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| Interrupted Journeys: Part 5 Journeys in Mirkwood by elliska | 5 Review(s) |
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| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/18/2009 |
| I'm sorry I am late. This was very exciting! First Dolwon and Dannennion are finding themselves confronted with their kin's stubborness, which they practice only too well. And being forced to draw example from the king and Aradunnon to convince the stubborn settlers? That must have killed them! The poor spies are amusing, torn between remainig or going to help the king and his brother.. and then finding themselves with LEgolas where he was least expected and in more danger!! At least they now could made up their minds. BUt I reallyliked the effectthat the NAzgul had on the elves. It was very believable, frightening, paralyzing, numbing. Dreadful! BUt now you have me most worried abouth galithil and MAidhen!!!! Author Reply: No worries. With school and work, I was much later posting my update than I had intended. :-) I'm glad this chap came off as exciting and I hope the rest do as well. The action picks up from here on out quite a bit (I hope). :-) And yes, I rather like to think that D&D were choking a bit on their own words having to deal with Selwon. Turn about is fair play and all that. ;-) As daw mentioned, the Nazgul are a great enemy. Paralyzing, for those who never have seen them certainly, seems to describe it really well. What a horrible thing to face in an otherwise well planned battle. You should definitely be worried, I'm afraid. Thanks so much for the review. I really appreciate them! | |
| Fantasia | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/6/2009 |
| Marti, she has been hiding for a lot time, this is not the best moment for her to show up. Legolas at least is close to the spies, but where are the other children? so,let me see, Orcs, Nazgul, Marti, spies, traitors, missing children, rescuers....it is a recipe for disaster, I'm "waiting on the edge" for the next chapter. What is wrong with Dannenion and Dolwon? Were they really trying to help Thanduil? I guess that they really can see the danger and at the end they do care for thier people or it is another trap... Thanks, Fantasia Author Reply: Hehe! Yeah, this is bad timing all around, isn't it. Definitely a recipe for disaster and we shall have one. Now that's an interesting question about D&D--and that's the reason why I left that conversation in the chapter. You have to wonder what D&D are really about. Just themselves? The southern forest? Is it just Thranduil they hate? How they'll finally turn out is something you'll have to wait to see. But that is a good question. :-) Thanks so much for the review! I appreciate them so much! | |
| ziggy | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/6/2009 |
| Oh this is so well done- the confusion and the waiting, the tension. Brilliant! Author Reply: Thanks! I'm glad the confusion everyone is feeling came off ok. And that it seemed tense. As many times as I've read this, I'm too close to it to see any of that stuff any more. Thanks so much for the review! I really appreciate them! (And thanks sooo much for the PM about the formatting at FF--as soon as the stupid site lets me in, I'll fix it. It says its offline right now.) | |
| Sulwing of Mirkwood | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/5/2009 |
| Oh great! But what happened to Galathil if this is already Legolas? Not to mention Anastor and Noruil. And what WERE DnD doing and why? I say it again, I think Dolgailon is really very cool. Oh, yeah, and the Nazgul looks like it is going to be difficult. I'm very interested to see how everybody is going to get out of each situation! I really can't make up my mind about Dolwon and Dannenion. Good or bad or misguided or what? What they were, have they changed? What they are, will that change? You enjoy keeping everybody guessing, don't you? ;) Author Reply: Well, those are exactly the questions I was hoping you'd be asking yourself, so good! :-) I'll just leave you with them for the next few days (and for the last ones, for the next few stories). Yes, I do enjoy keeping people guessing. Bad author! ;-) You know, if I start chatting, I'm going to say too much, so I am just going to say thanks so much for the wonderful review. :-) | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 4/5/2009 |
| Well, well. Dannenion and Dolwon meet someone even more stubborn than they are. Under other circumstances, that could be amusing. But not with orcs sweeping down on the village, and the kids all headed in this direction. Loved watching Dolgailon control all those elven warriors with a flick of his arm. Too bad the Nazgul interfered with the trap. It's always been interesting to me that the Nazgul's primary weapon seems to be terror. Tolkien was clever about that. You're being very cagy about the identity of the spy. :-) Glilavan maybe? I'm not sure. Author Reply: Yeah, even though I couldn't enjoy it as much as I would have liked, I couldn't resist giving D&D a small taste of their own medicine. Maybe it will give them something to think about. I love the Nazgul (love to hate them...you know what I mean). I agree Tolkien had a really good idea with that. Elves seem to deal with it better, and so do seasoned Men, if you look through LotR. But people who have never seen them--at least at first, that is a whole different thing. :-) I'm being mean with that spy, aren't I. Well, you'll see next chapter. :-) Thanks so much for the review! | |