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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Mon Jul 14, 2014 2:37 am
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| The end! I'm so sad! But as with every story you write, so much pleasure to be had in the detail and how it is that you convey your world so vividly. You write so well, I'm very envious of your skill. Lots of interesting pointers for future tales, so I do hope that you haven't finished with this world yet - as far as I'm concerned you can keep on going for quite some time! I'm particularly looking forward to the welcome Orome will give the woodland elves, that's a party I'd like to attend! |
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| Author's replied on Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:49 pm |
Thank you so much - and I don't think I'm finished with this world yet. Already I have a number of the characters saying 'I want to do ....' and 'I think I would like to...' and so on!
I will draw all those voices together and see how I can make sense of them over the next few weeks, then start the next story, I think. |
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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Thu May 29, 2014 2:04 pm
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| What a lovely chapter. You have such a light touch with intense emotions and I am yet again in awe of your skill. I can visualise the horses on the beach so clearly, and loved the amusing asides about the smug eagle! Now I'm looking forward to them all catching up and seeing how Ferveren settles into her new life. |
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| Author's replied on Thu May 29, 2014 5:34 pm |
" You have such a light touch with intense emotions"
Thank you so much - what a lovely compliment. And I am also really pleased that you enjoy the asides, like the smug eagle! |
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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:18 am
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| Another great chapter, even when you write a transition chapter they're full of little details and asides that make me think and make me laugh. As always I will be waiting impatiently for your next installment! |
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| Author's replied on Thu May 15, 2014 1:54 pm |
Thank you - I've been away on my holidays for 10 days but I'm back at the keyboard now  |
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Where Is Love? (PG)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [1]
Reviews [ 3] Warnings [Mentions of death]
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Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:29 am
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| What a lovely little story. As a mother I could have cried for him, so in need of some love and care just for him. I loved the small touches, the blanket and the horse, and poor Galadriel thinking it possible that Celeborn might not love her enough to sail, and Frodo finding in him a little companion - really touching and sweet. I loved the link back to Tindome, Rumil and Haldirin as well. I hadn't thought of how elves might find it hard to parent a child that wasn't their own. This is a really lovely addition to your canon! |
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| Author's replied on Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:56 am |
** This is a really lovely addition to your canon!** Thank you so much. I'm so glad that you enjoyed it.
That journey must have been a bit scary, I thought, and as you know the rest of the stories you will doubtless recognise the horse Orophin carved for him, and who would have knitted him a blanket. I do think that, without him Frodo would have been very lonely; a hobbit without family seems to me to be a very sad hobbit who might not survive.
To be honest, that difficulty with a child not your own sort of vaguely occurred to me in Winter Garden, but only fully struck me as i thought through this one. |
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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:13 am
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| Somehow this chapter, for me, is one of the most beautiful you've written, and I felt very moved by it. I'm not sure I can explain why! I'm looking forward to learning more about Legolas' mother as a character. As always, I'm just so impressed by your story - what a wonderful and beautiful world you have created! |
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| Author's replied on Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:52 pm |
| Thank you so much - what lovely compliments, I am positively blushing. I am really so pleased that you like this chapter - and my version of Arda. |
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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:09 am
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| An utterly brilliant chapter, quite took my breath away. So often the 'drama' of a situation is conveyed by too much 'melodrama', yet you have done so much with imagery, gestures and seemingly small things that I am totally in awe at your skill. I can see why they have been asked to stay, Haldir's last comment is gut-wrenching. |
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| Author's replied on Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:55 pm |
**An utterly brilliant chapter, quite took my breath away.**
Oh my! Thank you so much.
**Haldir's last comment is gut-wrenching.**
Thank you, again. That line is actually a slight shout-out to the Buffyverse, and so it is particularly good to know it works so well without that knowledge. |
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The Valinor Trail (R)
by curiouswombat.
Chapters [29]
Reviews [ 29] Warnings [canon character death in prologue]
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Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:58 pm
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| I have no idea why I haven't reviewed before, but just to say that I love this story and all the preceding tales. Oddly, I never really watched Buffy, although I knew who most of the characters were, but it doesn't appear to have reduced my enjoyment at all! Kudos to you for writing such an excellent story and such varied and interesting characters. |
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| Author's replied on Tue Sep 24, 2013 3:03 pm |
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I really do appreciate it, and I am so pleased that you are enjoying the stories.
I hoped they would work with only a vague knowledge of Buffy, and it is good to know that they do. |
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