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Msg# 8474
MEFA Reviews for December 11, 2007 (Part 1) Posted by Ann December 11, 2007 - 4:50:19 Topic ID# 8474Title: The End of a Lonely Road · Author: White Gull · Races: Hobbits
· ID: 542
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:27:37
This was a fascinating AU and I liked Violet very much, she is a
refreshing change from most OFC's that almost invariably come off as
Mary Sues. This author has the skill to keep such a character original
and interesting.
Title: Rain on the Downs · Author: Breon Briarwood · Races: Hobbits ·
ID: 794
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:29:53
I especially enjoyed the flashback here. Frodo is my favourite
character and I always like to see more of his background. Good use of
the elements of the story challenge.
Title: Heirloom · Author: Pearl Took · Races: Hobbits · ID: 778
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:34:41
I really liked this story. The way that Pearl was able to impart
everyone's distinct personalities in such a brief section was great
and the thimble was such a good idea and very original. It seemed a
very hobbitlike item to me and really made the story work much better
than say a goblet or item of jewellrey being passed down. Every part
was separate and yet tied in perfectly to the story in a well done
progression.
Title: Hazardous Going · Author: Auntiemeesh · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 788
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:37:52
I like stories that tell us how the Travellers make use of skills
learned during the Quest after they have returned home and this one is
excellent. A good story!
Title: Stay With Me · Author: pippinfan88 · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 518
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:40:34
I have always felt that Pippin would have a strong bond with Esmeralda
and this story is a really good example of this bond. I love how
understanding she is here and it is easy to see that she is Merry's
mother - he has obviously inherited a good deal of his caring nature
from her. Very good story!
Title: Pippin's Little Experiment · Author: Budgielover · Races:
Cross-Cultural: With Pippin · ID: 291
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:42:58
This seems exactly what Pippin would do. Merry's exasperation and then
fear were written very well and I thought that the characterisations
were good. This story was fun to read.
Title: Living Tales · Author: pippinfan88 · Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey
Havens · ID: 806
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:49:12
I thought that the descriptions in this story were excellent! They
made me feel as if I were there sitting with the hobbits, I could see
the mountains and feel the breeze. I love the idea behind this story
about them being in a tale themselves - we are all of us living our
own tale (not so exciting as the hobbits' tale though!) but we usually
don't think about it in those terms. It was cool to see the hobbits
suddenly confronted with the knowledge that they were caught up in an
epic tale.
I liked all of the characterisations too and enjoyed the dialogue. A
really enjoyable story!
Title: Setting the Captives Free · Author: pippinfan88 · Races:
Hobbits: Post-Ring War · ID: 245
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:51:52
I liked seeing a more in depth view of what happened after the Battle
of Bywater. The sense of imperativeness was well done.
Title: Mercy · Author: conniemarie · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War ·
ID: 730
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:56:38
There are some nice descriptives in this story and there is a nice
wistfulness about it. I know it is AU but found the canon error of
intimating that Merry, Pippin and Sam all live close together very
jarring. Nice story save for that though.
Title: Merry's Grandmother · Author: grey_wonderer · Races: Hobbits:
Pre-Quest · ID: 137
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:58:30
I hadn't ever thought of Merry's Took grandparents before! This was a
really nice story. I am glad that they have started to get to know
each other.
Title: Golfing Fever · Author: lbilover · Races: Hobbits: Pre-Quest ·
ID: 75
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 14:00:31
This was a funny story. I liked the way that the very specific golfing
terms were inserted so naturally. The dialogue and Frodo's thoughts
were all very good. I hadn't ever considered what outfits the hobbits
would wear to play golf and found this very amusing.
Title: Through the Generations · Author: Elemmire · Races: Hobbits:
Vignette · ID: 821
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 14:02:48
This was a very sweet story! I loved the natural progression.
Oftentimes this sort of fic just doesn't seem to work but Elemmire
really pulls it off and I enjoyed every word! Excellent story, thank you!
