Reviews by Katzilla

Untold Tales of the Mark: The Banishment of Éomer · Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:24 am

Everybody, thanks so much for your compliments; I am very happy to find that this story gets read and that you like it. Wink smiley face

@Krazykataave: Sorry for all the angst, but I think those days in Rohan were very dark even in the Tolkien version, so I just took the middle path between the movies and the books (having Éomer incarcerated AND banished) and ran with it, trying to find out where this would lead me. Believe me, I had NO idea it would get *this* dark!

@Lia: You never battled a Uruk yourself? That is one thing in life you surely must do (like planting a tree) at least once! Wink smiley face

(Many only do it just once...)

@Lady Bluejay: It is my firm believe that you can write AU and at the same time, stay very true to canon as well (at least that is what I try). I understand if people don't want to read their favorite characters ending up with someone else or get completely out of character just because someone thought that under the AU label, you don't need accuracy. My approach to AU is rather "What if they took the left way instead of the right way? Where would that lead them?" I love those "What if" situations.

@Maddy: Since we always discuss everything to great length on the phone, I guess there is nothing left to say here. Just one thing: If anyone hasn't read her Éomer/ Lothiriel series of stories, you MUST do so this instant ("The Healer and the Warrior", etc.) . She is the best romance writer around, and the way she wrote those to getting to know each other is for me now the definitive version.

Closer · Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:07 pm

Hi ozynegra,

thanks a lot for your comment, I'm glad you liked my littlé tale. And yes, I plan to finish this some time, but don't hold your breath, as I am currently in a frenzy writing "Banishment". Smile smiley face

The End of All Things · Tue May 31, 2005 6:36 am

Inglor: Thank you very much! I was quite hesitant to post this story, since not everybody wants to read a story where the
main characters die. That it seems to hit a nerve with the readers comes as a surprise to me, a very pleasant one.

Angmar of CarnDum: Thank you! Yes, I like to read melancholic and even sad stories myself, but there always has to be
meaning to a main character's death, and it has to be done in an appropriate way, I think.

Ghettoelleth: Wow! Your review blows me away, you know? Thank you so much! I am glad you liked the story. Actually, it
wasn't tempting for me at all to write the orcs' side. I am a die-hard Éomer fan, and as such was very interested to
find out how he would deal with the given situation. Like I said, the whole concept came from that image in my mind of
him looking down onto that sea of torches and hearing the orc army's war chants.

The End of All Things · Tue May 24, 2005 6:04 am

Hi Manon,

yes, this is indeed a very sad story. I suppose it came to my mind after watching "Star WArs - Ep. 3". It all revolved around that image in my mind of Éomer standing in front of Meduseld and starring at a sea of torches from the orc-army from one end of the horizon to the other, hearing their chant. I got goosebumps thinking about it, and had to find a way to put it in words. Thank you very much for letting me hear your thoughts! There's much more of my work on this site, if you like.

A Battle of a Different Kind · Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:04 am

Thanks everybody for your wonderful reviews, they mean a lot to me! Smile smiley face

This little ficlet hit me out of the blue, and I had no idea how it would be received. I guess it was triggered by some comments I heard about the extra-scene in "ROTK" between brother and sister (aka the "war is the province of men, Eowyn" scene), where some thought that Éomer came off as "chauvinistic". I don't think he was being chauvinistic there at all, he was just afraid that Éowyn was too enthusiastic of the "glory" to be had in battle without really understanding what she was actually talking about. I *will* get a beta one of these days, mainly for my other story, "A Rohan Ghost Story", I just didn't manage to find someone yet. If any of you would like to point out the mistakes I made on this one, I'd be glad to correct them.

Again, thanks a bunch!

A Rohan Ghost Story · Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:36 am

krazykataave; ghettoelleth; ZeeDrippyVessel:

Thank you very much for your insights and praise. Since this was my first LotR-fiction, which I kind of wrote in a writing frenzy, I didn't have really the time to go back and restructure it or really look for mistakes, which I KNOW are there. Yes, I *am* definitely planning to have it betaed one of these days.

Thank you for your suggestions, and I'm looking forward to maybe hearing from you again!

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