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| Not By Blood Alone by French Pony | 24 Review(s) |
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| Jule | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/27/2005 |
| Thranduil rules. He is the best and my absolute favorite. Legolas is definitely his Ada’s boy. King Thranduil is exactly who Elrond needed in the midst of all this stifling formality bring sad memories. Yes getting married is happy, a wedding not always so much. It should be but I swear I have seen people almost drown in “perfect plans.” I am glad the mischievous young King of Mirkwood is there to throw Elrond a lifeline. My favorite was imagining Thranduil singing those types of songs. I am curious where Celeborn and Galadrial sent Thranduil. Please write more soon. Thanks Jule | |
| Manderly | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/26/2005 |
| It's nice to see that even elves (Elrond, no less) face the same nerve storms as mere mortals before the big date. Interesting that he chooses to ask Thranduil's advice in such delicate matters. Thranduil's advice (so far as the wedding night is concerned) probably wasn't too helpful, but it certainly was entertaining. Is this a glimpse of the bachelor party to come? The beech trees - what a wonderful and thoughtful wedding gift! Well, it seems like everything is going to be blue for this wedding. I hope the sky will be blue that day too. | |
| Pernauriel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/26/2005 |
| I enjoyed reading it was very amusing. When you mentioned Thanduril my first thought was that he would be a good stand in. | |
| TithemFeredir | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/26/2005 |
| I loved your wounded, generous, boisterous, complex Thranduil. And poor Elrond, it looks like he won't get a break anytime soon. This is a very amusing story. Looking forward to the next chapter! ~TF | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/26/2005 |
| Oh my lord. Of course it would be Galadriel who comes along while Thranduil is singing bawdy songs to her future son-in-law. And Celeborn too! LOL The gift of the trees is wonderful. I liked the allusions to how all these people looked at the Last Alliance and the sense that they're picking up the pieces of their lives again and going on in stubborn efforts to be happy. | |
| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/21/2005 |
| Sorry it took me long to review, but I've been away since last Sunday and I'm far behind in my reading in my reviewing..:-) I really like your warped sense of humour FP, and daring to portray Elrond, pardon me, Celebrían's wedding is a definite proof that you do have it. I was laughing from the very first line! Also, I liked the apparently tiniy bit of problem Elrond is facing. It must have been truly difficult for him in that situation. I liked uderstanding and emphatic Galadriel and now I'm wondering who's going to fill in the vacant. Ready to have more fun! | |
| elliska | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/21/2005 |
| Ooo. I come back from training to a whole new story! Cool. And this one looks to be hilarious. You are too right the weddings are better than circuses (sp?). I thought the conversation with Erestor and Glorfindel (pink wedding cloak and all) was absolutely a riot! I rolled all the way through it. And the conversation with Celebrian was very well done--quite sad but something that had to be on his mind. I am definitely looking forward to this one. I love a good wedding. ;-) | |
| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2005 |
| My mother had a sewing business making weddding dresses and I met enough brides and bridesmaids and mothers of the bride to determine that I would elope. All the build up and decisions and so on was very funny. Elrond's problem, however, is very real and look forward to seeing what Galadriel proposes as a solution. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/20/2005 |
| Poor Elrond. He can face down a Dark Lord or two, but confront him with a damsel discussing wedding finery and he's in pieces. Not, of course, that Galadriel is just any damsel. Still he can console himself with the presence of Celebrian in his arms, which is probably compensation enough. Interesting the pink/blue thing. Somewhere I have a book that says that until the twentieth century pink was considered a much more macho strong colour more suited to boys, while blue was thought of as rather wishy-washy and more suitable for girls. How things change! I think Elrond and the male brigade might discover that there is another time when females take over the asylum. I believe the last few weeks before the arrival of a child can lead the men to go and hide in the stables, too. Most enjoyable. I wonder who will stand with Elrond - I'm looking forward to finding out. | |
| Manderly | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 7/19/2005 |
| The timing of the arrival of this story cannot be more perfect. I have a family wedding coming up in three weeks (my husband's nephew) and can more than sympathize with what Elrond is going through. It seems like there is always someone (or someones) ready to hijack the entire event from the bride and groom. Poor Elrond. At least he should take comfort in the fact that Galadriel's choice of colour is blue, and not pink. A very entertaining chapter. It will be interesting to see if I will be seeing the same things in your future chapters as what I am seeing now with this family wedding. | |