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Msg# 8378
MEFA Reviews for November 4, 2007 (Part 2) Posted by Ann November 04, 2007 - 5:52:33 Topic ID# 8378Title: Not an Ordinary Day · Author: nau_tika · Genres: Drama: The
Fellowship · ID: 737
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 02:34:03
This was a truly delightful story which lifted my heart to read.On the
surface,it concerns Pippin causing an unfortunate accident to
Legolas,but the heart of the story is friendship and mutual support,
something we all need and can identify with.
Pippin is mortified in having hurt Legolas, but everyone tries to make
him feel better,especially Boromir and Aragorn. I found Pippin's scene
with Aragorn,especially touching and the reminder that we all mistakes
and should not judge harshly is a very good point on which to conclude.
I had forgotten just how much I'd enjoyed this story on my first
reading and it was a pleasure to return to it.
Title: Black Eyes · Author: Lialathuveril · Genres: Romance: With
Rohirrim · ID: 177
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-15 03:15:35
This second of Lialathuveril's charming Eomer/Lothiriel romances is
one of the best of the genre - crackling with wit, tension, and good
dialogue. The plot is fine too; with a genuine crisis that is
particularly believable. I like Lothiriel being, as the daughter of a
great military captain, conversant in both military strategy and the
practical aspects of provisioning.
Title: The Tragedye of Leaflet, Prince of Mirkwood · Author: Jael ·
Genres: Humor: Parody · ID: 243
Reviewer: Ignoble Bard · 2007-10-15 03:26:15
Odds bodkins, what a tale rests herein! Hark and I shall list its many
japes and jests as they fall just so, trippingly from my fingers. 'Tis
a tale full of sound and fury, signifying laughter, as Leaflet and his
trusty companion, Aragorn (Now tell me, who deservest to be the hero
and who the sidekick in these tales?) return to Mirkwood to find an
unfortunate elleth being laid to rest by two ribald gravediggers. But
the tale endeth not there as it is discovered the elleth hath died of
boredome waiting for her attentions to be returned by Prince Leaflet,
who only has eyes for… anyone of the male persuasion as it wouldst seem.
Much skullduggery ensueth as Leaflet and Aragorn chat up the
gravediggers until the guest of honor arrives, along with King
Thranduil and his retinue. Yet something remaineth rotten in the woods
of mirk as the Elves canst resist engaging in a bit of gamesmanship
over the corpse as to who loveth the fair Orofiriel more.
A great little ficlet for lovers of Shakespeare and humor alike, this
is a great send up of both the Immortal Bard and the conventions of
LOTR. Tryeth it, and thou shallst regreteth it not.
Title: Mardil Goes A-Courting · Author: Le Rouret · Genres: Humor:
Gondor or Rohan · ID: 366
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:28:20
This amusing story is a delightful read.The characters are somewhat
more informal than my personal view of them, but the writer makes them
very likeable and the tale is enjoyable.
Title: Romancing the Smut · Author: Llinos · Genres: Poetry: With
Hobbits · ID: 797
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:33:57
This was very funny!
Title: An Unexpected Party · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Humor: Drabble
· ID: 16
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:36:37
This was both clever and hilarious as the very talented author manages
to skillfully combine Tolkien's Dwarfs with Disneys!
Title: The Tragedye of Leaflet, Prince of Mirkwood · Author: Jael ·
Genres: Humor: Parody · ID: 243
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 04:45:11
What a wonderful, well-crafted story. It raises the bar for the genre
of comedy/parody. I particularly love how it takes on Hamlet and wins!
Oh, dear, I cannot even write this review about it without laughing.
The lady knows her Shakespeare and also is not afraid to give him a
poke or two, mild ones in comparison to what she does to Tolkien
fanfic slash, however! Ouch! It helps to be familiar with some of the
worst clichés of the genre, but certainly is not necessary to
appreciate this story.
That poor girl--the dead one I mean. She gets even more sympathy from
me than the real Ophelia did (is histrionic the word I want?). Love
the gravediggers and their songs. The mix-ups and misunderstandings
are handled just right. Legolas and Aragorn are adorable.
I don't necessarily agree or intend to defend the scholars who claim
that Shakespeare's comedies are better than his tragedies, but
something of the overworked student still lives in me I think, for me
to get such a thrill out of Hamlet-the-Comedy. (He did go on and on,
didn't he? Took himself a bit seriously, I would say.) Now Jael will
probably hunt me down and beat me with a stick, because she clearly
knows and loves her Shakespeare.