Title: Lords of Gondor · Author: Linaewen · Genres: Alternate
Universe: Incomplete · ID: 154
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 14:43:29
Ah! To have Boromir alive! And so vibrant and full of life - changed
and not changed.
I love the beginning chapter with the 'saving' of Boromir. I liked the
idea that lembas might have healing properties - besides the hands of
the king... something that always bothered me about that scene as
Tollers wrote it - that Aragorn had the hands of the king in Minas
Tirith, but not on the trail? Didn't seem quite plausible.... but we
all know why he did it. Drat. The medical description of how Aragorn
might have saved Boromir is quite good. Very descriptive but really
sounds plausible.
As for Legalas being chosen to stay behind - I think it worked very
well. I loved the scenes between Boromir and Legolas. Well written.
Delightful.
The journey is very long and very hard on Boromir - but each time he
met another group of men (first Knights of Gondor and then Riders of
Rohan) the meeting was so well written and joy-filled that I just had
to sob now and again.
The descriptions of the venues were beautiful. I especially loved the
group coming down the stairs of Rauros.
Lovely tale. Cannot wait for more.
Title: For the Dwarves, Gimli · Author: annmarwalk · Races: Dwarves ·
ID: 155
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 15:15:21
Oh my goodness! I found all three of these absolutely delightful.
The first with Gimli's mom and the socks was precious.
The second with Boromir and the socks was *sobs* sad, yet fun.
The third with Gimli's mom and the inevitable - what have you done
with my son theme was hilarious.... if one did not know why the others
looked away.
Great fun and yet poignant too.
Title: Postponing the Inevitable · Author: EdorasLass · Genres:
Romance: With Rohirrim · ID: 755
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 15:32:07
Phew! Who would think that the musing of a father about his son and
his son's friend would be quite so hot! I like the phases he went
through before coming to his decision. His tolerance at what some
other father would go through the roof with. I liked the fact that,
when his first hope did not materialize (the breaking of the
relationship), that he was still able to look with calm at the situation.
Very, very nice moment. Lovely tale. *sobs*
Title: Green · Author: annmarwalk · Times: Late Third Age: 3018-3022
TA: Gondor Drabble · ID: 461
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:04:20
Here fine use is made of the sense of smell here, which you made more
evocative by bringing in the imagery of colour. There's the *green*
scent, of course, but the things named—fir, willow, new-cut grass,
yarrow, apple blossom—all conjure up colour as well as scent, the
colours and scents of growing things in spring, redolent of new
life—and hope.
Title: Concealment · Author: Marta · Genres: Romance: With Rohirrim ·
ID: 649
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 16:04:56
Glorious tale about two glorious men! Very well written. It would be
nice if these two were able to share moments of sorrow and gladness.
The scene in the garden was almost as much fun as the scene in the
brothel. Er.... inn. The relationship of these two was well told and
quite nice. I would hope there are more such adventures for these two.
Title: Four Voices - Autumn, 3018 · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Romance: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 756
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:05:47
Éomer's speech is so sad, so poignant, so eloquent. I hadn't expected
the tears to well up, but they did at, "They look back together,
smiling, then disappear into mist." It is almost a one-sentence
epitaph for your whole tale of the love of Boromir and Théoden, which,
in your story made of many stories, seems to triumph over death and
enter the world of legend.
Title: Triolet: The Weaver's Song · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Poetry · ID: 553
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:08:53
This poem has a fiercely passionate voice--but who is *this* weaver
who promises to make Boromir's clothes with such love they will
protect him from harm and keep him warm, all through the power of
her/his blood and tears? The mystery of the speaker's identity adds to
the poem's appeal.
I am very grateful you provided a note explaining the form. A
triolet's schema is complex; I marvel at your prowess in putting the
puzzle together in such a powerful way.
