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| Bear Me Away! by Armariel | 44 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/26/2005 |
| Tilwen's beau doesn't sound much of a catch. His self-love gleams - I doubt he has any room for love of Tilwen in his heart. I like the idea of writing a poem for a generic hero and inserting his name at the last moment. He'll never notice. Give me Ríannor any day. Much more complex character - tragic, not perfect at all, but deep and caring. And wearing colour. Very interesting. Author Reply: Mmm maybe not.......then again, could it be that maybe, just maybe there might turn out to be more to him than just his washboard abs and steel-blue orbs and oliphaunt-sized ego? Ya never know *g* We'll see! Thanks for reviewing! cheers Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/25/2005 |
| That was ... stunning. Fabulous, gorgeous, exquisite, divine, wonderful, lovely, beautiful, resplendent. I can get my thesarous (sp?) if you want more.... : ) I love the little touch of the golden rose. And Tilwen's numb-nuts nitwit, oh sorry, I meant fiance. : ) I'm short on time right now, else I would go on. I think this story is coming alond marvelously and it is one of the best set in this time period that I have read. It is serious, but then before you're totally *sick* of the seriousness there is a hint of humor, then more so/so, then humor, etc. I love it! As if I wouldn't love anything you wrote. Re: Praises of Moi: Yes, I suppose I am a bit ditzy. : ) Wyn Author Reply: Oh my my...such praises! Gal, you know how to make an old author preen herself...hehehe I originally meant this part of the story to be a little, separate, humorous short-story, to be entitled "Sing, O Bards" or something like that, but decided it wouldn't work out of context since you'd have to be familiar with the rest of the story to "get it." I wanted the whole thing to be light on the whole--maybe I said that already, or maybe it was to someone else I said it, but it doesn't work that way...so I just end up with a streak of light and a streak of dark and then light and then dark and so on. Bouncing from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again like a tennis ball. Yes, I get sick of constant seriousness after a while too...and lightness can wear out its welcome after a while also. So, there you have it! Yeah, I like the oafish fiancé too...such characters are sooo fun to create LOLOL Thanks as always for reviewing! hugs Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 9/21/2005 |
| Gosh, poor Frodo. Really, that must have brought up bad memories as well as his lunch. I love the teasing about the Elf-Maidens! That is so ... I hate to use the words but there's no other, cute. The 'trials' that Fro had to go through were simply wonderful. Well, not wonderful, horrid, but you know what I mean. : ) Are you really going to put a 'Praises of Moi' section on your site??? I was just kidding, you know, you don't have to just to make me feel good. But if you like the idea, it's fine with me!!! As usual, I love this story and have fallen completely in love with it. The insight to Riannor's past is perfectly fitting with "Anemone" and I still have yet to puzzle out why Gandalf actually fell in love with this Mystery Maiden. : ) But time will tell, I guess. But Frodo had to realize that though Riannor suffered torture at the hands of Sauron himself, he still suffered greater. I'm not by any means degrading Riannor's suffering, but Frodo suffered more, by *far* in my unprofessional opinion. Update soon! How many chapters do you think this will be??? Farawyn a/k/a "Winnie" Author Reply: Well, there you are!! Wondered where the heck you'd been keeping yourself! Praises of moi section? Bless you, gal, I was kidding too--I'm vain but I'm not THAT vain LOLOL The whole story kind of grew out of an outtake from "Anemone"...it had to do with the death of Bilbo and I decided not to put it in because I thought it would obstruct the flow or that story. But I still wanted to do something with it, like make a separate short piece of it, or maybe do a series of short pieces under the general heading of "Frodo in Paradise" or something like that (at least I didn't use THAT title--sheesh)....WEll, anyway, this story is what ended up with it...and yeah, wanted to do a little something with Riannor, flesh her out a bit more. Also wanted a lot more of Bilbo! He's one of my favorite characters and I wanted to give him a lot more space and give the story some more emotional depth, and not be there just as comic relief. Yeah, too bad awful memories can't be as easily purged as bad food...but, we'll see. As for who suffered more...well, we'll see about that too! Thanks for reviewing and delighted to see you back! xoxx Armariel~~~{~@ Author Reply: p.s. Re how many chapters: Don't really know, at this point. Less than 10, hopefully.....but, you never know! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 9/21/2005 |
| Bilbo and the dried grapes - great fun. But poor Riannor! I'm not surprised that Frodo empathises with her. Might do him a great deal of good to meet someone he can equate with rather than endless streams of wonderful elves. Author Reply: Yes, that could get old fast, I'm sure! All that sweetness and light, need a touch of darkness in there somewhere, what? There will be more about her very soon, I'm sure. Thanks for reviewing!:D cheers Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 9/18/2005 |
