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| The Masque Of The King Stag by French Pony | 41 Review(s) |
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| Karri | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/12/2004 |
| Your writing is always slendid! The detail of the incorrectly cut bannock was beautiful! It is so true to form for a greiving child to be upset by something seemingly so simply..anything and everything out of place is just one more added to a world abruptly turned unstable in a little one's eyes. Normalcy is so reassuring, and Legolas has not been granted any. And when he asked Luindil to take the bannock to ada because ada didn't see him anymore, my eyes were well on their way to growing suspiciously liquid. | |
| Lady Masterblott | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| Dear French Pony... (hmmh - Pony?) I absolutely enjoyed this story,and the vivid picture of the life of the Mirkwood Elves you painted in it. I absolutely loved the scenes from the masquerade - seems to me as if Dancing and the respective rehearsals are something you know more than just a little about. IMHO, you captured the atmosphere very well, and I could perfectly feel with Legolas, who was grasped by the power of the staging, seeing the dance for the first time. (Poor kid... but in any case: Your description made his reaction completely believable.) I am looking forward to the next chapter in eager anticipation, so to speak, to see how and if everything resolves. Good writing, Margit | |
| Lamiel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 10/12/2004 |
| Oh wow! Thranduil's dance... oh, the imagery of that! And then his reaction when he saw Legolas watching him . . . he should have hugged him then. He needed to hug him then! But he couldn't. And the way he spoke to him, "little mouse," and then Legolas got up and went, without his hug... oh, I just want to cuddle the dear little elfling. I won't say what I want to do to his fell, fierce, beautiful father. | |
| Lamiel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/12/2004 |
| This is truly beautiful. Thranduil's pain is heartbreaking, all the more so for his uncertainty regarding Legolas. His son needs him so badly, but how can he put aside his own grief? The episode with the bannock was just perfect - it shows just what Legolas is going through now, and is all the more painful for its poignancy. Oh, and when Thranduil kissed the tip of Legolas ear... | |
| Antigone Q | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| Oh, this was just glorious! The dance and the ceremony were especially intriguing, and I loved your poor little sad Legolas! | |
| JastaElf | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| You know, from the very moment I started reading this I could hear the hornpipe tune in my head, like a heartbeat underpinning the whole thing... my GOD, FP, this is absolutely superb. This is one of THE best stories I have ever read, and it both rends my heart that it isn't finished and I cannot find out what happens next until you write it--and uplifts my soul to know the magic will keep going on as you work to update. This is just plain flat-out magnificent--such powerful images, such wonderful characterizations, so many wonderful people who make up Mirkwood and weave in and out of each other's lives.... About halfway through the masque it suddenly occurred to me exactly WHAT role Thranduil was dancing, and my heart almost stopped. I had a horrible feeling, like watching a train wreck, and I knew no one had thought to prepare Legolas for what he would see, and I KNEW the child would implode, thinking his Ada was dead.... oh GODS.... and there you left us!! Wicked, wonderful writer person!! :-) I cannot wait for the next chapter. Dear GOD this is just so wonderfully GOOD.... Thank you. Thank you for bringing to life all the old ways, the dancing and everything, thank you thank you thank you! Thank you for paying proper attention to children and grief and healing and everything.... Wow. And all God's chillun said, Amen!! Or is that, "Wolcum, Jul!"?? :-) | |
| MEG | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| Ohhh, WOW! It's my original, favorite Christmas Revels recording, Mirkwood style! I've considered that music inspiring ever since I discovered it, years ago, but it never occurred to me to picture it this way. Loved the way the text invoked the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance for the deer and the sword dance from the St. George portion of the album, and the use of the "first comes winter, then comes spring" verse. (Poor little Legolas -- if he knew the next two lines of the poem, he might not have been scared out of his wits at the conclusion of the sword dance.) Loved the references to gathering the holly and the capture of the Wren King. And the chapter title, from the "Shortest Day" verse. I think this is the first fanfic I've ever read that came with such a complete soundtrack built into my head -- not to mention the first time a fanfic is going to come into my head every time I listen to the music. What a wonderful picture this has painted! Now where did I put those Revels albums? It's not too early to start listening to Yule music -- is it? | |
| elliska | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| Of course when I read and reviewed earlier I was doing it as a relief break between nasty tasks at work which has been utter H*** recently. So, I was not entirely focused on the more pleasant task of reading this story. Now that its 2:34am and I can't sleep so I'm reading this again, let me add--the description of the dance was beautifully done, which one would expect from you :) But really, it was great. Very detailed and easy to picture. I loved it. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/12/2004 |
| I know that Thranduil is grieving - but S-E-L-F-I-S-H or what! He is a king, surrounded by courtiers - can he not even spare the effort to see that his poor unhappy son, who is also grieving, is given a devoted carer to whom Legolas is the most important person in that stronghold? Was there nobody, apart from one rushed-off-her-feet chambermaid to see to his needs, other than those who turned up casually? And did nobody think it worth warning the child - who has just lost his mother - that part of the dance makes it appear that his father has just dropped dead? Beautifully written. | |
| elliska | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/11/2004 |
| I love the image of little Legolas worrying about whether the tree likes to be coated in ice and asking it for branches. Very elfy, I thought. And then poor Legolas worrying about who would decorate and where the decorations were...it just went down hill from there didn't it? So sad for him that none of the adults had time for him (which, of course, they would not). I'm glad he got to make the face paint. Cool idea for how to make it, by the way. But the dance and Legolas' reaction was just too sad. Hurry with the next update. | |