Reviews by ellisk

Alliance · Sun Nov 21, 2004 9:18 pm

I love Glorfindel and Erestor's plotting to help Elrond--they are truly good friends and this shows it well. I feel for Isildur's wife and son. That is so sad and I can't help but think it will be hard on Elrond when he hears as well. I hope G and E meet up with Celebrian on the road and get her to Imladris quickly. It will help Elrond.

You did a great job portraying Elrond as drifting through his pain--very true to life in such situations where everything you held as real has been challenged if not destroyed. Great chapter. Keep feeding your muse. I love this story.

The Rest is Silence · Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:49 pm

How did I miss this chapter?! I only saw it today. Excellent. Well written. Very steamy. Yes, I've been reduced to sentence fragments. How pathetic. I loved seeing them get together and seeing his mother pleased by it. Great job.

Alliance · Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:43 pm

Oh I love it when your muse is happy. What have you been feeding her? Make sure to stay on that diet. I loved the conversation with the sailors. It's fun to employ languages that one person only know partially to leave them wondering a little and I think it's wonderful that she caught wind that Elrond was 'thinking' about her. And I liked seeing the sailors look on her as people do on Galadriel. I am dying to see these two meet again--I'm dying to see if you are kind and let it play out comfortably or if you are cruel and make them a little uncomfortable at first. It's funny to see these two powerful elves reduced to uncertainty but that is what love does to us.

Alliance · Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:30 pm

Elrond's reaction to returning home was very realistic. The part where he talks to the wife if the elf he helped die made me cry. That was very well done. I enjoyed Galadriel's conversation with Isildur and the Ring's whispering to him. But I loved the conversation between Celebrian and Celeborn. "They died Adar. Twice." Great line!

Alliance · Wed Nov 10, 2004 11:34 am

Great chapter. I loved the conversation between Elrond and Thranduil. It had me absolutely rolling. And Galadriel and Celeborn's reaction to the end of the war was great. I especially like that they sensed they hadn't really had a complete victory--I totally agree they would have sensed that, especially since, as you point out, Galadriel would feel her ring still had power. But I thought the last part was the saddest. For some reason that "return from the war" scene had me crying. I love this fic and I think it's cool how you linked it to The rest is silence. Good idea. It obviously works.

The Other Day... · Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:32 am

If only they stopped to think,” the second ent resumed finally, wondering why a young human in a colourful robe and bright beads suddenly wanted to hug him. Some others sang and danced around him. It became very irritating after a while. “Then they might appreciate things. But men are not like elves, who live as long as Arda, and they have no time to stop and think, or so they believe. They speed around and change things and try to fill their little lives with all they can, so quickly that they do not notice the things they trample.”

Too true. Outstanding. Very well done. I haven't read anything with an ent in it and I liked this very much. Of course it doesn't hurt that I whole-heartedly agree with the message. Great job.

Fresh Fire · Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:50 am

Another review. Smile smiley face

I also like it. Especially the last line--Open every shuttered heart, even to mourning. That one brought tears to my eyes. Very powerful, especially in contrast to all the other, bright imagery.

The Rest is Silence · Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:03 pm

Wonderful. I smiled all the way through this, so happy to see her getting through to him in more than one way. And the idea that they could be interrupted twice in the same place--too cruel. Loved the image of might King Thranduil hiding in the bushes.

Alliance · Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:46 pm

Again, I must say--phenomenol (sp?) description! I loved the idea of Thranduil leading them all off to find an Ent. That strikes me as so Thranduil. And I was as surprised as Elrond by the Orcs. How utterly terrifying and what a good way to show the affects of the war on him. And his pondering over his new responsibilities. Loved Elrond in this chapter.

I also liked the interaction between Celeborn, Galadriel and Celebrian. Their reaction to hearing the war was over and what that means...excellent. I love this story.

In Defence Of Good Lord Denethor · Sat Oct 30, 2004 3:47 pm

I agree that PJ distorted Denethor's character in the movies and most people follow that portrayal in fanfic. I like your essay and the quotes you pulled. One cannot argue Denethor was perfect. But your essay helps show him for what Tolkien intended. I especially like the bits you pulled from HoME.

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