Angst by Lindelea
Nienor Niniel · 8 October 2006 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
How... evil! I didn't catch most of the references, as I wasn't really into hobbitfic until I started reading yours, but it's still hilarious! Nienor
Author's reply
Hah! Another review that I didn't get in my email at the time you wrote it! I probably ought to footnote the thing, but I don't remember half the references myself, anymore...
Lydia · 18 May 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
I love this! You should update it more often. I recognize a lot of the stories you have mentioned, though I can't remember the names of all of them or if you wrote them or someone else did. Oh well, I'm just losing my mind I suppose, not for the first time.
Author's reply
Thanks! No, I only wrote a couple of the stories I'm spoofing. All the others are by well-known authors in the world of LOTR fanfic, spoofed with their permission, of course. I wish I could update more often! This is a story that gets expanded when the mood strikes. There is another chapter in the works, so keep your eye out. You never know when Angst will strike again! Thanks for reviewing. :::Of all the things I ever lost, I miss my mind the most::: (quote from a long-gone coffee mug)
Hai · 5 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
hehe, I liked the one saying Gandalf looked so very Obiwan! THe puppy belonging to Merry and Frodo, I guess it is Sam's turn to start coming down with this fever. These are so much fun, thank you!
Author's reply
Hmmm. Interesting. Sam and a fever. I think I might be able to do something with that. Thanks for commenting!
Breon Briarwood · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
*LMAO* this is too funny.... :D
Marigold · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
" ‘You’ve mixed your fandoms, dearie,’ she said softly, with a sweet smile that raised the hairs on the back of the wizard’s neck. ‘I’d suggest you do some thinking about it, and try again.’ " Wow, this person scares even Gandalf! Now that is power! I was so pleased to see more of this, Lin! I love it so much that I have copied it and put it in my files. It's so much fun picking out who I know. The line about Gandalf needing to write things down in his planner is just wonderful! I can't wait to see more : )
Connie · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
LOL! This is great fun. I've only been back in the LOTR fandom since December, and I'm imbarassed to admit that I recognize almost every one of the stories and authors you've referenced. I hope everyone is taking it in the spirit it is meant, and not thinking fun is being made at anyone expence. If we can't laugh at ourselves, then we can't laugh at all. Oh, keep this one up. Connie.
Grey Wonderer · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
{‘So very... Obiwan,}’ I just love that. {Unless he wrote it down in his planner, sometimes he would think he’d finished a task when he’d really only thought about finishing it.} I bet Gandlaf could have used a planner! So nice of you to give him one, better explain it to Sam, though. Wonderful that Gandlaf knows he is the wisest person persent. {‘The one you rescued that day you fell in the River,’ Pippin said. ‘Don’t you remember? The Bridge collapsed in the flooding and everyone thought you were dead? Your parents were prostrated with grief... and I was running Buckland... and...’ His voice trailed off in the face of Merry’s incredulous stare. } This seems like am interesting idea, mind if I use it sometime? LOL Having so much fun looking for all of my favorites. Hope there is a great deal more of this, though it will be hard to get it all past Frodo as he seems to be on to you. Maybe it's the fever.
Grey Wonderer · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 3: Fevers and Frets
Still laughing plenty on this one.
Grey Wonderer · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 2: OCs and Free Lunches
OC? I love this part! I was never sure about Berilac myself. I always wondered, but I thought, hey this guy is in some Tolkien writing somewhere! Isn't he? I need an ale and a seat under a table somewhere. So funny!
FantasyFan · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
This is the kind of angst I can deal with! Dogs...dogs are cute. Kittens, though; kittens are cuter. Frodo had a kitten once. And he also had a bird. Sam and Rosie had chickens - not cute. Gandalf has a planner, and can't remember Saruman. That's one of the funniest things I've read in a long time, but yet it sounds exactly like Gandalf. There's quite a lot of selective memory going on here - and can they escape the growing crowd downstairs, without someone wanting a closer look at Gandalf's staff? Tune in next time.....
shirebound · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
I'm so strangely happy that there's a puppy about the place, no matter who's fic he escaped from! And this had me howling... "For the life of him he could not remember if he’d dealt with Saruman or not. He thought he had, but what if he’d just thought about it and hadn’t actually seen the task through? He found this happening more and more these days. Unless he wrote it down in his planner, sometimes he would think he’d finished a task when he’d really only thought about finishing it." Omigosh. I'm dying. :)
Anso the Hobbit · 3 April 2004 · Chapter 4: Dogged by Disaster
*giggle, giggle, snort* Oh dear *wipes tears from eyes*. This is some of the most hilarious thing I have ever read, and so wonderfully written at that! I think I`ve maybe read the first chapter before, but now that I`ve started writing myself, thw story gets a whole new perspective!
