Pebbles From Arda by Virtuella
Larner · 14 September 2011 · Chapter 10: Echoes
What a beautiful gift for our Linda! Definitely perfect! I so rejoice that you have written this, and love the likeness to Boromir he finds in his White Lady! How beautiful! Faramir has all of this to remember and even rejoice for!
Author's reply
Thank you, I do so like a happy ending. :)
eiluj · 14 September 2011 · Chapter 10: Echoes
Excellent choices for the seven letters, and a perfect progression of images for Faramir's tale.
Author's reply
Thanks you, I was amazed how easily the letters fitted!
shirebound · 14 September 2011 · Chapter 10: Echoes
this secret kinship of colours This is a beautifully written -- and woven -- series of scenes.
Author's reply
Thanks, you're right, it rather felt like weaving.
Annawen Ereiniel · 14 September 2011 · Chapter 10: Echoes
Virtuella, you've brought me out of lurkerdom to say that this is one of the most fantastic pieces I've read in a while. Your lyrical style creates images of great beauty, and I appreciate very much the technical difficulty of what you've accomplished, the intricacy of the echo words weaving the threads of a favorite character's life together and keeping a seamless cohesion among the paragraphs. Well done. Virtuella, you are truly a virtuoso! Anyone would be honored by such a birthday gift.
Author's reply
Thank you, I am flattered that this has lured you out of lurkdom! ;-)
Larner · 23 December 2010 · Chapter 9: Early Lessons in Moral Reasoning
Now, that was a giggle, to say the least! Heh! Poor Mireth--not that anyone necessarily "lost" four conkers! Heh! Love it!
Author's reply
Thanks, glad you liked it. Someone would have been devastated not to get them back!
shirebound · 23 December 2010 · Chapter 9: Early Lessons in Moral Reasoning
and that’s our duty done And it's as simple as that. What a nice tale.
Author's reply
Thanks. I've studied different approaches to morality a while back, it it's interesting to see how they play out in various situations.
eiluj · 23 December 2010 · Chapter 3: Tidings Of Doom And Gloom
Had to reread this, it being Christmas and all. It's a real classic: meter, humor, wonderful rhymes. Major kudos!
Author's reply
Thank you, it was great fun to write.
Raksha The Demon · 19 October 2010 · Chapter 8: Falling
A lovely look at Legolas' life - I particularly enjoyed the parts that dealt with his wife (which seemed a very naturally flowing element in Legolas' history; I wonder if you'd ever care to expand on their relationship and history) and his arrival in Aman (absolutely gorgeous imagery!).
Author's reply
I don't think I will; it's so much easier to hint at something than to actually develop it in a convincing way... Thanks for reviewing. :)
Larner · 18 October 2010 · Chapter 8: Falling
A wonderful series. And I find myself wondering if She was there to welcome him. No wonder he was free to become part of the Fellowship!
Author's reply
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
Ellynn · 16 October 2010 · Chapter 8: Falling
Beautiful drabble-series; it got my votes on Teitho contest.
Author's reply
Thank you for review and vote!
Linda Hoyland · 16 October 2010 · Chapter 8: Falling
I'm not a Legolas fan,but this was lovely and beautifully written. A well deserved win- congratulations!
Author's reply
Thank you. It's not my usual haunt either, but once I started, I rather enjoyed writing it.
curiouswombat · 16 October 2010 · Chapter 8: Falling
Lovely, I do like the contrasts, and his thought in the last that 'Someone, he felt sure, would hold him responsible for bringing the dwarf'. I hope, too, that She is there - or will be soon.
Author's reply
Thank you, this was more fun than I expected it to be. ;-)
Larner · 23 September 2010 · Chapter 7: Acrostic
What a most fitting gift for Linda--and how appropriate for our beloved Aragorn. Love the honor he already felt for Frodo, and the desire for GOOD cooking, and the finding of the Entwives, and the final acceptance of SOON. Yes, this is our Aragorn son of Arathorn, whom we all love so!
