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Msg# 8504
MEFA Reviews for December 20, 2007 (Part 2) Posted by Ann December 20, 2007 - 5:26:04 Topic ID# 8504Title: The Burning of the Year · Author: Raksha the Demon · Times:
Late Third Age: 3018-3022 TA: Gondor · ID: 2
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:36:18
I love this custom of the burning boats. But more than that, I really
love this story, with the rare moment of amity between Faramir and his
father. If there is one thing the two have in common, it is their
mutual love for Boromir, who even in his absence, was able to draw
them together.
Title: Coda · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Second Age: Drabble · ID: 627
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:01
To those of us who love to read, the image of a book destroyed in a
cataclysm hits hard. Very hard. This was heart-breaking.
Title: And Thought How Blessed He Was · Author: Imhiriel · Genres:
Romance: Drabble · ID: 670
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:28
What a very intimate scene, emotional and sensual without even a hint
of anything graphic or explicit! A beautiful job of showing how
subtlety can be far more moving than details.
Title: Beauty · Author: Marta · Races: Hobbits: Drabble · ID: 646
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:45
Very nice expansion of the little snippet in canon, when Sam muses on
the sleeping Frodo.
Title: Elements: Dreams of the Dead, Visions of the Living · Author:
pipkinsweetgrass · Genres: Alternate Universe: The Shire or Buckland ·
ID: 202
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:40:13
pipkin sweetgrass has a special style that is old-fashioned, sweet and
luminous, perfectly suited to the stories she chooses to tell. Her
especial provenance is the deep, abiding mutual friendship between
Boromir, Pippin and Merry, and she plumbs the great depth of their
love for one another.
In this story, we are shown that there is even more to that special
connection than anyone had suspected: Pippin carries a secret in his
own blood that enables him to understand certain things far beyond his
ken, all of this conveyed through the metaphor of the little lifelike
carvings Pippin makes of the Fellowship.
I don't wish to spoil some of the beautiful moments of this story with
any spoilers, but I will say that Pipkin has probably come up with one
of the best interpretations ever of Boromir's temptation by the Ring;
and the ending of the story is eucatastrophe in the classic meaning
that JRRT invested in that word when he created it!
Title: Foray · Author: Raksha the Demon · Times: Mid Third Age: 2851 -
3017 TA · ID: 55
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:52:51
This is a heart-wrenching exploration of what would have been the
first of many such partings between the brothers 'mir. I can see
Boromir reacting this way to the stress of Faramir's first campaign.
Nicely told.
Title: For All Things a Cost · Author: Súlriel · Times: Second Age:
Drabble · ID: 268
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:55:29
[spoilers]
As always, Sulriel does a good job of characterizing the "other". That
this orc would regret teaching love -- that strikes me as very much at
the heart of what makes her an orc.
Title: Mastering Men · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: Gondor Drabble · ID: 623
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:59:16
This is a moment I've seen drabbled a few times in these awards, but I
don't think I've ever seen it from the perspective of an original
character. That was, well, original, and I think it gives the scene a
very fresh feel. Also, I loved the fact that Faramir jumps from the
bridge rather than having the bridge blown out from underneath him.
That captures Faramir's character quite well. Fans of bookverse
gapfillers should give this a look.
Title: They also serve who only stand and wait · Author: Tanaqui ·
Races: Men: Gondor Drabble · ID: 724
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 05:46:12
What I most like about this drabble is the way it captures what
happens to the "B-string" soldiers. It's telling (and sad) that Gondor
finds a use even for them, but knowing Denethor I'm sure they would
have been used in this way. I'm glad you gave them a sense of pride in
what they're able to do.
Title: Bathing Boromir · Author: Marta · Genres: Humor: Drabble · ID: 645
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 06:11:03
This is a cute little piece about an unlikely guardian of Boromir's
tranquility. It remains to be seen whether Boromir wanted his
tranquility to be guarded, but that really doesn't matter.
