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The Lion and his Lady  by Lialathuveril 76 Review(s)
galimerilReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/23/2007
Awww, that was really cute. I alway love reading your stories, and I look forward to the rest of the series!

Author Reply: There should be 5 or 6 scenarios altogether - all quite different I hope. More next week!

Lia

SamanthaPaigeReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2007
Great job as with all your stories! This was a unique and interesting approach. You did an excellent job of paying attention to the details, like the opening and closings of the letters, that make your works standout for their high quality. Can't wait to read more.

Author Reply: I have found that writing oneshots is a good way to play around with style and try out new things, like this series of letters. And the openings and closings of a letter are such telling details, aren't they.

I'm pleased to hear you liked it!

Lia

AlquawendeReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2007
I read many of your stories already and have loved them all. I like that this story will include different scenarios on how Eomer and Lothiriel met. This is also very good. The letters seem so realistic, and it is so easy for me to understand Lothiriel. That's a good thing. She sounds so eager and yet nervous in the letters. You have shown her feelings so well, especially when she writes of what she enjoys doing. She is also very thoughful and unsure like any maiden would feel if they were betrothed to a stranger that you have only met through second hand accounts. Her uncle is a terror and it was quite funny on how he thinks women should act. Well, Lothiriel is definitely not that type of woman that he wants her to be and won't ever be! Thanks for writing such a great story! I can't wait for more scenarios!

Author Reply: Yes, I thought I'd go for a more conventional Lothiriel in this scenario, one who would accept her father's decision and trust him to have her welfare at heart. Like you wrote, it's a difficult situation, but she's determined to make the best of it.

However, not all the Lothiriels in this series will be so acquiescent - and Belecthor will make another appearance as well!

Thanks for leaving a review and another one will be up next week.

Lia

P.S. You're at GoI, aren't you? Sorry I haven't said hello yet, I've been infernally busy over the weekend.

eilujReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2007
What fun!

Author Reply: Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

Lia

PryderiReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2007
I really enjoyed reading this and I'm glad to see you back. I thought you handled the development of her relationship very well. The letters getting longer, the changes in mode of address and signing off etc. I appreciate that you were more concerned with the developing tone of Lothiriel's writing and that is another thing that I relished. But Belecthor? He is her uncle? Oh No! He is an ancient Steward passing on his "wisdom" to future ages from the distant past. Or so I had imagined him (sighs). Well, as you are the only person to have a copy of his book I must accept what you say, without being happy about it.
I am looking forward to reading your alternative approaches to this romance(?). Please keep up the good work, Pryderi.


Author Reply: Well, like there will be different Eomer and Lothiriel pairings in this series, there will also be other Aunt Ivriniels and even another Belecthor. I've deciphered a few more pages of my ancient manuscript (very difficult work!) and have more quotations for you, real pearls of wisdom. But that won't be coming up for a while, I'm still working on it.

And I'm pleased to hear you liked this story. It was fun to try and get across what Eomer wrote in his replies without actually putting them in, and also how their tone changed over time. More next week!

Lia

Raksha The DemonReviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/22/2007
I liked this exchange very much; especially when Eomer and Lothiriel were both talking about their horses. Of course Lothiriel sent a drawing of her horse before sending a picture of herself! Hopefully Draug, who I would assume is a Saluki or something similar, will come to like Eomer.

Author Reply: Yes, I thought a princess sending a picture of her horse rather than of herself would appeal to a horselord like Eomer! As for Draug, I'm sure he's got lots of beef jerky coming his way. I did in fact think of him as something like a Saluki - I think they were used for hunting gazelles.

Lia

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