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Author: Space Weavil . ID: 235 . Books/Time: The Silmarillion (67): General
Reviewer: Rhapsody . 2005-09-13 03:33:22
I often wonder: is there any character, genre of plot Space Weavil cannot
tackle? By now I realised that it doesn't matter what challenge she takes
on: it is always good and such a joy to read them. Space Weavil is a true
story weaver: she manages to write complicated plotlines, mingles them,
separates them when it is necessary and at the end she makes sure everything
is nicely tied up. Besides taking very thorough care of plot and plotlines,
her narrative is incredibly well written. She paints a world for the
reader's eyes with just words and yet you feel as if you are truly there.
Every character she writes, you can feel the effort she takes to explore
them profoundly and writes them extremely well in canon. Space Weavil cares
for her characters and it shows. Whenever she uses original characters, she
makes sure they have a purpose and are cleverly mentioned throughout the
story making them not simply red crew t-shirt members.

Space Weavil has a firm knowledge of canon, which clearly shows when she
writes a story fitting in the genre The Silmarillion. When she develops a
plot, she also takes a lot if time to explore canon and only to weave it
into outstanding prose. But not only that, she creates a Valinor of which we
don't know that much in a very believable manner. I sincerely hope that in
the future, we are treated with more of her stories.

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Author: Space Weavil . ID: 235 . Books/Time: Post-Ring War (142): General
Reviewer: Rhapsody . 2005-09-13 03:36:34
I often wonder: is there any character, genre of plot Space Weavil cannot
tackle? By now I realised that it doesn't matter what challenge she takes
on: it is always good and such a joy to read them. Space Weavil is a true
story weaver: she manages to write complicated plotlines, mingles them,
separates them when it is necessary and at the end she makes sure everything
is nicely tied up. Besides taking very thorough care of plot and plotlines,
her narrative is incredibly well written. She paints a world for the
reader's eyes with just words and yet you feel as if you are truly there.
Every character she writes, you can feel the effort she takes to explore
them profoundly and writes them extremely well in canon. Space Weavil cares
for her characters and it shows. Whenever she uses original characters, she
makes sure they have a purpose and are cleverly mentioned throughout the
story making them not simply red crew t-shirt members. Unfortunately, with
her story, The other day, the poor ents do not survive.

I like the manner how Space Weavil takes on a genre as Post-Ring War. Her
current competing story is far in the future and yet you think: what if
Middle Earth existed long before our civilisation. It is very thought
provoking material of which I actually never considered it before that this
also fits this genre. I sincerely hope that in the future, we are treated
with more of her stories.

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Author: Nancy Brooke . ID: 105 . Books/Time: Gap-Filler (58): Drabble
Reviewer: Ghettoelleth . 2005-09-13 09:34:12
Most everything the Duchess puts her font to ultimately manifests an
amazingly adept use of language. I am humbled by Nancy's ability to, in as
few words as possible, paint a brilliantly painful moment in the life of a
character. She has done it with some of the most beloved canon characters.
More amazingly, however, she has managed to evoke the same profound emotion
using obscure and even conjured characters as well with the same
artistically rendered significance. If it is true that a picture can paint a
thousand words, then I venture to suggest that Nancy is that artists beta,
charged with reducing those thousand words by ten times without losing the
depth, character or one iota of the emotional impact of the original work.
Nancy is proof that words are meaningless when wheeled by a bumbling hand
and that most moments in time can be profoundly summed up in one hundred
words.
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Author: SilverMoonLady . ID: 343 . Races/Places: Hobbits (90): General
Reviewer: Ghettoelleth . 2005-09-13 10:35:13
Oh dear. My darling Sil is one of those very wicked people who dragged me
kicking and screaming into a world where little munchkins with hairy feet
have sex and we're all foaming at the mouth to watch. Sil really is taking
courses from some of the lesser demons and is a sort of, 'cajole by
example.' evangelical machiavelli. In other words, no one is safe until all
the world has recognized that Hobbitcentric romance is every bit as steamy
and wonderful as are the elven and human varieties. I was forced to lock
myself away for several days upon discovering that, whilst reading one of
SilverMoonLady's stories, my upper lip was actually sweating. (Shut up, Sil,
I did not have a flashlight and printed pages of Hobbit smut under the bed.)
Well, I probably would have been fine after that, just knowing I was safe
from the most evil and hated entities, the dark elves, the fallen Ainur, the
dwarves...hahaha, I say, but then...that's for other reviews. I would just
like to thank you, SilverMoonLady, for giving me that initial push off the
diving board and into the muddy boiling river which began my descent and
also, I wanted to let you know that I'm now here amongst the really pissed
off and gaining on you. You know what they say, if everyone's cranky, this
must be Styxx.

In summation, if you want to secure a place in the inferno and really enjoy
yourself while doing it, read pretty much anything by SilverMoonLady. I
almost want to say, it's worth the trip.

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Author: Andreth . ID: 216 . Races/Places: Villains (31): General
Reviewer: Ghettoelleth . 2005-09-13 11:18:08
There are several authors in the fanfic genre who truly have no business
here, Tyellas, Viv, Mouse and I count Andreth among them. Phenomenal talent
deserves its own creative outlet and I believe that soon, there are those
among us who will be drawn into the world of mainstream literature. I envy
and revere the talent of these people and can only dream of one day being
worthy of sharing the title of author with writers of this caliber. That
said, this author writes the most delicious Annatar. As Tyellas, in my
opinion, owns Maeglin and Viv owns Gimli, Andreth has made Annatar her own.
Regardless of who I am reading, it is by her Annatar/Sauron that all others
are measured in and it is her Annatar that my mind's eye sees.
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Author: elliska . ID: 143 . Genres: Drama (includes Angst) (135): General
Reviewer: Ghettoelleth . 2005-09-13 11:49:56
Elliska Jane, besides being one of the nicest people on the planet, happens
to be an amazing talent, writing one of the most maligned and misinterpreted
characters in literature. She also happens to do it like no other person
can. No one can touch Elliska's Thranduil for elegance, grace and, let's
face it, hotness. More importantly, however, Elliska has given one of the
only truly excellent accountings of Thranduil's life in her Journey's
trilogy. When you read these tales, you come away with a full understanding
of why he is the way he is, in what ways he was truly slandered and in what
other ways he was simply, yes I'm going to say, sorry, 'Misunderstood.'

Elliska is also one of two writers in the whole wide world who's Legolas
does not, thank you Peter Jackson, make me instantly picture Orlando Bloom.
Not that Orlando Bloom is a bad picture to have, but we all know that he's
not Legolas, he's Paris, Prince of Troy. I am rarely able to sit through
reading the random Legocentric fic, but Elliska makes me forget all about
all that nonesense and I am able to simply picture my own Legolas in my mind
and enjoy her wonderful epic. I have to say that no one that I have ever
read has done a more precious, Legolas as a child as well. But it is in her
ability to conjure Thranduil as a complete and fully realized character
rather than a wife beating, child abusing, raging alcholic charicature that
her fromidable talent manifests itself in all its glory.
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