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| Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves by Marethiel | 5 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/16/2010 |
| I can easily appreciate just this scenario happening! Lovely, my friend! Author Reply: Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had fun writing it, too. Marethiel :-) | |
| pete | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/16/2010 |
| Good story, I enjoyed it. I do not however think that the title 'Lord of Ithilien' belongs to Legolas though. Faramir as Prince is Lord of Ithilien, wherein Legolas had a settlement and Lord to that settlement. Author Reply: Yes, Raksha the Demon caught that too, and I'm grateful to you both for helping me get the story corrected. :-) Glad you enjoyed it! Marethiel | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/16/2010 |
| An intriguing premise, and some suspense and good angst, but... You really lost me with the line, very early in the story, mentioning Legolas as lord of Ithilien. Because the lord of Ithilien isn't Legolas; it's Faramir. Legolas rules an elven colony within Ithilien; but not the entire region; which is the domain of the prince of Ithilien - Faramir. And this was disconcerting: His next ‘little talk’ came with his Lord Steward, the highlight of which involved Faramir demanding to know no uncertain terms if the Dúnedain were more prone to early senility than other races. I liked the idea; but Faramir is Dúnedain himself; and wouldn't phrase the question in quite the same way (any more than he would necessarily have thinning hair at the age of 60). If you meant the story to take place in the movie-verse, these mistakes would make a lot more sense; since the movie never stipulates what rank Faramir retains after the war, or whether he is Dunedain or not. I quite liked Eowyn's dialogue; it seemed very appropriate to the character. Author Reply: Thank you SO MUCH for clarifying this. I'm not anywhere near as steeped in canon as I should be and I, quite frankly, got fuddled about Faramir as Lord of Ithilien. I believe I've corrected it now; let me know if it's still off. In so far as Faramir being Dunedain himself, that I knew, but somehow I thought I'd read that the straight Dunedain blood had "thinned" somewhat in Gondor due to intermarriage throughout the ages. I guess the phrase that the rulership of Gondor had diminished stuck in my head. I'll need to do more research on that one. Thank you for your comments about Eowyn; I love her, and it was important to me to do her justice. Thank you for taking the time to review and comment! Marethiel | |
| Estelcontar | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/15/2010 |
| I enjoyed reading your story very much indeed. In fact, it got one of my votes. I loved seeing Halbarad's son protecting Elessar. And I can well imagine that Aragorn might sometimes have yearned for the freer life of a Ranger during his kingly years Author Reply: Thank you, Estelcontar! It was such fun writing Bréganu. Trying to imagine how he and Halbarad would be alike, and how different. Such fun. Thanks for writing! Marethiel | |
| Envinyatar | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 5/15/2010 |
| Very enjoyable. You managed to pack a lot of story in here. Author Reply: I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time to read, and review. Best, Marethiel | |