Inquisitive Hobbit · 25 February 2004 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
This is hilarious! Who is the "unspeakable orc" lass?
A! Elbereth · 31 October 2003 · Chapter 3: Fevers and Frets
This is hilarious! I caught just about all the references you've made, and you fit them in so well! But I must say the ending was the best, where Frodo thinks Pippin's drowned, since its original location is so new. Haha, wonderful job! There hasn't been such a humorous fic in a long while!
Budgielover · 27 September 2003 · Chapter 3: Fevers and Frets
Ah ha ha ha ha! (cough) I mean, how delightful! First, I am so glad you expanded the story; we all could tell immediately there was a lot more waiting to be written. So clever! And yet you manage to keep our hobbits IC (IN character), even to Frodo's indignation. I read a sentence, then I think of my favorite fics, and when I fasten on the one I think the reference is to, I just laugh. Hysterical piece - and much more waiting to be penned!
Miriel · 26 September 2003 · Chapter 3: Fevers and Frets
Ah, this is so funny to read of all the cliches that occur! Frodo's sick. Of course. Have you ever noticed that in almost every Merry and Pippin story, when they have a fight, Pippin gets sick and Merry feels terrible, ect, ect? Pippin is always some sickly little child, and Merry's a nice cousin but prone to fits of cruelty... Then there's the Sam that cries every time he dissapoints Frodo. Or talks excessivly about gardening. Or uses "If you take my meaning" every other sentence? Then, aside from the exceedingly grumpy Frodo, there's the overly sweet and innocent one. *Gag.* Other than extreme angst, most of your characters avoid these cliches. (Thank Goodnees!) I love this story! I hope that you update soon!
jodancingtree · 26 September 2003 · Chapter 3: Fevers and Frets
Ooooh, that was sneaky, in chapter 2 -- another way of leaving, indeed! This is marvelous -- OC and OOC -- poor Frodo, *what* are we putting him through now? I gave him a broken ankle a while back (before I broke my own; I didn't know how mean I was being to him). Go climb in "Following the Other Wizard", Frodo, and relax in Goldberry's garden...
Author's reply
It was a positive pleasure to shoehorn so many story titles of yours into that one paragraph in chapter 2, LOL! Thanks!
jodancingtree · 25 September 2003 · Chapter 2: OCs and Free Lunches
LOLOL!!! And of course only Frodo is aware of it -- but I must object to him being rude. Frodo is always polite, even to OCs (the only exception being when someone interrupts his attempted suicide). jo
Author's reply
's all right, nobody panic! It was deliberate. (Gimli, TTT, movie verse) ...and all will come clear in chapter 3, I hope. After reading chapter 3, do you still object?
shirebound · 25 September 2003 · Chapter 2: OCs and Free Lunches
Hee hee... "Had he seen an avaricious gleam in more than one set of eyes as Merry’s head hit the table?" This is such a wicked tale!
Author's reply
Terribly wicked, indeed. I'd be thoroughly ashamed of myself were I not having so much fun.
GodsChild · 15 September 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
Hi I'm new to this website and so far your's are the only stories i've read. This is SO FUNNY!!!!! But i didn't Recognise all the Storys Could someone please E-Mail me a list of the Stories? Thank you.
SilverMoonLady · 4 September 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
*long long long belly laugh* I had a dream like that once; one of my OC sat me down for a "talk", apparently didn't care for the direction I was taking his love life.... *deep curtsies* Glad they didn't take worse action than sneaking out:) Please don't stop:)
Hai · 1 September 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
*laughing hysterically* that was SO PERFECT!! I recognized almost everything the "conspirators" had done and which story's were there's. At first I was thrown by this story but I'm glad I didn't click out of it, that was great! I beleive the only thing I wasn't able to place with an actual story was the fevers other then that I believe I figured everything out! Was that the beta with the sticks? haha, I loved it! thank you for such entertainment!
Author's reply
The lass with the sticks is Marigold, referring to the delightful challenges she posted in those days to spur LOTR fanfic authors to write more. Thanks!
Elwen · 1 September 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
I'm howling with laughter here. Oh my! It's a good job he didn't see my last one . . . that would definately have him heading for the Havens!
jodancingtree · 30 August 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
Bizarre! I can't figure out if it's serious au or humor, but it's fascinating and I'm dying to find out! (and serious or not, it has some truly hilarious lines!) jo
Elendiari22 · 30 August 2003 · Chapter 1: Conspiracy
Great Scot, I was cracking up as I read this! I recognized Baylor, and Shirebound, and Thundera Tiger... keep going, this is a scream!