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The Council of Elrond by Lindelea	9 Review(s)
harrowcat	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/7/2005
It's midnight and I've found this from your Marigold challenge link. It is brilliant and I am not going to be able to sleep because my stomach hurts from laughing too much! Author Reply: LOL, what lovely praise! I'm sorry I didn't answer this earlier, I just now saw it tonight. Thanks!

Dana	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Hee. Oh, Lin, I love this, I do. Author Reply: Thank you! h7gs

Pearl Took	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/21/2004
Charming!! “The time has come,” good Elrond said, “To talk of many things: Of shoeless, woolly footed folk-- Of wanderers--and kings-- And why Mount Doom is boiling hot-- And what to do with Rings.” That summs it up right well!! “Not without me!” brave Samwise cried, Running into the room. And in the movie version came More hobbits defying doom, Though in the book as you might know, These stayed in doubt and gloom. A proper acknowledgement of the movies :-) Wise Mithrandir said nothing but “The chapter’s run too long!” You know, I had never noticed how long it went until I listened to them talk about it in regards to making the film!! This was Great Fun!!!! (scholarly work, indeed! ;) ) Author Reply: Indeed, by the sweat of my brow. Good thing Lewis Caroll had done all the hard parts already, hammering out the rhythm! Thanks!

Elena Tiriel	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2004
Wow! I am so impressed. Seriously so. Author Reply: Thanks for stopping by!

Lamiel	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2004
Very clever. So witty, and the rhyme and meter work too! Nicely done. Especially the bit about the bath. Author Reply: Thank you! I must give all due credit to Lewis Carroll (how do you spell his name? I forget) for the meter. All I did was shoehorn my words in over his where needed... Couldn't have done it without him!

Bodkin	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2004
I love the carts pulled by beagles - such a shame they are not canonical and couldn't make it into the movie!! 'Twould be hilarious. Actually I can't stand Hiawatha. (I go off most poems that take much over a page.) And it is actually a bit stolen from the poem with adjustments. I've just been led on to play a bit with the folk-song 'Sweet Polly Oliver' - now called 'Sweet Arwen Evenstar'. The possibilities are endless. Author Reply: You mean the beagles aren't canonical? Darn. Glad you posted "Sweet Arwen". Such fun! What do you think we could do, say, with "The Cruel War"?

Bodkin	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2004
Oh, very good! Have you ever thought of Lord of the Rings a la Hiawatha? I think that would suit quite well - And as Gimli, son of Gloin, charged, With his axe to smash the evil, Wizard Gandalf cried in terror, Cried in well-dissembled terror, "Beware! Gimli! You cannot break it!" "So I see!" the stunned dwarf grumbled, "Now I see, I cannot touch it!" But the weary Hobbit Frodo Paused awhile, as if uncertain, Held his peace, as if resolving, And then stated, "I will take it, To Mount Doom now I will take it, Knowing not the way, I’ll take it!" Then the Council talked of helping; First was Strider’s sword blade offered, Then the bow of Elven King’s son, For the Dwarves Lord Gimli’s axe came, Of the South, the Steward’s son promised, That the deed performed he would see, The wizard Mithrandir would aid them, And from the bushes rushed young Samwise, Faithful servant, and his kinsfolk Young Pip and Merry to complete them. Author Reply: Brilliant! I must admit I never thought of Hiawatha, but then I have never liked that poem for some reason... but your rendition sounds so true to the character of that poem! (and more interesting, for some reason; perhaps it's the subject matter). Perhaps another famous poem... Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the long, long journey of Frodo-dear. etc. etc. etc. Really, this is a rich lode to mine. I had been thinking of Dr. Seuss, actually... Frodo son of Drogo, will you please go now? You can go in Strider's tender care, You can go with Boromir, but 'ware! You can go with elf, you can go with dwarf, You can go by boat from Lorien's wharf. You can go on foot, you can go on eagles, You can even use carts pulled by beagles. You can go quite fast, or you can go slow, In any event, you must go, go, go! The Council ended, and he'd been sent, The time had come, so Frodo... ...went.

Lindorien	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2004
Lindelea! This is TERRIFIC!! Welcome to Wonderland, my dear. AND the Group W bench. And thank you so much for CITING me. So few people do that who, um, LIKE my work just a leetle too much. Have you read 'Through the Lorien Glass?''Cause I'm planning a Walrus and Carpenter poem for it, just so you know now. But it won't be a Council of Elrond. I'll do something else with Council of Elrond. But - you've definitely got it and you told me you knew nothing poetic and look! You're a POET! Poof! Hugs and thanks all that good stuff, Lindorien Author Reply: Yikes. I'm a poet. And I didn't know it. Haven't read "Through the Lorien Glass". I see it must go on my list. I'm sure it will be more interesting than the original (confession: I find L.C. tiresome. But taking the guts out of his writing and substituting LOTR content, that sounds... bloody, but strangely palatable.) I am not making sense, I must go brew some tea. Thanks!

maya_ar	Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/19/2004
Lindelea, This is completely brilliant! “The time has come,” good Elrond said, “To talk of many things: Of shoeless, woolly footed folk-- Of wanderers--and kings-- And why Mount Doom is boiling hot-- And what to do with Rings.” I've never, ever seen as good a parody of both Tolkien and "The Walrus and the Carpenter". Now if someone would only write about Balrogs in the style of "The Hunting of the Snark"... cheers, Maya Author Reply: Why, thank you! "Hunting of the Snark". Must look that one up. For some reason "Jabberwocky" keeps popping into my head. "Beware the Balrog, Mithrandir! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the shadowfire, and fear The frumious whipslashsnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Bravely the manxome foe to face-- Upon the bridge he took his stand, And smote his staff upon the place. ...and so forth.

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