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| Not Gonna Happens by Larner | 235 Review(s) |
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| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/17/2007 |
| LOL Bravo! Though I do think it might be entertaining for Aragorn and the court to see some of the photos that move, especially the one in the hair curlers! Seriously, this was pure magic! Author Reply: Oh, yes--Gilderoy with his hair curlers and (I'm certain) a sleep wrap as well! I'm giggling just at the thought of it! So very glad you enjoyed it. These were fun! Heh! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/16/2007 |
| JUst delightful and i loved the twist at the end. I didn't alas get to see the film, but the trailer showed enough to make me able to imagine it. However did Sam and Rosie produce such naughty children? Delightfully amusing. Poor Elanor ! Author Reply: Well, there had to be SOME reason the rest of the children stayed home but Elanor got to go, right? And I've had this image of Nanny McPhee turning up SOMEWHERE within Arda! And even the best children will be naughty from time to time--naughty and obstinate. Glad to give you a laugh. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| Hehehehehehehe!!!! ROFL!!! Wonderful!!! There WILL be a sequel with the Nanny and the kids, right? There will, won't there? Hmm? Pretty please? muahahahahahaaaaaa........ Author Reply: I'm not certain that a full sequel would be accepted here on this site, but I might consider it, of course. If I were to write it I'd have to post it elsewhere. But so glad it gave you a laugh. Even the best children can be naughty! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| Well that is a great grin after torrential rain, floods and a very wet dog of a day in the Midlands. Jet sends you a good shake of his coat with a grin on his face! Author Reply: We've had returns of this year's rains, although the later days may prove hot again before cooling off once more. So glad to give you a laugh to forget sogginess. And my dogs also shake off the precipitation and send a tail wag or two. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| Uh-oh! *snicker* I know this is the anthology for your AUs, but I just *couldn't* imagine what was AU about this one--until the very end! Poor Elanor! What a time she had! But it would be kind of interesting to see what the other children do while in the charge of their rather--unusual caretaker, LOL! Author Reply: We know that only Sam, Rosie, and Elanor are reported to have gone, and that they returned with little Tolman in hand, but we don't truly know the disposition of the rest of the children while they were gone, of course. And as Nanny McPhee has been knocking at my door with increasing insistence lately, plot bunny in hand, I found this insisted on being written. So glad you enjoyed it. As for following through on the story--I'd have to post it elsewhere, but I'll consider it.... | |
| lwarren | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| Wonderful, Larner! Poor Elanor...doomed by good and responsible behavior! My grandkids (five lovely darlins' from ages 12 to 2 years) have engaged in the same games, ganging up on the one in favor. *sighs in fond exasperation* Aren't kids great?? I, for one, would love to see this scenario played out - maybe with the Valar noting Lord Perhael's difficulties with his offspring and sending a Maia in the guise of Nanny McPhee to sort the children out! After all, Sam won't accept honor (or if he does, only grudgingly)...I would love to see his face when he returns to a changed household! LOL *sends a bunny or two scampering Larner's way* I even have a birthday...sometime...:-) *bats eyes entreatingly* (just kidding...well...sort of.....) Great story..full of potential...see what you have reduced me to? Linda Author Reply: Oh, Linda, it's great to hear from you again! We didn't tend to do this, but I've certainly heard of families where it was done regularly to send a child to Coventry (one of the official titles for shunning someone in this manner). The others aren't being fair, of course, and it's certainly not Elanor's fault the rest of them are in trouble. To go through the rest of the story would necessitate posting on another site, and of course I'll consider it, but I do have so many legitimate plot bunnies and nuzguls working at me! The newest nuzgul at least isn't shaming himself by wearing false ears, but is perched atop the bookcase that holds the true-crime collection, and it's proving hard to resist him right now and get on with the Tenant and Rings! | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| ROTFL! Oh, that's the best laugh I've had in a few days! I knew Nanny McPhee would be the one. And she's certainly needed here! LOL Such behavior! Lucky for Sam and Rosie it probably wasn't really like this. “Daddy,” she said in a small voice as he took her in his arms, “they were all horrible today--all of them! They’ve been fighting and Ruby was cutting things with my scissors--she crawled on top of my dresser to get into my sewing bag, and she broke my glass cat! And Frodo and Rosie-lass got caught eating the strawberries for the Thain, and then Rosie had a fit because Robin found her caramels, and Primmie’s been going blind all evening, and Daisy’s ashamed because she’s blue--never mind she spilled ink over everything and it won’t wash off and I don’t know if we can get the stain out of the carpet, and my new bodice is all over dirt, and....” She couldn’t go on, just rested in his arms, shaking, tears flowing down her face. Aw, poor Ellie! But I must say, Primrose's hysterics over going blind from a little poke had me thinking of the movie A Christmas Story, when the boy dreams of going blind from "soap poisoning", hahahaha! I love the things young kids come up with (though in Primrose's case that really could have been dangerous). I'd be interested to see how this bunch fared with Nanny McPhee. *grins* God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: I now am fighting an urge to have Nanny McPhee and Travers's own Mary Poppins fighting for the honor to serve Lord Perhael's children in this capacity, and believe me, it's been difficult to resist THAT plot bunny! As for how this group would deal with being under Nanny McPhee's tutelage--well, that's a story for another time, and, due to restrictions on crossovers for this site, another board as well. But we will see what we will see, of course. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/15/2007 |
