Reviews by Marta

Tethering Fire · Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:44 pm

Loverly, Viv. I particularly like that even Finwe only suggests, he does not mandate the name - which is of course completely canon, but nice to be reminded of. This was touching but also bittersweet.

Fun with Farm'n · Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:12 pm

Yuk! But at the same time... very good. Very Orcsy, you really can crawl into their horrid little heads. Wink smiley face

That Immortal Sea · Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:35 pm

I'm glad it was personal. That's what I was aiming for. I have way too much experience with nightmares! And the one thing I know for sure is that, at least with me, waking up is all too disorienting. What is reality, what is fantasy, etc.

As for the waterfall... I don't think it was that loud in reality, but to a guilty conscience it would probably sound louder. And of course you're assuming the same rangers are always at HA (but then that's more Liz's area than mine...)

A New Age · Fri Sep 23, 2005 10:16 pm

Barbara- Thanks! It's always fascinating writing Celeborn (*grumble* tricksy Marnie *grumble*), but this was an angle I'd never thought to take before. As for Anar/Anor, that's one of my own mental quaffles. I always use Anarion to describe the region in northern Gondor and Anorien to describe the son of Elendil, and then have to go correct myself. I've made the appropriate change now.

Neniel- Glad you liked it. Breathless is always a good reaction.

Inheritances · Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:12 am

Elliska, I already told you this privately... but thank you for the review.

I did intend this to have a melancholy tone. I don't doubt he had fun, but when it came to his future kingdom I don't doubt he took matters seriously. And the birth of his steward's first heir might make him think a loton Arwen. (At this point in the sotry they haven't plighted their troth. Wink smiley face

And that was one of my favourite lines, too. Glad you liked it.

Under the Lonely Mountain Cold · Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:54 pm

Thanks, eelisk and Galadriel8891, for your reviews. I'm glad you both liked it so much!

As for where you've seen it before ellisk, I've posted it at other sites before (SOA and HASA), and I was using it in my WIP, "The Best Brew in Buckland", where Gimli sings it in a Minas Tirith pub. I just never got around to posting it at OSA.

Marta

Goldberry's Song · Fri Apr 16, 2004 11:32 pm

Vulgarweed-

I do write a fair amount of poetry (not excessive amounts of stand-alone pieces, but most of my stories have original verse in them). While I'm not an expert, poetry is something I think about. And this is good.

So much good stuff in there, it's had to pick out one thing I really liked above all the others. I suuppose it would be that you showed how Goldberry needed old Tom. I mean, in the books it's almos tlike Tom puts Goldberry in a pedestal, but you're never really quite sure why she's so great. At least I wasn't. She was a likeable character and I really enjoy her, don't get me wrong, but there's a real sense of Tom needing Goldberry but Goldberry not necessarily needing Tom. (My opinion; YMMV) But in your poem, Goldberry benefited from Tom as much as Tom benefited from Goldberry.

Sorry, it's late here. I'm afraid that's about as coherent as I can be. Good poem, at any rate.

A Little Night Music · Mon Mar 29, 2004 12:05 am

Ariel-

This was superb. You have accomplished what is really rare in erotica -- making the characters and their culture distinct. I don't think I could change the names of Rosie and Sam to, say, Faramir and Eowyn, and the story make sense. That to me is a sign of a really good piece. This was sensuous but at the same time touching.

One little nitpick. I think it is written "Middle-earth," not "Middle Earth"?

Cheers, Marta

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