Amusing and entertaining.
Title: A Special Kind of Lore · Author: Astara · Genres: Romance:
Drabble · ID: 748
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 07:06:37
Cute, apt, and very much in character for Denethor. I'm sure that many
wives, husbands, and teenagers studied this kind of lore with great
diligence!
Title: Seen in the Halls of Dwarrowdelf · Author: Aruthir · Races:
Dwarves · ID: 73
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 08:21:25
A shivery-good account of the last days of the dwarves of Khazad-dum;
with some unique plot elements. The tale reminds me very much of
Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" in its evocation of great works built in
pride and abandoned in despair.
Title: The Lesson · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 29
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:10:37
Sad and chilling. The line about wolves ["surely it wasn't wrong"]
ring so piercingly uncertain, while it wasn't wrong, indeed.
Title: Stopping by Woods · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Vignette ·
ID: 19
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:16:28
I love silent, snowy feeling of this short piece, and also the
assurance that at least this far into Fourth Age ME is still largely
untamed and keeps some secrets. And, of course, I love old, but
graceful, unnamed but unmistakable Faramir.
Title: Conjuror · Author: Branwyn · Races: Men: General Drabble · ID: 432
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:19:16
So true! Denethor is perceptive and doesn't miss a bit, and Gandalf
never lies, but doesn't care to be obvious.
Title: Gold Rings and Sam · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Poetry · ID: 501
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:22:51
Classics revisited :)
Title: A Pirate's Life for Me! · Author: Raksha the Demon · Races:
Men: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 438
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:42:54
Great piece. I loved missed prophecy in Imrahil's musings ["Surely no
oath would suffice to turn back their ships."], as well as young
Faramir going to play Corsair king with honor and conviction. Tolkien
makes quite a point that evil Men, unlike orks and other "creatures",
have honor, courage and there own free loyalty. The post-war part is
pure joy.
Late Third Age: 3018-3022 TA: Gondor · ID: 2
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:36:18
I love this custom of the burning boats. But more than that, I really
love this story, with the rare moment of amity between Faramir and his
father. If there is one thing the two have in common, it is their
mutual love for Boromir, who even in his absence, was able to draw
them together.
Title: Coda · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Second Age: Drabble · ID: 627
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:01
To those of us who love to read, the image of a book destroyed in a
cataclysm hits hard. Very hard. This was heart-breaking.
Title: And Thought How Blessed He Was · Author: Imhiriel · Genres:
Romance: Drabble · ID: 670
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:28
What a very intimate scene, emotional and sensual without even a hint
of anything graphic or explicit! A beautiful job of showing how
subtlety can be far more moving than details.
Title: Beauty · Author: Marta · Races: Hobbits: Drabble · ID: 646
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:37:45
Very nice expansion of the little snippet in canon, when Sam muses on
the sleeping Frodo.
Title: Elements: Dreams of the Dead, Visions of the Living · Author:
pipkinsweetgrass · Genres: Alternate Universe: The Shire or Buckland ·
ID: 202
Reviewer: Dreamflower · 2007-12-20 04:40:13
pipkin sweetgrass has a special style that is old-fashioned, sweet and
luminous, perfectly suited to the stories she chooses to tell. Her
especial provenance is the deep, abiding mutual friendship between
Boromir, Pippin and Merry, and she plumbs the great depth of their
love for one another.
In this story, we are shown that there is even more to that special
connection than anyone had suspected: Pippin carries a secret in his
own blood that enables him to understand certain things far beyond his
ken, all of this conveyed through the metaphor of the little lifelike
carvings Pippin makes of the Fellowship.
I don't wish to spoil some of the beautiful moments of this story with
any spoilers, but I will say that Pipkin has probably come up with one
of the best interpretations ever of Boromir's temptation by the Ring;
and the ending of the story is eucatastrophe in the classic meaning
that JRRT invested in that word when he created it!
