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| Fair, Strong and Cold by adrinkcalled | 26 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/7/2006 |
| Eowyn is bound to notice soon what a star she has married. Unless her experiences in Rohan with Wormtongue are rather more distressing than she wishes to admit. I'm glad Faramir is keeping himself under control. Although sometimes he is just too self-deprecating! Fingers crossed they both begin to settle to this marriage malarkey. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/4/2006 |
| I just love your Faramir,he is such a noble gentleman !You have a beautiful style of writing,like a genuine mediaeval epic. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/15/2006 |
| Faramir seems to be putting in a bit more effort than Eowyn - but at least he gets to stay in his own home and country, while she has left everything familiar behind. But they are showing themselves as good partners for each other - if only they can move below the surface and show some trust. Author Reply: Yes, Faramir would put in more effort in the beginning. Apart from the fact that even from the start he had wanted to help Eowyn recover from whatever darkness the last years of her life had brought (this also being one of his reasons for accepting the marriage), he would also understand that she would give the most up, as she would also quit her lands and all that is familiar to her, as you've pointed out. He would strive to make her comfortable, and sure of her place and role, perhaps also feeling a little guilty for bringing the marriage upon her (after all, it had been his King to come with the idea, even if Faramir had given Eowyn the choice). Plus, he knows her better than she knows him, and Eowyn would also have to overcome her mistrust of him - something he would know, and try, subtly, to help her move past. Well, at least this is how I see it :) Thanks for pointing it out! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/19/2006 |
| I find this story interesting,as I wrote one"Shadow and Thought" where Eowyn falsely believes her marriage was arranged like this due to something Aragorn says at her wedding and is furious.I am very interested to see how you portray the marriage if if truly was arranged.I like you depiction of Aragorn and Faramir and Faramir's deep sense of duty. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 1/19/2006 |
| Yes, I can see this as a start to their relationship. War and rebuilding is the sort of time when people either fall in love very easily - or they have too much else on their minds. Eowyn and Faramir have a lot in common and I think they could build a good and loving relationship if they try. But I can certainly see them accepting the suggestion that their bond would be the best thing for their countries. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/18/2006 |
| I've always thought that Faramir and Eowyn connected at first sight, but did not fall into deep and true love until after they first pledged to marry, during the year before their actual marriage, when they would have had more of a chance to get to know each other. You write a more bitter Faramir than Tolkien at this time, but acceptable in an AU. I really want to see where you're taking this story, so please continue it. Author Reply: Hi, and thanks for the review! Glad to see you're interested! Actually, that's what I thought too about how Eowyn and Faramir might have come to feel for the other. I just wanted to play Devil's advocate and imagine what would happen if they didn't connect so easily. From how I understood their relationship in its early days, it seemed to me that it was Faramir's openness and optimism that eased them through it. In order to "prevent" that, I had him more bitter - or had her come to him at the wrong time, earlier or later, so that whatever turmoil there may have been within him had no chance to subside. I do however hope that in the later chapters I've managed to make the feeling subside with time. Hope I don't disappoint! | |