| Made to Suffer by Clairon | 18 Review(s) |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 9/19/2004 |
| Nice detail to have the tenants of Barad Dur send out a hunting party for food. The greengrocer has not made deliveries there in some years! Poor, old Beregond! At least you gave him a good death scene. "It is the manner not the place that is important" was a beautiful line. We don't want to know what Saruman's use for the corpse is, do we? It appears that the orcs have orders not to kill Faramir--not a good sign. |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 9/17/2004 |
| Another great chapter! The middle-aged mother and the over-the-hill veteran make an unlikely pair of rescuers. Glad that Eowyn sent her oldest out of danger--I was hoping she would do that at some point. Shame on Anborn for letting them leave without at least one ranger to accompany them. Striking description of not-so-deserted Mordor. For once, Faramir should listen to Grima! I think the worm is right.... |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/16/2004 |
| The characters of the teen-aged sons are very believable--somewhere between being men and being children or maybe still a mixture of both. Horrible that the other students would say that their father is a traitor, even though the King has forgiven him. Wormie seems to have these occasional flashes of insight and rational behavior--as if he has multiple personalities. And at least one of those personalities seems to really hate being Wormtongue... |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 9/15/2004 |
| Go, Eowyn! About time, too. Wish I could say I still fit into my clothes from 20 years ago...sigh. I liked her remark to the mirror; it sounds like Dernhelm was always there, lurking below the surface. Obviously, Grima's efforts to reintegrate himself into polite society have been less than successful. Faramir's exchange with the old veteran, now innkeeper, was well-done. I liked the wording of his oath to kill Grima, but I am not sure it was such a wise thing to say--now Grima has good incentive to go back to Saruman. |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 9/14/2004 |
| That little midday interlude sounded like fun! [Teehee] Lucky Eowyn! However, deciding to murder Wormtongue, though a very appealing solution, does not seem in character for Faramir. Since Wormie didn't cast the spell and presumably can't annul it, nothing would be gained by killing him except revenge--which is a very un-Faramirlike motive. Actually, Faramir saying that he enjoyed hitting that miserable wretch seems out of character (to this reader, anyway). Hmmmmm.... |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/13/2004 |
| I wonder if Saruman sent Wormie to visit Faramir? I can't imagine that Grima has any idea how to break the spell. And I can't imagine that Saruman didn't find Grima and rake him over the coals. Liked Faramir's disgust and rage at Grima's attempted extortion. Grima does have some good lines--like "I got them from an anonymous benefactor"! |
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| Branwyn | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/12/2004 |
| Interesting to see that Aragorn is not particularly happy being king. Sad after he spent his entire life working for that job! It does make sense that the routine and restrictions imposed by his new role would be difficult for him to bear after a life of travel and adventure. Stubborn, stubborn Faramir! |
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| FiliKili | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 6/15/2004 |
| I remember seeing this story at fanfiction.net. Good to see it here! Enjoyed it very much. Faramir is so heroic! |
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