Title: Foray · Author: Raksha the Demon · Times: Mid Third Age: 2851 -
3017 TA · ID: 55
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:52:51
This is a heart-wrenching exploration of what would have been the
first of many such partings between the brothers 'mir. I can see
Boromir reacting this way to the stress of Faramir's first campaign.
Nicely told.
Title: For All Things a Cost · Author: Súlriel · Times: Second Age:
Drabble · ID: 268
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:55:29
[spoilers]
As always, Sulriel does a good job of characterizing the "other". That
this orc would regret teaching love -- that strikes me as very much at
the heart of what makes her an orc.
Title: Mastering Men · Author: Imhiriel · Times: Late Third Age:
3018-3022 TA: Gondor Drabble · ID: 623
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 04:59:16
This is a moment I've seen drabbled a few times in these awards, but I
don't think I've ever seen it from the perspective of an original
character. That was, well, original, and I think it gives the scene a
very fresh feel. Also, I loved the fact that Faramir jumps from the
bridge rather than having the bridge blown out from underneath him.
That captures Faramir's character quite well. Fans of bookverse
gapfillers should give this a look.
Title: They also serve who only stand and wait · Author: Tanaqui ·
Races: Men: Gondor Drabble · ID: 724
Reviewer: Marta · 2007-12-20 05:46:12
What I most like about this drabble is the way it captures what
happens to the "B-string" soldiers. It's telling (and sad) that Gondor
finds a use even for them, but knowing Denethor I'm sure they would
have been used in this way. I'm glad you gave them a sense of pride in
what they're able to do.
Title: Bathing Boromir · Author: Marta · Genres: Humor: Drabble · ID: 645
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 06:11:03
This is a cute little piece about an unlikely guardian of Boromir's
tranquility. It remains to be seen whether Boromir wanted his
tranquility to be guarded, but that really doesn't matter.
Amusing and entertaining.
Title: A Special Kind of Lore · Author: Astara · Genres: Romance:
Drabble · ID: 748
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 07:06:37
Cute, apt, and very much in character for Denethor. I'm sure that many
wives, husbands, and teenagers studied this kind of lore with great
diligence!
Title: Seen in the Halls of Dwarrowdelf · Author: Aruthir · Races:
Dwarves · ID: 73
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2007-12-20 08:21:25
A shivery-good account of the last days of the dwarves of Khazad-dum;
with some unique plot elements. The tale reminds me very much of
Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" in its evocation of great works built in
pride and abandoned in despair.
Title: The Lesson · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Gondor Drabble ·
ID: 29
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:10:37
Sad and chilling. The line about wolves ["surely it wasn't wrong"]
ring so piercingly uncertain, while it wasn't wrong, indeed.
Title: Stopping by Woods · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Drama: Vignette ·
ID: 19
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:16:28
I love silent, snowy feeling of this short piece, and also the
assurance that at least this far into Fourth Age ME is still largely
untamed and keeps some secrets. And, of course, I love old, but
graceful, unnamed but unmistakable Faramir.
Title: Conjuror · Author: Branwyn · Races: Men: General Drabble · ID: 432
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:19:16
So true! Denethor is perceptive and doesn't miss a bit, and Gandalf
never lies, but doesn't care to be obvious.
Title: Gold Rings and Sam · Author: Branwyn · Genres: Poetry · ID: 501
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:22:51
Classics revisited :)
Title: A Pirate's Life for Me! · Author: Raksha the Demon · Races:
Men: Other Fixed-Length Ficlet · ID: 438
Reviewer: phyloxena · 2007-12-20 09:42:54
Great piece. I loved missed prophecy in Imrahil's musings ["Surely no
oath would suffice to turn back their ships."], as well as young
Faramir going to play Corsair king with honor and conviction. Tolkien
makes quite a point that evil Men, unlike orks and other "creatures",
have honor, courage and there own free loyalty. The post-war part is
pure joy.
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