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| Tâd Edhel a Firion by Fiondil | 9 Review(s) |
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| Tari | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/18/2009 |
| So, Glorfindel likes to make "angels" or whatever they call it in the snow. I'm with him. Who says we can't act like a kid now and then. Age is a state of mind. I like the way you worked Beorn into this story, even though he could only protect them so far. Poor Estel seems to have gotten himself into a bit of trouble again. It will be interesting to see who rescues him. Author Reply: Just goes to show that no matter how old you are, there's always a child lurking inside you waiting to come out and play. *grin* I couldn't have them travel through the vales of Anduin without them stopping to pay their respects to Beorn. He's too much fun. As to who rescues Estel... *grin* | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/26/2008 |
| As minders, you two leave much to be desired. *snicker* Can’t disagree with Radagast here, considering all the accidents poor Estel suffered since under the care of these two! (Though of course, what can Elrond and Glorfindel do against an evil author?) So I have to admit it is reassuring to know Beorn and the eagles are watching over them. Who knows what would happen otherwise! Oh, nice. The Mirkwood warriors couldn’t have chosen a better place to drive the spiders to! *rolls eyes* And now the worst has happened – Estel was thrown off the path and, even worse, seems to be unconscious! You love to torture the poor lad, don’t you? Author Reply: The stay with Beorn was a nice respite before dealing with Mirkwood. And of course you knew I would let Estel get into trouble sooner rather than later. *grin* | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 2/24/2008 |
| Poor Estel--he's having about every kind of bad luck possible! Now what's going to happen? Is this where he meets Legolas or Gandalf? Author Reply: I'm sure by now Aragorn is wondering just who among the Valar he's offended lately. LOL As to whom he meets... | |
| Kestrel | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 1/29/2008 |
| I knew when Elrond said "We made better time than I had hoped" that something bad was going to happen to Aragorn again. I was thinking spiders, or that he would fall into the Enchanted stream and sleep until next year. Maybe Elrond really "is" trying to get him killed? Nah! Can't wait to see how this ends! XD Author Reply: But of course! Isn't that how it's supposed to go? LOL And no, Elrond isn't trying to get him killed, though considering all that is happening to the poor smuck, you have to wonder just which one of the Valar he pissed off. LOL Glad you're enjoying the story. Thanks for reviewing. | |
| geumpy | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/14/2006 |
| Great chapter, I liked Estel meeting with Beorn. It was not Estel fault that he had left the path, he was pushed, by something. Author Reply: No, it wasn't Estel's fault that he left the path, but nevertheless.... And I'm glad you enjoyed the meeting with Beorn. I had debated about whether to include him in the story, and decided I wanted something from "The Hobbit" to link Estel within that particular story even if he would not be aware of that link. | |
| Misty | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/10/2006 |
| I just found this story yesterday, and have been reading it straight through to catch up. It's very good, though I feel quite sorry for poor Aragorn. He's been through quite a bit, hasn't he? I have to say that I found a familiar 'in-joke' that I had to comment on. /"Menelvagor rode the nightsky in eternal pursuit of the White Stag while his faithful hound raced behind him. "Do you think Menelvagor will hit the moon tonight, Adar?" Estel asked as he sat on a fallen log watching the two elves prepare the camp, for Elrond had forbidden him to help. "Not tonight, iôn nîn, for see, the moon has yet to rise and so it is safe from Menelvagor’s arrows." The two of them shared a smile."/ Have you happened to have read 'Shoot the Moon'? It's a story I wrote based on a conversation with my nephew, about Menelmacar (in Quenya) accidently shooting the moon while he is hunting the White Stag (based off of Pegasus) with his hunting hound (Elenhu, which is Canis Major) beside him. Being the astronomer that I am, I had to write a story about the hunt taking place in the stars. This just seemed very familiar to me. But I am immensely enjoying the story and look forward to reading the rest. Author Reply: Hi Misty, Glad you are enjoying the story. The scene you quoted should be very familiar to you as I borrowed the reference from your wonderful story which I had read some time ago. You may have noticed one or two references in earlier chapters from Nilmandrs's "History" tales. She got a kick out of seeing herself in my story. Hope you don't mind. As I told Nilmandra when she commented on it, I like making oblique references to other authors' tales that I've read and admired as a way of acknowledging them and as a way of inserting my tales into the larger Middle-earth universe we are creating here on SOA. And of course I used the Sindarin form of the constellation name because Aragorn and Elrond would've been speaking in that langauge. | |
| EllyBaggins | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/10/2006 |
| wow, this just keeps getting better and better! I'm not leavng the computer till i can read on! lol You're descriptions of Mirkwood are very atmospheric, they really bring this story to life. Author Reply: Well, I do hope you leave your computer for some things! lol. If this were a book, I guess you would call it a real page-turner. Not sure what you can call it on a computer, though. I'm happy to know that my descriptions of Mirkwood, though rather vague in detail, were atmospheric enough. Difficult to describe something you've never really seen or experienced, and Tolkien's own descriptions are annoyingly vague. | |
| Elflingimp | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/9/2006 |
| Well at the beginning of this chapter I was wondering what it would be like to just camp out under the stars and travel along like Estel and the elves and have all that time to do it. At the end I was glad not to!! Ugh!! Giant spiders(skin is crawling) I hope dear Estel doesnt get to injured! Author Reply: Yeah, camping never really appealed to me either, though sleeping under the stars always sounds so romantic, doesn't it, until you realize that you're not sleeping alone.... | |
| Calenlass Greenleaf | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/9/2006 |
| This is a very suspensful chapter. I was on the edge of my seat until the last sentence. Then the thought hit me. "Now I have to wait for the next update..." Excellent descrptions. Author Reply: Glad you like the descriptions. Never having actually traveled through Mirkwood, except in my imagination, I wasn't sure I would be able to capture the sense of why it was called Mirkwood rather than Greenleaf at that time. | |