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Title: Gondor Needs No King · Author: Ribby · Times: The Great Years:
Gondor Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 207
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-30 13:31:11 Score: 3
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Chilling!

I presume this is movieverse. I can't imagine the bookverse characters
sinking quite this low .. and yet JRRT does paint a grim picture of what
happens to people when they take the Ring.

How come wearing the Ring didn't make Boromir invisible?
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Title: The Will · Author: LydiaB · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 770
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-30 13:35:36 Score: 3
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Brilliant! Just the sort of thing that would happen in the Tolkien
universe - or if it didn't, it jolly well ought to have.

I'm so glad that the young man didn't stop a bullet in the trenches.
This is true in the real world as well. I wonder how many literary
masterpieces were actually buried in Flanders Fields - a good many,
without a doubt.
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Title: About Legends or Whisperings of a Ghost · Author: juno_magic ·
Races: Men · ID: 699
Reviewer: LuthienTinuviel · 2006-06-30 16:41:25 Score: 3
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Wow. This isn't the type that scares you to jitters, but the whole tone
of the story really gets to you in a sense that it portrays sadness and
suffering, and how the queen endured it. It's lovely. =)
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Title: Fair Trade · Author: Tanaqui · Races: Men: Steward's Sons
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 900
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-07-01 03:53:12 Score: 3
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An effective reminder that life in Henneth Annun was no picnic for
either Faramir or his men. The drabble skillfully shows how hardship
brings out the best in Faramir, and the men's appreciation of both their
service and their Captain.
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Title: If I had a Hammer · Author: grey_wonderer · Times: Late Third
Age: The Shire · ID: 162
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-01 14:04:59 Score: 10
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This is a truly delightful story from beginning to end. The idea is
simple enough - Pippin has to learn carpentry and enter his creation in
a fair - yet GW's deft hand turns this into a life lesson for each
hobbit concerned. Pippin is at that fragile age of adolescence where
he's comparing himself to his idolistic older cousins and always
measuring himself short. His difficulty with carpentry doesn't help, and
Merry and Frodo's attempts to get to the heart of the matter come to
nil. Sam is the unspoken hero of the piece, and his patience and
perseverance as he teaches Pippin his craft is not only a delight to
behold but is exactly what Pippin needs. By the end of the story, Pippin
learns not only the secrets and skill of craftsmanship, but also that he
is talented in many respects, and that his seemingly perfect cousins
have more than a few flaws of their own. Merry learns how to be a true
friend and that the meaning of 'help' isn't just doing something for
someone else, but offering encouragment. Frodo learns that he doesn't
always have the answer to everything and that Merry can be as sensitive
to Pippin's needs as himself. Sam learns to accept praise for his work
and that he's appreciated for far more than his gardening skills.
Throughout the story is interweaved a most intriguing mystery. When it
is finally solved and how each cousin reacts to it further proves this
story to be one of the author's best.
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Title: The Three Towers · Author: Shirebound · Times: The Great Years:
Post-Sauron's Fall · ID: 113
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-01 14:14:28 Score: 3
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When Frodo decides that he wants to revisit Cirith Ungol after the war,
his friends are not so sure it's a good idea. They rally around him all
the same and the journey proves to be both revealing to his friends, and
healing for him and Sam. A unique idea that is handled with the perfect
balance of angst and comfort.
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Title: A Sight to Remember · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits:
Children · ID: 703
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-01 14:31:20 Score: 7
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This story brings every hobbit's worst nightmare to life - with
hilarious results. Rusty is a delightful OC that grabs the imagination,
which is not necessarily a good thing when she and Pippin get together.
An attempt to sabotage Lotho's bathing soap gets them far more than they
ever bargained for. The result is not only something that will keep
hobbits talking for 99 days, but it accomplished a miracle that no one
would have anticipated - it got the SBs out of Tookland for good! Rusty
and Pippin's scramble to get away from the crime scene undetected was
both comical and dramatic, and Frodo's reaction to news of the prank had
me in stitches. The best part though is when Pippin is assumed to be
innocent because everyone has seen Merry outside while the prank was
taking place, and they assumed that Pippin would always be where Merry
is. Merry is able to protect his cousin from suspicion simply by the
strong bond of friendship that they share.
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Title: Hidden Wonders · Author: Marta · Genres: Romance: Fixed-length
ficlet · ID: 420
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-02 13:37:25 Score: 1
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Nice. But whatever was Eowyn doing poking about among Grima's books?
Most inadvisable.
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Title: And all in evil ended be · Author: Werecat · Genres: Humor:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 122
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-02 13:39:04 Score: 1
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I hope the lore of revived Numenor included a recipe for insecticide.
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Title: Cousin Calla · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits: Pre-Quest ·
ID: 767
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-02 18:38:13 Score: 8
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Centered around the deaths of Merry's grandparents is this most unusual
and fascinating tale of Cousin Calla. There are many strange connections