Title: A Truth Universally Acknowledged · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Humor: Gondor or Rohan · ID: 556
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:14:07
Especially because I have read your Boromir/Théodred stories, I had to
smile at this picture of Boromir being made to speak his views on his
possible/probable/eventual marriage. The payoff, of course, is the
ending, in which both he and Lothíriel confess their preference for
tall, blue-eyed blondes. It is enjoyable to be able to wink with you
over the shoulders of your characters, sharing in the fun.
Title: The Far Corner of the Garden · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Drama: Ithilien · ID: 554
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:15:36
[Contains spoilers]
Your opening, in which your couple has just consummated an act of
love, is done with such ease you establish at once that they are not
newlyweds. Your narrator's voice continues from there, flowing
naturally from one thought to another. Your keen eye and ear for how
people are in real life serves your fiction well. I appreciated this
look into Éowyn's practical way of thinking as she planned her garden,
deciding what to grow in its various sections, according to use, even
remembering to make sure it was properly looked after (shooing the deer).
The title hinted that the space left for the anemones and simbelmynë,
with a bench from which to admire them, was to be a remembrance
garden. Faramir's opening line made me think it would be for all the
fallen. But Éowyn's decision to plant almond trees because they were a
favourite of Théodred made me think the garden was for remembering
those more intimately known. Your Éowyn has a sensibility that goes
beyond what is merely practical. And why not? She is the Éowyn of the
book.
Title: Sea Food · Author: annmarwalk · Genres: Humor: Children · ID: 53
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:16:19
[Contains spoilers]
The subject of this tale makes it easy to relate to. Young Boromir
balks at eating the living creatures he has seen and touched and holds
squirming in a sack, but is happy to eat fish that is cooked, served
on a plate. I don't like the idea of eating venison, which comes from
animals I see walking around, strolling at dusk unconcernedly down the
neighbourhood street, or raiding the gardens at night. Cattle do not
live near here. By the time I see them they are unrecognizable, in
packages, or on a plate, smelling delicious.
P.S. Lovely descriptive work in the opening!
Title: Multicultural Interactions · Author: annmarwalk · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Gondor · ID: 18
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:16:43
What a charming tale! And what a pleasure to read this little
vignette, with the way it imagines what the son of Faramir and Éowyn
might be like, at least at this age, a character for whom there is no
description in the canon text—who is not even named, if I recall. With
virtually nothing to work with, you make this character very
plausible—and likable.
Your Elboron seems to have the fire and drive of his mother, but the
reflective, probing intelligence of his father (not to mention an
excellent vocabulary). I loved the little touch in which, dashing
across the courtyard of the Tree, he is distracted by the sight of the
moonlight dappling the stone. He crashes into Elanor not because he is
distracted by the beauty of the scene, but by words and their usage.
"I was distracted a moment," he explains, "thinking about the oddness
of the word `dappled' in terms of moonlight on stone, rather than
sunlight on green leaves." That is so perfect for the son of Faramir.
Get that boy a degree in linguistics! (I always thought Faramir and
J.R.R.T. had more in common than the dream of the wave.)
P.S. I love how you do so much with deceptively simple narrative
ingredients. Brava!
Title: Behind Every Great Man... · Author: annmarwalk · Times: Mid
Third Age: 2851 - 3017 TA: Drabble · ID: 52
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:17:01
Where is *my* Mormegil? As Pippin said, "I'm getting one!"
Fortunate is the steward who has such a man in his service!
Title: For the Dwarves, Gimli · Author: annmarwalk · Races: Dwarves ·
ID: 155
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:18:37
[May contain spoilers]
I loved your humorous peek into the home life of young Gimli.
(Incidentally, I thought Gimli's salt pork line in RotK was one of
John Rhys-Davies' best-delivered comic lines in the three films.) Even
more I loved the way you let us look into the mix of intense feelings
caused by Gimli's commission to go on the Quest, once the news was
brought to his mother. The juxtaposition of the words first spoken ("A
great honour!") and the pause that followed as they resonated for her
("no one would meet her eyes"), prepared well for the intensity of her
response as the implications of that "honour" sank in.
As always, Ann, you are able to express a great deal in little space.
