Reviews (15)

DAYNA · 10 March 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

What a wonderful story, werecat! I really enjoyed reading this. but, I was hoping to see... a cat. ::pouts:: :::giggle:::

Ariel · 19 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

What? No cat? *taps on screen* This can't be a Werecat piece! :p Good OCs are a joy to behold (though I still doubt I'd find an elf appealing). Well written as always.

anckyria · 18 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Hello, Werecat! I wandered over from Deleterius and I want to let you know I enjoyed this story immensely. I've read your fics at HASA and enjoyed them, even though I've been lazy and not reviewed. This story, however, is simply so stunningly good that I want to comment even though I don't really have much to add to the other reviews :) A good Legolas/OFC fic is indeed possible, QED. Your language is flowing and descriptive without being wordy and your characterisations are excellent. Unlike the all-too-common Sues, Nanwen is realistic, someone the reader can relate to and sympathise with. Kudos to you!

Rawles · 18 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Came over from Deleterius. I enjoyed this immensely. It was beautifully written. Your language is so evocative and your description of Nanwen's feelings so involving that when she finally gets to speak with Legolas, I found myself holding my breath in anticipation. Simply lovely.

The Karenator · 18 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Hi Werecat, I was so blown away by this story that I've spent last and this morning thinking about it before I reviewed. I enjoyed this story immensely. Nanwen has to be one of the best OCs I've ever read. Your language flowed with such easy description of what she was feeling and seeing, that I felt as if I were in the middle of Minas Tirith, experiencing everything as she did. Her inner world was rich with exhaustion, concern for her patients, the reality of what had happened to her world and her longings for things past. And in all this, you were able to give us, the reader, the numb feeling that comes after so much has happened and is still happening. Nanwen's longing for Legolas struck me that she didn't long so much for him as she longed for beauty and warmth, youth and happiness in the midst of a horrible war. I loved that she was mature enough to experience the reaction to the firstborn without losing sight of who she was. I felt as if she came to accept that she was who she was, and she was comfortable with that person. Legolas and Gimli were well done. They had only cameo appearances, but that was enough to give us the feel for where Nanwen was in time, and they served as the catalyst to prompt her to discover some important truths about herself. I was glad to see Beregorn show up at her door. Here was a guy who understood who she was. They were both people damaged by the war and time. This story is just exceptional, Werecat. I've already read it twice, and I figure it's good for two or three more reads! This is the sort of story that's good to come back and reread often when you just need a dose of good writing and excellent characterizations. Loved it! Karen

Hathor · 18 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Followed the link through Deleterius, and had to let you know that this is stunning. This is the best type of OFC Legomance, and your portrayal of GImli was wonderful. Thanks for brightening up my day.

Isil Elensar · 18 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Wonderfully told, Werecat! I don't often read 'Legomances' because I'm afraid that they'd bleed over into mine. :-) Besides which, my inner-fangirl and Muse both sway me to write my OC and Legolas together. Admittedly, ny vision of Legolas is Orlando... *sheepish grin* both light haired and dark haired... :-) I loved this story! Very well written!

Nilmandra · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

This is wonderfully done, Werecat. Nanwen is such a believable and well drawn character, and I sympathized with her and all she experienced. Her crush on Legolas was so well done - the attraction of not only a handsome elf, but a fine example of the firstborn to one who had never met him before - how surprising it must be for a woman of Gondor to meet halflings and a dwarf and an elf! To be so enchanted seems a natural response. Her awe and fear and desire of meeting him made me feel as if I had seen him also.

Elwen · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

What an incredibly sweet and touching story. It realy tugged at my heart.

docmon · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

what a terrific story! I was hesitant, wondering how this would play out - stereotypical Legolas-longing? or perhaps satirical, poking fun at all that? No, you went for something so much more substantial. It was so real, so genuine. Nanwen's reactions, and Legolas's, too, actually. And in the end you made it alright - and that too was realistic. Well done! monica

TithenFeredir · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

What a beautiful story. Your heroine was so real and human, adorned with the wear of her service. You told her story with such restraint, and yet it was so very affecting. Well done! TF

meckinock · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

What a spectacularly moving and beautiful story of longing and love and what it means to be human - to appreciate, sometimes to long desperately for, that which is fair and beautiful and utterly beyond us, and then to still manage somehow to find contentment in our tired old weary selves. Nanwen is such a wonderful and real character - I could feel the ache in her knees and the burning in her hands, and the embarrassment she felt at hiding in the bushes, and the terrible longing that Legolas awoke in her. How do we go once we see the pearl of great price and know that it can never be ours? We just do; and I was happy to see Beregorn end up on her doorstep in the end. Standing ovation.

ErinRua · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

Beautiful. You made me cry. Blessed be the poetry of your thought and the silver fineness of your words. Love, Erin

daw the minstrel · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

How could I not have seen that ending coming? It was so right! And yet I didn't. I guess that's the hopeless romantic in me. But it's not just romance we long for and know we can't have. I think all of us feel the sadness of life as we grow older. It's joy too, but the sense that life slips away and we have to let it go.

Dreamflower · 17 January 2005 · Chapter 0: Grasping at Moonbeams Glistening

This is a lovely story! I like the way you portray the Fellowship on the periphery of the story, and how Nanwen deals so realistically with her crush on Legolas--she's no swooning fangirl, but a mature woman who has been lonely for a long time, and knows what the difference is between fantasy and reality. I am certain that Legolas was probably aware of her regard, yet he wisely says nothing--unless his soliloquy to the bee was actually intended for her ears. You have portrayed him with warmth and courtesy. I also liked Gimli deciding to co-opt Gandalf's order of pipe-weed. (That's something I could also imagine either Bilbo or Merry doing--maybe the Dwarf's been hanging around hobbbits too long, LOL!) I was fairly sure of how the story was going to end--Beregorn seems a fitting match for your character, but it was satisfying all the same. Very nicely told!