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| The Summary Version of LOTR by Lindorien | 33 Review(s) |
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| Kitt of Lindon | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 8/12/2004 |
| Ah, you left out this passage: There was also a strange Elf clad in green and brown, Legolas, a messanger from his father, Thranduil, the King of the Northern Elves of Mirkwood. You are not the only one to sing 'hi ho'. I am a firm believer that Gimli is a direct decent of Grumpy. Very good chapter. I do not suppose I need to say that I reeeaaally want to read the next chapter. But no rush, no pressure. Right? Author Reply: well, hello Kitt! I mention Legolas, way back at the beginning. Didn't say too much about him, because, well, y'know - it's all about Boromir. no rush is right on that next chapter. I've a bunch of new stuff, but a bunch of that new stuff is already hidden. click on my name and you'll see it listed. if there's anything you want to see, email me. hugs lindorien | |
| trishette | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/19/2004 |
| Your drabbles have had me laughing through every chapter! i cannot wait until you post some more! Author Reply: I'm glad your liking these trishette. But THESE are drabbles. These are mere efforts at summarizing this tome so that one might ATTEMPT a drabble. A drabble is a fic of EXACTLY 100 words. There's a bunch of them on this site. Some quite lovely ones added recently, and my own can be found under my name as Drabble,Drabble. Off to answer your other reviews. So nice to see somebody new is enjoying these! Lindorien | |
| trishette | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 7/19/2004 |
| Remember, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin: the letter P comes BEFORE Q, not after! Sorry, couldn't resist. Author Reply: Shall not comment beyond a soft and Quite Ladylike GROAN. Lindorien | |
| trishette | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/19/2004 |
| Tolkien better hope that nobody why sees the work "queer" as synonymous with "homosexual" never reads his books! I mean, when using the word queer in that sense, one might ask "It's been a homosexual day?" Author Reply: Snicker. Back in the olden days, or, as my children say to me, "Mom, back when you were alive..." queer meant 'odd' and 'gay' meant happy. I just find it queer how often he used queer. Had he no other adjectives at his disposal? Lindorien | |
| trishette | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/19/2004 |
| These drabbles are quite hilarious! I also like your vocabulary choices... I do not know every word, and i love learning new words! I just have one correction to make- Folco's last name is Boffin, not Bolger. A minor mistake though... hey, I'm sure I've made some! Also.. the last names start with the same letter! (Now that I mention it, the letter "B" seems to be a common start for hobbit last names! Baggins, Boffin, Bolger, Brandybuck, Bracegirdle, Burrows... O.O) Author Reply: Boffin, Bolger...what do you want from a people who would name one of their own, Half-ast? I do find that 'B' angle interesting. I never noticed. And that's weird I never noticed. Lindorien | |
| flick | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/19/2004 |
| Back from vacation and thrilled to see that you've finally gotten to the Good Stuff. Boromir, that is. Yay! A truly noble and necessary effort at Author Reply: It's ALL about Boromir, Flick. All of it. From First to Last and everything In Between. Oh yeah and there are some hobbits and some stuff about a ring and the end of the world and what not. But - in the meantime - there's dear doomed to die Boromir. 'Man from the South' indeed! If that isn't an Elf Dis, I don't know what is! Lindorien | |
| Artemis | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/19/2004 |
| Uh-oh. Everybody's favorite Brothers Gondor writer has taken to more humor again. I say uh-oh because laughing too hard left me with a rather severe stomachache the last time I attempted it. Ow. In any case, enough of my rambling. Lovely, succinct version of LotR (I suppose that rattling noise we hear is dear J.R.R. spinning in his grave? ^^) and: "And there’s Elrond, introducing him to Gandalf like the two have never met, though we know Gandalf visited Minas Tirith and spoke with Denethor and brainwashed Faramir away from his father and ends up saying nasty things about Boromir in Return of the King that had he said them in Faramir’s hearing, Faramir would have kicked his butt for." -made complete sense. ^^ Author Reply: Everybody's favorite Brothers Gondor writer Why, thank you, Artemis! What a nice thing to say! **Lindorien leans over, hugs Artemis, taking opportunity to quietly press the promised five bucks into her hand** Thanks for review of Really Short Version also. That's like - The Fic That Wouldn't Die. I do feel kinda bad for JRRT for all this - but everything I'm saying is TRUE. Dammit! Lindorien | |
