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| No Better Name by Cairistiona | 19 Review(s) |
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| Darkover | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| Dear Cairistiona: This was delightful to read! Poor Strider, so sick, and I can well understand his feelings about the poultice--sometimes the "cure" is worse than the illness! Strider is like a lot of men--strong and tough when it comes to battles, wounds and whatnot, but rather childish when it comes to an illness. Barliman is well-portrayed too, especialy his generous streak, and the descriptions are beautifully written. I love your OC, Bowen Rushlight. Nursing a Ranger, especially one so tough and stubborn, is not a commonplace achievement. I fervently hope there will be another chapter or story in this series. Thanks so much for writing and posting this. Sincerely, Darkover Author Reply: Thank you, Darkover! Glad you enjoyed the start to this story... and yes, there's plenty more chapters (and Rangers) to come, as well as another story in this trilogy (as soon as I get it written... it's in the "research" phase at the moment). I'm glad you're enjoying the interplay between Bowen and Aragorn--Bowen is definitely being the adult in this situation, without a doubt. And I'm glad you like my portrayal of Butterbur... he's a tricky one, because he can be kind but prejudiced against Rangers at the same time. But I tend to believe an uneasy friendship existed between him and the Rangers, and Strider specifically, otherwise the Prancing Pony wouldn't have been considered as a "resort" by the Rangers. So he's a challenge to write, but all the more fun because of the many layers to his character. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story--chapters will go up twice a week. :) | |
| Estelcontar | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
I loved it, loved it, loved it. You did a great job of giving us a very vivid picture of Bowen's kindness and earthiness. And Thank The Valar, Aragorn has found his match when it comes to stubbornness and someone who won't take nay for an answer. The mustard poultice incindent is very funny and made me laugh out loud. It also reminded me of Halbarad's horse medicine. LOL I'm sure he and Bowen will get on like a house on fire once they meet, which I'm betting they will. *g* Author Reply: Thank you! And thank you also for the beta'ing assistance. :) I hadn't thought about Halbarad and his horse balm but you're right... poor Aragorn is always getting slathered with something nasty in the name of healing, poor guy. No wonder he tried to be gone so often from these people! *g* | |
| Vilwarin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| How great you finally finished the story! I don't know if you want to know, but you once wrote 'small' instead of 'smell' when Barliman complains about the smell. “Do your worst.” That one made me laugh. He hasn't totally lost his humour, has he? I wonder if Strider continues to cooperate so nicely once he finds out where he's going the next day. Author Reply: Thanks, Vilwarin! I'm glad you enjoyed this... and no, Strider hasn't completely lost his humor although I have a feeling it's a near thing. *g* And thanks for pointing out the typo. You check and check these things and still, they slip past. :P Hope you enjoy the rest of the tale! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| I just adore this. Bowen is as stubborn as Strider, and just as good hearted. I'm so happy to see a sequel. *happy face* Author Reply: Thank you! And yay for *happy faces*! I'm glad you enjoyed the start of this... plenty more to come! | |
| curiouswombat | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| I seem not to have reviewed the first story - how remiss of me! But it is lovely to see this continuation. And oh what bad patients healers make. I have to applaud Bowen for insisting on the poultice - although I was amused to see that Aragorn was quite right that the smell would make him lose that good stew. I am looking forward to the next chapter with interest; Denlad, and what Bowen's wife will make of the stray her husband brings home, both have me in great anticipation. Author Reply: Thanks, curiouswombat! No worries about reviews... I'm just glad you read the first one and enjoyed it so that the continuation is a good thing and not something to make you roll your eyes while reaching for the back button. *g* Healers do make bad patients sometimes, don't they... poor Bowen has his hands full, and he'll have his hands even more full in chapters yet to come, though that's all I'll say for now. *g* Chapters will go up twice a week, as is my habit. Thanks again! | |
| UTfrog | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| Lovely continuation of a great story. Thank yu Author Reply: Thanks, UTfrog! Glad you're enjoying it so far! | |
| Mirach | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| Again it's confirmed that the healers are the worst patients! Can't blame Aragorn though, that smell sounds (which is an interesting phrase, actually) really bad. And the illness brings some unpleasant memories of my pleuritis, as well. (Tell me Strider, does it hurt when you cough? And is it easier to lay on the side where it hurts? And, by the way, does athelas work as an antibiotic as well?) But I'm really glad to see this story continue! And Denlad will appear as well, I see, so it can get really interesting! Author Reply: Thanks, Mirach! And yes, "smell sounds" is very interesting when you really look at it. LOL I'm with Strider, though, in that I wouldn't want anyone coming near me with one of those. :P I'm glad you liked the chapter... maybe Strider does have a touch of pleurisy. Or bronchitis. Or strept throat. Or... some Middle-earth-itis that no one could ever get here in the real world. Ah, the fun of the fantasy genre! And yes, Denlad will have a part in this. He'd been whining and complaining endlessly that I hadn't let him come out and play. *sigh* (Heaven knows what the ff.net readers will think of him--I realized that he doesn't appear in any of my stories posted over there. Reviews over there might be... interesting!) Thanks for the review and hope you enjoy the rest of the story! | |
| Fantasia | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| Cairistiona, so good to read you again. This promises to be a good tale, as the other ones, of course, poor Strider, always in some sort of problem in your stories. I wish that someday, he can pay Bowen for his generosity; it will be a very nice surprise for Bowen to know the King. I remember that I thought Bowen to be a Hobbit when you posted the first story, but I can see him more as a man in these one, a very good man. Strider sounded as a child when sick, it made me laugh. And it seems that we are going to have Denlad, I really like him and the whole gang, really. Author Reply: Thank you, Fantasia! Glad you like the start of this. We'll see a lot more of Bowen and what he's like in this story. I think in many ways, he is like a hobbit, in that as a farmer he sees the world through the eyes of one for whom family and tradition and home are everything, and outsiders aren't always to be trusted until they prove themselves trustworthy. I imagine a lot of the Men of Bree, especially the farmers, were typical of this rural mindset, which is also typical of hobbits, and that by Tolkien's design. And yes, the whole gang will be in this one! Hope you enjoy the tale in its entirety, and thanks for the review. :) | |
| Marethiel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/13/2011 |
| Oooh, lovely! Poor sick Ranger... Smart of Bowen to guilt poor Aragorn into accepting help. Nicely done; waiting for the next installment with bated breath! Marethiel Author Reply: Thank you, Marethiel! You know, I don't know if it was cunning or just plain exasperation on Bowen's part when he inflicted the guilt trip, but it certainly did work. :) Very glad you enjoyed the start of this story--I'll be posting two chapters a week, another one coming up on Friday. :) Thanks for the review! | |