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Title: Man of the North · Author: Marta · Races: Men: Aragorn
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 684
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-11-21 18:41:14
This is a lovely moment. The character of Thengel is well and
convincingly drawn - but most convincingly through his thoughts and not
through exposition. Wonderful that he wonders about 'Thorongil's'
fathers, since in Rohan lineage is so important in men and horses, and
that he takes his wife's example to guide him.
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Title: You Watch To Dissociate · Author: Ghettoelleth · Genres: Drama:
General Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 195
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-11-21 18:43:51
I love this story - not for the least reason that it was inspired by an
idea of mine!! But I marvel at its directness and seeming simplicity in
capturing and extraordinarily complex equation of relationships by
drawing out some of their more subtler angles.
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Title: Dust On My Saddle · Author: Rous · Races: Elves: Other
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 630
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-11-21 18:46:34
This is such a great piece, and, like the best parodies honors both
originals.
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Title: Unchanged · Author: Marta · Times: Late Third Age: Fixed-Length
Ficlet · ID: 926
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-11-21 18:50:06
This is sweet, and complex. Rory's voice carries so much - a touch of
envy, fatigue, and even pride and umbrage as he measures his gains
against Bilbo's.
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Title: Homecomings · Author: Marta · Times: The Great Years: General
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 225
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2006-11-21 18:54:31
This was an ambitions project, and well done. I was pleasantly surprised
to see how similar so many of the responses were, in essense: Are you
whole? Are you happy? Are you home ... ?
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Title: In The Pits Of Utumno · Author: Jay of Lasgalen · Races: Elves ·
ID: 164
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-21 20:24:16
When children begin to play out their history lessons, then someone is
doing SOMETHING right! Yes, it appears that Glorfindel is indeed a
wonderful teacher, and the twins the type of students I'd adore to have
myself.

Beautifully written and delightful to read. Thank you for the giggles.
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Title: Just Desserts · Author: Lindelea · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond ·
ID: 161
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-21 20:31:51
Return Jack, the Man who once felt free to enter the Shire and delighted
in entertaining its inhabitants. Once when Pippin was a small child Jack
found him wandering lost and brought him to Bag End; then later in life,
finding himself in need he thought to enter the Shire and steal some of
the Thain's gold--only to find himself saving Pippin's wife, son, and
their escort. Diamond helps him escape, and he goes to Annuminas.

When he is recognized by those who knew his good deeds within the Shire,
however, Aragorn's cousin who serves as Northern Steward sets out to
execute the King's Justice on Men who enter the Shire, but without the
King's Mercy.

A tale of redemption and growing peace and healing of the soul; and the
ending is MOST satisfying.
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Title: SpiderWebs · Author: Lindelea · Races: Hobbits: Children · ID: 783
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-21 20:34:48
Ah, Celandine, how satisfying that you manage at last to wreak some
well-deserved vengeance, even if it does get you back in the corner again!

A wonderful look at children and their machinations, and the constant
war between lads and lasses.
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Title: The Tenth Walker · Author: Lindelea · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Incomplete · ID: 198
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-21 20:48:45
Here we see the trip from Bree through the eyes of Bill the Pony, the
true Tenth Walker. The story is wonderful, and the perceptions of our
beloved four Hobbits and one Ranger by Bill enchanting. I read each
chapter as it comes and wait impatiently for the next. One of the
difficulties of following the work of so prolific a writer with such a
vivid imagination is that one has so many stories one finds oneself
waiting anxiously for the next chapter to be posted. Certainly this has
been the way of it with this story (hint, hint!).
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Title: To Tell a Tale · Author: Anso the
Hobbit/Beruthiel/Bodkin/Dreamflower/Elendiari22/Jay of
Lasgalen/Lindelea/Pearl Took/pipkinsweetgrass/Rabidsamfan/Shirebound
CoAuthors · Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete · ID: 973
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 02:26:21
The stories in this collection of ficlets are imaginative, humorous, and
delightful; and the entire scenario of keeping Pippin abed to heal from
a bad infection by various people telling him tales is a perfect setting
for the telling.
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Title: At Crickhollow · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits: Merry &
Pippin · ID: 241
Reviewer: Pearl Took · 2006-11-22 02:42:42
This is a wonderful, gentle tale about two friends settling into their
new home. I love that it is such a calm story.
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Title: Sword Play · Author: Lindelea · Times: Fourth Age and Beyond: The
Shire · ID: 782
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 02:48:28
Goldilocks Gardner and Faramir Took have not been on the best of
footing, him being a lad and her a lass; but on a day when the Thain
visited the Mayor accompanied by his son Goldy found herself having to
entertain Pippin's heir. But the sword on the wall proved a temptation
to the two children; and next thing they know they are in the garden
picking flowers for the table, and slip to a more interesting occupation
as Faramir gives his small hostess her first lessons in handling a sword.

And what are the consequences to be for handling Sting, for picking all
the blooms in one flower bed, and then forgetting their task to practice
swordplay? Sam has taken thought for that over the space of the
afternoon....

