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Title: With No Pity · Author: Elen Kortirion · Races: Villains:
Drabble · ID: 391
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:13:41
What an unexpected twist! Very thought provoking to see "the good
guys" as the "bad guys" would have viewed them.

Title: The Void · Author: SheBit · Races: Villains: Drabble · ID: 452
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:18:30
Brrrr! Now I have visions of Morgoth biding his time, out there in the
Void. Very well done - a dark and chilling piece. I like the way that
the father protected his son from the knowledge until he was old
enough to comprehend the significance.

Title: Fell Beasts · Author: Tanaqui · Races: Villains: Drabble · ID: 403
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:21:49
I have often wondered at the origins of the Fell Beasts. Reading this
gave me a real sense of foreboding. Well done!

Title: Justice · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Drama: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 633
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:32:08
What a wonderful glimpse of the sort of man - and King - that Aragorn
is. The difference between these two men could not be greater but it
is clear that Aragorn cares nothing for that. Well done!

Title: For everything, there is a season · Author: Tanaqui · Genres:
Drama: Gondor Drabble · ID: 696
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:40:59
This is stunning! I liked so many things about it, especially that
good ultimately came about from evil chance and that Time heals all
things. There is a very Tolkienesque quality about this drabble and a
very peaceful sense of the proper and inexorable progression of things
even though no one is there to see.

Title: Circumstances · Author: Marta · Genres: Drama: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 621
Reviewer: Marigold · 2007-10-07 18:46:27
I really like glimpses of Aragorn during his wanderings and this is no
exception. Using the sisters to show him to us was well done and much
more effective than relating the event from Aragorn's pov. Interesting
too, to see something written about Denethor's older siblings!

Title: Perturbation of Fate · Author: Rhapsody · Genres: Drama:
General Drabble · ID: 428
Reviewer: Robinka · 2007-10-07 18:49:41
Ah, Maglor the faithful, bound by the Oath until the time changes and
Arda no longer exists. This is a great, bittersweet take on his
reasons to remain on the shores instead of trying to seek redemption.
Very moving, emotional drabble. Excellent imagery adds to it. I sweep
a deep bow before Rhapsody's talent to capture such a scene in so few
words. Wonderful job!

Title: Kissing Hope · Author: Linda hoyland · Genres: Romance: Drabble
· ID: 574
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:37:58
A very sweet Aragorn/Arwen drabble, written in response to the prompt
"K-like kissing the king of Numenor".

Title: At The Foot of the Sarn Gebir · Author: Rabidsamfan · Times:
Late Third Age: 3018-3022 TA · ID: 787
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:38:21
What a surprise to find something by Rabidsamfan that I had not read
before. It's a very simple and telling little ficlet. Sam needs to
feel useful--and rowing a boat does not fill that need.

In the simple act of cooking breakfast for the Company, he is able to
ground and center himself; being of use to the others makes him feel
whole, and cooking is a familiar task that soothes and settles him. He
knows his contribution will be appreciated, and he is able to draw
strength from that. It's so Sam, and there are few other authors who
are able to show him in such perfect light.

Title: Foray · Author: Raksha the Demon · Times: Mid Third Age: 2851 -
3017 TA · ID: 55
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:39:33
This is marvelous. In it we see Boromir the Protector, seeing his
younger brother off on his first training expedition. His musings on
Faramir, and his own need to keep his brother safe, are very
realistic--I love his anger at the thought that the Rangers might one
day claim Faramir for his archery skills, and his realization that it
would be fair to no one--least of all Faramir--to stand in the way of
that happening. I also loved the pride in Faramir with which the piece
ended.

I found it both touching and sad to see how all the others seeing
their young off were mothers. Denethor was far too busy being Steward
to have time for that sort of thing--it was *Boromir* who stood in
many ways as surrogate mother to his brother.

Title: The Green Knight and the Heir of Meduseld · Author: Le Rouret ·
Genres: Adventure · ID: 170
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:40:33
I really love Le Rouret's Green Knight universe, with its skillful use
of archaic language, and its atmosphere of chivalry. It's always good
to see Legolas in action, with his hobbit esquire Bandobras at his
side, but in this tale they play second fiddle to Faramir and Eowyn's
young son Fastred, who has been summoned to Meduseld to serve as his
uncle's heir. Along the way there is adventure and danger and
intrigue, and a good deal of growing up to do.

There are a number of AU elements in the story, but at the end it
returns, more or less, to canon.

Title: Nothing At All · Author: MagicalRachel · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 809
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:42:06
This is a beautiful little vignette, combining a number of things I
really like--a canon setting, and caring among the Fellowship. I love
the way Sam has to be coaxed into allowing his injuries to be dealt
with, and how he slyly and sweetly turns that around at the end, when
Frodo displays his own reluctance. It's a very cozy story, in spite of
the setting, and it's delightful to see the affection between Aragorn,
Frodo and Sam..

Title: Ribbons · Author: Lily · Races: Hobbits: Pre-Quest · ID: 246
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:42:42
A very sweet and hobbity romance between a minor canon character,
Merimac Brandybuck, and an OFC. Lily's Merimac is quite a rascal, but
Adamantha is more than a match for him.

Title: For Eyes to See That Can · Author: SlightlyTookish · Races:
Hobbits: Hurt/Comfort · ID: 770
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:43:25
Pippin's search for Merry after the Battle of the Pelennor has often
been the subject of fic. This one, in which Pippin relies on his
Tookish heritage to find his cousin is very touching.

