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| A Light in Midwinter by Mirkwoodmaiden | 25 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 2/8/2025 |
| Yes! I remember reading "Changes and Acceptances" a few years ago. I had forgotten about the pub scene, I think. I did remember the angsty part, and so I will leave that one on the shelf for a bit longer before re-reading. (((hugs))) I love your stories! | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 2/7/2025 |
| "Always bewitching children! I can't take you anywhere!" I love the way Legolas and Gimli "get along." ;) Author Reply: Lady Forlong! I could just hear Orlando Bloom's Legolas and John Rhys-Davies' Gimli in my head when I was writing them in this chapter!! Thanks for writing! :-) MM | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/7/2025 |
| "Growing up Eomer merited having things thrown at him" LOL Eowyn is so feisty. It has been said that pregnancy is 9 months of permanent PMS. It's a good thing the great healer Elrond isn't there to see his daughter giving whiskey to his 4-year old grandson, even if it is watered down, not to mention a pregnant woman drinking it. Author Reply: Lady Forlong! Well of course! What else is a brother good for! The Surgeon General's warning has yet to reach Ithilien! So whiskey for everyone! LOL!!! Thanks for writing! :-) MM | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 2/7/2025 |
| What a lovely final chapter! A new start, closure on an old hurt, and ale in the King’s Arms! What more could anyone want from the day? Thx so much for the story of hope and happiness. Errand completed; message delivered. ;-D Author Reply: PSW! So glad you liked it! It was truly a joy to write!! I love writing stories about Faramir and Eowyn being happy. Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 2/6/2025 |
| Labor knew no hierarchy other than its own. This made me chuckle. Ah, Éomer, the Voice of Experience. Both as a father, and having lived through a life-long relationship with Éowyn. Leave it to a hobbit, especially a Pippin-hobbit, to suggest a pub game for distraction. The hobbity banter in the chapter rings true, too, as well as the banter between the Elf and the Dwarf. Beregond! Laughing! And recalling that night! I am delighted. (Do I sense a conspiracy at work here?) “These are not normal times!” were the words of wisdom he imparted in a pub his first night here in Ithilien. Wait. Is this in one of your stories? If not, it should be. The game and aftermath are quite funny. It sounds as if either Faramir exercised caution or his minders were mindful not to get him drunk. It's a boy! (LOL, when I wrote Faramir Took and Goldilocks having their first, I couldn't decide whether to make it a boy or a girl, so I made it both! And that's how they ended up having twins.) Lovely. I am very much finding comfort in the fluff. (The next chapter is numbered "8"; is a chapter missing?) Author Reply: Lindelea!! LOL! Yup! Women in labor have not a care for niceties!! Eomer knows he must get Faramir through the night as a good brother he aims to do just that. And of course the irrepressible Took would think of a pub game as the perfect vehicle for said distraction! In writing the chapter I could just hear Billy Boyd's Pippin in my head and I just wrote what I heard. ;-) Same with Merry, Gimli, Legolas et al. LOL! The memory of the previous game is a reference to my story "Changes and Acceptances" set at Bag End. I think you would really enjoy it! Everyone is together for Elanor's second birthday. Even Beregond! (not that I am trying to add to your reading list in any way, shape or form...she types innocently) the last few chapters get a bit serious but the first 8 chapters are have a lot of fluffy goodness and Hobbit mischief. And all ends well. Confession time. "Hops in a Barrel" is a drinking game I used to play in my misspent adulthood at University! It was called Sink the Ship but as the Shire is landlocked "Hops in a Barrel" seemed a more apt name. The aftermath is from the late hours after much drinking on many an occasion! LOL. Ah youth!! Chapter 8 is actually chapter 7. I just misnumbered when uploading! Must dash to work! Big (((hugs))) MM | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 2/6/2025 |
| Leave it to a Hobbit to provide distraction with a drinking game! :-D But glad they were able to do so… So happy for Faramir and Eowyn! <3 Author Reply: PSW! LOL! Well what else would the work-shy and fun loving Pippin suggest!! Faramir needs distraction and Eomer was there to deliver it and Pippin the irrepressible of would suggest a drinking game!! Thanks for writing! (((hugs))) MM | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 2/6/2025 |
| Your details, such as this one, make your stories so rich: Pippin held the holly wreath for Faramir’s head. Faramir knelt to allow the wreath to be placed. “Thank you, my friend and my brother.” This is a wonderful happily-ever-after. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 2/4/2025 |
| Éowyn sat in their bed, sweaty and clearly exhausted, but she had a radiant smile on her face. She had never looked more beautiful to him. What a loving and joyous event! Thank you for sharing this with us. Author Reply: Shirebound! Thank you for always reading! I love write stories about Faramir and Eowyn being happy!! It does my heart good! Big (((hugs))) MM | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 2/2/2025 |
| Aragorn playing an "educational" game with his son is adorable. Mmmmm... wine-flavored kisses... Legolas and Gimli are perfect! I can't take you anywhere! Ah, Elessar the healer-king. Lovely. And healing for Faramir as well. Very satisfying. And a new brother in Éomer, not to replace Boromir, but to face life side-by-side with Faramir as he goes forward. Author Reply: Lindelea! Yeah!!! So glad you are enjoying it! I think Faramir and Eomer would form a brotherly bond. Not like Boromir but I like your description, "but to face life side-by-side with Faramir as he goes forward." I think that is well-stated! I tried to make sure that the banter between Legolas and Gimli remains affectionately gruff! LOL! (((hugs))) | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/2/2025 |
| Hah! Who knew that dumping wine over your beloved's head was just as calming as drinking the wine? (I feel as if I'm learning so much... LOL) Laughing uproariously with friends... so lovely and healing. I'm glad for all three of them to have each other. Éowyn's anger with Faramir's father is understandable. I hope she can someday come to forgive Denethor and understand the pressures he faced and the unbearable grief that robbed him of a loving relationship with his younger son. (Also, I wonder a little about the alcohol... I mean, I know watered wine was commonplace long ago, and beer was more of a food than an inebriating beverage, but... my midwife told me one of her remedies for staving off premature labor was alcohol! Thus, when I was due, and then overdue, she warned me against drinking if I wanted to get the pregnancy over with sooner than later!) | |