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| Tree and Stone by Avon | 15 Review(s) |
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| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2004 |
| Avon, I really enjoyed this. This is one of the best dwarves I have seen done. His love for his work just shines through, and his perceptions of the elf seem very dwarvish! I like how you wove in the fact that few dwarves married (overall) and they had few children. His loss was keenly felt. Very well done. Author Reply: Thanks, Nilmandra. I wouldn't have thought that I could get into a Dwarf's head (though I suppose I did once spend a fair bit of time in movie-Gimli's head for a story which didn't work) so I'm really pleased to hear that people think I managed dwarvishness. like how you wove in the fact that few dwarves married (overall) and they had few children. It's something that has always struck me... Tolkien seemed to specialise in these poor dwindling races. Avon | |
| Rose Sared | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2004 |
| Well what a wonderful story, I must hie me to your author page and read the rest of your work. Perfection in characterisation of your OC dwarf, and the wonderful sharing of craftmanship and the weight of mortality. Just yummy, if this is your idea of a first draft I hope you never are unfortunate enough to read one of mine! Rose Author Reply: Thanks a lot for the awfully kind feedback, Rose. I'm pleased you think the Dwarf worked - I've never really written a Dwarf before. In fact when that fate befell me as part of a challenge I cheated a little and wrote a poem instead. ;-) I'm pleased that you think the point about the weight of mortality came across - it was reallt there in my head but getting it on paper proved hard. Avon | |
| Elena Tiriel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2004 |
| Oh, Avon this is just delightful! Both characters seem so real... I especially like the loving care with which the Dwarf (Borin?) greeted the stone and brought out its beauty... I never thought of Dwarves as being so Elf-like in their reverence for the stone. I love it! - Barbara Author Reply: Oh hey - I *did* spell your name right in the Author's NOtes ;-) I should have gone and checked but it was late and I was tired so I just took a punt - which is dangerous given a spelling ability like mine ;-) ... I never thought of Dwarves as being so Elf-like in their reverence for the stone. There's a lovely bit in TTT where Legolas and Gimli are discussing the Helm's Deep caves and he really does wax lyrical about how carfully they would work on them. Having said that - I think I did exagerate maybe just a bit on the evidence of Tolkien's Dwarves but not too, too, too much. Thanks for the kind words, Avon | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2004 |
| Love the grumpy, heart-of-gold dwarf and the little elf. Such a delightful story. Author Reply: Thanks, Bodkin. He is a little cliched, I guess, but I enjoyed being in his mind ;-) Avon | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2004 |
| This was truly wonderful, Avon. I loved the reverence for the stone and the sense of it as responsive. You can really see the dwarf's love of his craft. His calling the elf-child 'it' was amusing, but the child was both typically child like and typically elvish. He was curious and sweet and limber and musical and other manner of interesting things. Just a great all around look at an encounter between these two. Author Reply: Thanks, Daw. (And while I owe you a bunch of proper reviews let me just add here that inspare moments, currently very few, I am working my way through all your young Legolas stuff. It's a lovely antidote to a ghastly world.) His calling the elf-child 'it' was amusing, Whem I started it, and it was much shorter in conception, they were just he and it all the way through - no names at all. I think it is probably fortunate that I decided that that might be just a smidgen too much. ;-) Avon | |