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Msg# 9437
MEFA Reviews for Sunday, September 14, 2008 (Part Two) Posted by annmarwalk September 14, 2008 - 19:47:31 Topic ID# 9437Title: Mournful Fords · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Drama: Ring War
Drabbles · ID: 368
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 22:54:51
sad to no longer be the hero of your child.
Title: Bibliophile · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Romance: Drabbles ·
ID: 370
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 22:58:07
in my experience there is always something to be liked in the library.
Title: My Shining Stars · Author: Oshun · Races: Elves: House of
Elrond · ID: 371
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:03:20
a child's love may be covered over but it always finds ways to expose
itself. thank you for showing us a path.
Title: Healing the Long Cleeve · Author: TopazTook · Genres: Longer
Works · ID: 133
Reviewer: Garnet Took · 2008-09-13 23:12:18
I have read this story a couple of times and find it quite
interesting. It is not the tipical take on the relationship of Pippin
and Diamond.
I find Diamond to be a very simpathetic character in this story. She
has been given very little information on marriage and what it
involves, and most of what she has been told it either wrong or based
on her mother's sad experiences.
Diamonds brother needs an attitude adjustment and so does Pippin's
sister. (That's all I'll say about them)
The romance that develops between Pippin and Diamond is sweet, and
everything seems to work out for them.
All in all, a nice story of a growing love that survives despite their
families.
Title: Baker's Dozen · Author: Tanaqui · Genres: Drama: General
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 372
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:12:48
delightful tangle of ideals and ideas.
Title: Battle upon the Quays · Author: Imhiriel · Races: Men: General
Drabbles · ID: 376
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:17:14
Spoilers!
easy to forget hame field is only an advantage not a victory.
Title: The Flute · Author: Golden · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War ·
ID: 150
Reviewer: Garnet Took · 2008-09-13 23:35:21
This is a sweet, hopeful story. The idea of Pippin having a connection
to all those he loves through the flute is a touching one. I do
wonder, though, what people thought when someone like Aragorn or
Faramir got a distant look on his face at an unexpected moment.
Golden did a wonderful job taking a story and a concept that came from
another genre and addapting them to the LOTR universe. Well done.
Title: In Passing · Author: Altariel · Races: Men · ID: 104
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2008-09-13 23:51:13
Spoilers!
Sigh. This is such a lovely story, graceful and melancholy-elegiac
with touches of history and poetry and legend; very appropriate for
Faramir's old age. I just adore the flow here, as the soul-searing
Great Events in Gondor 3018-3019 pass from memory into a game of
strategy into history and a picture drawn by a child descended from
those who lived through it. And it ends with a vision, one shared by
Faramir and his great-grandson, of Minas Tirith and the rebuilt Minas
Ithil to be; that Faramir will not live to see but that the boy will.
I can't help but thinking that Faramir has had a lot to do with
assuring that young Beren, and others, will see that vision come true.
Well done!
Title: There shall be Mirth at our Meeting · Author: Imhiriel ·
Genres: Humor: Drabbles · ID: 377
Reviewer: dkpalaska · 2008-09-14 00:03:54
Spoilers!
With this, Imhiriel has written a drabble which Aragorn fangirls
everywhere can completely and totally relate to!
It takes some very particular skills to drabble effectively. An author
has to choose both the scene, and the words used to construct it, very
carefully. Trying to depict too much is as much of a mistake as not
giving the reader enough to work with. Imhiriel has proven herself
masterful at the genre, and this is no exception.
We get one brief scene, between two *original* characters, no less.
(No automatic background is conjured by the reader's imagination on
which the drabbler can build.) Yet we immediately identify with the
two women, know the exact setting and location, and even get a good
grasp of their personalities. There's not only an entire conversation
but action worked into the drabble as well; the whole scene plays out
in my head so clearly, like an excerpt from a film.
And what a conversation... *g* How many Aragorn fans have not let out
a ["dreamy sigh"] and wished for even such a brief encounter?
The canon quotes are put to very good use and are fulfilled
excellently here, as is the title: taken from a different source
altogether, and yet perfectly fitting.
I find the heart of this drabble goes far beyond two women reflecting
on an enjoyable meeting. Even more, I'm glad to get this peek into a
moment when a would-be King's heavy burdens are lightened, and his
laughter rings out. Truly delightful!
Title: The Misty Month · Author: Le Rouret · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 454
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:22:19
before lord of the rings it was all king arthur, so the green knight
is one of the best theories i have followed in fanfic. terriffic.
Title: Answers · Author: Armariel · Genres: Poetry: Drama · ID: 458
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:27:19
but why make answers when you can't post them on to their recievers?
Title: Balm · Author: Armariel · Genres: Adventure · ID: 459
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:31:54
balm of and for the soul, thank you for rubbing it in nicely.
Title: Candles · Author: Gentle Hobbit · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War
· ID: 460
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:34:43
you show one of sams talents, words might elude him but he knows about
setting the stage.
