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Title: Drums
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=1887&cid=9417> in the Deep
. Author: Forodwaith
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> . Races/Places: Dwarves: Drabble . ID: 355

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Reviewer: Thundera
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> Tiger . 2005-08-05 02:44:31 Score: 4

There's something very matter-of-fact about this drabble. It's as though
they've all accepted fate and are prepared for it. Even the drums are just
background noise, and Bor's cool assessment of the strength of the door was
done so calmly that it almost hurt. And the fact that Ori finds it within
himself to write at a time like this...I always did wonder how that played
out, and the dwarves' resignation to death was powerful. Great drabble.

Title: Durin's Folk <http://www.freewebs.com/aure/lotrdrabbled.htm> .
Author: Marta
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> . Races/Places: Dwarves: Drabble . ID: 1369

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Reviewer: Thundera
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> Tiger . 2005-08-05 02:45:16 Score: 4

I really liked this drabble for the way it shows how Durin's folk struggled
over the years, sometimes against impossible odds, and never backed down.
Nor were they ever truly conquered, and though their role in the War of the
Ring was more or less relegated to the sidelines, the part they played in
the history leading to that role and in guarding the eastern front was
vital. Nice recounting of history.

Title: Diaspora
<http://www.dwimordenespage.org/index.php?go=7&id=19&chapter=19> . Author:
Dwimordene
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. Races/Places: Dwarves: Drabble . ID: 235
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Reviewer: Thundera
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> Tiger . 2005-08-05 02:46:26 Score: 4

There was something very strong and very dwarven about this drabble. Yes,
they'd been driven out, and yes, they were now Exiles, but I never got the
sense that this was the end. I love the word "unbowed" because of the way it
defines the dwarves. I also liked the idea that the ends of the earth were
their destiny but Khazad-dum was their heart. I can see that in Gimli and in
nearly all the dwarves in The Hobbit.

Title: From
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3484&cid=13205> the
Eastern Force . Author: Tanaqui
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> . Races/Places: Dwarves: Drabble . ID: 539

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Reviewer: Thundera
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> Tiger . 2005-08-05 02:47:19 Score: 6

You know, I think it's actually more powerful to write the dwarves from an
outsider's perspective rather than from someone on the inside. This way, we
see all of what makes them so unique and so powerful as a race. I love the
contrasts spoken of in the first paragraph. They're grim-faced but good
comrades, and short-reaches still deal heavy blows. I also liked the idea
that the dwarves were as enduring as the mountains, but in spite of all
this, they still felt grief as heavily as did any of the other races. Their
mourning in the midst of joy at Glaurung's flight was hard, and I love the
way they're described as they carry Azaghal away, particularly the murmur of
low voices. Great drabble.

Title: Saying <http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=159>
Farewell . Author: Finch
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4> . Books/Time: The Silmarillion . ID: 730
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Reviewer: jillian
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baade . 2005-08-05 06:43:13 Score: 4
One of my very favourite authors has done it again with what I believe is
her favourite character!

This story aches with sadness, and the Doom of the Noldor. How I wish Amarie
has accompanied Finrod to ME, who knows what they may have accomplished
together! I wonder how much the ache to go back to Valinor, to be near his
lady was part of Finrod's decision to die killing the werewolf, and thus
saving Beren?

Title: Dancing in the
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3025> Darkness .
Author: Marnie
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5> . Races/Places: Cross-Cultural: Pre-War of the Ring . ID: 476
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Reviewer: Marta
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> . 2005-08-05 18:03:28 Score: 10

This is a piece that it is hard for me to describe what exactly I like about
it. I would simply say "Go read it", but that wouldn't give it nearly the
points it deserves in this competition. I think the first thing I noticed
about it was that I honestly couldn't tell where Tolkien's canon began and
where Marnie's inventions began. Granted, I am no expert of canon beyond the
corpus of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", but I knew Tolkien
didn't wrote every detail she has Celeborn describe about Nandorin history.
Yet it's there, and it just feels so completely real.

