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| Tangled Web by daw the minstrel | 28 Review(s) |
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| Ithildin | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| A very tangled web indeed… The closer to canon the better I like it, and this is just great Daw! I am really enjoying this! I’ve thought a lot about the events in The Hobbit that concerned the Elves; there are a lot of things that raise questions – like the big spider colony well inside the guarded part of the forest, the length of time between the Dwarves interrupting the feast and their capture, etc., etc. (Incidentally, so far my conclusions are lining up very nicely with your story – it’s not necessary for my enjoyment of the story, of course, but it’s fun when it happens!) I love your angle on Hobbit (poor little lost child… *vbg*) and I laughed out loud when Legolas appointed Sinnarn as head guard. Oh my! There are some very interesting moments ahead for this bunch... I can hardly wait! I’m glad you will be taking this all the way through the Battle of Five Armies – take your time, there’s so much story there that begs to be told from the Elves point of view. And Re: “Author Reply: Anyone not alive in Question of Duty is fair game.” *Yikes - winces and rushes to re-read “A Question of Duty” to see who is not mentioned…* Of course you are right, though, I’ve thought a lot about how that affected Legolas and Thranduil. Some very powerful material to work with there; I’m really looking forward to your take on it all. :) Keep writing, Ithildin *( Author Reply: Thank you, Ithildin (I just mistyped your name to be that of one of my OCs even though I told myself not to do it). I am truly enjoying trying to work out how these events might have looked to the Wood-elves. Q: How did the Dwarves get to close to the Elves without be observed? A: They WERE observed. Q: Why were the Elves so intent on keeping their feast secret? Why not just seize the Dwarves then and there? A: It was a wedding and mortals weren't supposed to hear the vows. And so on and so forth. It is so much fun!!! It's also true that I somehow deluded myself that I could write this as a straight-forward serious story and Tolkien just defeated me. It's funny. I can't help it. Hobbit the Dwarf Child with Negligent Parents is just a hoot. And poor Legolas. He's so earnest and so wrong. Anyway,I'm having a good time and I'm glad you are too. | |
| Rose Sared | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| Wince, poor Leggy, poor Sinarn, poor dwarves. A tangled web indeed! Masterful storytelling as usual, take a bow. thanks Rose Author Reply: I do feel for Sinnarn. I've had this post in mind for him from the start but I still feel bad about it. Facing Ithilden would be bad enough, not even counting everything else that's likely to happen. | |
| Duchess | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| *slaps hand over face and groans* Oh THAT'S not going to go well, is it? LOL So Sinnarn will be the fall guy when the Dwarves escape, too bad for him. And Legolas too, for putting him in charge. *wince* I really need to reread the Hobbit, it's been waaaaaaaaaaaayyy too long! *sigh* Was Bilbo listening in the Great Hall? I'm betting he was. The Dwarves saying they knew nothing of a child... *snicker* GREAT part, very entertaining and I loved it! More please, as soon as you can write it? :):):) Author Reply: No, I'm afraid it's not. :-( Poor Sinnarn. I cannot imagine what Ithilden will say. I like The Hobbit. I have a very long commute to work and what I do is get book tapes from the library and listen to them in the car. I've listened to The Hobbit and all of the trilogy that way. It's very pleasant. Bilbo was indeed in the Great Hall. *snicker* indeed | |
| nessie | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| Yay! Thank you for posting the next chapter! Ooh, I just want to slap those pesky dwarves across the face! They're rude! Well, very sorry but this review's gonna be alot shorter than all the other ones. Great chapter as always and update asap! ~nessie~ Author Reply: The dwarves ARE rude. They are unbelievably bold in speaking to Thranduil. I guess they don't know that they're supposed to fall down in faint when he glowers at them. I know I would! | |
| Ms. Whatsit | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| Oh, yeah, and about the dead OCs...I know Beliond is alive in A Question of Duty. Same for Annael and Amdir. And you considered killing Eilian off and you changed your mind, so you won't change it back again now, right? Please? You can't do that to me...I mean, to Celuwen? Don't kill Ithilden, either. Keeping Legolas's brothers alive isn't too much to ask, is it? Author Reply: Anyone not alive in Question of Duty is fair game. | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 | |
| Sinnarn is the guard! Too much! Oh it will not be pretty! Author Reply: I know. Poor Sinnarn. And poor Ithilden. He'll just be out of his mind. | |
| Ms. Whatsit | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| Uh-oh. Sinnarn's in charge of the Dwarves! Dun-dun-dun! Poor Legolas *will* regret this! You had me HOWLING with laughter, daw. "You cannot mean to leave Hobbit there by himself!" LOLOLOLOLOL!! I almost died. Elbereth, Legolas, you're going to feel like an idiot. And poor Annael, sacrificing his free time to go search for the child...it shouldn't be funny, it really truly shouldn't, but it is! As for the Dwarves, they have more nerve than I would when confronted with Thranduil. Although maybe if I'd just met a bunch of Elves earnestly referring to Bilbo as a child named Hobbit, I'd be too amused to be scared. So Legolas *and* Thranduil can sense the changes because of what's been going on in Dol Guldur. Interesting. I wonder what Thranduil will say when Eilian and Ithilden show up with the news. And as always it's great to see the intricacies of Legolas's relationship with Thranduil, and the not-always-clear line between "king" and "father." (I'm getting an awful plot bunny about Legolas, Celebrian and the children of Elrond complaining about their parents. Legolas is the only one whose dad is a king, but then again Thranduil doesn't have an Elven-ring and can't invade his son's mind.) Legolas seems to be learning, though--and soon his growth will jump even more because of him joining the Fellowship without permission. I really like the continuity I see in your stories. *snicker* Poor Hobbit...*snerk* Author Reply: I'm laughing as I read your review. I keep trying to write about the Elves' concern for the "child" with a straight face but when you KNOW who it really is, it is too funny. Thranduil would have scared the wits out of me, but Dwarves are tough. Thranduil has more or less met his match in them. I love your plot bunny! Let's see some more of the Gollum in Mirkwood story and then you can do this one! I keep a file of ideas so I never have to worry where the next one is coming from. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| Lovely story! I liked the image of the elves listening to the song of the trees. And the bit about the child named Hobbit... fun! (and clever) Will you take this all the way to the Battle of the Five Armies? Author Reply: Thank you, Lindelea. Somehow when I first started writing this story, I thought it would be all serious and then Hobbit the Dwarf Child with the Negligent Parents turned up and it all just got away from me. Yes, I plan to go to the Battle. All these events seem related to me, and I'd like to write about how the Elves saw them all. | |
| sofia | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| I love reading this side of the story (the hobbit) in their point of view. very intresting. Update soon. -sofia Author Reply: It's fun to try to make sense of this story from the elves' point of view. It reminds me of the play "Rozencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead" which tells the story of "Hamlet" from the POV of two minor characters. They are totally confused as other people run across the stage with swords and so on. | |
| ValkrieCrow | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/17/2004 |
| *Waves Thranduil flag* Go Thranduil! You show those dwarves what you're made of! :) I never got WHY the naugrim refused to answer the King's questions...and they say Thranduil is stubborn! Yay Sinnarn! Hopefully he won't be on duty when IT happens... Author Reply: There was a lot of ancient enmity between dwarves and elves, and they didn't trust one another. I think that's one reason. And Gandalf had urged the dwarves to go secretly because they didn't have an army, so stealth was one of their weapons (rather like the Fellowship). And then, I think the dwarves and elves just got off on the wrong foot, what with the crashed feast and the spiders and all. Thranduil is cool! | |