between Frodo and Calla, of which both characters are aware of yet do
not speak of. The strange visions that Calla receives and draws are of
ancient and mythic times, or even glimpses of the future. Frodo
recognizes some of the drawings, though he has yet to find out why. The
mysterious debilitating disease that Calla has is also a precursor to
Frodo's condition after the War, in the way that Calla keeps herself
locked away, ashamed of her state, and allows only a very few select
family members to visit her, opting to spend her days drawing in her
sketchbook. She is wasting, in body as well as spirit. The most
delightful part of this sad tale was when she allowed Merry to visit
her, in lieu of his grandparents, and she gives Merry paintings of his
grandparents from their younger days, as well as when she later gives
Frodo a drawing of his parents looking over him from the beyond.
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Title: A Rabbits Tale · Author: grey_wonderer · Times: Fourth Age and
Beyond: The Shire · ID: 982
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-02 18:47:39 Score: 8
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Errol is the favorite and much beloved stuffed bunny of Pippin. In this
adorable story, we get to see things from Errol's point of view and even
to recount some of the tales that Errol has featured in in previous
works. Errol is a very practical and insightful bunny, giving support
and comfort whenever its needed, even though he now has to be hidden
away in Pippin's wardrobe. Errol understands that Pippin is growing up
now, and that Merry disapproves of him, yet his continuing concern and
protectiveness of his Pippin is heart-warming and makes you smile the
whole way through, even when Errol is commenting on the strange changes
in his master since his return from his long absence. Errol doesn't
understand everything that is going on, but as long as he is able to
offer comfort when needed, he doesn't mind. The way Pippin talks to him
is adoring, reminding the reader of a much younger Pippin even while we
can see the changes in him from the War. Merry finally warming up to
Errol and accepting him into the family, unbeknownst to Pippin, is the
clencher.
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Title: Consequences of a Fall · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 221
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-02 18:55:33 Score: 5
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This story has everything. Suspense, angst, comfort, and humor are
weaved around the legendary death of the even more legendary, if not
loved, Lalia the Great. With Pearl under suspicion, the Whitwell Tooks
have enough to deal with, but then Pippin becomes ill as well. This
opens up an unexpected advantage for the villian, who proves herself to
be far more manipulative and vindictive than anyone ever suspected
before. We also see Merry and Frodo's protectiveness of each other and
Pippin, and Frodo's level-headedness in the face of family tragedy.
Though he's only newly head of the Baggins family, he carries the
responsibility with seasoned grace, proving why he is destined to be the
Ring-bearer.
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Title: You Never Know · Author: MysteriousWays · Genres: Humor: The
Shire · ID: 701
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-02 19:06:05 Score: 4
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This is a hilariously delightful tale from beginning to end. Frodo wakes
up and finds that every single hobbit in Hobbiton has apparently lost
all common sense over night. It's wonderful to see Frodo in a pickle and
how he constantly tries to talk himself through it while simultaneously
trying to maintain some sense of composure. The ending is just priceless.
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Title: The Household Accounts · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Gondor
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 50
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 12:10:38 Score: 3
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That's a marvellous evocation of Eowyn's world, very economically and
effectively written. I'm sorry she didn't find something to her liking,
though - for a wedding gown, or for a baby perhaps?
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Title: Bad Step · Author: Mariole · Races: Hobbits: Incomplete · ID: 786
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-03 14:57:24 Score: 6
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There's not a lot of Sam h/c stories out there, and this fills that hole
beautifully. A horrible miscommunication and some rather bad judgment on
Sam's part results in four excurtiating days for Sam. Seeing Sam's
practicality and determination in the face of a hopeless situation is
insipiring. You can see why this hobbit will be so perfectly suited to
help Frodo complete the Quest in years to come. It's wonderfully angsty
from the very start and all the characters, both canon and OC, are
richly drawn and come to life on the screen. The close bond between
Marigold and Sam, the Gaffer's worry and tenderness with his son,
Frodo's conflicting emotions and cool-handed dealings with the healers
and the Gamgees, and the bits of comedy sprinkled throughout make this
story a true gem.
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Title: Reaping · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits: Post-Sauron's
Fall · ID: 169
Reviewer: GamgeeFest · 2006-07-03 15:04:53 Score: 4
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I didn't think I could ever feel sorry for Ted Sandyman, but this story
proved me wrong. Ted's dealings with the ruffians during the occupation
of the Shire comes back to him, ten fold. The descriptions of his
torment are cringe-worthy and his dreams of Folco, who he had wronged
terribly, leading the Folco's death, are enough to make you weep. The
ending, as Ted realizes fully what he had done and seeks forgiveness
from the one he wronged, leaves you with the hope that perhaps he was
redeemed in the end after all.
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Title: On the Fair Hill · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Late Third Age:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 946
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:24:56 Score: 1
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This is delightful - and very much in the Tolkien spirit.
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Title: Drift · Author: Ribby · Times: The Great Years: Gondor
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 203
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:27:28 Score: 2
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That is just beautiful.