The second thing I noticed was Elrohir and Elladan. Lots of authors write
elflings or children of every species, but it's hard to write them as
anything but cute and cudly. Here they have a stereak in them that, while
not entirely evil or even dangerous, is certainly not reduceable to cuddly!
What's more, you've taken the little tidbits we know about them
(extrapolating form the meanings of their names, for example).

And then there's Celebrian. I have never thought much about what made the
daughter of Celeborn marry the foster-child of Maedhros and Maglor. I always
assumed it was head-over-heals, star-crossed-lovers type romance. But I
really like the idea here that Celebrian seems to have inherited a lot of
Galadriel's personality. Which is a good idea. :-) Their interaction was
priceless, especially how they related to the crown.

The physical descriptions were rich, the story-telling balanced dark history
in an age-appropriate mode with Celeborn's own recollections of the true
horror and what he can't tell the boys. The interactions were
well-developed, and the canon is used simply brilliantly. But then, what
less can I expect from Marnie?

Title: It's Just a
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3477> Phase: Thirty is
Still Fairly Young . Author: Gwynnyd
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6> . Races/Places: Cross-Cultural: Drabble . ID: 406
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Reviewer: Marta
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> . 2005-08-05 22:00:02 Score: 4

This is an interesting ficlet. You did a good job of breathing life into
that tidbit for Laws and Customs of the Eldar -- I can see future heirs of
Isildur passing this story down from generation to generation, it becoming a
folk legend of sorts, and children being fostered in Imladris using it as a
defence. "Sure I did that, Elrohir, but just remember what you did to
great-great uncle Valandil!" Well done.

Title: Racing with the Devil <http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/Racing.html>
. Author: Aratlithiel
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1> . Genres: Drama (includes Angst): The Shire . ID: 707
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Reviewer: Inkling
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3> . 2005-08-05 23:15:25 Score: 7
This story is so achingly sad and beautiful, yet at the end so full of hope
and glorious defiance! Like all of Aratlithiel's stories, the language is
gorgeous and the emotions so real and intense as to be almost overwhelming.
The story is wonderfully structured, like the race itself-building slowly
and quietly to the exhilarating climax, tracing an arc from despair to
triumph.

At the story's end I felt-and enjoyed feeling-that Frodo had found a way not
only to outrun the daemon, but somehow to outfox the stars as well. For
their cold and merciless truth had angered me nearly as much as the daemon
had. But it was comforting to think of Frodo's spirit somehow merging with
the spirit of the Shire. "This part of him will ride laughing beneath the
stars for evermore. And this bit of home he will take with him."


Title: At the Sammath Naur <http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/ATSN.html> .
Author: Aratlithiel
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1> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drama . ID: 126
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Reviewer: Inkling
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3> . 2005-08-05 23:17:44 Score: 10
"At the Sammath Naur" provides a riveting response to one of Tolkien's great
unanswered questions: What were Frodo's thoughts and feelings when he
claimed the Ring? From its grim opening lines-"He walked to his death. Sweet
relief. He expected nothing more."-to its devastating conclusion, the story
thrusts the reader into the heart of darkness, to experience with Frodo the
horror of the Ring as he hangs "upon the razor's edge."

This is classic gapfiller, and it's a testament to Aratithiel's talent that
the expansion of the scene never seems forced or gratuitous, but completely
logical within the context of the story. In LOTR, we witness the events at
the Cracks of Doom in swiftly passing "real time"-from Sam's POV. But as
seen and experienced by Frodo, trapped in the nightmare world of the Ring,
time in this story seems not to matter, or even exist. Thus he can stand
locked in the Ring's deadly embrace for what seems an agonizing eternity, or
can put It on and simultaneously know and experience "everything"-all in the
fleeting span of an instant.

With deft economy and indelible imagery, "At the Sammath Naur" operates on
both a philosophical level-touching on the nature of good and evil,
sacrifice and betrayal-and a visceral one, capturing Frodo's tortured
struggle in fiery, poetic language. It's not for the faint of heart, but
it's a terrific read.


