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| Rohan's Future by Madeleine | 33 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/27/2007 |
| Eomer and Lothiriel have very interesting children. In many ways their determination and dogged curiosity is a very good thing - but it could be said that they carry it all a teensy bit too far! After all, they have lived all their lives in a city largely built of wood and thatch! Even if Hrodgar is too young to understand, Aelfwine should know that playing with fire is absolutely not to be done! Although the fact that they did is not in the least surprising. Amrothos should, probably, have picked up on the mention of burning missiles - but he had already done his best to forbid the boys from hurling anything he thought to be dangerous - and sometimes you just don't think of the more unusual, because you just assume that the truly stupid is too obviously unacceptable. Not a wise assumption with Rag, Tag and Bobtail. (And the more you forbade, I expect, the further they would go to think of things as yet unmentioned.) There are so many hints in this chapter - that all added to the entertainment! I think I particularly enjoyed the indication that Annereth is not the complete innocent that her father fondly believes. And the suggestion that the wild half-Rohirric descendants of Dol Amroth should gather by the sea for the summer. That would be a delightful story, when you have time to write it. I don't blame Amrothos at all for dramatically sending the little princes off to the dungeon! Although I'm not entirely convinced that that's where they'll end up! And it's all going to turn out to be Amrothos's fault, one way or another. Although it would be rather a relief to the inhabitants of Edoras to have Eomer and Lothiriel decide that learning through experience is rather too distressing for all those round them and that their sons need to accept just a little more direction! Such fun. Unless you're trying to put out the barn fire. Author Reply: Interesting children are the only kind of children that I can imagine for Lothíriel and Éomer. What else could they be? A bunch of goody-two-shoes with accurate side partings, clean fingernails and excellent manners? Those three might be on the wild side, children, however, have the right to test out boundaries and challenge authorities. Sometimes they go a bit over the top but that’s what adults are there for: to help them down afterwards, make sure that the lesson has been understood . . . and clean up the mess. A summer at the beach should be fun for all of Imrahil’s grandchildren, but particularly for poor Alphros. I’m sure with parents such as Elphir and his wife, he is a paragon of good behaviour. And in desperate need of some corruption by his Rohirric cousins.. In the end, everything was alone Amrothos’s fault. It was his idea to build a siege machine. What did he think they boys would do with it? Just look at it reverently? Never underestimate the unpredictability of a child. | |
| lmw | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/26/2007 |
| I have been away from this site for quite some time. Thought I'd take a look at what was new. I started reading this story, and was horrified to find that I'd finished what has been written so far! No 'Next'! I love your descriptions of the princes and how they stick together. I can hear their uncle trying to keep some semblance of order - I have kids of my own, and it isn't easy. Entertaining, realistic, fun. Hope there will be more. Author Reply: I don’t have children of my own yet and my so far only nephew is not even three months old, but I still remember very well my parents’ constant struggle to keep some semblance of order. In retrospect I must say, I’m surprised that there had never been any shouting on their part – although at least my brother would have been a match for the Princes at any time. | |
| lusha | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/24/2007 |
| Hee Hee!! Oh, this is good. Getting better by the chapter. LOVE Amrothos in a rage - and having young cousins and nephews, I know full well what he's feeling. I've come to the conclusion that, until children hit the age of about fifteen (according to my brother, it's 21), kids operate on pure instinct; without thought for consequences. Then they're surprised when said consequences hit them. Eish! Author Reply: I think, I would agree with your brother. Around twenty they finally turn to common sense – well, at least a large percentage does. | |
| Julia | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/23/2007 |
