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After the Fall (PG)
by Alassante.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 5] Warnings [demented humor]
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:01 pm
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| "creepy friend"..."screamed like a girl"...bwahahahaha. |
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Striking Out (G)
by NancyBrooke.
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:56 pm
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| A simple tale of coming home ... even if one has to build that home, beam by beam and hole by hole. I loved this line: "loved it like something he’d one day outgrow." NB, guess what? *whispers* You can write hobbits! |
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Lilac (PG)
by Ania.
Chapters [2]
Reviews [ 8] Warnings [Major Angst]
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:19 am
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Ahhh! I always suspected that Gilraen was a poet in the privacy of her own thoughts. She sounds downright elvish here, which Tolkien would likely approve of. Nice work! |
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Shards of Courage (G)
by Alassante.
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Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:59 am
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This piece is so poignant and lovely, if a little brutal. Battlefield promises always choke me up! And I've told you before that I really like your characterizations of Valandil and the queen as well. Nice work, Al; but then, you spoil the reader in me with consistent goodness, so I shouldn't be surprised.  |
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My Anchor (G)
by LadyBluejay.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 5] Warnings [none]
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:52 am
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| Oooh.I love the sea metaphor here! So appropriate for Lothiriel! You've also drawn a relationship here that I think is both strong and romantic -- exactly what I'd always hoped for the horselord. Excellent piece! |
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A Beggar of Distinction (G)
by Alassante.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 7] Warnings [none]
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:47 am
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| What struck out to me as particularly wonderful about this fic is your focus on his voice, starting out scratchy and ill-used, but becoming more fluid as he spoke. How appropriate for Maglor the bard. It also emphasises his multi-age tragedy: that a bard of his calibre could ever get to the point of scratchy-voiced-ness tells clearly what he has gone through.You know your SIlm so well, Al, and it shows in your stories. But what I really dig about your Silmfic is that you don't beat readers over the head with your vast knowledge. You just let it seep into the story, all beautiful and stuff. |
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The Dwarves Treasure (PG-13)
by eiranae.
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:27 am
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| Oooooh. I love the relationship developing between Mireth and Gimli! Squeee! |
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A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love … (PG-13)
by Sulriel.
Chapters [3]
Reviews [ 12] Warnings [sexual; adult themes]
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Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:14 am
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| Nice alliteration: "shuttle slipping swift through her fingers," and right off the bat, too. In fact, that whole first paragraph is exceptional: both good visualization and easy on the ears. Of course, the rest of the story is lovely, too. I adore growly alpha males (well, at least in fiction I do; in real life they can be a little tedious). I only wish there was more! More growly alpha males! More rowr!Also, I think I told you this before, but I'll say it again: my favorite line is "She didn't wish to be one; she wished to be two standing together." That is such the perfect response to that "being one" thing that comes up from time to time in torrid romance novels. I like a gal who won't let herself be completely subsumed in a relationship but will retain her own purposes and strength. Poor Miriel: she seems like just such a backboned gal in this story, but it's sad thinking what eventually happened to her. Hmm. Seems like there's fic fodder in between the end of this story and the end of her marriage. *whistles innocently and hopes the bunny attacks* |
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Reflections in the Deep (PG)
by Alassante.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 9] Warnings [mild language]
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Wed Jun 25, 2008 12:11 pm
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| Oh, bugger. I said something stupid in my ffnet review, and now I can't edit it or fix it or anything. Blegh. Silmaril. I meant to say Silmaril. Argh. At any rate, I was just sitting here thinking, as I make lunch for the horde, that you could conceivably write a Silm/Finding Nemo crossover based on this very premise. He is shiny. I shall call him Squishy. And Feanor would roll and roll on his cot in Mandos. |
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Men Are Weak (G)
by Alassante.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 3] Warnings [none]
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Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:08 pm
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| How is it that I haven't reviewed this yet! Am fallin down on my game here. This piece is beautiful, Al. It's beautiful writing, and it's beautiful subject matter. Elrond as a father always gets me right in the ticker. With all the mini tragedies in the LoTR/Silm epic, I think what happened to him -- and none of it was ever because of something he did wrong -- was the most poignant. First his mentor, then his wife, then his daughter... all that's left now are his sons, and somehow I imagine they weren't particularly kind, either. Thank you for giving him voice. This really reads like a voice-over, sharing his secret fears and grief. |
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