Reviews of The Ashes of Twilight

Elf_Girl_Edhelanna · 21 April 2004 · Chapter 999999: Mi vida loco-Random Contemplations

Hello! I wrote a review a while ago (based on your lament on the Council of Elrond as to lack of readership!) and you replied gushingly about having found an "initiate" in me based on my similarly held beliefs on Egypt, the Mayans & Atlantis (as opposed to the Maiar! Although we could draw parallels there too? :) Well i have climbed aboard the grey ship, set sail into the West and am ready to add my own story (a work in progress) to the Arda collection. I hope you'll check it out when i've uploaded it and give me your opinions too! Blessed be (yes, i really AM an Initiate.....practicing for about two years now!) *winks* Edhelanna

The One Ring · 17 April 2004 · Chapter 2: Departed Souls

This just keeps on getting better and better!!!

The One Ring · 17 April 2004 · Chapter 1: The Fire of Creation

That was awsome! Goin' on to the next!!! WooHoo!!!!

The One Ring · 17 April 2004 · Chapter 0: As Far back As Forever

I can't wait to read the rest!!!!!

Dracawyn · 22 March 2004 · Chapter 9999: This Much, Let Me Avow

I have no words in which i can describe my fealing for this beautiful work. Forgive my ignorence for I know but one language and am bound to it until my studies begin to assist me. Again to your work i plea BROVO BROVO! Continue forward my dear friend! Share your talent with the world! -Dracawyn

Author's reply

Why thank you. I had trouble getting through my own story, which is really sad. I can't go back and read it without choking, and thinking "Oh, gosh, I am such an idiot." Thanks anyway ;)*returns to spacy mode*.

Dracawyn · 22 March 2004 · Chapter 6: Haunted Halls Within these Walls

I totaly and entirely agree with Scealdmaegden! Though i am not sure that Peter Jackson is a beorning. I always thought when they were refered to as "Large" they were refering to great hieght and muscle rather than great girth in the case of that "man" who hasn't even read the true works of the Lord of the Rings sence he was in diapers (which i believe was, what, about 5 years ago?) -Dracawyn

Author's reply

Jeese, Dracawyn! Someone'll sue you! Thanks, though ::giggles::

Dracawyn · 22 March 2004 · Chapter 4: By the Waters of Babylon

It is so truely sad. The pain she must have felt would have overwhelmed me, as now i realize it must have overwhelmed her. The pain of the children to lose both thier father and mother the same day would be tourcherouse though they had to remian on the earth and beer thier pains until a later time. You are a truely talented writter to be able to stir such thoughts within another. Goosebumps are not uncomin when your work is read. BRAVO BRAVO! Do not feel that you or your work are not of worth! They truely are! You truely are! My friend I envy your great talent. do not let it wither away with disuse. -Dracawyn (One who delites in dragons)

Author's reply

Thank you, Dracawyn. Though I do think you mean "bear", not "beer". However, I suppose you could do that, speaking figurativley. Whisky-er-whisk them away...no, I appreciate your kindness for reviewing my pathetic attempt at writing. May you stand as an example to all who are thinking about reviewing. Ah, who am I kidding? My story's crazy, why doesn't someone just admit it? Author Reply: Thank you, Dracawyn. Though I do think you mean "bear", not "beer". However, I suppose you could do that, speaking figurativley. Whisky-er-whisk them away...no, I appreciate your kindness for reviewing my pathetic attempt at writing. May you stand as an example to all who are thinking about reviewing. Ah, who am I kidding? My story's crazy, why doesn't someone just admit it?

RosieLuvsHerChainsaw · 21 March 2004 · Chapter 1: The Fire of Creation

oooooh! this gives me goose bumps! you are truely talented when it comes to writting *rubs goose bumps*

Author's reply

Ooh...I'll do it again! Thanks, Rosie.

RosieLuvsHerChainsaw · 21 March 2004 · Chapter 0: As Far back As Forever

It would really stink to have to write of your own death... poor Tinuviel

Author's reply

Aw, well, that's kinda the point. Thank you for your sympathy and the lovley card.

RosieLuvsHerChainsaw · 21 March 2004 · Chapter 999999: Mi vida loco-Random Contemplations

i liked your stories! and why does Gwendolen get all the credit for reviewing your stories hmmm? what am i chopped hobbit feet? i happen to remeber you emailing those stories to me and forcing me to read and review them under pain of death! well... maybe not under pain of death but you get the idea...

Author's reply

Fine! Everyone, Rosie did read my story (finally, after much nagging and explaining and threats) and did review. Thank you, Rosie, and last I checked, you were NOT...no, wait...never mind.

RosieLuvsHerChainsaw · 13 March 2004 · Chapter 2: Departed Souls

STUPID DWARVES! IGNORINT MEN! GRRRRRRRRR! i would gladly have smacked each and every one of those %@#%&(^&%%&#! very vivid, it made me feel pitty for them and loath them at the same time.

