Reviews by Marnie

The First Age of the Sun: Triumph · Sun Feb 20, 2005 9:58 am

Yay! It's off to a roaring start. I like it very much so far. I did like 'the stars must be happier here' Smile smiley face

(Finrod is such a charmer) And Luthien/Finrod is so much a better idea than Luthien/Beren. I can't wait to see what happens next Exclamation smiley face

A Silence Covered in Stone · Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:57 am

I'm sorry about Rous thinking this was part of Battle of the Golden Wood! Yours came first and is better, IMO. In fact they bear very littlel resemblance at all. Still, perhaps I was unconsiously influenced by this - it is the sort of story that stays in the memory for a long time, and one of my favourites. How do I give stars? It ought to have 5.

Vales of Sorrow · Mon Jun 28, 2004 2:53 pm

This is beautifully written, and I find myself very curious to know what Mislyn was doing in a human town, teaching their children. I really loved the description of her room and the morning before everything started to go wrong for her. I'm not an OFC or a romance fan, but this is well above the quality of anything I've seen before on a similar theme. I particularly appreciated the fact that you didn't have the Men rape her, which would have (a) been too cliche'd and (b) set you up with canon problems regarding the tendancy of elves to die when raped. I was greatly relieved when that didn't happen Smile smiley face

I had a few, niggling little pedantic quibbles; (1) *mithril* needles? It would be like having a jar full of platinum needles in a schoolroom - it jumped out at me as being out of place. Copper or brass would be as easy to use and more likely.
(2) Elladan and Elrohir are Half-Elves, and there is no suggestion in any of the books that they are anything other than proud of the human side of their heritage. They ride out on errantry with the Rangers, and the heir of Isildur has been raised in their father's house for centuries... in light of this it didn't make sense to me that it should be Elladan who had a hatred for Men. If it's an important plot point, could it be given as a character trait to Haldir or Legolas? Or does more hinge on it than I am aware, and you're going to explain it better later?

That said, I liked the clear differences in character between the rescuers, and Haldir stood out for me with his insular, Lothlorien attitude of 'leave well enough alone'. It was nice to see that in him - it made him all the more believable.

Lovely writing and a really good start.

Marnie Smile smiley face

Marnie · Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:16 pm

Thanks to everyone who reviewed this Smile smiley face

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply.

If anyone is interested in reading some good Celeborn stories I have some on my site, which you can find here:

http://www.apwl75.dsl.pipex.com/lotrfic/elfportraits.html

Thanks again!

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