The finny things that lived near Rauros must have had a particularly
skilful touch...
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Title: Tharbad Crossing · Author: Gandalfs apprentice · Races: Men:
Steward's Sons Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 253
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:30:26 Score: 3
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I always thought there was a story lurking behind Boromir's quest. He
gets very little credit for it in FoTR, with Aragorn swanking about all
the travelling he's done.

I'm not sure Boromir would do it just for Faramir's sake, though. His
own pride would prevent him from giving up something he'd undertaken to do.
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Title: Forlorn Hope · Author: Nancy Brooke · Races: Men: Steward's Sons
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 301
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:36:48 Score: 3
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Just the sort of thoughts Moviemir would have. Not the thoughts of a man
who would inspire anyone to a gallant defence.

Book Faramir, on the other hand ... but that's another story. And how.
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Title: A Lesser and Alien Race · Author: Marta · Times: Fourth Age and
Beyond: Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 683
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:39:38 Score: 3
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Thought provoking! The Faramir-Eowyn marriage could indeed be seen as
echoing the Eldacar-Vidumavi one, though not closely because Faramir
isn't a king. If Aragorn had married Eowyn the upheaval would presumably
have been much greater.
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Title: The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship · Author: Elana · Times:
Early Third Age: Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 150
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:43:47 Score: 3
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Neat!

Do hobbits have elven ears? I hope not. Those ears look so silly in the
movie. I never imagined even JRRT's elves with pointy ears. It would be
such a nuisance to have to darn holes in one's hat all the time.

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Title: The Steward's Dream · Author: Marta · Races: Men: Fixed-Length
Ficlets With Children · ID: 647
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:47:21 Score: 2
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I think the first part of this rings true, but not the second. I just
can't see Boromir or Denethor accepting second place. That's only my
view, though.
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Title: An Exchange of Views · Author: Tanaqui · Races: Men: Other
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 931
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:53:59 Score: 3
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I'd swallow this as movieverse but not bookverse. I don't think Faramir
would be constantly worrying about criticism. ITB Denethor accuses him
of going his own way, rather than being too anxious to please.
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Title: Stronger Songs · Author: Marta · Times: First Age and Prior:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 688
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-07-03 17:58:11 Score: 3
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Treebeard and Tom Bombadil slogging it out is a gorgeous idea.

Personally I back Treebeard. His poetry's better.

On the other hand, Tom has one trump card: he's married, even if his
wife is on the damp side. I wonder if the Entwives ever turned up.
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How I laughed!!!

Thanks for enlivening a dull morning, SpaceWeavil. Now, every time I
watch the Horsemen storming out of the gates in the movie, I shall
wonder how Khamul's infection is getting on, and is it giving him hell...
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Title: The Will · Author: LydiaB · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 770
Reviewer: Linda Hoyland · 2006-06-22 06:17:38 Score: 2
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An unusual and unique drable suggesting how Tolkien may have been
inspired to write his masterpiece.What if it truly were history and not
an invention of his mind?
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Title: Roots and Branches · Author: Raksha the Demon · Races: Men: Other
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 611
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-23 13:18:18 Score: 3
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I don't quite go along with the picture of Faramir in this drabble
because I don't personally think he has anything to apologise for.
However, this is a neatly constructed little story, and the way Sam
demonstrates his point of view is right for him, and very memorable.
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Title: Seeker of Shadow · Author: Raksha the Demon · Genres: Romance:
Fixed-length ficlet · ID: 63
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-23 13:23:46 Score: 3
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A fascinating glimpse of two of JRRT's most fascinating characters.
(Moral: never ride out alone without telling your family where you're
going, and don't forget to take your mobile.)