Title: Coda · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Second Age: Drabble · ID: 627
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 05:02:37
This is one of the absolute best drabbles that I have ever read. It is
heartbreaking for me to think of the book being lost (I know, I'm
probably missing the main point here, but haven't we all dreamed of
how wonderful it would be to get our hands on am actual text of the
Noldolantë). I also like to think about Maglor's relationship to Elros
and Elrond and this drabble is satisfying in that it leads me to think
about another possible aspect of that. My opinion that the drabble is
a much misused format is only reinforced by reading one like this,
which take the convention and uses it as it should be used--Taking not
one but two intriguing subjects (the story of Maglor, Elros and Elrond
as well as the destruction of Númenor) and exploring them in so few words.
Title: Rage · Author: Deandra · Genres: Drama: Minas Tirith · ID: 353
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-15 05:03:37
A new and rather different spin on the romance of Eomer and Lothiriel
- in this tale; Eomer is not the appealing studly horse-lord we've
come to know and love; but a man who bears his own scars from the Ring
War.
Interesting and appealing story, with good chemistry between Eomer and
Lothiriel; the latter being gentle and well-mannered but no pushover.
Title: To Represent the Elves · Author: Nieriel Raina · Genres: Humor
· ID: 810
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 05:07:51
An amusing and delightful story in which Pippin asks Legolas a lot of
questions and is amazed by the Elf's great age.I personally,would find
so many questions annoying but then, though I consider myself quite
ancient,in the eyes of the Elves, I'm hardly more than an infant!
I loved the way the writer depicts the growing friendship betwen Elf
and Hobbit here, a friendship not often explored in fanfic.
Title: Bonfires of Trust, Flashfloods of Pain · Author: Klose ·
Genres: Drama: Second Age or Earlier · ID: 413
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 05:25:38
This is a moving and intriguing account of some of the reasons why
Fingolfin chose to follow Fëanor from Aman. Canon, of course, sums it
up rather tersely as his desire not to leave the leadership of his
people in the hands of Fëanor. Klose explores in detail other personal
aspects of that story.
Her look at the family relationships, at Fingolfin's love for his
children, Fingon, in particular, and on the other hand for his wife,
are convincing and psychologically authentic. The part where Fingolfin
describes his memories of Fingon injuring himself as a young child and
looking to his parents to make it better is heart-wrenching.
The small details and large considerations of the motivation for the
separation of Fingolfin and Anairë is devastating. As Klose writes
it,.its inevitability makes it no less painful. Many of us writing
fanfiction are very partisan in holding onto to motivations for
characters, created with the little bits and pieces we have cobbled
together from canon to develop our own stories, or the back stories
that support them. This story impresses me because, despite the fact
that I hold somewhat different opinions of how or why Fingolfin might
have made his choices, Klose has caused me, at very least for the
course of her short story, to suspend all of those and accept her
telling of it.
Title: Calm after the Storm · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Adventure:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 350
Reviewer: Isabeau of Greenlea · 2007-10-15 06:39:53
I really enjoyed this one, being of the firm opinion that there can
never, ever be enough Nekkid!Imrahil. Or Almost Nekkid!Imrahil.
Beautiful images-the sense of heat and weariness come through, as well
as the refreshment of the plunge.
Title: Maiden Voyage · Author: Fawsley · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Drabble · ID: 654
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:33:55
This wonderfully captures that moment when intention becomes reality,
as the voyagers realize they have finally left home behind.
Title: Through Shadows · Author: Marta · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: General Drabble · ID: 620
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:39:41
This is such an interesting drabble. Gimli is caught here at a moment
of transition in a voyage filled with transition. He rejects his
people's traditions ["No true dwarf would take an Outsider to
Kheled-zâram"], allies himself with the outside world. However, in
putting his faith in Frodo, he is rewarded, as the Hobbit is shown to
be worthy of the trust of all Dwarves. By defying his own customs,
Gimli places the fate, and faith, of his people into the Ringbearer's
hands.
Title: Another Doom · Author: mrkinch · Races: Men: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 663
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:41:39
This is an interesting portrait of Boromir, motivated by and seeking
salvation in what may very well be his own doom.