Title: The Use of a Good Bit of Chain · Author: bodldops · Races:
Hobbits: Vignette · ID: 344
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:44:18
This story is an excellent example of the idea that even small acts of
kindness can have a huge impact upon the world.

Title: The Great Blotmath Walnut War In The Year 1423 · Author:
grey_wonderer · Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey Havens · ID: 165
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:47:20
This story is another of GWs attempts to kill me with laughter! Pippin
and Merry find themselves caught in the middle of a feud between two
of Pippin's sisters, over, of all things, a crop of walnuts! Things
escalate from bad to worse, culminating in Pervinca, naked, and hiding
behind a cow!

I have to say, my favorite moment, and one which made me cheer, was
Pippin's rare assertion of brotherly authority! When he manages to
sound like his father, hobbits jump!

Title: Steward and Thain · Author: agape4gondor · Races:
Cross-Cultural: The Fellowship · ID: 87
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:47:54
A lovely story exploring the special bond of friendship between Pippin
and Boromir, very touching and sweet.

Title: An Unexpected Party · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Humor: Drabble
· ID: 16
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-10-07 20:50:22
LOL! JRRT meets Disney--NOT a match made in heaven! But very funny all
the same!

Title: Drink Down the Sun · Author: Michelle · Races: Men: Eriador or
Rivendell · ID: 355
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-07 20:56:21
This was a beautifully written story concerning the birth of Aragorn
told from his father's point of view, all the more poignant when we
know how short a time father and son will spend together.

I lovbed the way Arathorn's impatience was described when he was
forced to wait outside the door.

Another lovely touch was Arathorn's dream of his grown up so.I liked
to think he was granted a glimpse of the great man that Aragorn would
become.

A nicely written story about an often neglected couple.

Title: Fruition · Author: EdorasLass · Genres: Alternate Universe:
Gondor or Rohan · ID: 7
Reviewer: Aliana · 2007-10-07 21:36:09
I think I've referred elsewhere to EdorasLass as being the Queen of
the Unsettling Alternate Universe Scenarios or something like that,
and I think I'm justified in saying that this gleefully shocking and
intermittently nasty (in a good way!) little morsel backs me up on
this. In context, the plot twists and reprisals among Thorongil,
Denethor, Finduilas, Imrahil et al in Third Age Minas Tirith seem
utterly (scarily) plausible, and EdorasLass keeps readers guessing
along the way as to just what is going on here. It both begins and
ends with a merciless "bang." Skilfully written and well-executed, I
think that perhaps my favourite aspect of this story is how it blows
the fanon perception of Finduilas, Imrahil and their Dol Amroth clan
as warm, sincere, honest and loving people right out of the water ands
turns both the strong and powerful Aragorn and Denethor into unwitting
conspiracy victims. I love it! Nice job, EdorasLass!

Title: Requesting Mercy · Author: Larner · Genres: Drama: The
Fellowship · ID: 681
Reviewer: Aliana · 2007-10-07 21:49:41
Centering around a particularly painful and sensitive subject, that of
the possibility of having to euthanize a companion felled by a
ringwraith's blade, the subject matter of Larner's "Requesting Mercy"
could easily have been spun into a maudlin and heavy-handed
discussion. However, the story is executed with both grace and
skill--I thought that both Sam's and Frodo's characterizations were
particularly well done. It also gives a sense of how the hobbits might
have felt towards death and killing as a part of everyday life early
on in the quest, something that Tolkien doesn't really get in to in
that part of the story. Mature, thoughtful and disturbing--well done,
Larner!

Title: Seeking to Please · Author: Gwynnyd · Genres: Romance: Pre-Ring
War · ID: 193
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-07 21:55:16
Elrohir has managed to force Arwen to bump into Aragorn, and to see he
isn't the callow young Man she remembers. An amusing and touching
encounter, setting the stage for the love yet to come.

Title: Shadow and Thought · Author: Linda hoyland · Genres: Drama:
With Aragorn · ID: 122
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-07 22:01:46
For the new King of Gondor, life is rather lonely; as it is for the
new Princess of Ithilien, who has convinced herself that her husband
married her out of duty and pity rather than love and who now loathes
Aragorn. As for Faramir--he's finding it difficult to communicate
appropriately with either wife or sovereign. But the period spent in a
hunting lodge isn't as peaceful as Arwen had planned, for the brother
of the porter Beregond slew at the doors to the Rath Dinen and a
nearby woman have revenge on their minds.

Quite the adventure for new King, Queen, Steward, and Princess. An
interesting look at our King and those closest to him in Gondor.

Title: Better Days Ahead · Author: Raksha the Demon · Genres: Humor:
Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 51
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-07 22:06:23
Ah--it's been a time since I read this one. Not all the orcs died in
the war, and we have a pep talk given by Shagrat to some of the
survivors, complete with a warning that perhaps Uruk blood runs in the
veins of Men to this day. Humorous and disturbing at the same time.
Well worth the read, I must say!

Title: Letting Go · Author: Rowan · Genres: Drama: The Shire · ID: 310
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-07 22:20:13
We know that Frodo offered to go with Bilbo when he abandoned the
Shire; Rowan has provided an excellent depiction of just how that
conversation might have happened, at the end of the last walking trip
the two of them shared. Wonderful, complete with the fox!