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| May the Valar Protect Them by Nilmandra | 54 Review(s) |
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| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/27/2003 |
| Nilmandra! I've just finished "May the Valar Protect them." I can't tell you how much I loved this story. First, the magnitude and the structure of the story are excellent. Enough detail to paint the scenes created and yet the drive of the story rarely lacks. Your creation of characters is realistically rendered. Of the "Bad Men" to use little Legles' phrase, you paint them as being driven by their misguided intentions, not just evil for evil's sake. The love-bond between Thranduil and Narawen is established strongly and completely support the wonderfully depicted pain and loss later of Thranduil. I can a sense from your Thranduil that he a very passionate personality (for everyone and thing he loves. his wife, his family, his realm. His anger at what Hazad had done was truly frightening and his private grief immediately thereafter equally moving. For we move on to my favourite character, Your Legolas or more correctly Legles. He so created well. From an infant to his toddler stage to the age he was when his finally returned home. He was so adorable and endearing! His bond with Tathiel and his elleyth. You wrote the reunion with the other rescue party with a sensitivity that made the whole scene ring true! I loved how he went to every Elf questioning whether or not they were Elves. I laughed. I was reading the screen through tear-blurred eyes when Legolas was reunited with his father. "Legles come home to Ada!" made me sob. So wonderfully written! I really should have looked up more superlatives for this review. OK I'll stop rambling now! So many fine points to this story. Thank you for the story, it was brilliant! MM Author Reply: Thank you, MM :)I am glad you liked the story. Little Legles was a scene stealer in every scene he was in. Fortunately, I had never heard of a 'Mary-Sue' when I started this story, otherwise I might have been afraid of having so many OFC's - especially Tathiel. After all, Legles did fall in love with her | |
| carolynkelsea | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/20/2003 |
| This was wonderful! Your portrayal of little Legolas was adorable, and the homecoming scenes were so sweet... Thanks for sharing this story, I loved it! :) Author Reply: Thank you - I am glad you enjoyed it. This was an enoyable story to write - and little 'Legles' was a scene stealer - even at this young age. ;) | |
| Karri | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/6/2003 |
| This is a magnificient epic tale of loss and recovery. The abundance of OCs, both evil and good, were nice developed - not one of them came of as a Mary Sue. The villians were dispicable, yet human, with motivation for the evil deeds that made it possible to see them as more than just evil. Your elves were all things elves should be, yet still possessing the sorts of flaws that make OCs believable and enjoyable to read. Little Legolas was adorable from the get go.:D Thranduil's realtionship with his wife, his children, and his warriors was wonderfully developed. Again, you skillfully weave in imperfection that make me just want to gather him up in a big, comforting hug, and make him seems very real. The plots twists are entertaining, though sometimes frustrating - which added to the mood of the story, making it very easy to sympathize with the frustration of the character involved. The writing is simple excellent. Thank you for the wonderful story. I've read it from start to finish a dozen times, and will no doubt read it a dozen more. :) Author Reply: 'I've read it from start to finish a dozen times, and will no doubt read it a dozen more.' - That is without a doubt the biggest compliment anyone could ever give me. Thank you. I hope a plot bunny of this magnitude bites me again someday. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 7/18/2003 |
| I read this prologue for the first time so long ago that I had forgotten it. But reading it now reminds me of how intriguing this story was from the very first. It framed the story of this child's birth in an interesting way that connected it to the whole of Tolkien's tale. | |