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| Interrupted Journeys: Part 2 Journeys Perforce by elliska | 82 Review(s) |
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| Brazgirl | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/18/2004 |
| Very interesting the last dialogue. So, I expect to read more from you in 2005! This story was a great thing to read and I am more than willing to read the rest of it. Great job, Elliska. Author Reply: Thanks! The next part ought to be along soon. My beta is finished largely with the first three chapters and we are arguning over the fourth now that I am back from vacation. | |
| Brazgirl | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 12/18/2004 |
| What a nice chapter! Lindomiel is very teasingly, especially around her husband. You made me laugh at lot. Thranduil's brother and Amoneth are great together. Author Reply: Thanks for the review. Sorry it took me so long to reply. I was out of the country and in the mountains with no Internet access. I like Aradunnon and Amoneth too. I'm glad they are turning out ok in this for you. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/18/2004 |
| Gang up on Curunir, chaps - you could save yourselves a lot of trouble if you did. And the return of the Black Swan. Oh dear. Can't wait for Part Three. Author Reply: Yes, sometimes you think it would be funny to write something like that since we know the future. :) I like this Black Swan name. I wonder if I can get that into Sindarin somehow. Part Three is on its way. My beta and I agreed that we aren't posting anything until entire stories are finished. She has 3 chapters of 6 from the next story done and we are arguing over the fourth. But it will be up soon. Thanks so much for the reviews. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 12/18/2004 |
| I'm quite surprised that Curunir managed to survive long enough to become a thorn in the flesh of the Fellowship. I would have thought that the smug four-asterisk person would have found himself the victim of a boot at the very least - and, considering the number of people he has managed to offend, he would have made an adequate Saruman-skin rug for them to wipe their feet on. I mean - he has offended every Wood Elf in the Greenwood, Galadriel must be looking forward to the prospect of stamping on a part of his anatomy that presumably exists even in wizards. Only enormous elven self-control enabled him to survive to be a problem to their children. On the other hand, I'm glad to see that Amoneth has learned to be a more-or-less responsible grown-up member of the family. And if you're not allowed to get away with a bit of saucy behaviour on your wedding day, then when can you? She managed the meeting with Nali very well - and was sufficiently appreciative of the skill involved in the design of the Stronghold. It seems a little ominous, though, that she and Aradunnon will be living so far south. I hope the author has no plans to eliminate these two newly-weds. Though talking of families - good to see a bit of pressure on to provide the kingdom with some royal elflings. Who will, of course, be much better behaved than those belonging to anyone else. Because there is no expert parent to be compared to one who has no children!! Good magic doors. Very impressive bit of Thranduil the King there. Author Reply: Thanks for the review. I'm finally back and get to read them and respond to them. Yes, Saruman might not have lived through this experience if he really had done it. He did set everyone off, didn't he? I just see him as naturally overly sure of himself. I vaguely remember Gandalf commenting about his arrogance somewhere early on in a conversation with Frodo. Aradunnon and Amoneth have shaped up ok. Living in the south will be dangerous, I think. Because there is no expert parent to be compared to one who has no children!! **Snicker** Exactly! I'm glad you liked the doors. I worry about doing Magic!Thranduil but I love him. | |
| Elena Tiriel | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/17/2004 |
| This is a great story, Elliska! I've been hooked from the beginning -- actually, since its predecessor. I'm surprised and actually sorry to hear that this is the end (especially after that tantalizing glimpse of Marti), but hope you start your next one soon after the New Year. Enjoy your holidays! - Barbara Author Reply: Thanks so much! I just got back from vacation and I didn't get a chance to see any of the reviews before now so it was so nice to come back and read them all. I am glad you are enjoying this. I was sorry to end this one too. A lot got cut and I didn't like all those changes but I will be the first to admit that my beta is always right about stuff like that so...with a growl, I let it go. The next installment is almost ready to go. It will be up soon, I think, but my beta and I have agreed not to start posting any part until it is all completely edited. Too much grief otherwise and also, if it's done and we've agreed on it, either one of us can post it so there won't be delays just because I'm too busy with my nutsy job. :) Enough rambling. Thanks so much for the review. | |
| French Pony | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/16/2004 |
| I'm deep in the middle of finals week, and you're deep in the mountains, so this may not really be the proper moment to leave a long, detailed and (hopefully) witty review. This is just to say I have eaten the plums -- sorry, wrong poet. This is really just to say that I read the last two chapters, enjoyed them, and will leave more thoughts on them when the rumbling stops. Author Reply: Yuck! Finals week! DOn't miss that even a little bit. I thoroughly enjoyed my retreat though flying back was a bit hectic. I'm glad you enjoyed this and I appreaciate your reviews very much. I hope you had an enjoyable break from school! Hope to talk to you again soon with the next bit of this story (and with another of your own?). | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/16/2004 |