· ID: 542
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:27:37
This was a fascinating AU and I liked Violet very much, she is a
refreshing change from most OFC's that almost invariably come off as
Mary Sues. This author has the skill to keep such a character original
and interesting.
Title: Rain on the Downs · Author: Breon Briarwood · Races: Hobbits ·
ID: 794
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:29:53
I especially enjoyed the flashback here. Frodo is my favourite
character and I always like to see more of his background. Good use of
the elements of the story challenge.
Title: Heirloom · Author: Pearl Took · Races: Hobbits · ID: 778
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:34:41
I really liked this story. The way that Pearl was able to impart
everyone's distinct personalities in such a brief section was great
and the thimble was such a good idea and very original. It seemed a
very hobbitlike item to me and really made the story work much better
than say a goblet or item of jewellrey being passed down. Every part
was separate and yet tied in perfectly to the story in a well done
progression.
Title: Hazardous Going · Author: Auntiemeesh · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 788
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:37:52
I like stories that tell us how the Travellers make use of skills
learned during the Quest after they have returned home and this one is
excellent. A good story!
Title: Stay With Me · Author: pippinfan88 · Races: Hobbits:
Hurt/Comfort · ID: 518
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:40:34
I have always felt that Pippin would have a strong bond with Esmeralda
and this story is a really good example of this bond. I love how
understanding she is here and it is easy to see that she is Merry's
mother - he has obviously inherited a good deal of his caring nature
from her. Very good story!
Title: Pippin's Little Experiment · Author: Budgielover · Races:
Cross-Cultural: With Pippin · ID: 291
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:42:58
This seems exactly what Pippin would do. Merry's exasperation and then
fear were written very well and I thought that the characterisations
were good. This story was fun to read.
Title: Living Tales · Author: pippinfan88 · Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey
Havens · ID: 806
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:49:12
I thought that the descriptions in this story were excellent! They
made me feel as if I were there sitting with the hobbits, I could see
the mountains and feel the breeze. I love the idea behind this story
about them being in a tale themselves - we are all of us living our
own tale (not so exciting as the hobbits' tale though!) but we usually
don't think about it in those terms. It was cool to see the hobbits
suddenly confronted with the knowledge that they were caught up in an
epic tale.
I liked all of the characterisations too and enjoyed the dialogue. A
really enjoyable story!
Title: Setting the Captives Free · Author: pippinfan88 · Races:
Hobbits: Post-Ring War · ID: 245
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:51:52
I liked seeing a more in depth view of what happened after the Battle
of Bywater. The sense of imperativeness was well done.
Title: Mercy · Author: conniemarie · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War ·
ID: 730
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:56:38
There are some nice descriptives in this story and there is a nice
wistfulness about it. I know it is AU but found the canon error of
intimating that Merry, Pippin and Sam all live close together very
jarring. Nice story save for that though.
Title: Merry's Grandmother · Author: grey_wonderer · Races: Hobbits:
Pre-Quest · ID: 137
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 13:58:30
I hadn't ever thought of Merry's Took grandparents before! This was a
really nice story. I am glad that they have started to get to know
each other.
Title: Golfing Fever · Author: lbilover · Races: Hobbits: Pre-Quest ·
ID: 75
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 14:00:31
This was a funny story. I liked the way that the very specific golfing
terms were inserted so naturally. The dialogue and Frodo's thoughts
were all very good. I hadn't ever considered what outfits the hobbits
would wear to play golf and found this very amusing.
Title: Through the Generations · Author: Elemmire · Races: Hobbits:
Vignette · ID: 821
Reviewer: trikywun · 2007-12-10 14:02:48
This was a very sweet story! I loved the natural progression.
Oftentimes this sort of fic just doesn't seem to work but Elemmire
really pulls it off and I enjoyed every word! Excellent story, thank you!
Title: Lords of Gondor · Author: Linaewen · Genres: Alternate
Universe: Incomplete · ID: 154
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 14:43:29
Ah! To have Boromir alive! And so vibrant and full of life - changed
and not changed.
