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| Brothers at Heart by Radbooks | 88 Review(s) |
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| Misty | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/18/2007 |
| I was so glad to see this chapter up! It was interesting to see Aragorn begin to step into his role as Chieftain of the Dunedain throughout the story. It was beautifully done, especially the scene with Aragorn taking up his father's sword. I don't like seeing the story end, but I was glad to get this last chapter. It was a joy to read. Thank you. Author Reply: Thanks, Misty! I'm glad that you enjoyed the story and I thank you for your encouragement over the course of it... I certainly appreciated it. I'm glad to hear that you liked the ending... those can be difficult for me so I'm glad that it worked! :) | |
| SurgicalSteel | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/18/2007 |
| *applauds* An enjoyable read, start to finish! Author Reply: Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! | |
| DJ | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/17/2007 |
| Hi, Radbooks, I really enjoyed this story of Aragorn's first taking his place as Lord of the Dunedain. And, of course, the characters you created for his family, and for the Rangers were wonderful. In this last chapter, I really liked it when Halbarad confronted Aragorn and told him that he had to listen to his _older_ cousin. We don't know for sure if Aragorn functioned as Chieftan from the time he first joined the Rangers, or if whoever was subbing for him as he grew up remained in that role while Aragorn started in the ranks & took on his responsibilities gradually. If he did take up the Chieftainship at such a young age, he really would have needed older men who were not afraid to sit him down for a talk when he made a mistake or got off-track. (Not that he wouldn't also need counsel as he grew older and more experienced as well...) Halbarad is very near his age, and I think they will be good friends. I admired his bravery and detemination in confronting Aragorn here. BTW, does it have to be an AU to have Halbarad live? I have this theory, that there was more than one man with that name, and an experienced warrior--as _this_ Halbarad would be by then--would be more likely to be fighting than standing around trying to hold up a flag. So it was another Halbarad who was killed, not this one. Thank you for this lovely story. DJ Author Reply: Thanks for reviewing the story, DJ, I'm glad that you enjoyed it! I certainly enjoyed creating all of the original characters that made up the Dunedain village and Aragorn's extended family. Glad you enjoyed the talk that Halbarad and Aragorn had, good friends have to do that at times, I think. In the 'world' that I have created for them it was necessary for the two of them to have such a talk as it does set things up for future events. Well, there are other things besides Halbarad living that make my other story an AU (the story is not on this site). But I do believe that it was the same Halbarad that was killed. The Halbarad that was killed was named as Aragorn's kinsman so it probably wouldn't have been anyone else. Carrying the standard was a very high honor and was not given to just anyone but to someone that you could trust to stick by you as that flag was used to rally the men to let them know that the leader was still alive... we need to keep fighting hard, etc. Thanks again for taking the time to review, I do appreciate it! Radbooks | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/17/2007 |
Very good job on the entire story, and congratulations on finally finishing it. I just loved the ending with Aragorn pondering the two swords, then deciding to stop using the Elvish blade and take up his father's sword - that was a wonderful touch. Author Reply: Thanks, Raksha! I'm glad that you enjoyed the story and that you liked the ending. I find that ending a story can be difficult, so I'm glad that it worked. It just seemed that Aragorn needed to fully accept his Dunedain heritage and I thought that would be a good way to show it. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement over the course of this story... I do really appreciate you taking the time to leave me reviews. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/17/2007 |
| I am sorry to see this end Radbooks and am looking forward to your next offering. Loved the heart to heart discussion and Aragorn choosing to wear his Father's sword. Would love to see a follow up where he decides to carry the shards of Narsil and meets the hobbits. It has always struck me as strange, as well as brave, that he would choose to carry what is essentially a useless piece of weaponry. I would think that it is impossible to wear two swords so he would have to rely on bow and knife! Author Reply: Thanks so much for your faithful reviews, harrowcat, I have appreciated them. I'm glad that you liked the ending, I thought it would be a good way to show that Aragorn was fully accepting his Dunedain heritage. I, too have wondered how and when Aragorn switched to carrying Narsil. He would have had to have carried a real sword when he was in Rohan and Gondor because I'm sure he left Narsil in the North... well, maybe not, but he would have had to have had a real sword to fight in those countries. You also don't become a great swordsman without using a sword! :) Now you've got me thinking about that and I don't need another story to think about right now. *grin* As I said, it will be some time before I start any new stories as I have a couple of other stories that need to be finished up but those aren't posted on this site, only on ff.net and a couple of other places. Thanks again! | |
| SurgicalSteel | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 12/3/2006 |
| I enjoyed this chapter - and as a surgeon, I found it plausible. ;) If you're ever looking for medical advice for fic again, feel free to e-mail me. I'm always more than happy to help, especially as it usually gives me more good fic to read. Author Reply: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad that you found it plausible, that was my main goal here and so I'm glad I was successful. Thanks for your offer, I may take you up on that for future stories... I'm sure there will be other wounds! :) | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 12/3/2006 |
| I'm not a medical person either, but the description of Halbarad's wound and the resulting infection and fever were definitely credible, and quite suspenseful. Good work on the battle, too. Author Reply: Hi, Raksha! I'm so glad that you found that it all worked well together. Sometimes when I work on a chapter for a long time - and this one was a very long time - I can lose sense of the suspense and whether or not it is working like I had hoped. I think it's there, but I'm not sure until my betas and others read it. Thanks for reviewing. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 12/3/2006 |
| Another great chapter Radbooks which, I for one, am glad to read any time that you can get around to posting. Don't worry, I know all about RL getting in the way! Looking forward to the rest of this. Author Reply: Thank you, harrowcat, I'm glad that you enjoyed the chapter and thanks for your patience! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 10/16/2006 |
| Swift action from the capable Rangers saved the day indeed. Now, to find out just what those orcs are up to! Hope the year is starting to calm down now. Author Reply: Thanks for the review! Ah, yes, those pesky little orcs... what will happen with them? I actually need to write that chapter! I find it hard when I get towards the end of the story to finish it up... it's all in my head but getting it down on paper becomes difficult. I've been working more on the 'Safekeeping' sequel right now. The year is a little calmer now. I'm used to the schedule now and that makes it easier. Then, last week we had this fairly big name children's author in for all 1400 5th and 6th grade students and me and one other librarian were in charge of that. I'm so glad that's over! Thanks for asking. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 10/10/2006 |
| It seems there is never a dull moment or routine patrol for Aragorn. He had better start giving swimming lessons next !An exciting chapter. Author Reply: Thanks for reviewing! No, there really hasn't been... I think I've put a little too much all in one story in fact... ah, well. :) But, there were months and months when he was at home and months on patrol after Bree that they didn't really do anything... you just don't write about those things. :) River crossings can be dangerous and I liked the idea of showing that nature can be just as deadly as an orc. | |