| *ROFL* That was great, Larner! I was snickering through most of the chapter. The appearance of this gouvernante may not be realistic, but the behaviour of the children ... with so many, I think there *have* to be days when they behave horrible, all of them, and drive their parents to distraction. No wonder Sam decided to take only Elanor with them to Gondor! Author Reply: Oh, did "Nanny McPhee" not play in Germany, then? A wonderful movie. At least I didn't have them putting little Robin into a pot and pretending to eat him as did the children in Nanny McPhee, or dropping spiders on people's heads--or shooting oatmeal out of slingshots. And watching, as the movie progressed, Nanny McPhee losing her warts and her nose becoming nobler, her standing straighter, her tooth becoming more normal--it was quite a wonderful transformation. But I agree--there had to be days when they wondered WHY on earth they'd decided to have twelve--and then come home from Gondor with another! Glad I gave you a nice chuckle! | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/13/2007 |
| Giggling, snorking, snerking, like the rest! You can indeed write comedy as well as drama. The one who was hesitating to read HP reminded me of something my daughter heard John Rhyss-Davies say in an interview. He had been asked what he thought of the Potter books. He said that they were the appetizer, and WE are the main course. A slightly easier read to lead children into the worlds of worthwhile fantasy. And, the comment about Gandalf and Dumbledore as "collegues" reminded me of another story on-line. There is a site called "Parma Erussen" which is still up, but has not added anything new since April 2006, as the webmaster would like someone else to take it over. There is a story called "Harry Potter and the Ring of Gold", subtitled "Year Three and One Half", by author Mordomin. Somehow the Ring of Power is stolen on the edge of the fire, with an Eagle in hot pursuit. Somehow it ends up in MODERN, not Middle Earth, and is given to Harry for safekeeping. Add in black riders on Privet Drive, and a new Defense teacher named "Professor Sharkey", and a visit from a wizard whom Dumbledore introduces to Harry as "a collegue". More serious than hilarious, but anyone who enjoyed yours might like to take a look at it, too. Author Reply: I'd just been listening to the Jim Dale recordings of the books as I drove to and from Oregon for a visit and back and forth to work, and had just finished "Chamber of Secrets." I'd just finished "Go Out in Joy," and needed to shake off the angst. I was riding with my daughter and asked her for an idea to write on. She couldn't think of one, so I came up with this. I've read only one HP/LOTR crossover, and the author had written five chapters and let it languish, just before book six was released. I lost the link when the computer crashed, but it had been suggested on a discussion list I was on as a story one of the list members particularly liked. I read it--Varda is most upset that the descendants of the house of Telcontar have become Draco and Lucius Malfoy, and has managed to do an exchange where four Hobbits end up in Hogwarts excited by flush toilets ("self-cleaning privies") while Harry, Draco, Ginny, and Luna Lovegood (and maybe Pansy Parkinson--don't remember), find themselves inside a barrow facing a barrow-wight. Harry finds himself identifying Aragorn with Sirius Black, and they're on the way to Rivendell when the story stopped. I'll have to see if I can find it again sometime. But Saruman and Gandalf in Hogwarts would be quite impressive, I'm certain. And I can just imagine Dudley Dursley facing Black Riders--MUCH more scary than mere Dementors! He'd wet himself at the very least. Anyway, glad you liked this one. Have an idea for the next one, but have to figure out which set of children ought to be involved. Heh! | |
| Elemmírë | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/31/2007 |
| Hi Larner, I was perusing your tales and realized I'd never read this one yet. OMG!! This is absolutely hysterical, most especially as I very recently read 'The Chamber of Secrets'. Your description of Gilderoy is spot-on and your details were vivid. I can just picture him standing in Aragorn's court, flashing those perfect white teeth and expecting to be bowed to or asked to share many a "heroic" tale. He must have been so disappointed when the King didn't request to hear of his qualifications against the Dark Arts. And the bit with the house elves ... ROTFL!!! I don't know if you've ever seen the Easter Eggs on the TTT:EE, but there is one with Gollum accepting an award from MTV for his perfomance in the film. It's ripe with expletives, but it's hysterical, especially what Gollum has to say to Smeagol about Dobby the House Elf from Harry Potter. Wizarding wands and schools may work just fine in Harry Potter, but I really can't picture Gandalf holding anything other than his trademark staff. And then, to imagine Gimli wielding his axe and then perhaps adding to his running tally with Legolas had me in stitches! It was the perfect ending! Thanks for laugh! I needed it! ~Elemmírë~ Author Reply: Glad you found it. This was one that sprang itself on me just after I'd finished "Go Out in Joy," when I was needing a laugh. I often play audio books as I'm driving, and had just been listening to Jim Dale's reading of "Chamber of Secrets" on my way back from Oregon, and this is what came out when I decided to write something truly absurd. And, YES, I've seen all the Easter eggs, and that one is hilarious. Dobby and everyone else came in for their share of abuse in that one, including PJ himself, of course. At least Gimli would have one count Legolas couldn't match--an almost-Squib, not that Gimli could truly match movie Legolas's mumak. Heh! | |