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On the Wings of the Storm  by Lialathuveril 8 Review(s)
VirtuellaReviewed Chapter: 4 on 11/17/2008
Lovely to see the budding friendship between the two women.

CuthalionReviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/21/2008
Robin Hood of Dol Amroth! *laughs with delight* And an easy way to win Éowyn's respect and friendship to boot. You weave the atmosphere in Edoras with a sure and clever hand - Gríma sends a shower down my spine. He's the perfect role model for a stalker. Very well done!

Cúthalion

Author Reply: Robin Hood? LOL, as you know, her skills will come in handy in the future. And you're right that Grima is like a stalker - with the King's power behind him as well. Poor Lothiriel.

Lia

NilmandraReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/24/2008
I like this view of Eowyn, keeping her sanity by beating the stuffing out of people on the field. Grima is suiably disgusting, too.

Author Reply: Hello Nilmandra,
I always thought that Eowyn had to practise quite a lot to be good enough to face the Witch King. And like you said, it would have been one way to keep herself sane.

Lia

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/11/2008
Love to see the practice go so well. And Grima is purely, nasty Wormtongue! Yecch!

Author Reply: Hello Larner,
Yes, I think Lothiriel rather surprised the Rohirrim with her archery skills. And more Wormtongue coming up later!

Lia

KloseReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/10/2008
Fantastic chapter, Lia, especially Grima's little cameo - I must commend you on your portrayal of him. I think it might be easy to 'tell' more than 'show' his smarminess, or even under/overdo it, but I was shuddering with Lothiriel by the end of it.

I rather liked seeing Lothiriel mix with the Rohirrim, and also her wry description of 'the princess life' - at. He insisted a Gondorian princess should be able to go hunting in the morning, make witty conversation with foreign ambassadors in the afternoon, preside over a state dinner in the evening and dance away the rest of the night. All this while being charming and beautiful of course. - no kidding, this is completely believable and certainly made me stop to think a little.

Good to see that Eowyn and Lothiriel are slowly beginning to develop a friendship, of sorts. I look forward to reading the next chapter and seeing what happens next!

Author Reply: Hello Klose,
I have to admit I have a very vivid picture of Grima in my mind, not quite like the movie-Grima, but similar. He will get more opportunity later to show his full 'smarminess' ;-)

And the princess life is probably not as much fun as it's made out to be, is it! I can see Imrahil having quite high expectations regarding his children, especially their social skills. Not ideal for a princess who prefers the library to the ballroom.

But at least she's formed a tentative friendship with Eowyn. The next chapter will show how she settles in at Edoras.

Thanks for reviewing!
Lia


Linda HoylandReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/8/2008
An excellent chapter.You capture the characters brilliantly. Your Wormtongue makes me feel quite queasy which is excellent writing.

Author Reply: Hello Linda,
Actually as an author I really like a good villain, so Wormtongue is perfect - but if I met him I'd feel queasy, too! And I'd lock my door...

Lia

AlquawendeReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/8/2008
Excellent chapter!

>>I had actually looked forward to spending the rest of the morning curled up in the window seat, reading one of books I had brought with me, but I couldn’t very well decline the invitation.

Should it be "...reading one of my books..." or "...reading one of the books..."?

>>Their touch was moist and flabby, making me shiver with revulsion.

How about, "The touch..."?

Sorry, about being so picky.

I'm quite curious as to what Grima knows, but I don't have a good feeling about it. I really enjoyed the descriptions in here.

Author Reply: Hello Alquawende,
Thanks for the pickies. Somehow a few always managed to slip through! As for what Grima knows, what I meant was that he's in on Saruman's plans, so Lothiriel's bad feelings unfortunately are quite justified.

Lia

daw the minstrelReviewed Chapter: 4 on 4/7/2008
Grima is really creepy. Ick. I'm wiping the slime off my own hand just from reading this.

On the other hand, this line

Only Cousin Faramir understood, saying the world was too simple when viewed down the shaft of an arrow.

is deeply thought provoking. I love Faramir.

Author Reply: Hello Daw,
Yes, my keyboard was dripping with slime while I was writing the end of the chapter ;-) And Faramir's always been one of my favourites as well. I thought it was poignant because Eowyn would not agree at all with this sentiment at this point of time.

Lia

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