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Msg# 9429

MEFA Reviews for Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Posted by annmarwalk September 10, 2008 - 20:49:33 Topic ID# 9429
Title: The Making of a Ringbearer I: Adrift · Author: obelia medusa ·
Races: Hobbits: Childhood · ID: 145
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:13:10
if no man is an island than no hobbit should be adrift in a sea of
family, impresive take on the situation.

Title: Lily Took · Author: Cathleen · Races: Hobbits: Childhood · ID: 147
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:19:46
picking a hobbit to adopt must be easir than picking a human, they
seems so much more tactile and eager to serve.

Title: The Warmth of Morning · Author: Spindle Berry · Times: Late
Third Age: Gondor · ID: 148
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:25:28
beautifully moving and the use of touch as the tenderest, tightest
bond to hod a person to life-- magnificent. a true expression of love
in its most intense and private meanings. good luck.

Title: And Whisper You to This Earth · Author: Lady Elina · Genres:
Romance · ID: 151
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:36:34
you fulfilled your requested elements well and you gave the land and
the beings wonderful depth. conversations were between two males not
known to be verbose and it showed; short poignant and altogether
pleasing. of course it was the near perfect pair: erestor (lungs empty
slowly) and halabarad (heart beats faster). great start great finish
more please?????

Title: Eagle of the Star · Author: alex_quine · Genres: Drama:
Featuring Aragorn · ID: 152
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:41:14
your opener____ penultimate skruffy ranger material.
your middle____ strong men need to relax and let others control, too
your ending_____much desired thankyou

Title: Trajectory · Author: Galadriel · Races: Men: General
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 153
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:46:53
good story...but....why did you feel the need to re-enforce their
status? was there a literary relavance in typing their connection? i
don't see that it added to the story and i wonder if you just wanted
to tweak a few noses?

Title: Only Water in Your Veins · Author: Michelle · Races: Men · ID: 154
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 20:51:12
again proof that if nations must war it should be one on one combat
starting at the top of the chain of command.

Title: All That Remained · Author: Allee · Genres: Drama: Featuring
the Noldor · ID: 155
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 21:06:16
good description of how sometimes people bounce when they hit the
bottom of the barrell and you need to wait until they come to a 'rest'
and be there with a pro-offered hand. healing elves and humans and not
a lesson to his name yet.

Title: Cuts Gone Wrong · Author: Dwimordene · Times: Mid Third Age:
Eriador · ID: 156
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 21:09:32
can we make this recommended reading for all chilhood care advocates:
if you never enforce the little rules, they never learn to take in the
long pitcure and keep looking for more and more chort cuts to the
gooies in life.

bet you hadn't got to that morale of the story yet?

Title: Call of the Dream · Author: Queen Galadriel · Genres: Poetry:
Drama · ID: 402
Reviewer: Imhiriel · 2008-09-09 21:10:36
Spoilers!
For the most part, the rhyme scheme is filled well - there are some
irregularities, but they don't disrupt the rhythm overmuch.

Beautiful metaphors evoke a magical mood and a magical tale. What I
found especially impressive was how smooth the mood shifts - from
expectation to enoyment to loneliness - were acomplished; it was a
"weaving" that felt entirely natural and appropriate within the poem.

And despite the somber, gloomy mood at the end, there resides still a
spark of hope that things will turn better again, or that the more
positive vision could be attained.

Title: Galadriel Remembers · Author: Savageseraph · Genres: Poetry:
Drama · ID: 583
Reviewer: Imhiriel · 2008-09-09 21:24:57
Although the poem is set after Galadriel's return to Valinor, I think
it captures well her initial reasons for going to Middle-earth in the
first place: her longing for excitement, adventure, exploration,
independence and power... It's as if now she has tasted all this, the
calm of the Undying Lands are all the more constricting to her.

Title: Merry on the Pelennor Fields · Author: Primsong · Genres:
Poetry: Drama · ID: 720
Reviewer: Imhiriel · 2008-09-09 21:36:03
A painful poem full of grief and heart-ache. The images it evokes are
so visceral and stirring, they almost *demand* pity and compassion at
the same time as rejecting it in their starkness.

And when you think about that these terrible sights and thoughts come
from Merry's perspective - from the perspective of an innocent Hobbit
who must feel all the more overwhelmed by it all - their effect is all
the greater.

The uneven rhythm fits perfectly with the disturbed mind of Merry as
the narrator, the confusion in his mind and heart, that can't really
encompass it all and therefore flits from a detail to his feelings to
distraught questions and back.