I love the beginning chapter with the 'saving' of Boromir. I liked the
idea that lembas might have healing properties - besides the hands of
the king... something that always bothered me about that scene as
Tollers wrote it - that Aragorn had the hands of the king in Minas
Tirith, but not on the trail? Didn't seem quite plausible.... but we
all know why he did it. Drat. The medical description of how Aragorn
might have saved Boromir is quite good. Very descriptive but really
sounds plausible.
As for Legalas being chosen to stay behind - I think it worked very
well. I loved the scenes between Boromir and Legolas. Well written.
Delightful.
The journey is very long and very hard on Boromir - but each time he
met another group of men (first Knights of Gondor and then Riders of
Rohan) the meeting was so well written and joy-filled that I just had
to sob now and again.
The descriptions of the venues were beautiful. I especially loved the
group coming down the stairs of Rauros.
Lovely tale. Cannot wait for more.
Title: For the Dwarves, Gimli · Author: annmarwalk · Races: Dwarves ·
ID: 155
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 15:15:21
Oh my goodness! I found all three of these absolutely delightful.
The first with Gimli's mom and the socks was precious.
The second with Boromir and the socks was *sobs* sad, yet fun.
The third with Gimli's mom and the inevitable - what have you done
with my son theme was hilarious.... if one did not know why the others
looked away.
Great fun and yet poignant too.
Title: Postponing the Inevitable · Author: EdorasLass · Genres:
Romance: With Rohirrim · ID: 755
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 15:32:07
Phew! Who would think that the musing of a father about his son and
his son's friend would be quite so hot! I like the phases he went
through before coming to his decision. His tolerance at what some
other father would go through the roof with. I liked the fact that,
when his first hope did not materialize (the breaking of the
relationship), that he was still able to look with calm at the situation.
Very, very nice moment. Lovely tale. *sobs*
Title: Green · Author: annmarwalk · Times: Late Third Age: 3018-3022
TA: Gondor Drabble · ID: 461
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:04:20
Here fine use is made of the sense of smell here, which you made more
evocative by bringing in the imagery of colour. There's the *green*
scent, of course, but the things named—fir, willow, new-cut grass,
yarrow, apple blossom—all conjure up colour as well as scent, the
colours and scents of growing things in spring, redolent of new
life—and hope.
Title: Concealment · Author: Marta · Genres: Romance: With Rohirrim ·
ID: 649
Reviewer: agape4gondor · 2007-12-10 16:04:56
Glorious tale about two glorious men! Very well written. It would be
nice if these two were able to share moments of sorrow and gladness.
The scene in the garden was almost as much fun as the scene in the
brothel. Er.... inn. The relationship of these two was well told and
quite nice. I would hope there are more such adventures for these two.
Title: Four Voices - Autumn, 3018 · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Romance: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 756
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:05:47
Éomer's speech is so sad, so poignant, so eloquent. I hadn't expected
the tears to well up, but they did at, "They look back together,
smiling, then disappear into mist." It is almost a one-sentence
epitaph for your whole tale of the love of Boromir and Théoden, which,
in your story made of many stories, seems to triumph over death and
enter the world of legend.
Title: Triolet: The Weaver's Song · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Poetry · ID: 553
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:08:53
This poem has a fiercely passionate voice--but who is *this* weaver
who promises to make Boromir's clothes with such love they will
protect him from harm and keep him warm, all through the power of
her/his blood and tears? The mystery of the speaker's identity adds to
the poem's appeal.
I am very grateful you provided a note explaining the form. A
triolet's schema is complex; I marvel at your prowess in putting the
puzzle together in such a powerful way.
Title: A Truth Universally Acknowledged · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Humor: Gondor or Rohan · ID: 556
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:14:07
Especially because I have read your Boromir/Théodred stories, I had to
smile at this picture of Boromir being made to speak his views on his
possible/probable/eventual marriage. The payoff, of course, is the
ending, in which both he and Lothíriel confess their preference for
tall, blue-eyed blondes. It is enjoyable to be able to wink with you
over the shoulders of your characters, sharing in the fun.