| Imrahoil | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/19/2004 |
| There it is, I can't believe it, she did it, she really did. Three cheers for Lindorien, Elrond and Frogo. (A little later) Lindorien, that is not nice, that is even UNFAIR. ***ominous voice*** You know, of what I speak. To ridicule my most innocent, my most natural obsession with Boromir, almost word for word - did I really say I wanted his babies?! - ... Have to read on before I decide if it's tar and feathers this time. Author Reply: Um...you ain't the only one sharing that natural obsession. Unfortunately, having a husband and all kinda puts a kink in that fantasy. Also - Boromir's not real and that makes it even more difficult. No tar and feathers this chapter. Save 'em for the next - In Which the Ring Doesn't Go FAR ENOUGH South. Sigh. Lindorien | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/18/2004 |
| "But Boromir doesn’t. He listens. Quietly. No ruckus. No “Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.” No attempt to take the Ring at the Council. None of that. Do you hear me PJ, NONE OF THAT!" Actually, I loved that 'Gondor has no king' line, said with appropriate lifting of Boromir's manly square chin. Sort of a 'and where have you been while your kingdom's been assaulted by Sauron, Mr. short, scruffy and skinny?' Very funny parody version of LOTR. Author Reply: I loved the line also. I wish PJ had Boromir just deck the upstart from the North, packed up his troubles in his old kit bag and hied himself back South whence he came before Galadriel Gal had a chance to get her hooks into him. Parody? No Parody. Actually, everything I say is pretty much true. That's the problem! Lindorien | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/18/2004 |
| Let me begin my learned review with a gentle Aaaargh. Time slips away from me, and I had only enough time for half the chapter. Knowing the folly of saving my notes for later, I will simply post them here and try to review the second half at leisure. (later) By the way - there were seven dwarven rings. The Author wonders if anybody else finds that number amusing, or does only she have great desire to sing, ‘Hi ho.’ Good thing I wasn't drinking tea at the time I read this. Y'know, this never occurred to me, or if it has, then I've forgotten it. Small editorial note: spell it "heigh ho" for accuracy and proper flavour. No, I don't think it looks as if it ought to be pronounced "hi ho". Yes, that is the original spelling, as on the dust jacket of the LP in the nursery where I spent my tender years. paraphrase in iambic pentameter Brilliant. What's iambic pentameter? It doesn't even rhyme... but then I'm a poetic Philistine. The Bard was well known for using it, though, if I'm remembering sophomore English properly. six syllables? Could you give a more concrete example? I found myself counting the syllables in your synopsis and none of the lines as I recall was six syllables. (Though, with a little polishing, those explanatory lines might be turned into haiku. Don't look at me, we had to write haikus in Junior English. That was a long time ago.) Throw me a rope. Give me a clue. I tried to say "hither" in an unrelated review, but forsooth! 'Twould not attach itself to yon keyboard, no matter how I hied myself hence. And exactly how does Aragorn draw that sword anyway? It's in two pieces. How does he get the second piece out of the sheathe? Y'know, that very point has long bothered me. Keep up the good, er, work. More later, if there is any justice in the world. Author Reply: Okay - replies one at a time. 'heigh ho' makes me think of Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer. Why is that Lindelea. And have we now stumbled on one of the intricacies of Lindorien's Mind. Iambic pentameter: da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM takes a bit to get into, but once one does, one start speaking that way. It really starts to annoy the neighbors. Regarding the six lines with six syllables (which rather resembles a square to me - see How Lindorien's Mind Works notation above): I merely suggest. I'm not writing everybody's damned poetry for them. I have enough trouble with my own. Regarding 'forsooth' - be no sore dismayed. I am soooo going to write that fic. everythig in pseudotolkien, kinda medieval language. Aragorn's sheathe thing. He turns it over and shakes it out. In fact i'm going to edit this chapter to add that line. See you later for the second half! Lindorien | |