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| No Man's Child by anoriath | 107 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 8/11/2019 |
| It appears that Bilbo is already in Rivendell, then, and Frodo is now in possession of the Ring. So, Aragorn will soon head off on the search for Gollum, which will keep him from home for quite some time. Will he see about the task of preparing for an heir ere he goes, I wonder? Again, he seems in little hurry to consummate the marriage. Author Reply: So, Aragorn will soon head off on the search for Gollum, which will keep him from home for quite some time. Will he see about the task of preparing for an heir ere he goes, I wonder? Again, he seems in little hurry to consummate the marriage. All very good questions! *g* I'd imagine that now the immediate threat is over, Aragorn is much more free to feel the other side of his ambivalence, and so keeps putting it off, and putting it off. Thanks for reading and commenting, Larner. :) | |
| Blueberry | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/8/2019 |
Why did you delete all the chapters? Did you change anything? I've read your story a few times over the last years and always hoped you'd finish it some day, so perhaps now I can read the rest? I really love your story, and always wondered whether there will be a happy ending for Nienelen and Aragorn (and their children of course). So I'll be waiting for the chapters I haven't already read...:) Author Reply: Hi Blueberry! I’m so glad you’re still here and still interested in reading this story. I feel bad that I didn’t reply to your reviews and I know it’s been a long time since you wrote them. I’m afraid I was in a not so great place at the time. But! Things have improved and the bug bit me again. I had essentially written myself into a plot hole that has sapped all my joy of the piece for a long time. I have since figured my way out of the hole. So, yes I’ve made some substantial revisions to some of the characters and plot points. You probably won’t notice the changes until a few more chapters in, but I’ve tweaked things enough that you may want to skim these first chapters again or the later major changes may not make very much sense. I’m so tickled that you’re reading. Thanks so much for reaching out. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/4/2019 |
| It is a question well worth the asking, is it not? She still has to learn that his heart is given elsewhere, and that this is why he does not yet take the right his vows have granted him. But at least he has set things in motion for her to care for herself should he not return from one of his forays against the many enemies facing their people. Author Reply: But at least he has set things in motion for her to care for herself should he not return from one of his forays against the many enemies facing their people. Yep, Aragorn Elessar "Duty and Honor" Telcontare, that's his name. :) Well, I hope it's coming across that these are two honorable people just trying to do the best that they can. Author Reply: Oops. Too quick on that submit button. Thanks for reading and commenting Larner. I woke up this morning to all of your reviews. What a nice treat. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 8/3/2019 |
| Oh, but one must be careful when changing current arrangements. She needs help as well about the house, and needs to know how to arrange for it. Lovely to see her learning. Author Reply: Oh, but one must be careful when changing current arrangements. Yep! Very astute observation. *whips out box of old-fashioned gold stars - pick - lick - poke - sticks one on Larner's forehead* :D | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 8/3/2019 |
| At least she gives as good as she gets, and he knows it is no wilting flower who shares his bed in his house. Author Reply: My thoughts are that Aragorn is a man who is drawn to an elf-maiden of about the highest status able to be reached by one of her kind in this age and who outstrips him in thousands of years of experience. I gotta think that, at the very least, he's very comfortable with women with comparable or greater levels of power, if not frankly attracted to it. I gotta think, too, that Nienelen's deference and how closed down she is around him has got to be freaking him out, at least a little. So, seeing that yes, she can assert herself, albeit in the mildest form of teasing, has got to be reassuring to him. Imagine being married to someone who can't or won't say "no" to you, and you might be rather reluctant to take them to bed. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/3/2019 |
| Now, can she appreciate what that name presages? But there is caring between the two of them in spite of his love for another woman. I am glad of it. Author Reply: Now, can she appreciate what that name presages? I think she's got a vague idea. Though I think, even if she doesn't, it's very clear that he had someone to whom he was very attached. So Nienelen has got to wonder why she's here, and not that someone. What she concludes about that is going to be heavily circumscribed by what she knows of him, and that's not much. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/3/2019 |
| Not propitious for their marriage, but understandable. I can appreciate how confused she must be, torn between relief and disappointment.... Author Reply: Yes, I would think so. Both Aragorn and Nienelen are kinda picking themselves up from the ashes, as it were. There's a lot of work to do, on all kinds of levels. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/3/2019 |
| And so they are bound. May they know some level of joy with one another. Author Reply: :) We shall see, shan't we. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/3/2019 |
| Was the reason for the quickie wedding Aragorn's wound; did the Dunedain want Aragorn to hurry up and sire a legitimate heir in case he succumbed to the injury? I can't think why else the marriage was accomplished so quickly, especially considering Aragorn's rank. I feel sorry for Nienelen. Cold bed, wounded bridegroom, no one really to care about her. Author Reply: Yes, yes it was. I think the Elders and Rangers caught him at a very vulnerable moment, but I can't imagine he's anything other than highly highly ambivalent. I feel sorry for Nienelen. Cold bed, wounded bridegroom, no one really to care about her. lol. Yep. I had a reader comment during my first draft stage that she had the touch of a Jane Eyre about her. All I'm missing here is the windswept moors. :P Author Reply: Oops. Missed that this was the last of your reviews of the bunch and wanted to add: Thanks for reading and commenting Raksha! I'm all kinds of thrilled that you're still around. We kinda ran in overlapping circles way back when and we'd bump into each other occasionally. You knew me then as Sillimarilli. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/3/2019 |
| Suitably solemn (and credible) wedding ceremony. I don't understand why the ceremony was held so quickly after the bride consented to the marriage; couldn't they have given her a few days to get used to the idea of becoming Mrs. Heir-of-Isildur/Chieftain of the Dunedain? Also, you have the wrong millennium in the date; it should be 3008, not 2008. Nice touch that the wedding vows are in "Elvish" (presumably Sindarin). Author Reply: Also, you have the wrong millennium in the date; it should be 3008, not 2008. *snort* Okay. That's kinda funny that I did that. Thanks For the catch! Nice touch that the wedding vows are in "Elvish" (presumably Sindarin). Thanks! I'm trying to capture different levels of formality and class with language use. We'll see how successful I am at it. And I presume you've found the answer to your first question in your comment to the next chapter. | |