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| Branwyn's Bijoux by Branwyn | 39 Review(s) |
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| Neilia | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/20/2007 |
| Hahahaha! Love the onion riddle! ;) | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 11/20/2007 |
| Very clever, but poor Barliman is so puzzled by this strange game! I can see it growing much more popular once the King actually returns. It's nice to imagine the Rangers keeping up this ancient tradition. :) Author Reply: Thanks so much for your kind comments! I think Barliman is more the checkers type. :) | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/13/2007 |
| Beregond learns the hard way that things are not always as they seem. Good thing that the dwarves don't take offense where none was meant. Excellent characterisation of Beregond; he shows the tolerance we saw him display towards Pippin in ROTK. And a very frisky riddle; Beregond, who is the epitome of courtesy, is going to blush about its audience for a long while to come, I think. Author Reply: That dwarf shouldn't take offense at anything Beregond said. The captain is just looking out for the welfare of the people in his charge. Yes, that is a frisky riddle, but it was well-suited for its intended audience. :) As always, thanks for your kind comments! | |
| annmarwalk | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/13/2007 |
| There are so many layers here, lovely twists and turns off the main path of the tale, I can only hope that you'll revisit this and explore some of these other side paths sometime, too! As always, your imagery and descriptions are sublime: lines like The miner stared at each outcropping of stone, scratched it with a file, and then sniffed and tasted the filings carry a whole weight of history and culture with them. I've never really imagined what a young dwarf-maid would look like, but silky beard and slight build and the clear, almost musical sound of his speech is enchanting. And how could I not hoot with laughter at Well, I doubt even dwarves are born with whiskers, Beregond told himself then shook his head to dispel the images of bearded dwarven babes? Of course I want to one day hear Beregond's tale of the freeing of Moria; I'm sure the dwarves were just as astounded to discover that they were accompanied by a hero who had done their folk such a valiant service. The onion riddle (hee!) was well integrated into the tale, and made perfect sense as the result of free-flowing liquor and warm companionship. Poor Beregond at the last! I wish I could have seen his face! I wish I could see Faramir's face when Beregond tells him the story. Well done, Branwyn! Author Reply: I figure that if Beregond ever told a bawdy story, it would be something clever and genuinely funny like the onion riddle. That he was drinking probably helped him put aside his usual sense of decorum. Note that the Rohirrim taught him that riddle, a valuable cultural exchange. Yes, I summoned a huge plotbunny when I innocently mentioned the reconquest of Moria. That would make one hair-raising story. I am glad you liked this goofy tale and thanks for commenting! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 11/12/2007 |
| "So alike are we in face and form----" (Whispered) "It's the beards!" Oh, how I can see this, AND appreciate poor Beregond's embarrassment! Heh! Author Reply: And this would be just the beginning of his discomfiture, hee! Because he's a husband and a father, and also just because he is Beregond, he would be frantic with worry at the thought of somemone in her delicate condition camping and riding around the countryside. Despite the fact that this pregnant lady could probaby benchpress an anvil. :-D Thanks so much for reviewing! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 11/2/2007 |
| This was so sad and haunting. Author Reply: It must have been so difficult for her to leave such young children behind, so I thought of her coming back after death to try to "finish her work" (at least in a symbolic way) by finishing the little jacket for Faramir. Thanks for reviewing! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/2/2007 |
| This was very cute.I loved the thought of them all in costume. Author Reply: I wrote this while I was waiting for the trick-or-treaters on Halloween(all three of them--we live on a busy street, so we don't get many of the little beggars). I am glad you liked this! Frodo and Sam weren't in the story because they stayed at home to hand out candy to the neighborhood children. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 11/2/2007 |
| Aw; poor Denethor; losing the light and love of his life. The image of him sitting in her darkened chamber, holding the child's jacket she had worked on and vainly wishing her return, is agonizing. Very well done! Author Reply: I was thinking that the jacket had been intended for little Faramir. The children, of course, are her unfinished work. I am glad you liked this. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 11/2/2007 |
| This is so sad! Poor Maglor, stuck in Middle-earth lamenting his sorrow, through millenia even down to our recent history. Adding the reference to the Micmac is an interesting touch that works very well. Haunting in more than one sense of the word! Author Reply: Thanks for your kind comments! Tolkien says that the memory of him faded from the earth, but there is no record of his death. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/2/2007 |
| A fine spotlight on an overlooked but important moment in the history affecting LOTR. Author Reply: This is actually supposed to happen after the War, when the dwarves return to Khazad-Dum (which is canon, they do resettle the mines). They want to make sure no one tries to dig where the Balrog was disturbed (which I could have made more clear in the drabble, lol). Thanks for reviewing! | |