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| Mother and Son by Dot | 5 Review(s) |
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| LadyMorrigan87 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/21/2006 |
| Wow. That was...I had to take a few deep breaths. I think I'm okay now. Well the only thing I can say is pure greatness. Author Reply: Do you know how much you brightened up my day?! Thank you so much for this review. I'm very glad you enjoyed this story and really appreciate such kind words about it :-) | |
| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/3/2005 |
| I am an elf-lover...no, it's true...I confess. And I waited to read this story until today because *gasp* it didn't seem to be strictly about e-l-v-e-s. *slaps self* That will teach me to wait, Dot! Now, I dearly loved the way you arranged this story, breaking it into the various high points (at least that we know of from the Appendices) of Aragorn's life. Each one was important and each one was different because of his reaction to what was happening to him. Once again, you are so ADEPT (GOOD!) at catching the emotions of your characters at any given moment! It really shows in this story! I mean at the first he is swearing he will accept his legacy in that chest-thumping, "I-can-do-all-things" way that young men have. Then he is completely losing his cool with his mother about Arwen (that was a fine rant you wrote, Dot :-)!) Then there's the argument with Elrond...and each time you have him growing and maturing, and Gilraen is such a good Naneth (really the only time she lost him was when she told him no about Arwen, and God knows you don't tell a son in love "no"!) When his mother dies, he's just a boy weeping for his mother...no soldier or Ranger or King-to-be. And that lovely ending! I stand truly chastened and promise *hand over heart* not to judge a book...or a story...by it's title ever again! Scout's honor! Great, absolutely wonderful! linda you know, I didn't realize you might read my stories...it makes me want to erase them...isn't that a funny reaction? :-/ Author Reply: Hello again! I'd actually forgotten about this story and thought you'd been through them all! I know exactly what you mean about not reading it because of the lack of elves - I'm a total elf-lover too and that's what I read, but I was always half-afraid to write elves because other people do it so amazingly well. I'm delighted you gave this a go, though! I think that at the time I wrote it I'd had my fill of stories about young Aragorn where Gilraen had been inexplicably killed-off ;-) You do such a great job of summing up the various parts and it makes me so happy to see that you've understood it the way I wanted it to be. I'm glad you liked Gilraen too. She can't have had an easy life but I really wanted her to still have a very close relationship with her son. You enjoyed the rant, eh?! Well, she should have expected that! Don't erase anything! I don't know when I'll get there but I will!! :-) | |
| Kristine Janice | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/7/2003 |
| Sorry, one last thing that I forgot: It is generally considered polite to translate all phrases in elvish (or any other language that is not the language the story was written in) at the bottom of the story. I know what "Onen i-Estel Edain, ú-chebin estel anim" means, but many readers might not. Author Reply: Hi! I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to write such a wonderful review. I’m so glad you liked the story. It just struck me one day that while a lot of authors prefer to kill off Gilraen for story purposes she was actually there to experience so many significant moments in her son’s life, so I thought I’d explore their relationship a little. You’re absolutely right about the elvish – I didn’t even think of that. Thanks for being so appreciative and encouraging! | |
| Kristine Janice | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/7/2003 |
| Okay, I just sent the first half of this review on accident. Beware of the tab key! Continuing from the last review: I love that you've given Aragorn a full range of emotions. And the last section! Oh, that gives me such a wonderfully sweet mental picture! I don't find any glaring canon errors. There is nothing to indicate when Gilraen died, except that it was after Aragorn and Arwen became betrothed, while Aragorn was in the wilds, and before the WOTR. And that's a thirty year window. Also, although we know that Aragorn and Arwen had only one son (Eldarion) and several daughters, we don't know the names of any of the daughters, and the idea that they may have named one of them after Aragorn's mother is a very sweet one. You should write more fics in this format - you use it extremely well. | |
| Kristine Janice | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/7/2003 |
| This story was well written. I like how you've portrayed the relationship between Aragorn and Gilraen - there is very little in canon to tell us about it, but I think you've captured the spirit of what is there. I especially like these two sentences: "He remembered his mother telling him that there would be greatness in his future. That may be true, but for these precious few moments he was just a son crying for the mother he had lost." | |