Reviews by ghettoelleth

Master of Shadows · Tue Feb 21, 2006 2:38 am

Is gluttony supposed to give me girl wood? I don't think so. God damn Space, that was hawt! Your Witchking is...omg, blonde! How hawt is that? This is so well written, and so evocative. You always manage to conjure up this very gothic, but not at all campy image in my mind that reminds me of the amazing classic films like Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Rebecca. Just such an amazingly haunting feel. Okay, on to the next scene.

As flowing water · Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:25 pm

Ooh, kudos Vil, wasn't that the funnest challenge? You got the phrase in there seamlessly and what a lovely and touching scene you chose to depict. Good job.

jes

Summer Call · Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:18 pm

Beautiful and well thought out, what a tribute to Faramir. Very sad but at the same time, in the last moment, so full of beauty and hope. Though sad for his grandson and all those he leaves behind, what a wonderful reunion for him. Very nicely done.

Crossroads of Time · Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:34 am

Poor Istadan! I gotta say I was with Ariella on this one, but I had the luxury of being able to actually laugh. That was so sweet and so funny.

The incident with the Morang, Glorfinion, and Arianna was tragic but I'm glad it brought about a healing in the rift between the younger elves. I can only imagine how tickled Maeglin is going to sound when he gets Morang out of earshot of Turgon though. Your Maeglin is so mean and dark, I am going to love comparing our two for the short while that yours remains a part of the story. Your characters are all so loveable and wonderful with the exception of Maeglin, it makes it really easy to dislike him intensely. But on a brighter note, I feel sorry for him when I read him here and that makes my own job easier, Very Happy smiley face

. I can't wait to find out the outcome of the fall of Gondolin, who survives, who doesn't and what those of the Mole who survive will feel if you should delve into that aspect of it. But I gotta tell you, I'm not looking forward to reading what I know WILL happen, its going to be gut wrenching to read. Excellent job on another excellent chapter, chica. Thanks for updating, now go do it some more... Shocked smiley face

Immortality · Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:39 pm

Awww, How did he get out of the ocean? How did he swim back? Where is she? Oh, this is stunning, Lydia. I adore him, though I've made him rather goofy and scatterbrained with lurrrve in my fic. Wonderful, just absolutely lovely and it brought a tear to my eye.

Jesxxx

Stigmas · Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:38 am

Oh Rhaps, I cried forever when I read this. I have never been able to read Turin's death, and his converse with the sword without losing it, but to have it elaborated on so beautifully and perfectly was just gut wrenchingly painful to read. And in the end, the fact that his last sin was not mortal, but rather unpardonable, really came through powerfully with all the other sins being so cleverly and concisely laid out. Wonderful job, as ever, I am exceedingly proud of you but I have to say, you've really outdone yourself with this one.

Autumn Hunt · Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:42 am

Uhm, wow. I am really taken aback by this, Duchess. The narrative is not what I'm used to reading from you, as I have only ever read your short stories and drabbles. I'm stunned, and quite frankly, pleased as all hell that Sil pointed this out on the MPA list or I may not have ever read it. With your typical flair for descriptives that, while quite detailed, never seem to fall short of evocatively entrancing, you paint pictures with words like no one else. You are a spinner of tales without equal, IMHO. The thing I find so fascinating about your narrative is that you give such vivid detail without ever inadvertanly wandering into, what I like to call, Steinbeck's Inferno. I never get the feeling that you've gone too far, nor do I ever feel like anything is missing. You give descriptions of things like the flowers, in intricate detail and make us see every beautiful blossom as if we were looking at a photograph, and yet we are spared the droning description of each stitch in her gown. You know where to pull the reader into the world you want to convey, and where to let the readers imagination take root. This was just a delight to read. The sex, well I'm sure you've heard it all on that note, but I would like to applaud you on this for another reason, rather than the fact that it was really really hawt, (which it was). I have read a number of stories in this ficdom in which sex between humans was depicted and it is either frustratingly ordinary, or graphically and, in my opinion, exaggeratedly earthy. You wrote this with such a beautiful sense of realism without ever going too far. It is corporeal, sensual and carnal, yet it never crosses that oh-so-fine line into the raunchy and uncouth that I simply cannot stomach. Although I am quite aware that this is a very personal thing, for me, the more metaphorical the smut, the better. In this case, however, you managed to be straightforward without ever being crass or lewd. I applaud you hugely on that score because it is such a difficult thing to achieve. There are also certain anatomical terms that are often used, I feel, simply for shock value. The second I see them in the midst of a sex scene, they usually just immediately turn me off or yank me clean out of a fic. You used several and I did not bat an eye, they so perfectly fitted in where you placed them. Just...a million kudos on this, my friend. You once again have amazed me with your amazing talent.

Fëanorian Fates Series ~ Part 1 · Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:14 am

I'm so sorry I keep forgetting to do this. You know how it is with something you've read and think you've reviewed. That said, this is a stunning look into the first kinslaying and a gut wrenching introduction into the horrors that will follow. At first the cadence gave me a run for my money, I'm just a big ole tard when it comes to this kind of poetry. But the more I read it, I'm on about read 10 now, the more it sinks under my skin and I get comfy with the poetic aspect and down to what's being said. Absolutely lovely, and I can only imagine something like this, limited by word count and then a second time for the sake of rhyme, must have been an absolute bear. You pulled it off stunningly.

Oh Father · Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:48 am

Eth, this is just wonderful. Flows much better. You worked really hard on this and you should be very proud of your effort. There are lines in this fic which are so striking and moving in their simplicity that I found myself getting chills over and over. As I said, it is such a rarity to find a story involving Numenoreans in the second age. This made finding this lovely, well thought and beautifully written fic a double treat. I am so glad you reposted it. Thank you

Gxxx

Oh Father · Sun Jan 29, 2006 12:48 am

Eth, this is just wonderful. Flows much better. You worked really hard on this and you should be very proud of your effort. There are lines in this fic which are so striking and moving in their simplicity that I found myself getting chills over and over. As I said, it is such a rarity to find a story involving Numenoreans in the second age. This made finding this lovely, well thought and beautifully written fic a double treat. I am so glad you reposted it. Thank you

Gxxx

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