| Yes, that idea would indeed bring back all the horrors and the feelings of illness. Author Reply: I think I meant for this story to be lighthearted on the whole, but I guess I should be used to the fact that such stories of mine have a way of taking a turn for the serious, and should just go with the flow! Thanks once more for reviewing! I greatly value your comments. xoxx ~~~{~@ | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 9/18/2005 |
| Yes, quite a different vision than mine, but still fascinating. Author Reply: Thank you! Even more different than I expected, actually, but I never quite know what ideas the Muse is going to dump into my head while I'm writing, and that's a big part of the fun of it! I think I got rather caught up in mythology, with the idea of the hero's purification by trials of water, fire, blood, the "Confrontation with Nothingness" and the Eternal Feminine, and the Shaman's journey to a higher plane and symbolic death and rebirth, water as a womb symbol, and so on and so forth. I think it's rather nice Tolkien says so little about life in the Undying lands, so we can just kind of invent our own version of it, although I'm aware of the challenge of writing about a place where all conflicts must be internal, since there can't be any bad guys.... But I do think I've soaked up quite a bit from you, both consciously and unconsciously! And from other authors as well but I'm thinking from you mostly........ | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/7/2005 |
| Tut, tut, Armariel! Silly you! I didn't mean the poem in the review, I meant the poem on your site that you posted! Sorry. : ) Just *had* to tell you.... *g* Farawyn Btw, is there a link to that poem on your site anywhere? I want to get to it without digging through the review for "Voices of Middle-Earth". Maybe you should put a "Praises of Moi" or the like section on your site. *grin* Author Reply: Eek, somehow I missed this! Is this the poem you mean? http://delroz.bravepages.com/elves/others.html. 'Praises of Moi'? Sure, why not LOLOLOL hugs Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/5/2005 |
| First of all, I just can't believe that *I* have a poem that *I* wrote posted on the *World Wide Web* where *millions* on people *all over the world* can see it if they chanced by. I'm in shock! And that little picture thing looks so cute! It doesn't look at all like me, though, but like I can expect that! Now down to business. : ) I love Frodo's child-like "Are we there yet?" in the first line. That made me smile right away. '"Sir," I said after severl minutes, looking up at him, "you *will* see her again, someday. I know it."' That was so sweet, made me cry. Happy tears. I also love his concern for Sam, and the picture that he actually left M-E to save him from the pain of having to watch him (Frodo) die. I never thought of it that way before, and that made me think. That's so unblieveably selfless -- to leave the one person you love best, though that will give them pain in itself, to spare them the worst. I can't get my mind around that! It's so... so... can you think of a word?!? I can't. Well, that's all, I think. : ) I'll leave another review if I think of anything else. Hugs & Kisses! Farawyn P.S. Is there any way that you can see how many hits my poem has revieved??? Author Reply: Hi again! Well, there's no uh...hit list...for the reviews, just for the chapters themselves (123 as of now) But if you start writing some poems for the site...ahem...you'll be able to see just how many you get! I love Frodo's child-like "Are we there yet?" in the first line. Actually he says "Are we almost there?" but originally, yes, I did have him say "Are we there yet?" I changed it because I thought it might just be too cutesy that way....lol And just had to comfort Elrond somehow! I'm not sure I'm the first one who ever put that spin on Frodo's leaving...some other fanfic authors had a somewhat similar interpretation, maybe not exactly that one, but close. It seems plausible in keeping with his character anyway, so it works for me! I'm totally delighted you like the story and the pictures! As for having poems posted on the WWW...well, yes, it's quite a feeling...even after you get used to it! So, start writing more--you'll see! xoxoxox Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Farawyn | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/4/2005 |
| That was lovely, Armariel!! I always thought that Elwing would fly out to see her son. Short on time -- leave another review with all my thoughts later. Farawyn Author Reply: Thank heaven for people's LJ's, what? They are a veritable shopping mall of ideas. Thanks much! Btw, here's that little thingy I promised--you can pick it up here--I don't know if you are able to use a sig tag with your email addy or not, but just in case you can, here's one! Looking forward to seeing what else you'll say. hugs Armariel~~~{~@ | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 9/4/2005 |
| Loneliness and morbidity--a sad combination. I am glad, though, that he was able to see Elwing come to her son. A beautiful combination. There are compensations to being in the arms of the most beautiful among womankind for male hobbits, are there not? (Giggling) Author Reply: Very sad. Can make for some beautiful writing in the right hands though! *g* I've a follow-up in mind in which Frodo finds himself quite surrounded by gorgeous women, all in the house of Elrond;););) Thanks once more! blessings&cheer Armariel~~~{~@ | |
