Reviews by GypsieRose

Reasoning · Sat Jul 31, 2004 11:50 pm

Oh! Finduilas! Duh, that makes sense. Eowyn? Well, maybe, if you figure that Eomer doesn't like Faramir much...

--Rose (Cressida)

Thicker Than Blood · Sat Jul 17, 2004 4:18 pm

Since you're "story of the day," I'll write you a formal review! I enjoyed this very much, and can easily see it being the way things "really" happened while Frodo was unconscious. I especially love the way you write Bilbo, and think your Elrond is also right on the money. All the characters are, really, but those two in particular stood out for me. I'm also intrigued by the combination of everyday medical detail and a more fantastic approach, as with the idea that Elvish anesthetics would consist of singing.

--Rose

The Sacrifice of Soldiers · Sun Jul 11, 2004 12:10 pm

Very interesting! I'm glad this popped up as story of the day, since I might not have found it otherwise. I enjoyed this story very much, and the hard lesson. Sacrificing unique and irreplaceable toys is a good prelude to the lesson that human lives are all unique and irreplaceable too, a lesson Aragorn will need later.

One thing that I would love to see expanded on was Estel's imagining of his father being the second who sacrificed himself for the captain. It seems like there's room for a follow-up story where he learns about the responsibilities of the captain, the one for whom others make those sacrifices.

--Rose

Of Dwarvish Ale and the Fairer Sex · Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:29 pm

I laughed! I cried! All right, I didn't cry (except at the way you treated Faramir), but I laughed a lot, so that should make up for it. Laughing smiley face

Great fun!!

--Rose

Estuans Interius · Sun Jun 20, 2004 2:33 pm

Ooh, very interesting! The use of repetition rather than rhyme is very interesting, especially the way you often manage to turn a word to a slightly different meaning when it is repeated. And it's quite a harrowing look into Denethor's mind as well. I enjoyed this!

--Rose

Water and Flame · Sat Jun 19, 2004 6:46 pm

What a great idea! Perfect choice of poem as model for this subject, and well-carried out.

--Rose

Eowyn's sorrow · Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:38 pm

Now, there's a pair I wouldn't have thought of. Very interesting idea, and nicely done! I like the way you characterized Halbarad.

--Rose

Night In Hollin · Thu Jun 10, 2004 12:35 pm

I just finished this and I loved it! What a perfectly delightful story. It's so rare to see happy stories of Boromir's time with the Fellowship, and this one was happy--with just enough of a wistful, bittersweet undertone to keep it interesting. I liked the descriptions of the various dances, especially Gimli's for some reason. (I find myself thinking that dwarves would probably mostly do solo dances for exhibition, somehow).

One thing that did confuse me just the littles bit was the mix of book and movie-canon. Thinks like Boromir teaching the hobbits to swordfight could easily happen within the bookverse, but the account of Bilbo's birthday contradicts the book; Pippin was eleven at the time in the bookverse, so he wouldn't have expected to dance! That was a momentary distraction for me, but not a major one.

I'm recommending this story on the Brothers of Gondor message board (http://www.thewhitetower.net/bf1/). Beautiful job!

--Rose

P.S. You've even spawned a plot bunny for me which may develop into something one of these days!

Strange Revels · Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:23 am

Hah, that was brilliant! About the only thing I expected to see and didn't, was a bit more reaction from Merry about the fact that she's a Big Person; his lack of surprise or even thinking about the different scale of things made me wonder if he's done this before! Maybe you're deliberately leaving it out to avoid hitting the hobbit/BP squick, but then if you're going to write Merry/Eowyn, there's probably no way of getting away from squicking somebody.

And I agree, I'd love to know what he thinks when they meet again. Or what she thinks, although she seems less likely to remember it very well.

--Rose

Cool Waters · Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:23 am

Ahh, some fine quality angst here. I especially like chapter 3 for the descriptiveness, the bond between Merry and Pippin, and the emotional resolution--and it's nice to think of the house at Crickhollow being put to such pleasant use too.

--Rose

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