The play with sensory details - sound, colour, dullness, coldness,
reek - is very effective, and gives the readers a three-dimensional
experience of the scene.

Title: Waterloo · Author: Lady Bluejay · Genres: Romance: Gondor · ID: 158
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-09 22:06:42
i have always seen lothiriel as a sensable, intellegent woman of very
young age, i'm so glad you used this to make such an impressive
message about the various levels of healing based on the degrees you
are exposed to life threatening incidents. IMPRESSIVE!!!

Title: In Passing · Author: Altariel · Races: Men · ID: 104
Reviewer: crowdaughter · 2008-09-09 23:09:17
Spoilers!
A nice, sweet character study of an aged Faramir, using the means of a
chess board. Very nicely done.

Title: Name Calling: Group Identity and the Other among First Age
Elves · Author: Angelica · Genres: Non-Fiction · ID: 322
Reviewer: crowdaughter · 2008-09-09 23:24:33
A very interesting and informative essay, exploring the subject in a
way that makes it much easier to comprehend and follow. Thank you for
writing and sharing.

Title: A New Day · Author: Oshun · Genres: Longer Works · ID: 35
Reviewer: Jael · 2008-09-09 23:34:44
Spoilers!
What? You mean to tell me Fingon/Maedhros isn't canon? Let's just say,
you would never guess that from reading Oshun's storyverse. In Oshun's
tales, those two are perfect -- made for each other, and no other
reality is possible.

Oshun loves the Feanorians, the Finweans, and the Noldor, in that
order, and by the time you have finished reading, you will too. This
story is the jewel in the crown of her Fingon/Maedhros works.

Oshun's strengths are her deep understanding of family, emotional, and
political interplay -- of which there is much in this aftermath of
Maedhros's rescue from Thangorodrim. As one would expect from this
author, the detail of costume and setting are rich. I could almost
feel the breeze on my face off of Lake Mithrim and see the sparkle of
a chess set.

And yet, in a departure for this author, it is not all witty
conversation, gorgeous robes and smoldering erotica. This time, Oshun
takes us inside the pits of Thangorodrim to visit the heart of darkness.

I recommend this story highly to lovers of the Simarillion. And for
those who are not -- it will make you one.

Title: Maglor's Song · Author: Robinka · Genres: Poetry: Drama · ID: 398
Reviewer: Marta · 2008-09-10 03:32:26
Spoilers!
This poem does a very nice job of capturing the torture of being an
artist unable to create. I found the imagery to be very evocative and
very fitting for Maglor's character. Nicely done, Robinka.

Title: Shire · Author: Aranel Took · Genres: Poetry: Hobbits · ID: 469
Reviewer: Marta · 2008-09-10 04:59:34
This tanka does a very good job capturing the simple sensuality of the
Shire - exactly what a tanka should do, with its focus on nature. I
could imagine the scene very easily through the evocative language,
and it felt like a welcome, homey place, just as the Shire should be.

Title: And Then There Was Cake, or Begetting Day Horrors · Author:
Klose · Races: Elves: Family · ID: 540
Reviewer: crowdaughter · 2008-09-10 08:40:56
Spoilers!
*Snort* Ouch, poor Maitimo! The various indignities suffered by him
through this family party seem all too familiar to some of us.
Relatives are those lovely people you have to endure even when they
are acting rather embarrassing, and this tale shows us that not even
the highest of the Noldor are immune to that particular truth. Maybe
even less immune than others... Very funny tale, very well done. Thank
you for writing and sharing!

Title: The Librarian · Author: Jay of Lasgalen · Races: Elves: Family
· ID: 700
Reviewer: crowdaughter · 2008-09-10 08:58:22
This is a beautifully humorous tale, and I especially liked the end
pointe. Ah, the troubles of bringing up an imaginative, intelligent
and curious child! It is refreshing to see Elves having these troubles
as well! Very funny, and a completely delightful read.

Thank you for writing and sharing!

Title: In Passing · Author: Altariel · Races: Men · ID: 104
Reviewer: Nancy Brooke · 2008-09-10 17:36:28
Spoilers!
What a lovely story. I thought at first it was to be a Faramir passing
away story, but now I see it is a Faramir passing things on story.
Your allegory with the chess pieces was inspired, delicate and never
forced. I particularly liked that you did not choose sides: the black
knights and the White Lady were all on the side of good. You touched
on so much without giving us a lesson, either.