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| Fair, Strong and Cold by adrinkcalled | 26 Review(s) |
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| ming | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 5/30/2006 |
| The declarations of love are slightly too much on the side of cliche for me, but the sense of growing mutual respect, trust and love throughout the story was brilliant. The game in this last chapter, plus all their reactions to it, were undeniably sexy ;) Thanks for a great story! | |
| Macphisto's girl | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/29/2006 |
| I'm reading your story, and I'm really intrigued right now. From my POV, you described quite well the personality of this couple... At first, I couldn't imagine Eowyn like you described her (it's very different from the character from Tolkien). But, you're a good writer and you make me believe that... And that's the important thing, isn't it? You have this power as an autor. I have to confess that I'm very pleased with the character Faramir (I love him!). The dance was a nice way to get this two closer. We have to wait and see what you're planning for this two... I have so many things to say, but I'm short of vocabulary. English it's not my mother language (I'm from Argentina), so it's more difficult to express my thoughts (put the right verbs, for example). I hope you can understand me correctly! Well, I'm waiting for more, so post more soon, please! Greetings! MPG | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/27/2006 |
| I thought your interpretation of Faramir's thoughts about his father excellent.A very good chapter. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 5/27/2006 |
| This is so sweet and romantic, I just love your Faramir. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/25/2006 |
| A very sensible conversation - Eowyn must have found it very liberating. Care, but not smothering. An entitlement to be herself. And, even better, a show of frailty from Faramir that enables her to feel she has something to offer him. I don't think it'll be long now before they stop stepping carefully round each other! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 5/25/2006 |
| “I have you, I will not let you fall.” Their relationship is beginning to build - in familiarity and trust. | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 5/24/2006 |
| Oh, I'm loving this, though I hope it's not the end just yet. They are almost there, almost free of the fears and misunderstandings. I do hope you chose to give it at least one more chapter! I have to say that I love your development of both of them; Eowyn's decision not to take up the sword in Ithilien was beautifully done. Faramir has long been one of my very most favorite characters in all of LOTR, and you have brought him to life for me, his thoughts and feelings and difficulties. He is so noble and generous, so worthy of love, and she is so capable of giving him the love he needs once she gets past her hesitations. I'm not speaking so much of the physical act as of the entrusting to him of her whole heart, of showering him with the passionate and unbounded acceptance of which she is capable and of which he has such need. Now, promise me one more at least - PLEASE! I'm not above getting on my knees and begging.... | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 5/24/2006 |
| I have been reading this story so far all morning, in between my responsibilities and chores, and have only now decided to review because... well, because I felt badly that I hadn't before now, being so enthralled with the language and the story. It's odd, because before I found your story this morning, I had just been thinking about how their respective pasts may have caused difficulties in the relationship between Eowyn and Faramir, even if they HAD married for love rather than for reasons of state. Many of your ideas match the ones I had, and some are different. The language you write in reminds me somewhat of Jane Austen, formal but eloquent. Sometimes I'm a little unsure what you are driving at, especially in the dialogue between them when they make a subtle statement. Guess I'm just not that swift at picking up all the nuances, though I've gotten the gist of it. There have also been times in the past 5 chapters where it seems the timeline has jumped around a bit, that some weeks (plural) have passed, and then it's only been seven days, so that it gets a little confusing. Perhaps it's in the shift from one person's perspective to the other that I get mixed up, I'm not certain. However, I have to tell you that I am loving this story. I LOVE both your characterization of Eowyn and of Faramir, as well as Aragorn's concerns (which I felt were very realistic and logical) as well as Eomer's mixed feelings. Eomer was wonderfully jumbled in his emotions, which I think was delightfully believable, and for him to have ended up chosing to respond with anger to the news that she had given her answer already was very realistic, as we so often choose the very worst response from those available to us when we are faced with internal emotional conflict (especially men, poor things.) I also like the pace. You mentioned that you paced it this way deliberately, and I don't find it boring or slow at all, but am truly enjoying the slow development of feelings and the tentative approaches they are making towards one another. I can't wait to see how it plays out, and am so very glad you are not giving into the ploy of using some dramatic event to drive them together. Real life rarely works that way, and this shows a true path to love, getting to know someone through their actions and relations with others, coming to respect them and moving on to love. Of course, this poor couple had their share of extra obstacles but they're getting there. Great job, great writing, and keep up the wonderful work. Julie | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/19/2006 |
| Well! There seems to be a bit of a rapprochement going on here! And Faramir is definitely trustworthy - and strong in a very non-Rohirric way. I'm glad they seem to be noticing each other. The problem now will be getting them past admitting to each other that they are attracted! It's only too easy to let situations like this drift - and decide you'll do something about it tomorrow. And, if they leave it too long, they will just become too used to the way things are. But love growing from friendship and common purpose - such a grown up relationship! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/19/2006 |
| Evocative and beautiful.THese two have so many problems and have endured so much. | |