Author's reply
Thank you, I did what I could. ;-)
Linda Hoyland · 16 September 2010 · Chapter 7: Acrostic
Thank you so much for this lovely birthday gift. I loved these glimpses of my favourite Ranger King. What a lovely gift!
Author's reply
Thank you, I'm glad you like it.
Estelcontar · 15 September 2010 · Chapter 7: Acrostic
What a most lovely and thoughtful present you gifted Linda with. I loved the way you managed to portray so vividly in your acrostic the worthiness, and the moral nobility of Aragorn. And finding the Entwives was such a happy bonus.
Author's reply
Thank you! Being, as it was, a gift for Linda, there couldn't have been a different topic!
Elena Tiriel · 15 September 2010 · Chapter 7: Acrostic
Acrostic This is lovely, Virtuella! I liked the moments of Aragorn's life that you chose to write about, and how you conveyed them. I was especially shocked and pleased that the Entwives were found! Woohoo! Very nicely done! - Barbara
Author's reply
Thank you! I've always wondered about those Entwives.
shirebound · 15 September 2010 · Chapter 7: Acrostic
Oh, what a beautiful series, each progressive scene taking us further along the life-path of this noble and very special man. And such a perfect gift for Linda!
Author's reply
Thank you! It seemd a rather neat thing to do an acrostic of sorts.
Larner · 13 August 2010 · Chapter 6: Speechless
I love the wisdom of the Queen in interrupting as she did! Hooray for her, and for her husband!
Author's reply
Aye, a woman needs to know when to be fim! ;-) Author Reply: Firm, I mean.
Raksha The Demon · 24 February 2010 · Chapter 4: Some Like It Hot – But Maybe Not Quite That Hot
Talking about biting off more than one can chew! Well-written and amusing. Eomer certainly has a lot to learn about women as well as cuisine; and I'm sure Lothiriel will be glad to tutor him...
Author's reply
Yupp, I thought so, too! :D
Raksha The Demon · 24 February 2010 · Chapter 5: Meeting of Quiet Minds
A masterful interpretation of a meeting that is sadly not written of too often - lovely delineation of the contrasts between the beautiful, unchanging elven maiden and the Dunadan woman marked by the changes of a mortal life. And yet, there's a sense of growing wistfulness and respect and liking in Arwen's perspective. Very nice!
Author's reply
Thank you! I enjoyed working with the contrasts and parallels in this piece.
Larner · 21 February 2010 · Chapter 5: Meeting of Quiet Minds
Two women, one youthful in appearance but nearly ageless in actuality, the other very young by the count of her companion yet aging; both bound by fate to the same young man. How real this meeting feels!
Author's reply
Thanks, I'm glad you find it convincing!
Rhyselle · 21 February 2010 · Chapter 1: The Gift of Ilúvatar
I am just gobsmacked by this piece. You cut to the heart of the problem of elven immortality, and made it clear, through Arwen's perceptions that the Gift of Men truly is a gift. Well done! *applauds* Very well done!
Celeritas · 21 February 2010 · Chapter 5: Meeting of Quiet Minds
I saw this when you posted it on the GFIC comm, but couldn't come up with any sort of constructive advice because it's really well done--especially in characterizing the awkwardness and tentativeness of this first meeting. I especially enjoyed the contrasts of youth and age, and how the mysteries of mortality and motherhood have actually made Gilraen older than Arwen. Well done!
Author's reply
Thank you! These days, I see a lot of beauty in older people - probably because I'm getting older myself.
Rhapsody · 22 July 2009 · Chapter 4: Some Like It Hot – But Maybe Not Quite That Hot
I still love this one a lot *snicker*, poor Eomer!
Author's reply
Glad you do. :)
Larner · 21 July 2009 · Chapter 4: Some Like It Hot – But Maybe Not Quite That Hot
Hehehehehehehehe! Excellent payback for the one who tried to seem worldlywise and perhaps a bit patronizing! Yay for Lothiriel!
Author's reply
Yay, down with patronizing males, hehehe.