Reviews for "Via Media"

Sat Aug 26, 2006 6:14 pm

Wow. That was...wonderful? Beautifully written, very thought out, and just...Wow. Amazing. I've never really liked Gimli, but after reading that I may give him a second chance. Bloody hell...Just stunning.

Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:38 pm

This has a great feel to it. You conveyed both characters' personalities very well, with out going into too much detail. I have to say that this was very well written, indeed.

Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:33 am

What to say? This piece has it all, great atmosphere, great characterization, dwarven customs... I think I enjoyed your Pippin the most. Just one nit-pick. You might want to include the translations of the dwarvish words you used and add them at the end of the story.

Thank you for a wonderful reading experience.

Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:14 am

This is great, Thevina, and for so many reasons. You seat Gimli so inextricably within his heritage and traditios - wonderfully teased out here - even as he begins to turn toward his future fellowship members. I particularly enjoyed your opening - if only a little bit - that door into the dwarvish world, with its very specific words, and rituals, loves and values. That a culture in which signs, symbols, and adornment are a central part would turn to decorating itself is a perfect extrapolation. And 'beard on a sheild' - great! and most natural.

Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:40 am

Hermit said
Wow. That was...wonderful? Beautifully written, very thought out, and just...Wow. Amazing. I've never really liked Gimli, but after reading that I may give him a second chance. Bloody hell...Just stunning.

Thank you so very much! My apologies for not replying sooner, but your enthusiasm and new Gimli appreciation makes me very happy. Smile smiley face

The poor Dwarves are under-represented in fanfic, so I'm trying to remedy that.

Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:40 am

Shanalir said
This has a great feel to it. You conveyed both characters' personalities very well, with out going into too much detail. I have to say that this was very well written, indeed.

Many, many thanks. I do like detail, but also aspire to saying more with less. Thank you for giving my story a read and for leaving a review!

Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:44 am

Pen52 said
What to say? This piece has it all, great atmosphere, great characterization, dwarven customs... I think I enjoyed your Pippin the most. Just one nit-pick. You might want to include the translations of the dwarvish words you used and add them at the end of the story.

Thank you for a wonderful reading experience.

Thank you so very much!! I'm so glad that you felt this evoked a believable atmosphere, and that my characterization of Pippin was enjoyable. Thanks for the heads up about the Dwarvish; I made up the words included, but should have translated them. I'm so glad that you were fond enough of this story to leave a review. It's very much appreciated!

Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:46 am

NancyBrooke said
This is great, Thevina, and for so many reasons. You seat Gimli so inextricably within his heritage and traditios - wonderfully teased out here - even as he begins to turn toward his future fellowship members. I particularly enjoyed your opening - if only a little bit - that door into the dwarvish world, with its very specific words, and rituals, loves and values. That a culture in which signs, symbols, and adornment are a central part would turn to decorating itself is a perfect extrapolation. And 'beard on a sheild' - great! and most natural.

Many, many thanks! I have such a deep respect and fondness for the Dwarves, and the fact that The Professor left so much of their culture up to the imagination, well, I let mine go a little wild, but hope that it does ring true with them. I do believe that, especially since this was hinted at in The Hobbit with different hoods (and beard colors, but we'll ignore that, lol), that the Dwarves would have a very clan-like culture, and the outward symbols would be blatantly obvious to each other, but the other races wouldn't pick up on the subtleties. Thank you again for your wonderful review!

Fri Dec 08, 2006 6:16 am

I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. Aside from the fact I'm glad to see someone writing dwarves, a task I've been sidetracked from, I like the thought you've put into the culture of it. He sounds very like an old military campaigner with a new recruit deciding how far to trust the new guy and reliving memories of happier times. Very nicely done. Thanks for writing it.

Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:40 pm

NeumeIndil said
I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. Aside from the fact I'm glad to see someone writing dwarves, a task I've been sidetracked from, I like the thought you've put into the culture of it. He sounds very like an old military campaigner with a new recruit deciding how far to trust the new guy and reliving memories of happier times. Very nicely done. Thanks for writing it.

It's my pleasure to write! Dwarvish culture really does fascinate me, and I quite enjoy taking canonical elements and expanding on them in ways that -- hopefully -- are believable and seem accurate. I also have great fun having Dwarvish culture clash with others, so you'll see a fair amount of Gimli and Leoglas gap-fillers in my works, as well as, like this, Gimli and Pippin. My thanks for your review!

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