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| Stewards of Arda by perelleth | 42 Review(s) |
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| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/22/2006 |
| Perelleth, I think I must be getting senile. I thought I read and reviewed this already but I see from the posting date that that's not possible. Anyway, I liked this glimpse of Thranduil trying to relate to these people who are like his own, but lack his centuries of wisdom. And he does seem wise here. He knows what will happen and he also knows he can't stop it. Author Reply: No, no, no, you are not ! ;-) Nor is it a side effect of jet lag! The tale goes like this: Yesterday I tried to look up a book that Fp had recommended in her review and found the story missing. I then told NIlmandra, for the delete function seemed a three-steps-thing , too much for even someone my distracted to do it inadvertently. Nilmandra kindly spent half of her Sunday searching the database. In the meantime, more people reported lost stories. Our genius webmistress found the errant stories and repost them, yet first they came out with yesterday's date... and I could not get to the story to insert a warning, for the edit function for taht story wasn't available... Apologies for the confusion daw... I couldn't believe it myself when I went searching for the story and it wasn't. i thought, hey, I thought I had post that HERE ! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/22/2006 |
| I love Thranduil here in the forest - I'm not surprised the shaman appreciates his presence. The shaman's recognition that his people are fading must have been painful for Thranduil, who has seen his own people disappear from their natural environment. (Although I still think there is an element of self-inflicted - their gene pool is far too small and blood feuds are not a good way for the population to thrive.) I liked this before - and enjoyed it again. Author Reply: I agree that there is a part of self-inflicted. Their way of living suited them and their needs until the external conditions made it impossible, and they weren't able to change and adapt. That's the story of every extinction. It is never because of one only reason. Only a way of living suddenly becomes unsustainiable and the poopulation slowly decays and disspaears. I'm glad that you enjoyed enough to give it a second reading and reviewing, many thanks! (i'm working in the second chapter) | |