Title: Duty and Devotion · Author: Marta · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 411
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-15 23:57:29
We know Beregond left his post indeed to seek to protect his beloved
Captain Faramir, but in this ficlet we see the precise thinking that
led to the decision. What devotion the younger son of Denethor
inspired in the men who sought to protect Gondor!
Title: Missing · Author: conniemarie · Races: Hobbits: Vignette · ID: 731
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:20:25
These four vignettes--Merry and Pippin worried for what has occurred
with Frodo and Sam, Marigold and Rosie seeking to scry for where Sam
might be, Esmeralda demanding of her brother that Paladin tell her
what might have happened to their sons, and Sam watching over Frodo as
the Ring takes Its toll of him as they struggle along the road into
and through Mordor--are heartbreaking. Based on movie-verse, they yet
show the characters from book-verse.
Excellent images, and well communicated mood.
Title: The Yuletide Festival Feast Song · Author: Llinos · Genres:
Poetry: With Hobbits · ID: 802
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:26:04
With such a list of viands, the Yule feast cannot be anything but
filling! A good deal of fun to read.
Title: Late Start, Early Finish · Author: Lily Baggins · Genres:
Humor: Parody · ID: 602
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:32:43
Too old?
Title: Sunshine and Roses · Author: shirelinghpc · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Gondor · ID: 531
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:51:57
Merry and Pippin have one another, while Frodo recovers on his own--or
perhaps not. But when he sees that Sam is growing increasingly
isolated as no one appears to notice his pain, Faramir grows
increasingly concerned, until his taking the gardener apart and
speaking with him causes a crisis. Now the therapy prescribed by the
King allows Sam to find his own way.
I wish I could see Sam's final gift to Faramir myself!
Title: Charms of Wisdom and Grace · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Drama: Ithilien · ID: 460
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:55:17
Signs of love can take so many forms; and in this companion to Ann's
weaving song we see it taking an unusual shape under Faramir's hands.
Love and easing expressed, as always with Annmarwalk, so eloquently,
Title: Debbie Does The Two Towers · Author: GypsieRose · Genres:
Alternate Universe · ID: 747
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 01:22:57
A rousing AU parody epic, starring the irrepressible self-insert Mary
Sue to beat all Mary Sues, Debbie. Debbie of course conquers all, via
sex or psychoanalysis or common sense, with pepper spray and karate to
subdue those pesky Uruk-hai.
Nothing is to be taken seriously here; and the sex, which, considering
that Debbie is well-built and accomodating, is not graphic, more
usually cleverly mentioned rather than vividly described. The girl
goes through practically every male participant in both book and
movie, from Elrond to Aragorn to the hobbits and some Ents; and
rallies the troops at Helm's Deep.
The narrative and the dialogue are quite brisk; and the plot,
improbable as it is, makes a kind of zany, tongue-in-cheek sense. Not
for the kiddies, but not unsafe for older teens either...
I've always loved a good parody, and this one fits the bill. Highly
recommended; as are the other installments in the series.
Title: In the Waiting · Author: Altariel · Races: Men: Gondor · ID: 392
Reviewer: Ignoble Bard · 2007-10-16 01:34:58
Another excellent piece from Altariel of Faramir's musings after
letting Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor..This is an
amazing little vignette featuring Faramir. Faramir is a difficult
character to write well, at least in my opinion, because he has such
emotional depth, and no one brings that out like Altariel. She is a
consummate observer of the human condition and her stories are always
a treat to read.
Faramir's moment of introspection is both a great character piece and
an insightful look into the family dynamic that makes the ring leave
him cold where his brother was driven to desperation. The final lines
are chilling and gave me a whole new appreciation of the risks Faramir
took by following the path he chose.
Title: Reunion · Author: Larner · Genres: Drama · ID: 727
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 01:54:10
Poignant and touching story of the last days of Sam, as he makes the
decision to journey to the Undying Lands, his reunion with Frodo, and
their ultimate fate. Larner is a sensitive storyteller with an
affinity for hobbits.
Interesting connections between Aragorn and the two hobbits; and the
White Trees (one in Minas Tirith, the other in the West).
