The Weather Outside is Frightful by Radbooks
KathyG · 1 March 2019 · Chapter 1: One
Thank goodness we are able to receive email notifications once more! I received mine in bundles last night. No doubt, you have received a notification of the review I sent you last August, and now you should receive a notification of this one as well. BTW, Radbooks, I sent a couple of PMs to your Fanfiction.net account last month, after you responded to my August review. Hopefully, FFN has not developed the same glitch that SoA had for so long!
KathyG · 15 August 2018 · Chapter 1: One
Thank goodness Aragorn found Merry and Pippin when he did! Otherwise, they might well have frozen to death. At least Aragorn was able to help them find shelter for the night. What a sight they all must have been when Glorfindel and Legolas joined them, especially when Legolas had to wear Aragorn's stinky clothes! =) BTW, I've read your FFN story, "In Aragorn's Safekeeping," and its sequel. They're both great stories! I hope you'll return to writing Tolkien fanfiction one of these days. In the meantime, now that Stories of Arda is under new management, maybe you could post your 2 "In Aragorn's Safekeeping" stories here. Of course, you'd have to get permission from the administrators first, but it's possible to get that permission now, whereas it wasn't before.
Author's reply
Thanks for your PM, Kathy! I did miss this - thank you for taking time to review. Thanks so much for your kind words about my 'Aragorn's Safekeeping' series. I have noticed that they are allowing some modern day type stories now and I've thought about asking, but I'd want to really revise my stories - mostly the first one - before posting it here. That was my first ever story and I see so many problems with it now. :) I do hope to write again someday... life has just been full of ups and downs the past few years so hopefully things will smooth out soon. Thanks again!
PSW · 14 October 2016 · Chapter 1: One
This was a wonderful story! I really enjoyed the mix of characters you don't often see, including Asfaloth. :-) I enjoyed your take on Legolas too... it was very much as I have often pictured him. Thanks so much for writing!
utfrog · 26 November 2009 · Chapter 1: One
I don't know how I missed this last year. It is delightful. Thank you!
dinopoodle · 30 September 2009 · Chapter 1: One
That is a very cute story, nicely done. It is a story that will bring a smile to the face of its readers. Good Job!
Author's reply
Thanks so much for your very kind words!
Bodkin · 3 January 2008 · Chapter 1: One
Those brave hobbits - saving Asfaloth like that. (Glorfindel might find himself being herded into a stream if his horse ever hears that version of the story.) I like the growth of the bonds of friendship and understanding among them all.
Author's reply
Thanks so much for reviewing. I did make sure that Asfaloth was well away before Glorfindel 'explained' what had happened and I doubt a single elf there believed his story anyway, so I think Glorfindel is safe enough. :)
obsidianj · 1 January 2008 · Chapter 1: One
Finally, I had the time to read this story. I love it. I think you have all the characters nailed. The hobbits are so hobbity, So, typical for Pippin to start something without thinking it through and Merry just following Pippin. I loved the way you describe Aragorn and Legolas getting to know each other. That is a different tack than in a lot of stories where they are long friends. And the star of the story is Asfaloth. He steals the show.
Author's reply
Thanks for reviewing my story and your very kind words. While in my 'Safekeeping' stories I show Aragorn and Legolas as longtime friends, I don't think that they were in the books. It was really fun writing Asfaloth, he definitely had a mind of his own.
Linda Hoyland · 24 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
A delightful story. It is a nice change when someone keeps to the most likely canon explanation of how Aragorn and Legolas met. I especially loved the horses here.
Author's reply
Thanks, Linda, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It was fun writing Asfaloth, I've never written a none human character like that! :)
grumpy · 23 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Loved this story, Pippin was quite right to want to thank Asfaloth, and the horse was quite right to want to take a little stroll. How else would one get a naked elf into a ranger's clothes.
Author's reply
Thanks for reviewing, grumpy, I'm glad you enjoyed the story. It just seemed like such a Pippin thing to want to do and everything flowed from there.
Neilia · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Yep, I enjoyed this tale very much. It met the criteria of the challenge very nicely without hurting the plot. Well written and a keeper.
Author's reply
Thanks for reviewing, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Fiondil · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Cute, Radbooks. I loved Asfaloth in this, especially as he seemed to be the only one with a clue (except for Glorfindel, who is never clueless). *grin* I'm sure Legolas had to make adjustments right and left with four hobbits and two Men, not to mention a dwarf and a wizard, for company on the long road. And I'm sure he's learned to be more respectful of horses after this. Merry Christmas.
Author's reply
Thanks, Fiondil! Asfaloth sort of took over the story as I was writing it. You know how characters do that. :) No, Glorfindel is never, ever clueless... it was fun writing him as I hadn't done that much before - just a few sentences in Safekeeping.
Larner · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Legolas is only just beginning to appreciate just what he's in for! Glad to see this. I've not done a Yule challenge yet, although I did have my story to write for an exchange that had to have the Hobbits advising Aragorn on the perfect gift for Aragorn and Arwen's first Yule together. Ah, well--need to see if I can get a bit of rest before I go back to work tonight. Poor Legolas--having to put on dirty clothes for a time! But better that than sitting around in the cold in wet things! Now--for the baths!
Author's reply
Thanks for reviewing, Larner! Yes, I think Legolas will have the biggest adjustments of all the Fellowships, though spending the time in Rivendell will help. I had to have the part with him wearing Aragorn's clothes, it was just too funny not to, but I actually tamed it down a little bit. It was fun doing a challenge and trying to fit in the different elements. It's the first one I've done, though I've wanted to try some of the ones for the Teitho contest, but time is precious and I'm usually in the middle of something. However, Rebecca and Thomas are being very stubborn and so this was something fun to do instead. I'm hoping that after some time away, Rebecca and Thomas will speak with me... though the chapter is more than 3/4 done. Have a wonderful and Merry Christmas!
Lady Bluejay · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Found myself trying to guess which elf would end up naked! Well done.LBJ
Author's reply
Thanks for reviewing, I'm glad you enjoyed it. If you blinked you would have missed Legolas getting naked, but he did for just a moment there. :) Have a Merry Christmas!
Idril Celebrindal · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Delightful! thoroughly enjoyed it! Happy Holidays! Idril
Author's reply
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
mistry89 · 22 December 2007 · Chapter 1: One
Thank you - seasonal *and* a gap-filler. I do like stories set before they are all so caught up in events (if that makes sense!). Merry Christmas (or Happy Yule, if you prefer!).
Author's reply
You're very welcome! Thank you for taking the time to leave me a review. I hadn't thought about it, but it was a gap-filler. It was fun for me to write a story set in that time frame because I too like stories set in the calm before the storms. Have a Merry Christmas.