Title: Bronwe <http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/BaH.html> Athan Harthad .
Author: Aratlithiel
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1> . Books/Time: The Lord of The Rings: Post-Ring War . ID: 128
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Reviewer: Inkling
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3> . 2005-08-05 23:19:12 Score: 8
When I first read this story in 2003, it was quite a revelation to me. An
angry, articulate Frodo who rails against his fate, against Gandalf, against
Eru Himself, was something I had not encountered before in the LOTR fandom:
"'You'll forgive me Gandalf,' he said, dropping his hands, 'if I'm not in a
charitable mood toward this deity you're so enamored with.'"

Thanks to Aratlithiel's skill and insight this characterization seems not
only plausible, but completely appropriate, deeply satisfying, and
thoroughly in keeping with canon. In short, it feels "right." Tolkien's
portrait of Frodo is subtle and complex, yet in its restraint one feels that
much was left unspoken. This story represents "gapfiller" at its best.for
surely Frodo must have had his moments of rebellion and rage. To be sure,
there is much more than anger to this heart-breaking glimpse of Frodo's
state of mind immediately following the Quest-his self-loathing, feelings of
failure, emotional emptiness-but none of this is uncommon in "Frodo-angst"
fics. In this story, it's the anger that stays with me.


Title: Magnetic
<http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2056> Force . Author:
Marnie
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5> . Genres: Crossovers . ID: 1097
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Reviewer: jillian
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baade . 2005-08-06 04:02:50 Score: 4
I don't want to visit elves if that's what it does to you!

Um yeah, the story works. It does make a weird, odd kind of sense, as you
state Tolkien insists he translated from a book, and I believe he was
haunted by dreams of ME all his life. Especially Numenor. Who is to say if
he didn't recieve guidance in his writing from a place like Imladris, and
elven or fairy realm of old? Liked it a lot.

Title: The <http://www.freewebs.com/aure/lotrdrabbled.htm> Great Years .
Author: Marta
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> . Books/Time: The Lord of The Rings: Drabble . ID: 1372

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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 08:20:55 Score: 1
I liked this bird's eye view of the War of the Ring. Nice build up to the
final two lines.

Title: Bringing
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3484&cid=13215> the Sun .
Author: Tanaqui
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> . Books/Time: The Lord of The Rings: Drabble . ID: 1382

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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 08:21:25 Score: 1
Nice mini-gap-fill that makes a little more of Legolas' part on Caradhras.

Title: Envinyatar
<http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter_view.cfm?NGID=177&STID=3367&
SPOrdinal=7> . Author: Starlight
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5> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Grey Company . ID: 520
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:44:10 Score: 1
A succinct discussion of what it means to be a Ranger in end times, as it
were.

Title: Reunion at <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=91>
Isengard . Author: Shirebound
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:44:40 Score: 3
I particularly liked the first chapter. That sort of manic, riccochet wild
humor and turbulence that greets the realization of a desire one had never
hoped to see accomplished in life. A lot of relief in that scene, and it was
executed perfectly.

Title: Just in <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3082>
Case . Author: Marnie
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:45:23 Score: 8
A distinctly different Celeborn, here, lured by the Ring, testing himself,
and able to pull back at the brink. Fortunately. Marnie's Celeborn once more
shows his colors, and a depth of wisdom that understands that much that is
good is done in silence and without recognition, inverse image of the deeds
of evil, which are also often accomplished under cover of secrecy. One can
feel the strength of his love for his land and his people, and his grief at
their passing, but Celeborn is perhaps the one Elf in the Third Age other
than Legolas and Elrond (and eventually Galadriel) who, I think, grasps the
necessity of death. Things have their time, and his and his people's is over
and must be accepted "because it is." He does what is needed to guarantee
the safety of the Ringbearer, and so prevent a more grievous fall for any
who would do him harm, and does not exempt himself or Galadriel from his own
precautions, showing that he knows one must mistrust one's own hands when
dealing with the Ring. Well written and insightful as always, those who love
Celeborn will especially want to read this.

