderful story already! I'm enjoying this very much. Everything Boromir sees and thinks is from his viewpoint as a soldier and Steward's son, which is as it should be. How odd it must be for him to be in a place where he isn't sure if rank or position even matter. Author Reply: Yes. The man is a soldier, and he loves being a soldier too, unlike Faramir who was pressed into duty in that line of work. Boromir would notice things like what kind of armor and weaponry (or lack of such) a person would carry. And he was strong man, fixed on his goal . . . he would be evaluating everything in terms of Gondor's need. Hopefully, the unfolding story of him discovering the strength of love and friendship, rather than more strenght of arms, will be attractive to readers. | |