Reviews by JennnLee

Probably a Dark and Stormy Night · Tue Aug 26, 2003 6:40 am

Well, this was.... well. Okay, I laughed my ass off. Thanks! Or am I not meant to be encouraging you? Cool smiley face

The Bond · Sun Aug 17, 2003 9:24 pm

Generally, I'm not too fond of "girl joins the Fellowship" stories, and okay yeah, some of the story on a whole seemed a little contrived. But you know what? I realized about two chapters in that I don't give a crap. It was a nice, sweet, romantic story, with well-written action, hot sexual tension. And that's all I really need. So brava and well done, and I look forward to seeing what you do next. Smile smiley face

Do You Know Why I Sent For You? · Sat Aug 09, 2003 10:03 pm

You know, I had to reread this tonight. Love the lovely Mirkwood party elves. Razz smiley face

Bill's Evil Plan to Take over the World · Sun Aug 03, 2003 6:35 pm

You know, I knew there was something funny about that pony. I'm glad you were here to enlighten us all...

A Gathering of Friends · Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:38 am

What a sweet story! I enjoyed it very much - the interactions among old friends, the secret love affair...a very entertaining read. There were a few things editorially that I would suggest be done differently, and a couple wrong word choices (a bowstring is pulled taut, not taunt, and Legolas was wary, not weary...) , but overall I enjoyed the story immensely.

Experiment Gone... Right? · Tue Jul 08, 2003 4:44 pm

You know, you shouldn't mention right off that there's no scantily-clad Legolas scene. I mean, I almost hit the "back" button then, because what was the point of reading any further? Wink smiley face

But hoo-boy. Now that I read it, I'm not sure what I think. I do know that I laughed my ass off. And I do know that I'll never look at certain karaoke songs the same way again. So I guess that means I liked it. Laughing smiley face

Payback is Hell · Sun Jul 06, 2003 8:49 am

Fun interlude, although I guess I'll weigh in on the song lyrics too. They don't really work for me, here or in the other story. Mostly because I don't know the songs that are quoted, so I don't know how they sound. So it's an element that doesn't necessarily add anything to the reader's experience, even though they add something to the author's. That was actually one of the reasons I left off reading "Empty Vessel"-- because I was feeling sort of like I was missing something that everyone else "got." Just my opinion, of course...

The virtues of reading the books · Tue Jul 01, 2003 6:47 am

This is a very interesting essay, and I can tell that you feel very passionately about the subject. I thought I'd go ahead and leave my remarks, as one of those awful "non-readers." I agree with you about the categorization of LOTR in the "book" section of ff.net, but at the same time I'm not inspired by the books, I'm inspired by the film. Not because Legolas is a pretty boy (although Lord knows he IS), but because Peter Jackson made the whole of Middle-Earth come to life for me in a way that repeated attempts to read Tolkien's works didn't. So it's honestly my opinion that there should be a "movie" section for LOTR on fic sites, the way there is here.

And then otherwise, I guess it comes down to what fanfiction MEANS to people. I certainly can see your point of view as a purist, wanting those who write fanfiction to be just as passionate as you are, and devote themselves to thoroughly researching a story before they write it. There's definitely something to be said for knowing what the heck you're talking about when you're writing a story, and I do believe that research is important, don't get me wrong there. I'm writing a novel right now, and there are historic elements to it that I'm working really hard to get right. But that's because I hope to publish this work, and want it to be as perfect as I can make it. Fanfic I write for fun. Something from a film (usually it's a film) sparks my imagination, and I play with the idea, and generally people like it. I'm sure I've broken all kinds of purist-type rules, and if I have I apologize. But at the same time I'm not going to spend months researching a topic so that I can write the perfcect fanfiction story; like I said in an author's note for another fandom's story I wrote: "I'm not making a documentary, I'm writing a fanfic."

And I can't decide on the tone of your essay. Your passion for the subject comes through, despite the occasional misspellings, but your tone is largely derogatory toward those who are not as knowledgeable as you are (threatening flames and telling an author to burn in hell, etc.). But then at the very end you say that it's merely a "constructive criticism," and not meant to be insulting at all. It's hard to have it both ways.

In any case, like I said, it was very interesting reading, and I learned a lot from it.

Blowing the Horn of Minas Tirith · Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:50 pm

LOL! Brava! Plenty of lovely phrases in here..."Hallmark ought to make a card for that," ..."laid out like a turkey dinner..." Totally silly and a hell of a lot of fun to read. Excellent! Smile smiley face

Inspired · Tue Jun 10, 2003 9:02 pm

Really, truly delicious. I've read a lot of smut, and written a few myself, but there were some beautiful turns of phrase in here that took my breath away. Wonderful job!

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