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I'll Be Home for Mettare, if Only In My Dreams  by Marethiel 6 Review(s)
CairistionaReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/23/2009
I know I've already told you this both when I beta'd for you and on OAA, but it bears repeating: I absolutely loved this, every word. You've captured a slice of Dunedain life near and dear to my heart, that of Aragorn at home with his people, receiving the love and comfort only they can provide. That you also threw in so much rich detail about his eyes and his clothes and his hair and everything else to make my fangirl heart absolutely disintegrate into a giant puddle of mush was icing on the cake. And icing is, after all, my favorite part of the cake. :)

I'll be reading this again and again, I'm sure!

InzilbethReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/23/2009
Oh adorable! I loved this. And I'm so glad Ivorwen was there to comfort the young chieftain. Beautifully written.

EstelcontarReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/22/2009
What a lovely, touching and poignant vignette. You did a great job of capturing young Aragorn for us. His beauty, his strenght, his kindness are all there for us to see, as is Ivorwen wisdom.

ErulisseReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/22/2009
I love this. He is trying so hard to fit into the Chieftain mold, but he is really just a young man away from his family for the first time. Although this won't be the last Mettare that he will be alone, it is the first, and probably the hardest. A beautiful portrait of the future king as we celebrate our own Yule.

daw the minstrelReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/22/2009
Nice picture of the "young chieftain," glad to be among these people but missing so many others.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/22/2009
What a gentle, loving story.

Author Reply: :-)

Thanks, shirebound. That was the goal... he might be the Chieftain, but at the moments he's a young man missing his family at a time when family means the most. And Nana knew. So Daernana stepped in! :-)

Thanks so much for taking the time to read and review.

Marethiel

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