I like the poetry, except for the white-hot stars ... well, they are
white-hot, I know, but they don't look it from M.E. (Symbolic, maybe).
Only a quibble.
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Title: The Tracks of Time · Author: Raksha the Demon · Races: Elves:
Fixed-Length Ficlet Featuring Legolas or Thranduil · ID: 60
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-23 13:30:40 Score: 4
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This is beautifully written and very moving. It touches on that old, old
theme of the immortal who is brought agonisingly up against the fact of
others' mortality, and finds that 'the loss and the silence' aren't all
on the mortal side.

It makes me wonder if that isn't one reason why Elves and Men in the
Third Age tend to avoid one another, perhaps rightly. When mortal meets
immortal the result is always going to be heartbreak for somebody.

On the everyday level, it's a little like what dog-lovers feel: why do
their lives have to be so short?
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Title: Legend · Author: Raksha the Demon · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond:
Gondor · ID: 933
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-23 13:35:16 Score: 3
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This is one of the most touching and convincing portrayals of Eowyn I've
ever read. Much more than an Amazon, this is a real woman. The ending is
very true and touching.

As for young, impudent Barahir maybe not being like her .. well, it's
always hard to see yourself as others see you!
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Title: The Household Accounts · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Gondor
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 50
Reviewer: stefaniab · 2006-06-24 00:37:01 Score: 2
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Good mood piece that was nicely written. However, I thought it ended
abruptly. I expected a different end.
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Title: Show his quality · Author: Tanaqui · Races: Men: Steward's Sons
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 875
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-25 10:39:43 Score: 3
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It's neat, but it smells of movie Faramir to me. There's nothing ITB to
consider he was anything other than a highly competent military man! I
can't speak to his cooking skills though.
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Title: A Change In The Weather · Author: Marigold · Races: Hobbits:
Fixed-Length Ficlet series · ID: 692
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-26 08:30:47 Score: 3
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This is a beautiful quarter that perfectly captures the character of
each of the hobbits, in a way that JRRT would surely have approved. The
difference between the safe, homely Shire and the dangerousness of the
world outside is encapsulated in just a few words.
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Title: Childhood Dreams · Author: Acacea · Genres: Drama: Gondor
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 523
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-26 08:33:12 Score: 3
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An unusual and fascinating line on the two brothers.

Is the corollary that Boromir is like a river? Interesting idea. I'd
have thought he was more like a horse - proud, noble, willing, but not
too bright and needing guidance from a wiser hand...
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Title: Fair Trade · Author: Tanaqui · Races: Men: Steward's Sons
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 900
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-27 09:56:54 Score: 3
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That's a nice way to show how someone like Faramir could capture men's
devotion, but I'm not 100% sure he'd go for it. In TT he is clearly
treated with distinction, and I think the men would expect this in such
a hierarchical society. They seem to love Faramir for what he is, not
what he does.
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Title: Jewels · Author: Gandalfs apprentice · Genres: Romance:
Fixed-length ficlet · ID: 790
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-27 09:58:35 Score: 2
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Yum yum, I bet it was a night and a half.

One thing though - I reckong riding barefoot would be highly
uncomfortable, even if you didn't use stirrups!
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Title: Divinity · Author: illyria-pffyffin · Races: Hobbits · ID: 824
Reviewer: Cuthalion · 2006-06-27 11:51:50 Score: 6
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This is one of the most remarkable tales I've ever seen. Illyria takes
scenes from the Ringbearer's quest and shows them in a completely new
light - through the eyes of the Valar. What we get so see are exquisite
miniatures of divine intervention... or not, even if the Valar would
most likely try to interfere. As Manwë does, who turns to Ilúvatar,
questioning the righteousness of seemingly detached waiting and watching:

"How will they fend themselves against so terrible a foe? Are we to keep
apart from their suffering and do nothing to spare them the malice and
deceit of the Enemy?"

