Reviews by Vulgarweed

Cuivië · Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:45 am

This is wonderful -- thank you so much! (Always craving more Ent stories!)

Beneath the Hollow Hill · Sun Apr 18, 2004 4:32 pm

Ah, this is beautiful. (I have often wondered what relationship those kindreds have - this doesn't answer any questions, but it's lyrical and lovely.) One question, though - why does Fianvarr call Maglor "mortal"? Isn't it clear that he is not? Or is Maglor "mortal" in some way that the Tuatha aren't?

Blowing the Horn of Minas Tirith · Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:36 am

Very funny!

You know, Middle-earth is probably also riddled with men who need to be taught how to, er, drink from the Anduin.

Breath of Life · Fri Apr 16, 2004 2:20 am

Very nice! It's not easy to work something like this into such dourly realistic cultural mores plausibly. I'd say the setup is awfully cliched, but of course you know that! We'll call it something nicer, like tried-and-true; you certainly used it well. I'm very very fond of threesomes; there should be more. Lucky Eowyn.

The Grotto · Fri Apr 16, 2004 1:43 am

My stars! That hits-to-reviews ratio is really atrocious! I'm sorry!

Mm...sweet! I admit, I have some resistance to second-person writing (I blame a bad Jay McInerney experience in college); my brain rebels against it at first--it can be presumptuous! But I made myself get over that and went along with it for this one, and I'm glad I did. It must be difficult to sustain that POV over such a long piece--excellent job. The sensual detail of place and setting was especially wonderful, and I like the tale. I think at times it may have been even a little overly-lush in its 'selling' of emotions for my taste--but that's more a taste issue than anything you're doing wrong.

Do you think that back in the Shire they tell their own tales about the missing hobbit lasses? Do they have any inkling where they go--could Frodo turn into a figure of folklore, the faery lover who lures maidens away?

Goldberry's Song · Thu Apr 15, 2004 10:08 pm

Wow - that was fast! Thank you all so much!

LuthienTinuviel - Laughing smiley face

They're not that complicated really.

Andreth - Thank you so much! Yes, I did try to emulate Tolkien's style in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil quite a bit; it seemed fitting. I love old Tom - so silly and somewhat irritating on the surface, but there's something quite ancient and eldritch about him, a certain Green Man-ish quality. The way that courtship story's told in that book, though, it's all about him! We get so little idea of what her feelings on the matter are, what she sees in him. In Tolkien's poem it sounds like he's bossing her around - and I don't think that's how SHE would see it!

Viv - Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm still not sure exactly what Tom and Goldberry "are" and I rather like them mysterious, but if she's some type of nymph (a Maia in Tolkien's terms) she could take on a more humanish form with effort if she chose...but considering the role music plays in shaping the world, Tom might be able to help. I also think she needs water around her a lot even when she's on land (in LOTR we see her with her feet in water surrounded by lilies) and I also decided she still merges back into the river and goes roaming from time to time.

This is the only poem I've written in this vein but I wouldn't rule out doing more - it was tons of fun. And I like this archive a lot, but there isn't all that much I've written yet that isn't slash! Will be added as it comes along.

A Way Opens · Sat Feb 14, 2004 2:34 am

Ah, just beautiful. I have no concrit to offer, I'm just moved and delighted. Thank you!

Why do I suspect those socks are still around, fragile now and ancient, passed down through hundreds of generations of hobbits....

....and still never worn? Laughing smiley face

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