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A Grimm Evening in the White City  by TithenFeredir 13 Review(s)
HalethReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 3/12/2006
This story made me chuckle. Aragorn ought to have known better.

I wonder if the children would have asked their mother in she or their uncles made shoes?

Author Reply: Well, any mirth is good mirth, I say! Yes, Aragorn should have known better. I imagine that if the kids ask Arwen if she and the twins make shoes, Aragorn will find himself sleeping in the throne room. I so like the way you think, Haleth. ;-D Thanks for the review! ~TF

Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/24/2005
Oh Tithen,
What a great story. It's was hard to tell after a while, who were the bigger children, Aragorn & Legolas or Eldarion & his sister LoL. I guess boys will be boys.

BTW, I chuckled a lot.

Write again, your fan

Eliza

Author Reply: Oh yes, they must have had a few disagreements as all friends do. It was fun writing something silly. I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing! ~TF

ArmarielReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/23/2005
I LOVE IT!!! Cute, cute....love how Lego so neatly turns the tables....*giggle*

Someone else may have mentioned this already, but I believe "THe Emperor's New Clothes" is by Hans Christian Andersen............

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Author Reply: Doh! Really? I did a lot of skimming through archives of fairy tales hoping to find one that would fit Arwen's message, and I thought I'd seen the Emperor story listed with Grimm. I must have imagined it. That story is one of my favs, but obviously I'm no expert on fairy tales. Anyway, I'm so happy you liked my dittie! Thanks for the review! ~TF

Rose SaredReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/23/2005
Well I did chuckle somewhat so there you are - the story is good! Mind you I think A/L should conspire to tell a silly woman story to discomfort Arwen in revenge, she is a little smug, ha?
Rose

Author Reply: Aha, you picked up on that! Yeah, everyone in this tale is being a little bit off, though I rather enjoyed Arwen playing the mom to A/L's naughty boys. I looked all over for a real fairy tale that made her point. It may be out there but I didn't find it. Hence the all-too-obvious fable. Thanks for reviewing, Rose! ~TF

BodkinReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/23/2005
I wonder where Aragorn got hold of stories about tiny naked elves with poor manners (- and why he didn't have enough sense to change the vital word to imps or pixies). I think the telling of the King's New Clothes will be a justifiable revenge.

This is such a clever and enjoyable story. I should think Arwen must have her work cut out between these two!

Let's see - what other stories could be told to enrage elements of Middle Earth society . . . Goldilocks and the Beornings . . . The Elf Princess and the Seven Dwarves . . . Samwise and the Beanstalk . . . the possibilities are endless!

Author Reply: Thanks, Bodlin! Yes, Aragorn was so politically incorrect and Legolas was being a bit of a diva. Poor Arwen. I love your Middle Earth fairy tale ideas! ~TF

Author Reply: Thanks, Bodkin! Yes, Aragorn was being so politically incorrect, and Legolas was being a bit of a diva. Poor Arwen. I love your fairy tale ideas! ~TF

LamielReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/22/2005
Hee! Yes, and as I recall Tolkien himself was constantly fighting the misconceptions of folks who only knew Elves from the faery stories. Sigh. And even in more modern fantasies they are wicked more often than they are good. I'll stick to Middle-earth, thank you.

I did love your description of Legolas here -- "made Thranduil at his most threatening seem like vision of bland sweetness." Ha! And at the end, his eyes "stilling... to pools of starlight" is beautiful. Very nicely done.


Author Reply: I also much prefer Tolkien's elves to the storybook kind, but it was fun to trot them out for the purpose of getting Legolas' goat. *chuckle* The prince was not amused. I just loved making him out-glare Thranduil! Thanks for the review! ~TF

grumpyReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/22/2005
What a great story, this made me laugh. brave must be Aragorn to be telling tales of small elves dancing nude. Arwin the voice of reason between two friends. Legolas's idea to tell the children about a king and some not so visable cloths.

Author Reply: Even the best of friends ocasionally have difficulties, don't they? It was fun stirring things up with these three, and I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing! ~TF

French PonyReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/21/2005
That was pretty funny. Aragorn has a lot of gall to tell a story like that to the children of an Elven Queen in the presence of another Elf. He deserved a light drubbing for that one, plus a story in retaliation. I love it that both of the boys had to contemplate seriously Arwen's transparent little parable. Not too quick on the uptake, are they?

Author Reply: Well, Aragorn was definitely not very swift to have told the story in the first place, and he never really seemed to get why Legolas didn't like it. But they both failed to soak up Arwen's point. It's a guy thing. Thanks for reviewing! ~TF

Linda HoylandReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/21/2005
I enjoyed this and loved Arwen's common sense."The Emperor's new Clothes" starring Aragorn would be well wporth reading.You did make me smile !

Author Reply: Thanks for the review, Linda! I'm glad you liked Arwen's attempt to lend her common sense to the guys. ~TF

Indigo BuntingReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 10/21/2005
Bravo! This was a neat little story. I especially liked Legolas' line about "rodent-sized eledh who creep into the houses of men by night and make merry in the nude". That made me laugh out loud. And his riposte at the end was very clever. Good story!

Author Reply: Thanks, Indgo Bunting! One of the fun challenges of writing this thing was to turn the dialogue so that it implied what tale was being discussed rather than saying it outright. I'm so happy it made you laugh! ~TF

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