Reviews for "And in the Darkness Bind Them: Vol I"

Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:10 pm

Ooo, I knew that 'Blood of Elros' line was something bad. Sorry but I don't feel like pausing to leave much of a review. I want to get on the the next chap.

Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:18 pm

Now that was really well done and totally unexpected. I thought he would 'turn to the darkside' if you will pardon the SW reference but he banished the dark servants. Of course the implication is that they are not going away and I'm sure that will not bode well for his future. But I really liked that outcome and the wrapping up of the mystery of that house. Good job. Mirillion really comes across as very noble here. Making his fate even sadder, of course.

Fri Feb 04, 2005 9:24 pm

Oh yeah, that had a really high spook factor. I assumed the 'demons' would go after his mother. But that was really well done. Yes, this is very scary. I think i will wait for you to get into the second part a bit before I start it so I do not have to suffer too much. But this is great, Space Weavil. Very provocative. Very sad. And definitely very scary. I'm glad I read it.

Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:41 pm

Thanks to everyone who's reviewed Very Happy smiley face

Ellisk - told you it wasn't graphic...not much anyway Laughing smiley face

Thanks for taking a look at it. Part two is having a few plot twists ironed out at the moment but I'm hoping to start into that fairly soon. The next section is more of a Shakespearean drama type thing than a ghost story, with a lot of conniving, double-dealing, heated affairs etc. (If I get it to come out right). Still won't be graphic or gory though. Wink smiley face

Also, the question about why there was the idea of the dead horse in the first part - just to answer that. I got the idea from Unfinished Tales, in the description of Numenor, where it said they were particularly keen on horses, almost as much so as the Rohirrim, and tended not to use carts or stuff if they could get away with it, but would rather ride. I just figured, therefore, for Herilmar not to have a horse would be regarded as strange, and then for them to find a beast that had had no honour or memorial after it died would have made him very suspicious in their eyes, and would hint that there was something not quite right. So that was why the horse thing was there. Cool smiley face

So once again, thanks everyone for reading and I hope you like the next bits

Sun Feb 06, 2005 6:14 pm

I would buy the story if it was a book, in hardcover, and place it in my collection of hardcovers favorites, even if you never worte another chapter.

But please continue...

Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:56 am

Alright!

This has been sitting on my "read soon" disk for a while, and I finally shoved aside my blasted paperwork and Wow! Your writing, my dear, is positively electric! Haunting, worrisome and wonderful... I've only read chap 1 & 2 so far (damn work! Evil or Very Mad smiley face

) but guess what I'm doing on my lunch hour! Very Happy smiley face

So, I'll review as I go. So far, I'm positively chilled with the foreshadowed direction this is taking!!

Most excellent!

Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:29 am

I'm consuming this lovely shudderingly well-written confection like imported chocolate, one delectable chapter at a time Twisted Evil smiley face

You have a sure talent for the well turned phrase, my dear, and a feel for pacing that escapes most of us. Very very nicely done! Very Happy smiley face

Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:47 pm

Hmmmmm... just read through up to "Something Wicked This Way Comes", and damn it all if I'm not entirely hooked Smile smiley face

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All this wonderful messing about with each other's heads that goes on with these folks makes you wonder how much nature or nurture had to do with it all.. Twisted Evil smiley face

You are doing a fantastic and twisted job of this. I'd buy this. Not even cheapskate it from the library, I'd outright *buy* this (that means no gourmet coffee for a week) Very Happy smiley face

Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:01 pm

Ok, I'm all caught up... Now write the rest!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy smiley face

We needs more, precious!! Now my little wheels are all a-turnin' and wonderin'... I'm mentally fanficcing your fic already, so please please please! *utterly unashamed begging moment* Very Happy smiley face

*backs off from stalker mode* Uhmmm... yes, well. Jolly good, darling! *twitches skirts and curls back into place, attempting to look civilized* Can't wait for your update!

SilverMoon-sometimes-a-Lady

Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:54 am

Reading the last two chapters together has me very intrigued. When I read your WIPs, I'm always so caught up in what's happening that I feel like I'm mentally planning out a fanfiction within a fanfiction. Shocked smiley face

Something tells me that no one but me is going to understand that.

Moving on ... I think you said in a forum thread that you thought this story focused too much on the Witch-king as an OC (and others later on). I think you're right. He is very much an OC in this story. BUT, that's not a bad thing. You've taken on a very difficult challenge of making the Nazgul real people. I for one feel a deep connection with Marillion, and that's the mark of a truly great story.

I know it must be frustrating to get more response from a one-shot humor story than for this epic. All I can say in return is that readers of this story deeply appreciate your work. At least, I do.

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