Reviews by Viv

Quid Pro Quo · Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:26 am

You aren't leaving it like that! Update. Right now! lol

Starlight, Starbright. · Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:18 am

I love this line: "I live a dull existence perhaps, but it gives me time to dream about the stars." Sometimes it's easier to bemoan what we lack than to be appreciative of what we have. And his notion that being a peaceful king might make him more likely to see elves in the future seems to be very well-founded. Good job writing a difficult character!

Living Motion · Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:14 pm

I would count it as a success. After all, them challenge things are just, as the pirate code itself, more like guidelines. This piece speaks with her voice, which is strong. Of all Tolkien's women, I think Haleth is the most underappreciated. It's good to read her written so well and given the space to make her peace, hard though it was won.

Dies Irae · Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:57 pm

What a fascinating and perilous opening! Please continue with this story.

Business and Pleasure · Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:34 am

Now *that's* how we likes 'em, precious. Boromir in all his alpha yumminess, exhausting even professionals. Rowr.

MidSummer · Tue Aug 26, 2008 1:12 pm

I love how he resists being serious. You draw his portrait so well, and without a single visual.

Also, her moment with the trees is very nicely done. Very zen.

The Folly Of These Days · Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:04 pm

Ah, so Rumil isn't letting his guard down so soon, eh? I like this watchful suspicion. It gels with the weary tension of elves at the end of the third age. I wonder if instigators of change like Legolas understoof fully that part of the bigger change, of winning over Sauron, was the demise of their own societies in Middle-earth. Clearly Rumil, at least, had a sniff of what was to come. Nicely thought through, NB!

When You Say Nothing at All · Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:42 pm

And with chivalric narrative voice, too. Did my ears trick me, or do I sense a smidge of sarcasm here? lol Great work, eira.

Anniversary · Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:44 pm

This is a tricky story, but *you have done it*. Wow. By "it" I mean showing both characters' complete and total adoration for their decesased spouses but also infusing a touch of sexual tension between them. And not creeping me out! I'm not sure this was what you were trying to do, but it's so rare when it all comes together like this. Nice work here!

Passing · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:20 pm

I would have loved this even if I hadn't gotten a sneak peek. It's bracketed poetically, told elegantly, and tugs on the emotions without walloping a reader over the head. Plus, it raises and answers canon questions about the Lindi, who I think are overlooked both in fandom and in Tolkien's own writing. You have such a delicate touch with these sensitive issues; this was a joy to read.

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