Stories of Arda Home Page
About Us News Resources Login Become a member Help Search

All for Her   by SoundofHorns 8 Review(s)
Beethovens7thReviewed Chapter: 40 on 8/31/2004
He actually stumbled back a step as though his legs would not support him, letting go of her, his hand falling to his side.

OMG, i just knew that this was how he would react! So visual! So heart rending. Perfect.

Author Reply: This has to be one of my favorite chapters. So touching. I'm loving reading your reviews as you go, they're reminding me of these good chapters!! I can't wait until you're all caught up.

MysteriousWaysReviewed Chapter: 40 on 8/29/2004
You have infused this with an amazing level of intensity. What an increadible chapter that was. What an increadible build up to it.

MysteriousWays

Author Reply: Hehe, I'm not ashamed to admit I just reread this and actually had tears in my eyes...I can't believe that I wrote it! Surely...surely someone else! Wow.

RakshaReviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/5/2004
this story just gets more and more interesting. Faramir's now-revealed mind-reading powers add a new element and texture to everything. But how will Eowyn feel when she eventually learns that the man she loves has been viewing her innermost feelings and memories? She didn't appreciate Grima's physically stalking her; I'm not sure she would want Faramir mentally stalking her without her knowledge, even if he can't always help feeling what she feels. It would be best if he told her of his ability rather than her finding out on her own...

Author Reply: Just wait, it's coming. I'm going to address this entire problem soon. Thanks for noticing though and thinking this story keeps getting better. :D

Chibi-KazReviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/5/2004
Woof. From breaking heart to giggles in one chapter! I'm exhausted. Faramir is lucky Eowyn didn't scratch his eyes out - that's what I might have done if he did that to me... (pauses, imagines David Wenham, melts into puddle of drool) OK, maybe not! :D Anyway, that was a hell of a gamble for Faramir to take, calling Eowyn's bluff like that.
Of course, the idea of Faramir hunting down Grima and slaughtering that scumbag like the pig he is .. such a lovely thought! Shame he won't get the chance...
Cheers,
Chibi-kaz

Author Reply: I know, I would love to write Faramir rippin Grima apart, but alas...
hehe David Wenham--ah, he makes me giggle like a wee girl. Actually, if I had a choice between Karl Urban as Eomer and David Wenham as Faramir---I couldn't decide. And, I've been thinking about this, too. I mean, in the first shot of Eomer I clearly remember going, "Helllooo Eomer! Whoo! Yeah! Take off that helmet and GROWL BABY!" but I wasn't all that impressed with our first meeting of Faramir. He was just gorgeous in his hood and cloak, with his bow....mmmmm, YES.
But, in fact, I really just sat there open-mouthed the entire time, just overwhelmingly dismayed. It was the worst moment of betrayal I've ever felt from a fictional character; I was completely infuriated FOR him, not because of him being a jerk. Like he was real....sigh, Faramir come and take me away....or just mud-wrestle with Eomer and I could hose you both down. LOL :D

CrimsonReviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/4/2004
"Faramir swallowed as she glanced up and down his body. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea...

CUT TO:

Two hours later, Eowyn has Faramir naked, spread eagle, and tied to a bed..."

LMAO! :D

But seriously, great work in this chapter! I'm so glad you didn't drag it out into some melodramatic angsty thing where she left with him still thinking she didn't love him, etc., etc., etc... Been there, done that. This is much more realistic. In fact, it is eerily similar to what a good friend of mine had to go through with the woman who is soon to be his fiance. (Yes, there are gentle and patient guys out there like Faramir.) That's partly why this story is so touching as well as hilarious.

So, great work. Study hard and keep writing. BTW, I find it hard to believe that you're not a good student. You're clearly a good writer, and I've always believed that good writing and good thinking go hand in hand. Perhaps you're just not interested in the subjects you don't excel at. Or perhaps you have bad teachers. As one of my favorite authors put it: "If science is exciting and art is exhilarating, the schools and universities have achieved the not inconsiderable feat of rendering both dull. As every scientist and poet knows, one discovers both vocations in spite of, not because of school. It takes years to recover from the stupor of being taught Shakespeare in English Lit and Wheatstone's bridge in Physics." So don't be too hard on yourself.


Author Reply: LMAO! Don't be too sure she won't tie him up at some point. ;)
I'm glad everyone likes this chapter, because, man, it was HARD. I had to keep going back over it again and again before I thought it was even okay.

About my studies...I don't know, I just can't seem to CARE about them. No motivation changes it either. I have a friend that promised to send me anywhere in the world if I made a 4.0 and yet, I've got a 2.75. And she's got the money, it's not an empty promise, either. So, go figure. I really want to go, but, I can't CARE enough. It sucks.

EomerofEastfoldReviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/4/2004
I do not understand why I never calculated Grima's doings in all of this. Now every piece of the puzzle has come together and everything makes so much sense now. Brilliant bit of work. :)

Author Reply: I forgot a bit about him too. He's just so slimy ;) But, I really had a good image here, I think, with him manipulating her and (hopefully) creepily paralleling Faramir. I'm glad you liked it, I originally didn't. It was a tough chapter.

Elendiari22Reviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/4/2004
*Blinks* Intrigueing lead in to the next chapter. Please don't make it go any higher in rating. :) I like this chapter, and how Eowyn went to Faramir for comfort after trying to refuse him. Keep it up!

Author Reply: Nah, its not going any higher in rating. They're out in the garden still.... ;) I thought that made sense in a way how she went to him immediately. It showed she was really so terrified about losing him. Or maybe I'm off in my own little author world, i dunno.

Fionnabhair Nic AillilReviewed Chapter: 40 on 5/4/2004
All is forgiven! That was worth waiting for. Oh thank god - i got slightly frightened for a moment there that Éowyn would succeed and then we'd have to endure many chapters of angst before they found their way back to each other. I'm sure I could've borne it. The emotion was beautifully handled (something I know I find difficult - when there's a million different emotions swirling around, how on earth do keep them all defined?) and I thought it was very much in character. Yeah - I'm liking it!

Author Reply: I dont think I could handle several chapters of angst. *sniff* ;)

Return to Chapter List