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| Ladies' Guide to Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors by Virtuella | 8 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/30/2025 |
| Again--fantastic characterizations and hilarious recommendations to the discerning husband hunter. The Balrog particularly struck me as funny! Thanks for the laughter--I've needed such so much the last few months! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/30/2025 |
| Hilarious! Love the descriptions and recommendations. Can't imagine anyone taking on Gollum, but the suggestions for taming him are quite apropos. Poor Frodo--had it not been for the PTSD he would have been a prime candidate as a mate and father to delightful children. So wonderful to read your works once more! | |
| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/30/2025 |
| Sorry I meant to leave the reviews on different chapters rather than the same, I only realised my mistake after posting them. | |
| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/30/2025 |
| Love the interviews!! 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴? Hmm... I don't know, more secure position, from an inheritance point of view? Gilder is that highly mysterious person about whom even Professir Tolkien doesn't know who or more importantly why he is. The name Inglorion is highly suspicious. Imrahil is really the most Elvish of men so of course most aesthetic. In any case he is better than Aragorn "you're-a-woman-so-stay-at-home" Elessar. Don't ask why. Vibes, I guess. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.) Umm, non native English speaker here, can you explain the Melanie joke? Is it a reference to the melanin pigment? That's all I can think of. Lobelia SB has the potential of becoming Middle Earth's worst MIL, (un)fortunately, she never got the opportunity. 𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. Lol, this sentence is pure comedic gold. Real Estate aside, I don't think I'm very interested in Sauron. That being said, this guy is also known for getting rejected several times, so there must be something wrong. I'd like to express my admiration for the journalist who braved an interview with none other than the Balrog of Moria. Reports suggest that he is not in the best of moods when awakened. I wouldn't call Thranduil standard, even for the elves, he is handsome, with a capital H. In any case, don't let him hear you call him second hand King, in which case, he might confuse you with a certain group of dwarves. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦-𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘝𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘓𝘵𝘥. Sure, subscribed. Btw clicking on Elphir, Erchirion and Amrothos redirects to an unrelated site, I thought it was unintentional which is why I mentioned. | |
| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/30/2025 |
| Thanks a lot for posting this amazing (amusing) guideline. Of course it is really important to know the Who's who of Middle Earth. Just in case, you know... 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. True. Aragorn can give Turin himself a run for his money in regards to name changes... 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. Lol poor Boromir.... 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘴 They didn't do Denethor justice in the film.... #justice for Denethor. Laughed throughout this OMG I guess you wrote this when girl drops into Middle Earth fics were very popular. No idea if they still are, since I generally avoid those. My own tastes run towards the Elvish side... hush this is a secret you know. But from purely material point of view I guess Aragorn or Bilbo are the best. (Queen of Gondor or trip to Valinor) Cheers | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/28/2025 |
| Nicely done! However, I find myself looking in vain for the reports of Beren Erchamion and Finrod Felagund (the account I remember of them prisoned together in the dark, and Finrod sacrificing himself, still makes my heart pound so many years after reading about them...). I also remember Fiondil's description of Finrod, portraying him in the light of "most likely to win the most popular award" or "best-beloved Elf of all" or something like that. I'm not sure why? (I mean, he sacrificed himself for a Man, but why do the Elves hold him so dear? Or is that just fanon on Fiondil's part? I don't remember enough of the Sil, if that's where JRRT talks about him, or I'm not familiar enough with JRRT's other writings that might mention him.) Ghân-buri-Ghân might be interesting to contemplate, though he's simply an afterthought. (An idle thought?) | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/28/2025 |
| I laughed my way through this chapter. So many sly jabs and sudden outbreaks of humour that pop up unexpectedly here and there. Not shy to speak his mind, even when there isn’t much of it and See Aragorn and will never be good pianist, not to mention the suggested Yule present of "socks". Alas poor Halbarad and his disadvantage... I heartily agree with the "Highly recommended" status of Meriadoc Brandybuck. He is, after all, my favourite hobbit (which, paradoxically, is why I've written relatively little about him but love to read fanfics about him that don't portray him as a complete fool and nincompoop. To each his own.). And the whole time I was reading, the theme music of "The Dating Game" kept running in the back of my head like the annoying whine of a very large mosquito. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 3/26/2025 |
| Ooo! It's always fun to find a new fic to savour! Unfortunately, thunder is rumbling nearby and heading our way, so I must shut down and unplug the laptop for now. But I look forward to returning and reading! | |