Reviews (31)

Karri · 5 October 2003 · Chapter 6: Memories - or Legolas' bad day

This chapter makes me all sniffully every time I read it. Any chance you have another sequel planned dealing with more with Legolas's lingering distrust of the race of Men?

Brenda G. · 7 September 2003 · Chapter 10: Decisions

This is a wonderful story as a follow-up to May The Valar Protect Them (which was one of my ALL-TIME FAVORITES--thank you very much!). Your writing places the reader inside the story. I almost feel as though I am an interested subject of Thranduil's kingdom, watching all of the comings and goings unfold in day-to-day living in Mirkwood. I rate your writings right up there with Daw the Minstrel. You both know how to have Legolas twine us around his fingers. How special it was to have our wizard friend show up in the last chapter of this tale - a real treat! How neat that he knew Legolas as a toddler and then later as a warrior grown and representative of the elves in the Fellowship of the Ring. You are a marvel of a writer. Keep up the good work and hurry and post more grand offerings for your fans. You will find us eager and ready-set-go! BG

Fan81981 · 27 August 2003 · Chapter 2: Warm Pools and Naked Elflings

I was re-re-re-reading and was surprised at how touching I still found it. I would have thought that since I am to quote Legolas I would find him irritating - but I don't. The way he clutches onto his brother's/father's hair when he sleep is so cute. I am sorry but there is not other way to describe him. I want a baby like him. Even when he is throwing a tantrum he is adorable. Any chance of a sequel to this sequel? I would like to see the more of the rest of his family. Especially the brother who built the pool (whose name I cannot spell). You write so well - it is contructed well and the writing is very tight. No frivilous sentences anywhere - and I should know. I have read it often enough. The only problem I have is the Thranduil's large family size. Some of the siblings seem to get lost and remain names. If you had fewer elves then you could have given them more time without feeling obliged to give time to others. Of course, this is my personal opinion since I am in love with your Lathron. He is such a sensitive soul. *sigh*. Okay, don't have much to say except that I love the way you write. But I think you already know that. Fan

Ithilien · 4 August 2003 · Chapter 10: Decisions

Here we go. Another fic that I have missed reviewing until the bitter end. Ah well, I hope it is not too late to offer my heartfelt thanks for this wonderful story. It is great to see a happy ending was found for everyone in the party, and that Thranduil has decided that, though he is the most likely candidate to report for his realm, his presence was more sorely needed on the homefront. And whew, I'm glad too that he has decided not to bring Legolas along. That would be…well, Jasta's "Leaf and Branch" keeps springing to mind, and for the moment I am contented to see our little elfling remain in the warm bonds of his family's love. Gosh, you make him snuggable. I guess if I had any complaint whatsoever with this story, it's that we really don't get to see much of Legolas being bad. He is charming through and through, and though I adore kids, I know there are moments when they are not so charming but just dead-on monsters. We never got that in your version of his life, but then Legolas is an elf, and maybe elflings, being the perfected version of our own kind, really are just perfect little beings. No matter, as I want to hold him and play with him and cuddle with him in the state he is in here. I'm happy too to see Tathiel has found her happiness at last. If there was anything I missed in "May the Valar…" it was a snippet of seeing how she had progressed as a wife in later times. But here, you have given us that glance, and we can happily say 'marriage is good for her'. Someday, I wonder about her bearing young, and it might be nice if you produced a vignette or two of that meeting between Legolas and Tathiel's child or other interactions at later points in their lives. You need not produce a lengthy fic, just a one chapter ficlet would be enough to remind people of these wonderful characters you have created and the adventure they endured. Ah, well, it is a plot bunny lobbed. We'll see if it takes. Thank you for sharing this wonderful tale.

Ithilien · 4 August 2003 · Chapter 10: Decisions

Here we go. Another fic that I have missed reviewing until the bitter end. Ah well, I hope it is not too late to offer my heartfelt thanks for this wonderful story. It is great to see a happy ending was found for everyone in the party, and that Thranduil has decided that, though he is the most likely candidate to report for his realm, his presence was more sorely needed on the homefront. And whew, I'm glad too that he has decided not to bring Legolas along. That would be…well, Jasta's "Leaf and Branch" keeps springing to mind, and for the moment I am contented to see our little elfling remain in the warm bonds of his family's love. Gosh, you make him snuggable. I guess if I had any complaint whatsoever with this story, it's that we really don't get to see much of Legolas being bad. He is charming through and through, and though I adore kids, I know there are moments when they are not so charming but just dead-on monsters. We never got that in your version of his life, but then Legolas is an elf, and maybe elflings, being the perfected version of our own kind, really are just perfect little beings. No matter, as I want to hold him and play with him and cuddle with him in the state he is in here. I'm happy too to see Tathiel has found her happiness at last. If there was anything I missed in "May the Valar…" it was a snippet of seeing how she had progressed as a wife in later times. But here, you have given us that glance, and we can happily say 'marriage is good for her'. Someday, I wonder about her bearing young, and it might be nice if you produced a vignette or two of that meeting between Legolas and Tathiel's child or other interactions at later points in their lives. You need not produce a lengthy fic, just a one chapter ficlet would be enough to remind people of these wonderful characters you have created and the adventure they endured. Ah, well, it is a plot bunny lobbed. We'll see if it takes. Thank you for sharing this wonderful tale.

Karri · 2 August 2003 · Chapter 10: Decisions

Hi Nilm, This is a beautifully woven sequel. It's wonderful to see the original characters introduced in Valar even more fleshed out. It's especially fun to see the characters (such as Camnesta, Elumeril, and Earundra) that were introduced but less developed in Valar, come alive. I love the opportunity you've given us to see the lost ones re-introduced (or in Legolas's case, introduced) into the families that have so long awaited their return home. Little Legolas is, of course, as darling as can be, and Thranduil is wonderful, both as father and king. I hope there will be many more sequels to come. I very much enjoy seeing Mirkwood and the elves that dwell there woven into the vivid, beautiful tapestry you've sewn.