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Cold Comfort (NC-17)
by Sharpeslass.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 8] Warnings [strong sexual content]
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Sat Dec 25, 2010 12:08 pm
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| This was dark, depressing, and very well written. Great job! |
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The Unspoken (PG-13)
by Elfique.
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:52 am
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Oh, poor Glorfindel. You've conveyed his helplessness and her annoyance very well. Nice start  I'm looking forward to reading more. |
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| Author's replied on Mon Dec 27, 2010 1:48 pm |
| Thanks for the review! This is all churning over in my mind quite easily so hopefully it won't take me too long to post the rest. |
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Into the Shadows (NC-17)
by Alassante.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 17] Warnings [Implied stuff]
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:40 am
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Read this again, and again I liked the twist a lot.  Well done! |
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A Powerful Absence (PG-13)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [3]
Reviews [ 4] Warnings [Character death]
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Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:06 pm
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I knew he would come back
Loved the idea of both Estel and Arwen saying farewell to Elrohir.
Beautiful and moving story. Thank you! |
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| Author's replied on Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:41 pm |
| I am so glad you liked that meeting in Mandos Halls - and that the twins were reunited in the end. I wouldn't have been so cruel as to leave them apart any longer :~) |
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Truly Tested (PG)
by Sulriel.
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Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:15 pm
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| This was a featured story today I liked it very much. You packed a lot into such a small thing. Very well done, indeed! Thank you for sharing. |
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A Powerful Absence (PG-13)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [3]
Reviews [ 4] Warnings [Character death]
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Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:21 am
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This is such a beautiful and moving chapter that I had tears in my eyes while reading. The idea of Arwen trying and not knowing how to die is especially moving, I think. Well, it wasn't easy to be immortal, but on the other hand it seems very believable -- in her case -- that once having been immortal, she had little idea of what it was like to lay down and die. Then again, Elladan in Valinor, poor thing  I love that Gimli was beside him in that very moment.
Beautiful chapter! |
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| Author's replied on Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:03 pm |
Thank you. It occurred to me quite a long time ago that, if Arwen knew just how Aragorn was able to die at the time of his choosing, she would almost certainly have done likewise, and quickly. It will figure in a short Returnverse story that is not yet written, and it seemed right for it to be part of this tale, too.
Poor Elladan had been so convinced that Elrohir would be waiting... I have been very cruel to him in this story. |
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A Powerful Absence (PG-13)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [3]
Reviews [ 4] Warnings [Character death]
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Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:54 am
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This is a powerful and evocative chapter -- and heart-breaking. Somehow, reading about honorable deeds, heroes, battles etc. we may forget that such casual deaths must have happened to people in ME too. Only we don't agree with the idea of our favorite hero to die in such a manner, do we? I feel so incredibly sorry for Elladan. On the other hand, it seems that it was fate that decided instead the twins as far as their final choice was concerned.
I love how you portrayed the relationships within the family so far. And I love Glorfindel here -- a side character, but a real friend who cares.
Great stuff! |
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| Author's replied on Wed Dec 01, 2010 3:40 pm |
Thank you so much - it occurred to me that during the years after their mother's torment they must have been aware that one or the other might die - they might even have discussed it. But fifteen or twenty years after the end of the Ring War they would simply not expect it - it would be very, very, different.
I realised it would impact on everyone - the question was 'how?' Writing it has been quite painful - sometimes a bit like drawing teeth. But it is completed at 3 chapters - the second is with my beta, and the third is ready for his input. |
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Aftermath (PG-13)
by Vilwarin.
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Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:26 pm
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| Yes, there are things that should be left unspoken. Very nice and well done! |
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Last Gasp (PG-13)
by Elfique.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 1] Warnings [character death/suicide]
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Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:12 am
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| I've always thought it very ironic, and tragic, that once Maedhros regained the Silmaril, there was nothing left for him to go on. And that the main reason behind his struggling with, well, simply everything, were the Silmarils. Your story shows the turning points in his life and portrays his 'shattered' sould very well. Excellent stuff! Thank you for sharing. |
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| Author's replied on Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:59 pm |
| Thanks very much for the review (as always!), the main focus of this story was the desolation after everything - think I must have been in misery mode! |
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Moments of Passing (PG)
by Elfique.
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Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:53 am
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These are wonderfully composed. You very skillfully compared the details of both stories and depicted the moments of Glorfindel's and Ecthelion's tragic deaths in the most evocative way. Great phrasing. I loved: "The fountains sighed in the silence." in particular.
Beautiful and very moving. Thank you for sharing! |
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| Author's replied on Fri Nov 26, 2010 2:46 pm |
| Thanks so much for the positive feedback, I was never too sure about these so its quite crazy they seem to be going down so well! Thanks again! |
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