Title: Before
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Muster . Author: Lindelea
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> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drabble . ID: 461

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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:46:00 Score: 3
Once again, a good demonstration of how words and feeling often don't match
among hobbits. Speech remains light and courteous, when there's turmoil
underneath. At the same time, it's not just a mechanical substitution of
euphemistic speech: there's gravity and a genuine affection in them, too.

Title: Second
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Author: Gwynnyd
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6> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drabble . ID: 410
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:47:34 Score: 4
A nice little moment, and an unusual point in common for Pippin and Boromir:
their fathers' refusal to hold them back, and which they both now regret in
their own ways. Boromir's uneasiness is particularly well done-understated,
yet present and disturbing, similar enough to Pippin's to avoid rousing
suspicion, but essentially different thanks to what we know will happen
later.

Title: Going
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3477&cid=13135> to Rohan .
Author: Gwynnyd
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6> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drabble . ID: 401
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:48:11 Score: 3
Mrs. Peele, we're needed! Great use of humor, here, as the poor young Ranger
tries everything he can think of to catch Roheryn. It seems elven horses
have much in common with your average housecat, i.e., a mind of his own and
a will to ignore anything not considered important.

Title: Fellowship
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3477&cid=13132> . Author:
Gwynnyd
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6> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drama . ID: 396
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:49:57 Score: 4
Brevity and insight, a lovely combination. One does wonder why Legolas was
chosen at times, and here is one possible reason, having more to do with who
has what skills than with who might happen to be going in a particular
direction. It also covers three likely candidates and explains why they
might *not* be appropriate, when one often wonders why they weren't chosen
to represent the Elves.

Title: The
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Author: Forodwaith
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> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drabble . ID: 385

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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:50:32 Score: 2
Our Arwen advocate is in fine form with this drabble. It's not a gap I
would've found, but seeing Arwen's temptation-the welling up of pride and
reminder of the power that runs in her veins-is very nicely done.

Title: Halbarad <http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2203>
. Author: Fileg
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:51:20 Score: 6
"Why should I fear the dead? I was one of them, just a little warmer. though
not much, and not for long." This insight guides the whole fic. Halbarad is
dying throughout the journey, and he knows it, and as he slowly makes the
shift from one world to the other, he sees through different eyes. Alone of
those on the Paths of the Dead, he feels his strength waxing as they
approach Erech, as he stands before the army of the Dead. The last line,
that he goes to Minas Tirith somewhere between life and death puts him in a
very precarious position: one look, and Schroedinger's cat might always
already have been dead. Very nicely done!

Title: Weeping Iron
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1351> Tears . Author:
ErinRua
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7> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Grey Company . ID: 338
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:51:54 Score: 3
I like the calm of this aftermath scene, and the way that Aragorn returns to
memories of Halbarad, refusing to mourn too much lest he belittle the peace
that Halbarad's death has bought. And I liked the evocation at the end of
Halbarad's presence, still at hand, almost palpable to Aragorn.

Title: The Riders
<http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2236> from Erech .
Author: Acacea
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6> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Grey Company . ID: 325
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:52:35 Score: 4
Acacea picked a good place to write, and put flesh on the skeletal form of
Lord Angbor. It's good to see the Grey Company and their wraith army through
different eyes, and see just how difficult it is to stand against the Dead.
Angbor is a captain's captain, here, and his reward is at hand: not only
will he and his men survive the onslaught of the Corsairs, he becomes the
first man in Gondor to witness the return of the king.

Title: Boys
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3523&cid=13397> to Men .
Author: ErinRua
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7> . Books/Time: Gap-Filler: Drabble . ID: 286
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Reviewer: Dwimordene
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. 2005-08-06 09:53:19 Score: 3
I love the first line of this the best, the acknowledgment that maturity
doesn't come in a physical form but in the will and responsibility a child
shows when it matters most. It's a good thing Beregond is perceptive enough
to see it and honor it in his own son.


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