Title: The Far Corner of the Garden · Author: annmarwalk · Genres:
Drama: Ithilien · ID: 554
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:15:36
[Contains spoilers]
Your opening, in which your couple has just consummated an act of
love, is done with such ease you establish at once that they are not
newlyweds. Your narrator's voice continues from there, flowing
naturally from one thought to another. Your keen eye and ear for how
people are in real life serves your fiction well. I appreciated this
look into Éowyn's practical way of thinking as she planned her garden,
deciding what to grow in its various sections, according to use, even
remembering to make sure it was properly looked after (shooing the deer).
The title hinted that the space left for the anemones and simbelmynë,
with a bench from which to admire them, was to be a remembrance
garden. Faramir's opening line made me think it would be for all the
fallen. But Éowyn's decision to plant almond trees because they were a
favourite of Théodred made me think the garden was for remembering
those more intimately known. Your Éowyn has a sensibility that goes
beyond what is merely practical. And why not? She is the Éowyn of the
book.
Title: Sea Food · Author: annmarwalk · Genres: Humor: Children · ID: 53
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:16:19
[Contains spoilers]
The subject of this tale makes it easy to relate to. Young Boromir
balks at eating the living creatures he has seen and touched and holds
squirming in a sack, but is happy to eat fish that is cooked, served
on a plate. I don't like the idea of eating venison, which comes from
animals I see walking around, strolling at dusk unconcernedly down the
neighbourhood street, or raiding the gardens at night. Cattle do not
live near here. By the time I see them they are unrecognizable, in
packages, or on a plate, smelling delicious.
P.S. Lovely descriptive work in the opening!
Title: Multicultural Interactions · Author: annmarwalk · Races:
Cross-Cultural: Gondor · ID: 18
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:16:43
What a charming tale! And what a pleasure to read this little
vignette, with the way it imagines what the son of Faramir and Éowyn
might be like, at least at this age, a character for whom there is no
description in the canon text—who is not even named, if I recall. With
virtually nothing to work with, you make this character very
plausible—and likable.
Your Elboron seems to have the fire and drive of his mother, but the
reflective, probing intelligence of his father (not to mention an
excellent vocabulary). I loved the little touch in which, dashing
across the courtyard of the Tree, he is distracted by the sight of the
moonlight dappling the stone. He crashes into Elanor not because he is
distracted by the beauty of the scene, but by words and their usage.
"I was distracted a moment," he explains, "thinking about the oddness
of the word `dappled' in terms of moonlight on stone, rather than
sunlight on green leaves." That is so perfect for the son of Faramir.
Get that boy a degree in linguistics! (I always thought Faramir and
J.R.R.T. had more in common than the dream of the wave.)
P.S. I love how you do so much with deceptively simple narrative
ingredients. Brava!
Title: Behind Every Great Man... · Author: annmarwalk · Times: Mid
Third Age: 2851 - 3017 TA: Drabble · ID: 52
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:17:01
Where is *my* Mormegil? As Pippin said, "I'm getting one!"
Fortunate is the steward who has such a man in his service!
Title: For the Dwarves, Gimli · Author: annmarwalk · Races: Dwarves ·
ID: 155
Reviewer: Mechtild · 2007-12-10 16:18:37
[May contain spoilers]
I loved your humorous peek into the home life of young Gimli.
(Incidentally, I thought Gimli's salt pork line in RotK was one of
John Rhys-Davies' best-delivered comic lines in the three films.) Even
more I loved the way you let us look into the mix of intense feelings
caused by Gimli's commission to go on the Quest, once the news was
brought to his mother. The juxtaposition of the words first spoken ("A
great honour!") and the pause that followed as they resonated for her
("no one would meet her eyes"), prepared well for the intensity of her
response as the implications of that "honour" sank in.
As always, Ann, you are able to express a great deal in little space.
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