Title: Shire · Author: Aranel Took · Genres: Poetry: Hobbits · ID: 469
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:51:17
small, not dainty; yet pleasing to the eye and ear.
Title: With Many "Fond" Acknowledgments · Author: Thundera Tiger ·
Genres: Humor · ID: 472
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:56:02
this is why equal never works.
Title: Choosing · Author: docmon · Genres: Drama · ID: 473
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:01:30
neat theory well presented good work.
Title: A Moment Away · Author: Elen Kortirion · Races: Men: General
Drabbles · ID: 474
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:03:03
sometimes a girl just needs these moments.
Title: The Otters of Imladris · Author: chaotic_binky · Genres: Humor:
Elven Lands · ID: 491
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:06:05
love the thought of these two raising young; one by the book and one
by the seat of the pants. monumental story and wonderful cast of
characters.
Title: Look Not With Longing · Author: Dwimordene · Times: Fourth Age
and Beyond · ID: 479
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:10:55
[Things had a weight to them then that he misses now—the world swept
clean of gods and demons is an open, airy space, yet dimmer—thinned.]
we forget one without the other is --yes--somehow lesser. wonderful
reminder.
Title: Labour Pains · Author: Aratlithiel · Genres: Humor: Shire · ID: 483
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:24:23
and the truth will out; but did you have to make us laugh so hard?
Title: Hide the Knives · Author: Nieriel Raina · Genres: Humor: Gondor
· ID: 485
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:29:14
Spoilers!
i have often thought that fathers to be need a documantary movie about
their wives plans for future birth control methods before the delivery
should begin; it would save lots of terrorified men running screaming
from the delivery room, they would already be in another state.
Title: Seas of Fate · Author: Thundera Tiger · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Elves and Men · ID: 487
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:31:04
this is the man for this situation, he best knows the sea and her moods.
Title: Seeking the Sun · Author: Linda Hoyland · Races: Men · ID: 488
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:35:09
you let the king and queen practice their parenting skills on their
subjects without making them insincere in their love and concern,
thank you.
Title: No Regrets · Author: Linda Hoyland · Times: Fourth Age and
Beyond: Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 490
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:37:35
more important, how can aragorn not envy this; he never had it so he
can't miss it, and we know from other stories he chafes at the
restrictions of kingly confines.
Title: Starcrossed · Author: weepingnaiad · Genres: Drama: Featuring
the Noldor · ID: 493
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 02:14:00
you stop just shy of making us all weeping sods, thank you.
Drabbles · ID: 368
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 22:54:51
sad to no longer be the hero of your child.
Title: Bibliophile · Author: Imhiriel · Genres: Romance: Drabbles ·
ID: 370
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 22:58:07
in my experience there is always something to be liked in the library.
Title: My Shining Stars · Author: Oshun · Races: Elves: House of
Elrond · ID: 371
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:03:20
a child's love may be covered over but it always finds ways to expose
itself. thank you for showing us a path.
Title: Healing the Long Cleeve · Author: TopazTook · Genres: Longer
Works · ID: 133
Reviewer: Garnet Took · 2008-09-13 23:12:18
I have read this story a couple of times and find it quite
interesting. It is not the tipical take on the relationship of Pippin
and Diamond.
I find Diamond to be a very simpathetic character in this story. She
has been given very little information on marriage and what it
involves, and most of what she has been told it either wrong or based
on her mother's sad experiences.
Diamonds brother needs an attitude adjustment and so does Pippin's
sister. (That's all I'll say about them)
The romance that develops between Pippin and Diamond is sweet, and
everything seems to work out for them.
All in all, a nice story of a growing love that survives despite their
families.
Title: Baker's Dozen · Author: Tanaqui · Genres: Drama: General
Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 372
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:12:48
delightful tangle of ideals and ideas.
Title: Battle upon the Quays · Author: Imhiriel · Races: Men: General
Drabbles · ID: 376
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-13 23:17:14
Spoilers!
easy to forget hame field is only an advantage not a victory.
Title: The Flute · Author: Golden · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War ·
ID: 150
Reviewer: Garnet Took · 2008-09-13 23:35:21
This is a sweet, hopeful story. The idea of Pippin having a connection
to all those he loves through the flute is a touching one. I do
wonder, though, what people thought when someone like Aragorn or
Faramir got a distant look on his face at an unexpected moment.
Golden did a wonderful job taking a story and a concept that came from
another genre and addapting them to the LOTR universe. Well done.
Title: In Passing · Author: Altariel · Races: Men · ID: 104
Reviewer: Raksha the Demon · 2008-09-13 23:51:13
Spoilers!
Sigh. This is such a lovely story, graceful and melancholy-elegiac
with touches of history and poetry and legend; very appropriate for
Faramir's old age. I just adore the flow here, as the soul-searing
Great Events in Gondor 3018-3019 pass from memory into a game of
strategy into history and a picture drawn by a child descended from
those who lived through it. And it ends with a vision, one shared by
Faramir and his great-grandson, of Minas Tirith and the rebuilt Minas
Ithil to be; that Faramir will not live to see but that the boy will.
