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| New Year's Eve by Thundera Tiger | 45 Review(s) |
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| Nilmandra | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 9/22/2003 |
| This entire chapter was hilarious! Merry in the wine - drunk hobbit soon to be on the loose - or perhaps the floor. Legolas and Gimli banter is always good - and how stubborn is this elf! He will go into tight passages after seeing seagulls - two tortures in one day! And the twins were icing on the cake. The whole pout description - and thinking that the elves of Rivendell dealt with it on regular basis as the fostered the heirs of Isildur - and that Eldarion used it on Uncle Elladan. And Elrohir is great - I love him torturing his brother. He somehow has to make up for not being ruler :) I like those little details - the names of a chieftain to Merry's pain on the anniversary of the Pelennor Fields. These are fun loving elves hobbits, but they are ones who have suffered and lived through terrible circumstances too. Author Reply: Legolas's fortitude is certainly something to be reckoned with, and that will become more obvious as the fic continues. And yes, I believe that Elrohir is more than justified in tormenting his brother. After all, Elladan did his own fair share of tormenting earlier when they were making their way up to the Citadel. And as for including the little details and the moments of pain, I think life hands out pleasure and drama together. You can't have a situation without both, no matter how hard you try. And I try to keep the fics true to that. So thanks so much for noticing and for approving. That makes me feel better! | |
| fliewatuet | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 9/22/2003 |
| I don't really understand why I didn't leave a review for this hilarious story much earlier. But I do so now! I love it. I loved Éomer's sudden, head-injury induced crush for Arwen, Aragorn's panic over the possible pranks the Elves might think of, the Hobbits' anger at finding themselves at the receiving end of a prank by the Queen of Gondor herself (and one including food ... or rather excluding it ... ), Eldarion's expertise at hiding, Elfhelm's request for the gelding irons ... And now Gimli and Legolas set off exploring the hidden passages of the Citadel (and I bet Legolas loves every minute of that experience ;-)), Merry indulges in elven wine (I fear he will end up with a headache to match Éomer's), Elladan and Elrohir are about to find out what mischief their horses got into (after they are done discussing the heirs of Isildur's skill at pouting). I don't envy Aragorn as he's the one who is (or rather thinks that he is) responsible for all that chaos. And, of course, I wonder what disasters will occur next ... Author Reply: Oh, don't worry about not leaving a review until now. I haven't responded until now. I'm really bad about things like that. There is a lot going on in this fic, isn't there? But believe it or not, it's only going to get more complex. At least, that's what the outline says. And we're going to be teaming people up with one another left and right. Actually, one of the best things of this fic is the unusual partnerships that are going to result. War makes for strange bedfellows, and this is no exception. So thanks for joining us on this wild ride and I hope you continue to enjoy! | |
| Jay of Lasgalen | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 9/22/2003 |
| It's wonderful to see an update at last! This chapter is great - I love the way Elladan and Elrohir are so caring of Merry when he suffers from his memories of the Nazgul, and the implication that they have their own dark memories - they have, after all, lived through a lot. I also like the fact that Elladan is 'technically' Lord of Imladris - but that Elrohir doesn't recognize that; and the byplay between the twins when they have Eldarion. I love twin rivalry! But poor Legolas: claustrophobic, and not wanting to admit it. I've come to the conclusion that I prefer the twins even to Legolas - there is so much scope for brotherly rivalry and angst! Jay Author Reply: What's not to love about the twins? Amazing characters, really, and sorely underdeveloped. Even in the fanfic world. Anyway, I'm so happy you like the twins and their brotherly rivalry. I'm trying very hard to make them identical and yet different, as well as to keep them brothers but also competitive. Because I think there's quite a bit of room for competitiveness in Rivendell. Yet they're not all fun and games because we're also talking about two brothers who found their mother so terribly wounded that not even Elrond could fully heal her and she was forced to leave Middle-earth. In other words, they've seen a much darker side of life and they've had to cope with that ever since. As for Legolas's claustrophobia, just wait. It might be contagious. | |
| Shireling | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 9/1/2003 |
| I'm not quite sure how you manage to juggle all the strands of this story but you are doing a great job!!! I do hope Aragorn find his missing sense of humour-he is altogether too serious. Perhaps he has a joke or two up his sleeve!!! Helen/shireling Author Reply: Ooo, I get to try out this new review responder thing. Very exciting. And you get to be the first one I try it out on! Aren't you excited? Anyway, thanks so much for the review, and to be honest, I'm not sure how I keep all the strands of this story separate, either. Fortunately, they're all going to mesh together in the end, and that helps. Everybody is more or less heading to the same place. Kind of. They're just all taking different ways to get there. As for Aragorn...the poor guy. He's stuck with the kingship when he'd like nothing more than to solidly pummel a few individuals. But don't worry. His sense of humor will return after a bit, and in the end, one could almost say that he gets the last laugh. But I can't reveal any more than that. | |
| Elanial (visitor) | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/23/2003 |
| Ha ha ha! This, while being very funny and attention-keeping, somehow manages to stay in-canon to a certain extent. Especially as regarding the amount of detail that has been put into it: the seperate activities of each of the main characters, and the subtle plots and schemes that are afoot in each character's mind. Oh, I really think that Eomer's *cough* attachment to Arwen is quite amusing (but I dearly wish it to work out in the end, because Lothiriel ROCKS!). I will be checking up on this every so often, and I hope that you will update very soon, because I need something funny to sustain me during the long, boring, dull year that is school. Keep writing this! It is very funny! ~Elanial Author Reply: My most sincere thanks for your compliments! I have tried very hard to keep this as close to canon as possible. There are certainly a few stretches here and there, but I'm glad to see that I haven't broken any sacred canon barriers yet! And I'm also very glad that you like the intertwining plot. It will get even more tangled as we go along because more and more story lines will start to mesh. And I'm rather fond of Eomer's crush on Arwen, too. That story line is going to be rather minor, though, compared with what a few of the other story lines are going to do. But it will definitely play a large role in the end. | |