| Ooh. Marti? You do Saruman very convincingly. He's so maddening. I could just see Aradunnon glaring at him as he insulted the wood elves. Author Reply: :) Yes, Saruman is wonderful. I always remember some comment (can't quote it) that Gandalf made to Frodo early in Fellowship where he says something about Saruman's arrogance so that is what I picture was Saruman's weakness--his desire to be above everyone left an opening for corruption. So I can see him like that even at this early date. Thanks for the reviews. I appreciate them greatly. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 12/16/2004 |
| Excellent handling of the matter of the doors. They seal but don't need Thranduil's direct presence to open. I like that. This chapter really wraps up this part of Thranduil's like, the forced journey he makes to the caves. And there's resolution to most of the personal issues, including the traditional ending of a wedding. I like it. Author Reply: Thanks for the review Daw. It's nice to come back from vacation to them. I wrote this part about the doors soon after reading the part of the Silm that describes Melian's Girdle and it says, "none thereafter could pass against her will or the will of King Thingol." I based this on that thought. The doors would be tough because requiring Thranduil's presence is complicated. I studied Medieval Lit--there almost has to be a wedding for something to seem 'ended' to me. :) I'm glad you liked it. | |
| Brazgirl | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 12/8/2004 |
| I had a busy week but here I am. This chapter is amazing. Totally centred in Amoneth, which was great. I believe the lessons are doing great to her. Clearly she is becoming a fine person, a better one. If she recognizes her selfishness in some actions she can change them in the future. And Thranduil was wise in this chapter... a fine tutor, indeed. I loved to read about his and his brother's reaction to that odd elf. It was great. I think this was one of your best chapters, if not the best one. One more thing: Thranduil saying he missed his wife was so cute! I wanted to cuddle him... and Amoneth is right: Lindomiel would be most upset if Thranduil starved in her absence. Author Reply: It's the time of year for being busy, isn't it? I appreciate you taking time to review! I'm glad you liked this. Yes, Amoneth is showing signs of improving for real this time, thank goodness! And I do think Thranduil was a good tutor to recognize what she needed to be able to learn her leassons. I felt sorry for poor Thranduil missing Lindomiel. I'd cuddle with Thranduil anytime. :) | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 12/5/2004 |
| A First Age story with Thranduil growing up?????? Yes, please. My eyes are brightening at the very idea. What a terrific idea. (Aradunnon and Amoneth have to hang on long enough to get round to the begetting though. At the current rate that could take a couple of millennia.) Must stop using reviews for conversation. (But it's just too much fun to speculate.) Author Reply: It is very hard not to use the reviews as conversation, isn't it? I often find myself writing a review and then thinking of something afterward and I have to restrain myself because I can be very chatty--boy I bet you would have never guessed that. :) I just like teasing you. Aradunnon and Amoneth do have to be around long enough for the begetting. And I actually haven't decided what to post next. We wrote some stuff that we really intended to be back story just for ourselves but that I ended up liking. Might work that into an actual full plot. Or I might just go ahead to the part we actually planned to be next, which is Legolas' birth. I have to decide that in the next few days. But remember I did say once: there are only four people in this story that get a guaranteed easy sail to Valinor--Galadriel, Elrond, Gandalf and Legolas. 'Cause Tolkien says so. Its open season on everyone else. Everyone. *Another evil grin* Yes, it's a First Age story that starts out with Oropher and then has Thranduil growing up (I just love Thranduil). We ended the outline where this series started out (so it goes through the War of the Last Alliance). The problem was caused by the Yahoo Group again. Someone in it mentioned the Silm on CD. Of course, I've read the Silm before and I liked it very much. So I bought it on CD and I've been listening to it in my car on the way to work (I drive an hour one-way each day, so I've got lots of time). And I just found myself thinking about Oropher and Thranduil amidst all that and my friend and I started talking about it when we were editing the next chapter of this fic and it went downhill from there. We even wrote the first chapter. My husband is threatening to take my computer away from me. He says I'm obsessed. :) But, the fact is, it will probably get written. I am going to be out of the country for three weeks in December. I won't have any computer access and I'll go insane. I see a major part of that First Age story getting written on sheets of actual paper during that time. I will go through withdrawal otherwise. I've said before, fan fiction is like a drug. It's too much fun to stop. Author Reply: Bodkin, By the way--been meaning to ask you this for a while so I'm going to do it now since I thought of it. You use 'daernaneth' and 'daeradar' in your stories. My Sindarin is most limited. Is that canon or did you make it up? I saw it first in your stories but I've since seen it in others, I'm sure. If you put it together, did you get the 'daer' part from canon and if so, what does it mean? (I mean, obviously I know the term means grandmother/father but I can't find 'daer' anywhere and I'm curious how you made the word). Since you have reviewed every chapter of this fic for almost 40 chapters, I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in assuming you might review another time and let me know. :) Thanks! | |