Lovely short story, and well done.
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Title: In a Pig's Eye · Author: Lindelea · Genres: Humor · ID: 747
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 02:50:29
A humorous look at an exhausted, overstimulated Took and the pig sty for
Imladris.
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Title: When Winter Fell · Author: Lindelea · Races: Hobbits: Incomplete
· ID: 111
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 02:54:37
Lindelea does a marvelous job of alternating chapters between Bilbo and
the journal he's reading. And in learning how the Shire survived the
Fell Winter Bilbo prepares for his own adventures, and meets an uncle
he'd always considered a bit cracked....

I only hope this one is completed one day.
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Title: On Being the Youngest · Author: Bodkin · Races: Cross-Cultural:
With Hobbits · ID: 45
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 03:09:27
A wonderful conversation between Pippin and Legolas regarding the
advantages of sending the relatively young and inexperienced on the
quest. We certainly see both participants shown off to best advantage, I
think.
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Title: Stronger Songs · Author: Marta · Times: First Age and Prior:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 688
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-11-22 03:17:41
Charming and effective drabble about an encounter between two Tolkien
characters rarely, if ever, meeting in fanfic. The quietly reflective
nature of one is brilliantly contrasted with the ebullience of the other.

Excellent use of two of the Professor's most memorable creations.
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Title: First Impressions · Author: Bodkin · Races: Men: Featuring
Aragorn · ID: 806
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 03:22:19
For one raised in comfort and even luxury as Estel, to find himself now
Aragorn son of Arathorn and having to live a far rougher life must have
been quite a challenge. In a conversation with his kinsman Halbarad
young Estel begins, however, to accept the need to make the transition.
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Title: Healing the Healer · Author: SlightlyTookish · Times: The Great
Years: The Fellowship · ID: 935
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-11-22 04:13:32
A delightful story wherein the tables turn on Elven-trained healer
Aragorn when he gets a cold and the hobbits insist on treating him. That
the various treatments and remedies exhaust poor Aragorn does not
diminish the good-hearted hobbits' enthusiasm nor the amusement of the
others of the Fellowship.

Well-told story, with light, warm-hearted humor. I liked the ending, too.
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Title: Elements · Author: Pearl Took · Times: The Great Years · ID: 667
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2006-11-22 04:20:11
Excellent look at Gandalf; whose thoughts take the reader to the
beginning of his remade life and even the beginning of Arda. The writer
does a fine job communicating the thought processes of an ancient and
incalculably wise entity confined to a powerful but mortal shell.
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Title: Awaiting The Thaw · Author: Bodkin · Genres: Romance · ID: 953
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 04:27:21
This story of the love of one for Elladan, a love long ignored but
finally acknowledged, is beautifully done. One truly feels the
compassion and frustration of Miriwen, and the furious despair of the
sons of Elrond as they take out their pain from their mother's wounding
on the world, then the hope as Elladan and Elrohir finally give over the
anger and rejoin the world, finally coming to Aman to once again find
further healing.

A superb story, superbly written.
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Title: Sums, Showers, and Scones · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits:
Pre-Quest · ID: 890
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 04:54:06
A sweet bit of fluff, complete with recipes.
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Title: For Arda · Author: Dreamflower · Genres: Drama: Poetry · ID: 885
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 04:56:05
This is as much a tribute to Tolkien himself as to the world of Arda he
created. A wonderful introduction to "dribble" poetry.
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Title: All Is Well · Author: Gryffinjack · Times: Late Third Age: The
Shire · ID: 969
Reviewer: Budgielover · 2006-11-22 04:58:18
I loved this story from the first because it presented hobbits in their
own environment, and Pippin-lad exactly as he should be as a happy,
well-loved child surrounded by family and friends who loved him just as
much as he loved them. The author so beautifully portrayed the things
important to hobbit-folk; family, food, friends, with such a loving eye.
Where there was fear or hurt, comfort was always close by. The reader
felt warmed by this story, even with its dark foreboding, and rejoiced
in an innocent time when hobbits could be nothing more important or
frightening than hobbits.
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Title: At Crickhollow · Author: Dreamflower · Races: Hobbits: Merry &
Pippin · ID: 241
Reviewer: Larner · 2006-11-22 05:02:09
Another moment of lovely fluff as Pippin and Merry finally feel settled
into the house at Crickhollow, and Merry finds ease with a rest and
song. Perhaps a bit too close to the anniversary of the day death
claimed Theoden son of Thengel....
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Title: The Short Cut · Author: Garnet Took · Races: Hobbits: Friendship
· ID: 827
Reviewer: Budgielover · 2006-11-22 05:04:09
I loved the simplicity of this story, the enjoyment of the day in
absolute hobbit-way, and in the relationship between these two young
cousins. The way that Pippin looks up to his big cousin, and Merry's
automatic acceptance of that adoration, comprises the ideal of every
loving relationship between children. The dialogue between elder and
younger is delightful, echoing that used by Professor Tolkien, but fresh
and sweet and somehow very hobbit-ish. This story allows the reader to
enjoy the peace of hobbit-life along with the characters, and share in
their little adventure, a third, silent party to a wonderful day.
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