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| Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Lindelea | 4 Review(s) |
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| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/30/2024 |
| Oh, I was going to mention...when I read on Microsoft Edge, I can right-click and a list comes up, including "read aloud". Try to see if your browser does that. I thing I have not gotten Google Chrome to do that. Author Reply: Ah to be able to edit review replies... I am constantly starting a parenthetical thought and then forgetting to close it. (As I did in my reply to your previous comment.) Hmm. I don't have Microsoft Edge. I do have Firefox and Safari. I will have to see if either of those browsers has that feature. Thanks for the tip! (I got locked out of SoA when my password saved on my laptop got corrupted, not long after I posted the latest chapter to this one, but I was luckily able to locate a note where I'd written down the password quite a while ago. Whew. I'm so glad to be able to answer reviews and post new chapters. This story is nearly complete.) | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/30/2024 |
| "Picking up where we left off". Indeed! And oh, my. That conversation between the General and his poor wounded aide reminds me of a conversation our departed friend Fiondil wrote, in his "Elf Academy Christmas" tale, between one Father Charles Waverly and one - returned to Modern Earth and ready to fight the darkness again - Prince Finrod. The discussion centered around ancient humans's habits of sacrificing various animals and even each other to their idea of The Creator. And sadly, even still, we hear on the news of people who see the need to bomb and kill those different from them. And then, Eomer King taking it as his right and duty to carry his esquire up for care. You have nicely shown the relationship between the Rohirrim and their horses; from the slower, more controlled, but still a gallop, to poor Firefoot who had no idea where they were going, but responded the best he could to his master's directions. The description of the examination room is very vivid. I could picture each of the patients and those caring for them. King Ellesar clearly values and cares for his Hobbit friends, not even bothering to shed that dusty mail, going right to work. I would imagine anyone there who had been in the city during the Battle of the Pellenor, or at the Black Gate, would always remember that battle song. I suspect for some troubled veterans, the steady purpose of their commanders would be the only thing keeping their emotions steady when hearing that sound. And off goes the king, and like before, poor Merry is ordered to stay and rest! (On a silly side note, my spell-check is going crazy over all of those Middle Earth names!) Author Reply: Oh, my, it has been so long since I read Fiondil's stories... They are on my "want to read again" list, which I'm beginning to work through, along with stories on my "want to read list" that I didn't have time, over the past decade, to read. Your comment has moved that particular Elf Academy Christmas tale to the top of the list! (Whichever list it might be... I know I read and thoroughly enjoyed several "Elf Academy" stories, but I don't know if that was one of them. Actually, the General's first words are loosely adapted from a Civil War account of Joshua Chamberlain. A bullet passed through his horse's neck and hit something (a framed picture of his wife and a pocket Bible, I read in one description) in his pocket, preventing the bullet from penetrating his chest near his heart. The impact knocked him unconscious, and he awakened lying facedown on his horse's neck, covered in the horse's blood, hearing his commanding general, who was supporting him in the saddle, say, "My dear general, you are gone." According to Chamberlain's account, he heard a rebel yell at that moment, sat up, said, "Yes, General, I am," and directed his wounded but still standing horse to take him back into the battle to rally the faltering Union line. You are very perceptive to catch the implications of the slower gallop! And yes, I can imagine that those who were sent off to safety during the Siege of Minas Tirith would not recognise the battle song, but the sound would have an impact on all those who were in the City during the attack, as well as the Rohirrim who were outside the City. It's so good to hear from you! Thanks for reading and taking the time to share your thoughts. ((((hugs)))) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/24/2024 |
| Best to recover somewhat rather than face the incipient chaos approaching the King and his guards and allies. Author Reply: While Merry might disagree, I think he's outnumbered. Thanks for reading and stopping to leave a good word. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 17 on 3/7/2024 |
| Ohhhh, our healer-king ministering to his beloved hobbits, and being such a calming and comforting presence. *happy sigh* Thank you for continuing your interesting tale. Author Reply: So good to hear from you! I am (once again) retired and so have time to read and write (and the eyes to do so - editing tired the eyes and left me reading audiobooks at the end of the workday, and fanfic does not come in audio form, so far as I know). Let's hope it lasts this time. I do so love the healing facet of Elessar's gifts. Thank you for reading and stopping to leave a good word. I appreciate your thoughtfulness. | |