Title: The Departure of Boromir · Author: Narnian Sprite · Genres:
Drama · ID: 622
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 02:06:17
A stirring, rather majestic account of Boromir's death and passage
beyond it. I like the way Boromir's spirit opens up to the world
beyond Middle-earth, and eternity
Fellowship · ID: 737
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 02:34:03
This was a truly delightful story which lifted my heart to read.On the
surface,it concerns Pippin causing an unfortunate accident to
Legolas,but the heart of the story is friendship and mutual support,
something we all need and can identify with.
Pippin is mortified in having hurt Legolas, but everyone tries to make
him feel better,especially Boromir and Aragorn. I found Pippin's scene
with Aragorn,especially touching and the reminder that we all mistakes
and should not judge harshly is a very good point on which to conclude.
I had forgotten just how much I'd enjoyed this story on my first
reading and it was a pleasure to return to it.
Title: Black Eyes · Author: Lialathuveril · Genres: Romance: With
Rohirrim · ID: 177
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-15 03:15:35
This second of Lialathuveril's charming Eomer/Lothiriel romances is
one of the best of the genre - crackling with wit, tension, and good
dialogue. The plot is fine too; with a genuine crisis that is
particularly believable. I like Lothiriel being, as the daughter of a
great military captain, conversant in both military strategy and the
practical aspects of provisioning.
Title: The Tragedye of Leaflet, Prince of Mirkwood · Author: Jael ·
Genres: Humor: Parody · ID: 243
Reviewer: Ignoble Bard · 2007-10-15 03:26:15
Odds bodkins, what a tale rests herein! Hark and I shall list its many
japes and jests as they fall just so, trippingly from my fingers. 'Tis
a tale full of sound and fury, signifying laughter, as Leaflet and his
trusty companion, Aragorn (Now tell me, who deservest to be the hero
and who the sidekick in these tales?) return to Mirkwood to find an
unfortunate elleth being laid to rest by two ribald gravediggers. But
the tale endeth not there as it is discovered the elleth hath died of
boredome waiting for her attentions to be returned by Prince Leaflet,
who only has eyes for… anyone of the male persuasion as it wouldst seem.
Much skullduggery ensueth as Leaflet and Aragorn chat up the
gravediggers until the guest of honor arrives, along with King
Thranduil and his retinue. Yet something remaineth rotten in the woods
of mirk as the Elves canst resist engaging in a bit of gamesmanship
over the corpse as to who loveth the fair Orofiriel more.
A great little ficlet for lovers of Shakespeare and humor alike, this
is a great send up of both the Immortal Bard and the conventions of
LOTR. Tryeth it, and thou shallst regreteth it not.
Title: Mardil Goes A-Courting · Author: Le Rouret · Genres: Humor:
Gondor or Rohan · ID: 366
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:28:20
This amusing story is a delightful read.The characters are somewhat
more informal than my personal view of them, but the writer makes them
very likeable and the tale is enjoyable.
Title: Romancing the Smut · Author: Llinos · Genres: Poetry: With
Hobbits · ID: 797
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:33:57
This was very funny!
Title: An Unexpected Party · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Humor: Drabble
· ID: 16
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 04:36:37
This was both clever and hilarious as the very talented author manages
to skillfully combine Tolkien's Dwarfs with Disneys!
Title: The Tragedye of Leaflet, Prince of Mirkwood · Author: Jael ·
Genres: Humor: Parody · ID: 243
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 04:45:11
What a wonderful, well-crafted story. It raises the bar for the genre
of comedy/parody. I particularly love how it takes on Hamlet and wins!
Oh, dear, I cannot even write this review about it without laughing.
The lady knows her Shakespeare and also is not afraid to give him a
poke or two, mild ones in comparison to what she does to Tolkien
fanfic slash, however! Ouch! It helps to be familiar with some of the
worst clichés of the genre, but certainly is not necessary to
appreciate this story.
That poor girl--the dead one I mean. She gets even more sympathy from
me than the real Ophelia did (is histrionic the word I want?). Love
the gravediggers and their songs. The mix-ups and misunderstandings
are handled just right. Legolas and Aragorn are adorable.
I don't necessarily agree or intend to defend the scholars who claim
that Shakespeare's comedies are better than his tragedies, but
something of the overworked student still lives in me I think, for me
to get such a thrill out of Hamlet-the-Comedy. (He did go on and on,
didn't he? Took himself a bit seriously, I would say.) Now Jael will
probably hunt me down and beat me with a stick, because she clearly
knows and loves her Shakespeare.