I can't help but thinking that Faramir has had a lot to do with
assuring that young Beren, and others, will see that vision come true.
Well done!
Title: There shall be Mirth at our Meeting · Author: Imhiriel ·
Genres: Humor: Drabbles · ID: 377
Reviewer: dkpalaska · 2008-09-14 00:03:54
Spoilers!
With this, Imhiriel has written a drabble which Aragorn fangirls
everywhere can completely and totally relate to!
It takes some very particular skills to drabble effectively. An author
has to choose both the scene, and the words used to construct it, very
carefully. Trying to depict too much is as much of a mistake as not
giving the reader enough to work with. Imhiriel has proven herself
masterful at the genre, and this is no exception.
We get one brief scene, between two *original* characters, no less.
(No automatic background is conjured by the reader's imagination on
which the drabbler can build.) Yet we immediately identify with the
two women, know the exact setting and location, and even get a good
grasp of their personalities. There's not only an entire conversation
but action worked into the drabble as well; the whole scene plays out
in my head so clearly, like an excerpt from a film.
And what a conversation... *g* How many Aragorn fans have not let out
a ["dreamy sigh"] and wished for even such a brief encounter?
The canon quotes are put to very good use and are fulfilled
excellently here, as is the title: taken from a different source
altogether, and yet perfectly fitting.
I find the heart of this drabble goes far beyond two women reflecting
on an enjoyable meeting. Even more, I'm glad to get this peek into a
moment when a would-be King's heavy burdens are lightened, and his
laughter rings out. Truly delightful!
Title: The Misty Month · Author: Le Rouret · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Post-Ring War · ID: 454
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:22:19
before lord of the rings it was all king arthur, so the green knight
is one of the best theories i have followed in fanfic. terriffic.
Title: Answers · Author: Armariel · Genres: Poetry: Drama · ID: 458
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:27:19
but why make answers when you can't post them on to their recievers?
Title: Balm · Author: Armariel · Genres: Adventure · ID: 459
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:31:54
balm of and for the soul, thank you for rubbing it in nicely.
Title: Candles · Author: Gentle Hobbit · Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War
· ID: 460
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:34:43
you show one of sams talents, words might elude him but he knows about
setting the stage.
Title: Shire · Author: Aranel Took · Genres: Poetry: Hobbits · ID: 469
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:51:17
small, not dainty; yet pleasing to the eye and ear.
Title: With Many "Fond" Acknowledgments · Author: Thundera Tiger ·
Genres: Humor · ID: 472
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 00:56:02
this is why equal never works.
Title: Choosing · Author: docmon · Genres: Drama · ID: 473
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:01:30
neat theory well presented good work.
Title: A Moment Away · Author: Elen Kortirion · Races: Men: General
Drabbles · ID: 474
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:03:03
sometimes a girl just needs these moments.
Title: The Otters of Imladris · Author: chaotic_binky · Genres: Humor:
Elven Lands · ID: 491
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:06:05
love the thought of these two raising young; one by the book and one
by the seat of the pants. monumental story and wonderful cast of
characters.
Title: Look Not With Longing · Author: Dwimordene · Times: Fourth Age
and Beyond · ID: 479
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:10:55
[Things had a weight to them then that he misses now—the world swept
clean of gods and demons is an open, airy space, yet dimmer—thinned.]
we forget one without the other is --yes--somehow lesser. wonderful
reminder.
Title: Labour Pains · Author: Aratlithiel · Genres: Humor: Shire · ID: 483
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:24:23
and the truth will out; but did you have to make us laugh so hard?
Title: Hide the Knives · Author: Nieriel Raina · Genres: Humor: Gondor
· ID: 485
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:29:14
Spoilers!
i have often thought that fathers to be need a documantary movie about
their wives plans for future birth control methods before the delivery
should begin; it would save lots of terrorified men running screaming
from the delivery room, they would already be in another state.
Title: Seas of Fate · Author: Thundera Tiger · Races: Cross-Cultural:
Elves and Men · ID: 487
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:31:04
this is the man for this situation, he best knows the sea and her moods.
Title: Seeking the Sun · Author: Linda Hoyland · Races: Men · ID: 488
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:35:09
you let the king and queen practice their parenting skills on their
subjects without making them insincere in their love and concern,
thank you.
Title: No Regrets · Author: Linda Hoyland · Times: Fourth Age and
Beyond: Fixed-Length Ficlets · ID: 490
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 01:37:35
more important, how can aragorn not envy this; he never had it so he
can't miss it, and we know from other stories he chafes at the
restrictions of kingly confines.
Title: Starcrossed · Author: weepingnaiad · Genres: Drama: Featuring
the Noldor · ID: 493
Reviewer: nancylea · 2008-09-14 02:14:00
you stop just shy of making us all weeping sods, thank you.
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