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| Long Lost Dreams by Armariel | 11 Review(s) |
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| White Gull | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2006 |
| Just one more, I promise! :) Thanks for your reply. I did read Anenome, and thought I had left a review, but don't see it now. (I'm still a newbie here.) It was a very sweet story. I guess what I meant by fics I like to read, is that almost the only fics I read (unless I have lots of extra time) are fics that manage to comfort Frodo. I tend to avoid fics that only serve to add more pain to him, or expound on the pain he already suffered. My favorites are believable romances, but they are few and far between. I don't like gratuitous sex scenes that aren't plausibly supported in some way, and I don't like slash. (I'm wierd, huh?) What I was teasing about referring to the last line in Long Lost Dreams was that the line sounded almost slashy. (But wasn't really, I know. :) ) But I just love how the Gamgee girls fell for him, and immediately saw his many attributes. I think in Tolkien's mind, most hobbits saw mainly his "oddities," more's the pity. WG Between you and me ( :) )I blush sometimes at my own fics. But, alas, it's what flows from my pen. (And it IS rather fun. Heh heh.) Author Reply: Hey, I don't mind! I'm with you there--I don't like the ones that inflict too much pain on him, and like the ones where he comes out happy and smiling (that's the sort I write too, if you noticed;);) I sometimes think there's something perverse about the h/c school of fanfics, about making a character suffer just for the purpose of "making it all better" although I have to admit to having enjoyed some of such tales, and maybe my muse let me indulge a tiny bit in it myself...a little guilty pleasure I guess;) I agree about gratuitous sex scenes, I don't like them if they don't really add to the story in an obvious way. And if you're weird for not liking slash, then so am I. I guess if Sam were older, that line would sound slashy perhaps, but he's only a little kid here (about 9, which is approximately 6 in hobbit years) and it's said to be common and normal for kids to develop crushes on older ones of the same sex, so I decided it was ok and went with it. I won't give names, but I have seen many stories of which the authors insist are not slash, but come a bit close to it for my comfort. I call that sort of writing "closet slash" but I don't tell that to just anybody, lol...... Glad you enjoyed "Anemone"...I'd just read too many sad romances for Frodo and had to write him one that ended happily ever after! I guess pairing him up with a mermaid is a bit of a stretch, but hey, what about walking trees? What about hobbits overthrowing a dark lord? What about dragons, trolls, balrogs etc. etc.? And doesn't Tom Bombadill have a water-lady too? And hey, let it flow, let it flow....heheh....... ~~~{~@ | |
| White Gull | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2006 |
| Is it ok to answer an answer on a review? :) Cute? Wasn't exactly the word I had in mind. LOL. But don't mind me, and I hope you feel I was praising you for a sweet fic. It was what I like to read, if I'm not reading a, um, stronger version of adored Frodo. :) Author Reply: It's ok with me!:D Yes, of course I felt that! Well, if I don't like something, I usually keep it to myself unless I'm asked or unless I know the writer really well, or both, but we're all different and that's fine. So glad you liked it and told me so. Yeah, I guess my stuff isn't as sexy as yours; "Anemone" is about as sexy as it gets, lol...but whatever! I write the sort of stuff I like to read too, and every once in a while I do like to read something sexy too *blush* heheh.... Guess that's what we all do--write what we love to read--and that's what I tell aspiring writers to do if they ask for my advice. Thanks again! ~~~{~@ | |
| White Gull | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2006 |
| Oh, this was delightful! Spot on, all the way! Until the last line. Just a little too, well, you know, for me. I had to laugh, as I read the other reviews before I left this one, and saw that one person's least fave is another's fave. Isn't that the way of fanfic?! Thank you again for the fun. WG Author Reply: Too...cute? Well, I thought it might be, when I wrote it...this bunny took a while to bite...but then after a while I decided, nahhh, let it stand! Yep, that's the way it is! Thanks for the FB! ~~~{~@ | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/31/2005 |
| Ahh. Big brothers - they feel if they're not being a pain, they're not doing their job properly. I can see why Daisy and May are smitten - and so can Sam! Maybe there will be three handkerchiefs finding their way into the Gamgee smial. The Gaffer would be livid if he discovered what was going on. But Marigold could get herself a good business in pieces of the true handkerchief if she put her mind to it! (I think Sam would consider it to be a breach of trust.) Author Reply: Welllllll, being a pain IS their job! heheh At least they're not to the point of snitching underwear.......yet! Now just think how THAT would go over with the Gaffer *vbeg* Well, Marigold is a wee bit young at this stage (about 4 or 5 in hobbit years I'm guessing) to be an entrepreneur...lol But yes, Sam would definitely consider that a breach of trust, honorable cuss that he is. Which is what makes him so trustworthy. Reminds me of my own best friend. She's a Sam without a doubt! ~~~{~@ | |
| Cuthalion | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/30/2005 |
| Delightful, really! Poor girls...*laughs* And the last sentence is simply perfect. Wonderfully done, and not too sweet. Author Reply: Wow, thank you! I think the last sentence came to me first; once I had it stuck in my head, the story wrote itself. So glad it works and didn't turn out hokey. hugs Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2005 |
| Ah, Frodo is newcome to Bag End, and already drawing hearts to him. Lovely depictions, Armariel. Author Reply: I'm guessing Daisy, May, and Sam have all got a little touch of love at first sight! Glad it worked and didn't come off as being a bit too cute--thanks! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| mews1945 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2005 |
| This is sweet and loving and so real I can almost hear their dear voices. And Sam is so "Sam" I want to hug him tight. Author Reply: Thanks for your comments! Now I know I got it right! hugs Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2005 |
| This is absolutely adorable! You've written such a wonderfully teasing Gamgee family, just the way brothers and sisters *would* be. “He’s perfectly splendid,” May said, then blushed and looked down at her plate. He really is! *happy bunny* :D Author Reply: Thank youuuu! *strokes bunny fur and grins* Glad it works! bunnyhugs, Armariel=:3 | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2005 |
| Ah that is just too funny! Sam's sisters as fangirls! *snicker* Author Reply: Fangirls--exactly! *teehee* Hobbit teeny-boppers, well, why not?;) Thanks for reviewing! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2005 |
| This is adorable! Love the ending and the girls wanting something he touched. I think I see myself here, though I'm far beyond having a crush on him. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: First saw this plot bunny a long time ago and I was like, "Yeah, right!" Then, just yesterday, it was, "Yeah, WRITE!" And so it happened! LOL There's no accounting for the Muse and what she dumps on you, what? Glad you like it! blessings & cheer Armariel~~~{~@ | |