| Ugh, those kids! Too bad they don't have Child Protective Services in Rohan, because those kids seriously need to be split up and put into foster care with foster parents who'd teach them how to behave and give them some badly needed discipline, instead of dimissing all their destructiveness with a careless "boys will be boys" attitude. I know you mean this story to be humorous, but it's very hard to see kids that constantly cause the destruction of property and pain to others around them as funny. I can't believe such smart characters as your Eomer and Lothiriel would ever raise brats like these, and I feel sorry for the citizens of Edoras, who have to put up with them on a daily basis, and for the Rohirrim in general, who have Elfwine to look forward to as their King-to-Be. He's certainly not very promising, to say the least. Author Reply: Let us agree to disagree when it comes to children. It’s probably a matter of cultural difference. | |
| Alison H | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 1/23/2007 |
| Wow, what a wirlwind of a chapter! The testing of the catapult was very well done and the excitement felt by the boys was infectious.They are very intelligent despite their destructive tendencies and Amorothos seemed to have everything in hand---but, of course, insanity had to follow what seemed like a productive and enjoyable day. "And did you have to shake any more children out of pottery?" That line was so, so funny and Amorothos' sarcastic wit seems to have influenced the boys! The fire will be the cause of much discussion, I think, and the boys must pray that their parents arrive home soon to save them all from a murderous Uncle ;D Brilliant chapter as usual,Maddy.I can't wait for the next one! Good luck with your vet studies,by the way.I hope you do really well. Take care, Ali. Author Reply: I think their intelligence is part of the reason why they get regularly in trouble. Intellectually undemanding children would probably be too lethargic to get up to some mischief. At their age the Princes still have to learn to mix their intelligence with common sense – something their uncle Amrothos hadn’t even mastered at the age of twenty-six! (If we can believe Erchirion). | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/4/2007 |
| I am with Amrothos on this! And if Aelfwine, Eomund and Hrodgar think otherwise, they have clearly misinterpreted their parents' words. Whacking a giant pot with an iron bar in order to release Fordred would not have gone down well with either Eomer or Lothiriel. (And I can only wish on these three children like themselves. Although it could end up in the fall of Rohan.) Aelfgyth is very wise to remain tense around the royal children. And I so recognise the feeling that when they're intending trouble you know where you are - and that they are far more dangerous when they appear to be innocuous. (As Amrothos might well learn. Do his danger.) While rejecting the breakfast provided by his nephews and breathed over by that dog seems as if it is a very wise move. I love the busy princes. The best thing would be if their parents returned just as they finish their catapult but before they start using it to demolish Edoras. But I don't think Amrothos will get that lucky. Excellent story! | |
| ponypetter | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/2/2007 |
| I somehow knew the kid was getting out by one of his older brothers breaking the urn. At least he wasn't injured. ;) It's nice to see Amrothos having to deal with such difficult children. I have known children much like them - they are always angels for the parents, who wonder why on earth you think their children are demons! | |
| BM | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/2/2007 |
| Great new chapter! You had me nearly rolling in the floor! I love the princes and their pragmatic view on life. I especially love the "father says" arguments. I would love to see how Eomer handles them and what Aragorn does when Eomer brings his brood to Minis Tirith........:D Anyway, great addition that I happily enjoyed and I am waiting most anxiously for the next part--I cant' wait to see what they do with the catapult! I'm guessing that Amrothos is actually the boys' favorite uncle? | |
| Julia | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/2/2007 |
| Ok, those three seemed slightly better behaved, or at least taken up so much by the catapult building process that they haven't had as much time to hurt/humiliate other people as they would like. I still don't trust them once it's done though, though I admit it will be interesting to see who or what they destroy first. And it looks like brother #4 is ready to follow in his elder siblings' footsteps. If the sister is also like them, and Eomer and Lothi have more kids, I wonder how much of Rohan will still be standing by time Elfwine comes to the throne. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/2/2007 |
| *ROTFL!*howls*whimpers*snorts*giggles*wipes eyes!* Ohmigosh, this is absolutely hilarious! I'm with AElfgyth--if I were around that bunch, I too, would "feel more comfortable if I were tense"! And I do think that in this particular case Lothiriel--and her husband--would have sided with Amrothos! *shudder* The things kids won't do! Or more to the point, the things they *will*! Somehow, in his blythe disregard for consequences, AElfwine reminds me of a certain "cat in the hat". | |