Reviews (14)

nautika · 7 March 2007 · Chapter 1

I read this story first, and found I should have started with Places. This one would have been even better than it was. I liked they were all friends, not only comrades. The fact they carried that deer so far, then had to abandon them hurt me too. They went out planning to ease their peoples pain and only added to it. I guess it was cold enough, the deer was still there if anyone could get back out to look! "Look, Legolas. There are those deer we killed 2 months ago. Lucky the wolves didnt find - eeeek! Wolves!" I love your characters! Please write more! I should tell you. I asked for young Legolas recommendations on groups.yahoo.com/group/aragornangst and that's where I got your name.

Vi · 17 April 2004 · Chapter 1

This was such a good story I was freezing just reading it I have been that cold one time in my life I like the characterizations Vi

Isa · 9 April 2004 · Chapter 1

What a generous gift, and what a beautiful story for us all. Thank you so much, I very much enjoyed it and shivered along with poor Legolas. Write more soon - please. May your blessed feather be always kissed by your Muse Isa Vienna

ncrivergirl · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Jocelyn I enjoyed this story. It was kind of fluffy but still filled with suffering and angst and lovely family cuddlies. You're right, it was a really wonderful Thranduil story. :) The world needs more of them. And I thought that you so wonderfully expressed the pain that family members feel when a child is suffering. I recently had a nephew with an earache and it about made me cry for him, when they don't know what else to do when they hurt but cry. It is heartbreaking for everyone. I could just about feel Thranduil's helplessness and pain from your words. Wonderfully done. And hey, I wouldn't have made it through law school if not for fanfiction. (reading, not writing). My own apartment with my own computer and no one around to tell me to get back to reading cases instead of stories. . . oh, my addiction just about got out of hand. But I personally think it helped me retain my sanity. It is good to remind yourself that there is something else in the world besides Contracts and Torts. :) GOOD LUCK on exams! Rivergirl

Sofia · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Really enjoyed this story. I hope you have your other stories coming out soon!

daw the minstrel · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Me again. While I'm at it, I thought I'd quote Robert Frost. SOME say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. daw

daw the minstrel · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

I am so pleased to see these characters again. I love them all! I was particularly struck, though, by the interplay between Berensul and Legolas. "Hate you sometimes." That's a wonderful line because it rings true and it's something that gets elided from most fanfic stories about siblings. I also liked the parents' concern and the stuff in the closing about how parents irrationally wish that a child could never feel pain or grief or any of the other things that we accept as inevitable for ourselves. I've been cold to the point of pain more frequently that I like to think about, so I have two words for Legolas: Eddie Bauer.

LOTRFaith · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Awwwww~ I love it! Thranduil is soooo cute when he is worried:-D I think you should to like an epilogue where another party finds the deer:-D Up to you of course, but a thought from me:-) Great story and can't wait to read more... Namaarie~ LOTRFaith

rikwen · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Oh, I can remember some of my childhood adventures out in the snow and how cold everything became once I got wet. Brrr! This story was a great prequel to Nudge. In fact, A Little Nudge Out the Door was one of the first LOTR stories I ever read. Good characterization, very believable scenerios, and loving friends and relatives. I love your Thranduil, as a father and as a king. He is not perfect in any sense but he treats all his subjects as his children in a way. I hope you will write more short stories like these to fill in the blanks. rikwen

Elvenesse · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Very nice, the descriptions were definitely realistic and I'm glad it's sunny outside at the moment. This brings to mind the old question: "Would you rather burn to death or freeze to death?" It looks like the cold can do both. I liked the way they were all worrrying about the food they didn't bring back. It was needed, but I'm sure all the Elves - especially their families - would want them safe before anything else.

mistry89 · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

I love the idea that it's all four of them, and still being treated as elflings! They may be older, but you can still see their younger selves peeking through - it's true, our personalities are firmed up when we are very young ... we just become "more so"! So, it seems, do elves ... It's also great to see Legolas again as the modest-and-not-infallible-warrior-elf, I like that he is so unaware of his strenghts, so worried that he does does not measure up, and so loved by his father. Thranduil's feverish jumping from concerned parent who wants the warmest nest; the most attention for his own offspring, to king who sees that his subjects receive the best possible treatment before his own son, is great. Thank you, "Oh, The Places We'll Go!" and "A Little Nudge Out The Door" are favourites of mine, I adore a good series (I get fond of the characters and as long as the writer has an interesting tale or adventure to add to the mix, I'm *there*!), and this/these is/are :)

Jay of Lasgalen · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

A new story - and complete! Wonderful. I loved this, the contrasting descriptions of the bitter cold, and the anxieties of the parents were great. I'm so glad they all made it back - as we learned the names of the novices, I was trying to remember who was in 'Nudge'! Jay

Amlee · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

Once again you have written a great story! Please do more!

nat · 7 April 2004 · Chapter 1

me! me! i luuuuv thranduil!! (but only good thranduil...not when hes off beating legolas or completly ignoring him as he often is in some other fics ::shakes fist menacingly::) he he he so write more!! pretty pretty please with sugar on top!! he he he way too cute, i luved it...