Author's reply

Well, Rosie, I'm...sorry you feel that way. Thank you, though. Your very name suggests you might do something like that...*cough*

elf_girl_Edhelanna · 25 February 2004 · Chapter 999999: Mi vida loco-Random Contemplations

wow! i'm a bit of newbie to the whole Tolkien/LOTR world, but am doing my best to catch up! I love the way you wove this tale, so melancholic yet strangely uplifting - i too am of the "reincarnation" ranks, also believing that the Egyptians are indeed "otherworldly" (although i tend to ascribe the parallels between the Egyptian & Mayan civilisations as coming from beyond our planet - as it was partially explored in "Stargate"...too many non-coincidental similarities in their architecture which, without the aid of aerial travel, would make it seemingly impossible for two such distant civilisations to almost mirror themselves) - I also read your lament on the "Council of Elrond" about no-one reviewing your story and as a fellow member I thought it natural to support the creative ventures of like-minded enthusiasts (I am an visual artist myself!) Thanks for entertaining my mind! Nai aistalë Eldaron hilya le...

Author's reply

Thanks be! I am absoulutly thrilled to find someone who draws paralells between Egypt, the Maya and so forth. One theory as to why they are so similar is that they came from a common place...yes, they were origonally from Atlantis, which Tolkien called "Numenor" (and, though I know what it means in Elvish, I would like to point out that "Numen" is an Egyptian word.) You find so much of that in Tolkiens work he just reminds me of...well, Da Vinci or Galileo. There is a lot of fact behind LotR too, and I, along with my accomplace Gwen, am creating a web site on the matter. I still cannot believe I found someone like...well, an Initiate! Blessed be!

Scealdmaegden · 22 February 2004 · Chapter 9999: This Much, Let Me Avow

Flanna O'Shea? Oh? interesting! Love it! I hope that you write more stories for those of us who are at heart an Elf. Yes dearest moon sister. I will wait for the next one ;) Ocean Gypsy

Author's reply

Thanks, Ocean Gypsy. You, also need to post some of your stories so I can comment on them (or I might have to resort to drastic measures...)

Scealdmaegden · 22 February 2004 · Chapter 6: Haunted Halls Within these Walls

awesome! I LOVE it! anyone who thinks otherwise is very blind to the truth behind your "story" ;) if ya know what I mean :)

Author's reply

Thanks, amigo. It's kinda awkward writing this story since--thanks to a certin Beorning-like director--everyone thinks of Arwen as a whiney little...yeah. I do not think of her that way, and so am trying to change that image.

Lasse-Lanta · 15 February 2004 · Chapter 1: The Fire of Creation

How beautifully poetic is your writing. How very interesting that you draw parralles (sp?) between Luthien and Arwen, not just thoughs everyone sees, but also the suble ones, the mirroring of their sorrows and joys. I can not read all the chapters tonight (silly how RL interferes, isn't it *g*), but I will be restless until I can finish.

Author's reply

Blessed be! Thanks be so much for your wonderful comments on my story. I am trying to draw a common connection between the two characters, and in the end it will be apparant why. Thanks so much again! *Does dance of mirth, and hopes to Eru no one saw*

Scealdmaegden · 15 February 2004 · Chapter 5: The Last Fades from Life

I absolutely loved your story, wine min. Was that the last of it? If so, that was the best ending..... We need to plan our next story sometime. Love, Scealmaegden, the Scylding

Scealdmaegden · 11 February 2004 · Chapter 4: By the Waters of Babylon

Loved it, Mellon nin! I feel honored that you named one of your daughters after me. Luned, what does that name mean? And did you mean Rhosyn as in Welsh for rose? Just wondering. continue it please! Love Éowyn, Gwedolyn, Ulven Gra

Author's reply

Blessed be Gwen, wine min. Thank's for reviewing. Yes, I did name one of my daughters after you, and one is named for a rose (a-l-l-e-g-o-r-y). I will continue, and in the mean time, you will have to endure your troubles. Now bear up and be the man I expect you to be!

Scealdmaegden · 8 February 2004 · Chapter 3: Parallel Universe: Spirits Lost Within

Hægl wine min, Eower talu beon god. Your story is so good! I felaleof it. I loved it. Keep it going! Love, Scealdmaegden

Scealdmaegden · 3 February 2004 · Chapter 2: Departed Souls

love it love it love it! I love how you combine both stories so fluently and without being choppy.

Author's reply

Thank you, Sceald Maegden! I am trying to get my point across in a subtle undertone, and am hoping someone (aside from you, wine min,) will see the common connection. Thanks again!

Scealdmaegden · 27 January 2004 · Chapter 1: The Fire of Creation

Love it love it love it! Continue onward my beloved sister!

Scealdmaegden · 27 January 2004 · Chapter 0: As Far back As Forever

Hál Tinuviel ylf maegden, I love love love your story min mona syster! It begins so sad and yet I know this tale for very well have I also experienced thy story as you well know. I still search for the missing what tale I cannot find. Please keep writing this and don't get discouraged by others of this world. Some may like this story and some may not that is the harshness of reality. I love your story! Feran ge fægere! Fare you well!

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