Title: Coda · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Second Age: Drabble · ID: 627
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 05:02:37
This is one of the absolute best drabbles that I have ever read. It is
heartbreaking for me to think of the book being lost (I know, I'm
probably missing the main point here, but haven't we all dreamed of
how wonderful it would be to get our hands on am actual text of the
Noldolantë). I also like to think about Maglor's relationship to Elros
and Elrond and this drabble is satisfying in that it leads me to think
about another possible aspect of that. My opinion that the drabble is
a much misused format is only reinforced by reading one like this,
which take the convention and uses it as it should be used--Taking not
one but two intriguing subjects (the story of Maglor, Elros and Elrond
as well as the destruction of Númenor) and exploring them in so few words.
Title: Rage · Author: Deandra · Genres: Drama: Minas Tirith · ID: 353
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-15 05:03:37
A new and rather different spin on the romance of Eomer and Lothiriel
- in this tale; Eomer is not the appealing studly horse-lord we've
come to know and love; but a man who bears his own scars from the Ring
War.
Interesting and appealing story, with good chemistry between Eomer and
Lothiriel; the latter being gentle and well-mannered but no pushover.
Title: To Represent the Elves · Author: Nieriel Raina · Genres: Humor
· ID: 810
Reviewer: Linda hoyland · 2007-10-15 05:07:51
An amusing and delightful story in which Pippin asks Legolas a lot of
questions and is amazed by the Elf's great age.I personally,would find
so many questions annoying but then, though I consider myself quite
ancient,in the eyes of the Elves, I'm hardly more than an infant!
I loved the way the writer depicts the growing friendship betwen Elf
and Hobbit here, a friendship not often explored in fanfic.
Title: Bonfires of Trust, Flashfloods of Pain · Author: Klose ·
Genres: Drama: Second Age or Earlier · ID: 413
Reviewer: Oshun · 2007-10-15 05:25:38
This is a moving and intriguing account of some of the reasons why
Fingolfin chose to follow Fëanor from Aman. Canon, of course, sums it
up rather tersely as his desire not to leave the leadership of his
people in the hands of Fëanor. Klose explores in detail other personal
aspects of that story.
Her look at the family relationships, at Fingolfin's love for his
children, Fingon, in particular, and on the other hand for his wife,
are convincing and psychologically authentic. The part where Fingolfin
describes his memories of Fingon injuring himself as a young child and
looking to his parents to make it better is heart-wrenching.
The small details and large considerations of the motivation for the
separation of Fingolfin and Anairë is devastating. As Klose writes
it,.its inevitability makes it no less painful. Many of us writing
fanfiction are very partisan in holding onto to motivations for
characters, created with the little bits and pieces we have cobbled
together from canon to develop our own stories, or the back stories
that support them. This story impresses me because, despite the fact
that I hold somewhat different opinions of how or why Fingolfin might
have made his choices, Klose has caused me, at very least for the
course of her short story, to suspend all of those and accept her
telling of it.
Title: Calm after the Storm · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Adventure:
Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 350
Reviewer: Isabeau of Greenlea · 2007-10-15 06:39:53
I really enjoyed this one, being of the firm opinion that there can
never, ever be enough Nekkid!Imrahil. Or Almost Nekkid!Imrahil.
Beautiful images-the sense of heat and weariness come through, as well
as the refreshment of the plunge.
Title: Maiden Voyage · Author: Fawsley · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Drabble · ID: 654
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:33:55
This wonderfully captures that moment when intention becomes reality,
as the voyagers realize they have finally left home behind.
Title: Through Shadows · Author: Marta · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: General Drabble · ID: 620
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:39:41
This is such an interesting drabble. Gimli is caught here at a moment
of transition in a voyage filled with transition. He rejects his
people's traditions ["No true dwarf would take an Outsider to
Kheled-zâram"], allies himself with the outside world. However, in
putting his faith in Frodo, he is rewarded, as the Hobbit is shown to
be worthy of the trust of all Dwarves. By defying his own customs,
Gimli places the fate, and faith, of his people into the Ringbearer's
hands.
Title: Another Doom · Author: mrkinch · Races: Men: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 663
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2007-10-15 16:41:39
This is an interesting portrait of Boromir, motivated by and seeking
salvation in what may very well be his own doom.