This is moving, it is stunningly beautiful and written with a excellent
use of words and imagery... and with a deep understanding of Tolkien's
thoughts and beliefs that touch the reader's heart. Illyria has written
many great tales, but this is outstanding among her oeuvre, and worthy
of praise.
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Title: The Price of Power · Author: Rabidsamfan · Times: The Great
Years: General Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 989
Reviewer: Cuthalion · 2006-06-27 21:36:21 Score: 6
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This surprising drabble was written by someone I call the "Mistress of
Drabbles", and righteously so. To draw the reader into a plot, to get
the whole idea going and to bring it to a satisfying end with nothing
more than 100 words is a special, difficult art, and Rabidsamfan is
brilliant. In "The Price of Power" we are granted an astonishing insight
into Saruman's thoughts. He gives the order to tear the trees around
Osgiliath down, and he has known their voices and now hears their
screams as they are dying. To know that he has been "the greatest and
wisest member of our order" (as Gandalf put it), and that his enormous
greed for power overcomes and horribly corrupts the wisdom of ages, is
painfully to read and incredibly clever. Absolutely wonderful. MORE!
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Title: Memorabilia and Other Useful Things · Author: Illwynd · Times:
The Great Years: The Fellowship · ID: 714
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-06-28 14:54:04 Score: 3
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This is very sweet. It's nice to think of Pippin as being so
sentimental, and stopping to think about where he is in the middle of
the journey and about it looking back when any journey is through.
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Title: Flotsam · Author: Salsify · Times: The Great Years: Vignette · ID: 85
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-06-28 15:00:33 Score: 3
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Very good. It's wonderful to see the thoughtful and reflective Merry,
talking himself around his troubled heart. I particularly like that he
doesnt' resolve his conflict, there is no neat and tidy ending here,
because the fact and his feelings remain, as they should do.
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Title: The Remains of Power · Author: Pearl Took · Times: The Great
Years: Vignette · ID: 228
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-06-28 15:06:10 Score: 3
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This has some wonderfully insightful moments - that time is Saruman's
greatest weapon, that idea of his having no colour and therefore being
adaptable and easily hidden, not to mention the indifference of ducks!
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Title: Birnam Wood · Author: Inkling · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond ·
ID: 917
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-06-29 07:52:17 Score: 4
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Oho! Birname Wood really did come to Dunsinane, and it came hungry and
angry. With Treebeard!

Excellent crossover with Macbeth; and wonderful characterisation of the
old Ent. The remembered encounter of boy and Ent, with references to the
long-gone Merry and Pippin, was poignant and very believable.

Let's hope Treebeard is still out there in the Wood, having a good snooze.
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Title: Make It One For Paladin · Author: Marta · Races: Hobbits:
Post-Sauron's Fall · ID: 48
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-06-29 07:54:18 Score: 5
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A sad, sobering look at the life of Robin Smallburrow, the hobbit who
supported Lotho, and then Saruman's, takeover of the Shire.

What's particularly noteworthy (aside from the excellent use of song) is
the characterisation of Robin as a collaborator - he is not evil or
monstrous, just caught up in a sinister force that he was too weak to
flee or resist. He regrets what he did, when he's not blaming others for
it. The admiration of others for the brave hobbits who did resist, some
of whom Robin stood by and watched die without protest, only exacerbates
his guilt.

A well-written vignette on a character that I doubt has seen much use in
fanfiction except in a minor role.
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Title: The Shield-maid's Dance of Death · Author: Marta · Times: The
Great Years: Poetry · ID: 694
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-06-29 08:14:37 Score: 6
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I don't know much about poetry, lays, battle-rhymes, etc., but this
piece really sounds like a rousing Rohirric war-chant to me. There's a
fire and passion in it, even on the brink of death, or maybe because
Eowyn stands on that very brink of death. Tolkien mentions that she
laughed, so I think she did feel a rush of adrenalin, of sudden nervy
courage to sustain her and take her suddenly beyond all fear when she
needed most to be strong. I also see an appealing sense of purpose, of
destiny in the song; Eowyn knows she is challenging a deathless demon to
perform this dance of death.

A very stirring Tolkien poem with a compelling rhythm. My only quibble
is that I wish the print were darker and larger on the page where you've
archived the song.


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Title: 17 Cunning Corsairs · Author: stefaniab · Genres: Humor:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 244
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-29 09:33:50 Score: 3
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Bravo! I like to think that Lothiriel was a girl with a lively
imagination. (Reminds me of the maid in 'Beau Sabreur' who was always
sighing 'Sheiks'! and was eventually carried off by one, only he turned
out to be a solid American citizen in disguise.)
Was the Queen of the Corsairs pleased with her King of Rohan, or did she
always wish he'd been a hairy pirate?
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Title: Web of Friendship · Author: Gwynnyd · Races: Hobbits: General
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 932
Reviewer: Nesta · 2006-06-29 09:36:05 Score: 3
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That's really sweet. I love the idea of little Elanor showing the other
maidens what to do. It must be hard to get an artistic result by this
whipcord method, until you're really good at it!
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