Reviews for "Alone Facing Darkness"

Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:19 am

I must say that I am extremely surprised by this. I've never been a fan of crossover fics, and I didn't see how LOTR and HP could be logically connected. You've done an admirable job. I love the idea of Frodo and Harry's connection. It's such a romantic notion that there will always be someone around to save us. The writing is simply wonderful. It's a perfect blend between modern HP and classical LOTR. I also quite like the different POVs.

I do have a few complaints, things that you probably won't want to change now, but I feel like I should mention anyway. Firstly, I think there is too much direct dialogue and too many scenes from the movies. The original dialogue is brilliant and spot on to every character (especially, especially Ron. Great job there!). I'd like to read more of that. Secondly, English isn't Westron. I know. It's something that would take chapters and chapters and chapters to resolve (unless Hermione knew a handy-dandy spell). I do like that Ancient Runes is Sindarin. It adds yet another logical connection between HP and LOTR.

Overall, it's a brilliant story. It's something that could have utterly failed in the wrong hands, but you've done an amazing job making and maintaining the HP/LOTR connections. I can forgive the two issues I have with the story because everything else is just so well written. This is going on my "watch" list, and I can't wait to read more.

Wed Jun 22, 2005 12:03 am

First of all...Thank you too all who have reviewed this story so far. Since it began as my first attempt at fanfiction, I was surprised by how well it was received. Reading reviews really makes my day Very Happy smiley face

and has encouraged me to continue this huge monstrosity of a story (I just have this feeling it’ll be immensely long), even when my muse decided to go on strike for about three months as I was halfway through writing the seventh chapter (which, I hope, will be posted sometime in the near future). Fortunately he/she/it (haven't been able to determine yet) has come back full force. My muse's activity is...how to phrase it...inversely proportional to my workload for school. So hopefully updates will come faster now that summer break is here!

Thanks, SpaceWeavil, for pointing out the typos I failed to pick up - greatly appreciated. And to VanaTheEverYoung - yes, yes, I know that English isn't Westron. (I'd already begun posting this story before the admin posted their notice on the homepage.) It would indeed make for a rather funny story if the characters couldn't communicate, but as you pointed out it would take too much time to resolve that. I did struggle with that factoid for a while but - forgive me - chose to ignore it so that the story could move along. About the movie scenes/dialogue - I've gone back and reread my chapters and figure that you're very right. I've decided to move away from that a little more because I know that LOTR-oriented readers (such as OSA members, of course) will be thoroughly bored by it. It's a mistake I made in another one of my fics and I don't intend to do it again - not too much, at any rate, because some of that dialogue is necessary. I’ve also started posting on a HP-related site, so I have to make it clear for those readers.

Haha, about Ron...one of my friends is my HP-canon beta, and we both shook our heads one day and said we abuse the poor bloke too much. You'll see what I mean.

Thanks for your support, everyone. This is going to be a very long fic, I believe. But I know where it's headed and even have the ending already written. Now the crucial part is how to get there.

~Galadriel8891

Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:36 pm

This an exciting story and a good crossover. Will Legolas and Hermoine get snuggly? She would be lucky if they did! I hope you will write more of this soon. It is an enjoyable read.

Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:39 pm

This is a copy of the review I left at HPFF.

This story is an absolute pleasure to read and reread. I always read it twice when I Beta, and I think I've memorized the plot fairly well. Yet everytime I come back to it, I find myself reading long passages, as amazed by the quality and ingenuity as I was the first time I read it.

As I've said before (and I'm sure I will say again) this is the model of what a crossover fic should be. Not only is your writing excellent, but so diverse. Frodo never sounds less than Tolkien wrote him and Harry never less than Rowling wrote him. It becomes at once apparent that logic and canon is of the utmost importance to you.

I've already told you all of this, so this is for the readers who look at the reviews first, wondering if it's worth reading. It is.

Fri Nov 25, 2005 3:27 pm

Thank you for the new chapter. Perhaps the trio can help with some magic until Gandalf returns. I hope Saruman doesn't catch them. More story please.

Tue Nov 29, 2005 10:02 pm

I echo most of the other comments on this story - I'm also not much of a fan of crossovers but this works exceedingly well. I also agree with the comment that there's too much movie dialogue, but you have addressed that. Without being overly gushing, the movie dialogue stands out because most of it is so bad compared to your original dialogue, although that may also be an after-effect of watching them too often.

I just re-read the whole story so far using 'read story as plain text' (great feature, by the way) and I have to say how impressed I am with the develoment. I like the way you have woven HP spells into the action, but they're not taking over. I'm glad to hear you're back on track with this story as I'm looking forward toseeing where it goes.

Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:00 pm

I just re-read the whole story to be sure I didn't miss too many nuances in Chapter 11. I read about your abuse of Ron and wonder how bad it may become in order for him to overcome his lust for the Ring. I am also hoping you don't use so much movie stuff that you kill Hadir. Anyway, I am still enjoying this story and look forward to every new chapter.

Wed Dec 14, 2005 11:09 pm

Thank you for the quick update! What a nice split you have done with the trio. Now Harry has to face Shelob (YUCK and EEEEK). The other two could have lots more fun with Ents and Rhohirrim and more Elves.

Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:20 pm

I am really enjoying this story. Thanks so much for the update, you're doing a great job! Very Happy smiley face

Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:56 pm

I just started reading this crossover tonight, and - wow! It's wonderful!!! Please, please continue writing it! I'm a huge fan of both Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, so I might be picky, but - this is brilliantly written! Very Happy smiley face

I really do hope you will go through the whole LOTR plot - can't wait to see Hermione meet Éowyn, hehehe...
Again, thanks for a great story, and please keep writing! Very Happy smiley face

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