Title: Duty and Devotion · Author: Marta · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 411
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-15 23:57:29
We know Beregond left his post indeed to seek to protect his beloved
Captain Faramir, but in this ficlet we see the precise thinking that
led to the decision. What devotion the younger son of Denethor
inspired in the men who sought to protect Gondor!
Title: Missing · Author: conniemarie · Races: Hobbits: Vignette · ID: 731
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:20:25
These four vignettes--Merry and Pippin worried for what has occurred
with Frodo and Sam, Marigold and Rosie seeking to scry for where Sam
might be, Esmeralda demanding of her brother that Paladin tell her
what might have happened to their sons, and Sam watching over Frodo as
the Ring takes Its toll of him as they struggle along the road into
and through Mordor--are heartbreaking. Based on movie-verse, they yet
show the characters from book-verse.
Excellent images, and well communicated mood.
Title: The Yuletide Festival Feast Song · Author: Llinos · Genres:
Poetry: With Hobbits · ID: 802
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:26:04
With such a list of viands, the Yule feast cannot be anything but
filling! A good deal of fun to read.
Title: Late Start, Early Finish · Author: Lily Baggins · Genres:
Humor: Parody · ID: 602
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:32:43
Too old?
Title: Sunshine and Roses · Author: shirelinghpc · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Gondor · ID: 531
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:51:57
Merry and Pippin have one another, while Frodo recovers on his own--or
perhaps not. But when he sees that Sam is growing increasingly
isolated as no one appears to notice his pain, Faramir grows
increasingly concerned, until his taking the gardener apart and
speaking with him causes a crisis. Now the therapy prescribed by the
King allows Sam to find his own way.
I wish I could see Sam's final gift to Faramir myself!
Title: Charms of Wisdom and Grace · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Drama: Ithilien · ID: 460
Reviewer: Larner · 2007-10-16 00:55:17
Signs of love can take so many forms; and in this companion to Ann's
weaving song we see it taking an unusual shape under Faramir's hands.
Love and easing expressed, as always with Annmarwalk, so eloquently,
Title: Debbie Does The Two Towers · Author: GypsieRose · Genres:
Alternate Universe · ID: 747
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 01:22:57
A rousing AU parody epic, starring the irrepressible self-insert Mary
Sue to beat all Mary Sues, Debbie. Debbie of course conquers all, via
sex or psychoanalysis or common sense, with pepper spray and karate to
subdue those pesky Uruk-hai.
Nothing is to be taken seriously here; and the sex, which, considering
that Debbie is well-built and accomodating, is not graphic, more
usually cleverly mentioned rather than vividly described. The girl
goes through practically every male participant in both book and
movie, from Elrond to Aragorn to the hobbits and some Ents; and
rallies the troops at Helm's Deep.
The narrative and the dialogue are quite brisk; and the plot,
improbable as it is, makes a kind of zany, tongue-in-cheek sense. Not
for the kiddies, but not unsafe for older teens either...
I've always loved a good parody, and this one fits the bill. Highly
recommended; as are the other installments in the series.
Title: In the Waiting · Author: Altariel · Races: Men: Gondor · ID: 392
Reviewer: Ignoble Bard · 2007-10-16 01:34:58
Another excellent piece from Altariel of Faramir's musings after
letting Frodo and Sam continue their journey to Mordor..This is an
amazing little vignette featuring Faramir. Faramir is a difficult
character to write well, at least in my opinion, because he has such
emotional depth, and no one brings that out like Altariel. She is a
consummate observer of the human condition and her stories are always
a treat to read.
Faramir's moment of introspection is both a great character piece and
an insightful look into the family dynamic that makes the ring leave
him cold where his brother was driven to desperation. The final lines
are chilling and gave me a whole new appreciation of the risks Faramir
took by following the path he chose.
Title: Reunion · Author: Larner · Genres: Drama · ID: 727
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 01:54:10
Poignant and touching story of the last days of Sam, as he makes the
decision to journey to the Undying Lands, his reunion with Frodo, and
their ultimate fate. Larner is a sensitive storyteller with an
affinity for hobbits.
Interesting connections between Aragorn and the two hobbits; and the
White Trees (one in Minas Tirith, the other in the West).
Title: The Departure of Boromir · Author: Narnian Sprite · Genres:
Drama · ID: 622
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-10-16 02:06:17
A stirring, rather majestic account of Boromir's death and passage
beyond it. I like the way Boromir's spirit opens up to the world
beyond Middle-earth, and eternity
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