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| Therefore, I Have Hope by Emily | 35 Review(s) |
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| Shlain | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/24/2009 |
| Well written! Love the way you portray your elves. I found it very amusing the way Legolas went off on his fellow wood-elves and the odd name calling lol. Good to see you considered love in a time when political marriages were quite common even among the elves. Hope you write a ficlet with Elladan and Elrohir as main characters one day. Shlain | |
| Lianna | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/27/2004 |
| How nice to see Aragorn and Legolas coming to understand one another! And I like your cranky Legolas. But it feels to me as though a chapter was omitted here. I would have liked to see the events that led to the breaking of the engagement between Arwen and Legolas. Author Reply: You're right. There could have been something about the breaking of the engagement. It never even occurred to me. Just the same, thanks for the review! | |
| Molly | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/26/2004 |
| This story was over too soon for me. I was just getting into it. I was looking forward to seeing Legolas and Aragorn's friendship develop, but what you show here is touching. It's nice that neither of them hold grudges. I also liked the wood-elves--correct that, "tea-elves"! They were amusing and annoying but also concerned about Legolas. I enjoyed this a lot and I hope to see more stories from you soon. Author Reply: Thank you for the review. I'm glad you liked it. The "tea-elves" were fun to write. Just imagine seven elves hovering over you! I probably would have thrown the tea just like Legolas. :-) | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/26/2004 | |
| “Ay. He called me leaflet. It was not to be born.” Great line. Very funny. I enjoyed you take on Legolas and Aragorn's first meeting. Author Reply: I liked that line too. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. Thanks for reviewing! | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/26/2004 |
| I really, really liked this take on the meeting of Aragorn and Legolas. It's quite plausible and it's canonical (which I like). Legolas is nicely done as a wood elf here, with his dangerous and less wise behavior. Indeed, he and his warriors are quite rowdy! But there's also the poignancy of Aragorn leaving Imladris and seeking his destiny. Author Reply: Book Legolas seemed more blithe than the one portrayed in the movies. He's cerainly not afraid to speak what comes to his mind (like at Lothlorien or on the Caradhras). I assumed his fellow wood elves, who are presumably 100% silvan, would be even more so. Aragorn's leaving is bitter-sweet to me. We know what happens in twenty or thirty years, but it's a hard life till then. It's hard even after he meets Arwen in Lorien. Their whole story is like that: happy and sad in the same moment. Thanks so much for taking the time to read and review! I appreciate it very much. | |
| Lamiel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/26/2004 |
| This concluded more quickly than I expected, but I enjoyed it while it lasted. I especially liked the "tea-elves" in this chapter, and I laughed out loud at Legolas' line, "If he did not want me to throw the tea, he would not have given it to me. It is my only weapon, and he well knows it." Hee! I also laughed at the description of how the duel with Glorfindel began. Leaflet. I wish we could have seen more of how Elrond came to the decision to call off the match between Arwen and Legolas. I felt there was a lot of potential there, which could have been explored more deeply. Ah well. I'm not really one for romances anyway, but it might have been nice. I hope that you continue in this fandom - it's been lovely to have you. Author Reply: I've discovered over the past couple of years that if I draw things out too much, I get bored and the story doesn't get finished. Bad excuse, yes, but it's the truth. It's something that I'm working on. I appreciate your mentioning it, because most readers don't talk about those things and I never know what it is that worked or didn't work. I'm glad you liked the tea-elves. They really deserved it. Legolas's telling Aragorn about the duel didn't come in until the very last rewrite. I thought it was a nice ending to that thread. I don't have any feel for writing romance. The attempt would have been laughable. And Elrond's been with Arwen while the boys were out fighting Orcs. He saw her probably being miserable. I think he knew from the beginning that it wouldn't last. Thank you so much for all of your comments. I appreciate it more than anything. | |
| Galimeril | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/25/2004 |
| Update soon! I'm on the edge of my seat, whoops, no I fell off! This story is great! I'm reakky enjoying it!!!! ;D Galimeril Author Reply: lol I'm glad you're enjoying. | |
| Frodo3791 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 8/24/2004 |
| That tricksy Elrond! I know he means well for both of them and perhaps he was very sincere on both stories he told Legolas and Arwen, but I hope he realizes that these two do not love each other. Poor Aragorn. Things are just not working out for him. I have a feeling Legolas is going to be recieveing a permanent broken nose by the end of this. -Frodo Author Reply: I like to think that Elrond was sincere with them. He definitely was with Legolas, because he truly fears for his daughter. Maybe he was jumping to conclusions with the story he told Arwen, but it was in essence truth. Poor Aragorn. At least we all know that he does get the girl in the end. | |
| Frodo3791 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 8/24/2004 |
| I'm not a big fan of early Aragorn/Legolas stories, but this one seems to be an exception. I think you've portrayed both of these characters well. I really like how you haven't portrayed either of the characters as careless and only looking for excitement. Too many people do that. Legolas is an elf... therefore meaning that he does use some thinking and isn't all kill kill. I've always seen Aragorn as a pretty serious guy. I mean, you can definitly see it in Lord of the Rings when he takes over the Fellowship after Gandalf falls in Moria. I'm sure both enjoy having some fun, but they're not going to risk their friends, comrades, and insult their lords to do it. Ok, enough with that speel. Anyway, yes, this is different from other Aragorn/Legolas stories in a good way. I like how Legolas and Arwen are supposed to be bethrothed. This could be a very bad story idea with these two characters, but it looks like you're going to make this work and make it an enjoyable tale. Some favorite lines: “Normally it is the maiden that is interested in me and I can find ways to ignore her. Here the maiden wishes it just as little as I, but we are constantly pushed together by our adars and even our naneths, who no longer dwell within Middle Earth, mind you.” Way to use that Legolas love obsession that almost everybody seems to have! “Erestor could tell to my adar of my death and make it sound like good news.” I'm not sure exactly why I liked that line so much, but I do. Advisors can be really cool at times. I'd love to see Erestor telling Thranduil that his beloved son was killed and make it sound like good news. Anyway, great story as far as I can see. I've enjoyed the first chapter. -Frodo/Micah Author Reply: I can't take most early Aragorn/Legolas stories literally because they stray so much from canon. Tolkien tells us pretty much what Aragorn does his entire life. And I can't imagine Thranduil letting Legolas traipse about Middle-Earth when there's a fight going on at home. I'm glad you find this one to be different. I enjoyed poking a little fun at the obsession with poor Legolas. He sure is Arda's most eligible bachelor. I think advisors, Erestor in particular, gets underrated in stories. I've read him so often as a grumpy kill-joy and that bothers me. I don't have much use for him within the plot, but I wanted to give him a bit of positive credit. Glorfindel isn't the only cool Elf in Rivendell! | |
| Lianna | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/24/2004 |
| How ironic that Aragorn wonders whether he would have followed Legolas into battle in the way that Legolas followed him, while at the same time Aragorn is busily and efficiently treating Legolas's wound -- despite the fact that the most convenient thing that could happen, in terms of Aragorn's personal life, would be for Legolas to die. It's so typical of Aragorn to doubt himself, even when we do not. Author Reply: It didn't even occur to him to not help Legolas, which tells you right there that he would have followed Legolas if the situation had been reversed. He couldn't be Aragorn and do otherwise. | |