Reviews by VanatheEverYoung

Black Eyes · Thu May 25, 2006 6:32 pm

This is wonderful! I hope you continue to post, and soon if you can. I thought the quote at the beginning sounded familiar, and I was right. That was dull reading (The Art of War, not your story) but very, very apt. I already like Lothiriel. No one demure and submissive could be loved by the Rohirrim. I've read several other Eomer/Lothiriel stories and none of them overly impressed me. But I'm already hooked. This is going on my Watch List. I'm looking forward to updates!

Interrupted Journeys: Part Four--Journeys of Discovery · Fri Dec 16, 2005 11:03 am

All I could think about while reading this chapter was the Fellowship's journey through Moria and Gimli. I love how you're drawing links between the Legolas we know from the books and the child we know hardly anything about. As you've done with Thranduil, you've taken a relatively small amount of information, filled in the gaps, and created a beautiful story for Legolas. I can't wait to read more.

Interrupted Journeys: Part Four--Journeys of Discovery · Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:29 am

You could never been mistaken for anything but a loving mother, ellisk. Laughing smiley face

Really, I felt for Legolas, though. Poor kid. When parents use the "disappointed" line it's worse than being screamed at. I love seeing him grow up slowly and coming to be the Elf who founded a colony in South Ithilien. I've never seen him as "King" material, but with Thranduil as a father, he must have been a strong Prince in Mirkwood. Onto the next chapter ... Razz smiley face

And in the Darkness Bind Them: Vol I · Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:00 pm

Firstly, let me apologize for not reviewing more often. I have been reading, albiet behind the updates, but I haven't lost interest. I just finished up tonight and, late as I am, wanted to let you know that I'm still enjoying the story immensely. I'm amazed at how quickly you can give characters unique personalities. The subtleties add so much depth to the story. Being an American, I'm not used to the whole "we" business when the monarch is speaking. In fact, I've only heard it mentioned in passing. For me, Telperien became a much more interesting character when she used "I" and "me" when speaking with Marillion. Hopefully I can stay caught up with this wonderful story now!

Interrupted Journeys: Part Four--Journeys of Discovery · Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:41 pm

Real life has not been kind to me lately, and unfortunately, my fanfiction addiction has suffered because of it. All together, I'm about 25 chapters behind on my watched stories list. Things are finally calming down, praise Buddha. I'm slowly catching up on stories, and this one is on the top of my list. I promise, when I'm caught up, I will give the reviews all your writing deserves. Until then, know that I haven't lost interest or given up Big Hug smiley face

Alone Facing Darkness · Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:39 pm

This is a copy of the review I left at HPFF.

This story is an absolute pleasure to read and reread. I always read it twice when I Beta, and I think I've memorized the plot fairly well. Yet everytime I come back to it, I find myself reading long passages, as amazed by the quality and ingenuity as I was the first time I read it.

As I've said before (and I'm sure I will say again) this is the model of what a crossover fic should be. Not only is your writing excellent, but so diverse. Frodo never sounds less than Tolkien wrote him and Harry never less than Rowling wrote him. It becomes at once apparent that logic and canon is of the utmost importance to you.

I've already told you all of this, so this is for the readers who look at the reviews first, wondering if it's worth reading. It is.

Hope's Adieu · Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:02 pm

Wow. What a powerful 100 words! You made every one count. I love the play on Aragorn's Elvish name. It fits this drabble theme so well.

Interrupted Journeys: Part Four--Journeys of Discovery · Mon Aug 08, 2005 5:06 pm

I'm so happy to see the next part of the story up! Legolas is such a cute elfling. Curiosity is certainly a trait that he keeps throughout Lord of the Rings. I'm thinking specifically of the Huorn forest. Really, who wants to forsake the Quest to Mordor to look at trees? I also liked the history of his knife. That's something I've never really considered before. I can't wait to read more.

Alone Facing Darkness · Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:19 am

I must say that I am extremely surprised by this. I've never been a fan of crossover fics, and I didn't see how LOTR and HP could be logically connected. You've done an admirable job. I love the idea of Frodo and Harry's connection. It's such a romantic notion that there will always be someone around to save us. The writing is simply wonderful. It's a perfect blend between modern HP and classical LOTR. I also quite like the different POVs.

I do have a few complaints, things that you probably won't want to change now, but I feel like I should mention anyway. Firstly, I think there is too much direct dialogue and too many scenes from the movies. The original dialogue is brilliant and spot on to every character (especially, especially Ron. Great job there!). I'd like to read more of that. Secondly, English isn't Westron. I know. It's something that would take chapters and chapters and chapters to resolve (unless Hermione knew a handy-dandy spell). I do like that Ancient Runes is Sindarin. It adds yet another logical connection between HP and LOTR.

Overall, it's a brilliant story. It's something that could have utterly failed in the wrong hands, but you've done an amazing job making and maintaining the HP/LOTR connections. I can forgive the two issues I have with the story because everything else is just so well written. This is going on my "watch" list, and I can't wait to read more.

Interrupted Journeys: Part Three--Journeys Begin · Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:01 pm

Yay! I'm all caught up! Too bad that means I have to wait for updates now Crying or Very sad smiley face

. Please hurry ... please Smile smiley face

I'm on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what Oropher did to Marti (if anything). I can't say how much I love seeing a canon Thranduil. I could say it in a thousand reviews and still not express it fully. Big Hug smiley face

Please update as soon as you can.

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