Reviews for "The Cursed Queen of Angmar"

Wed Sep 17, 2003 7:05 pm

I just finished chapter one, and that is possibly the best opening chapter in fic. It's creepy, canon-correct, gorgeous in detail, and evocative. It also whets my appetite for the rest of the story. Am off to read more, but I absolutely had to chime in here and say... this is stupendous so far.

Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:32 pm

All righty. War. Bring it on. Smile smiley face

Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:43 pm

I followed my friend Viv to this story. And the only thing I regret is that I have to go offline soon and won't able to read all you have so far in one session.

I shall be back, please update soon, and yes it is fascinating! Thank you!!!

Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:21 am

Maram68 said
> I followed my friend Viv to this story. And the only thing I regret is that I have to go offline soon and won't able to read all you have so far in one session.
>
> I shall be back, please update soon, and yes it is fascinating! Thank you!!!
>

Thank you--I hope to get more of it up ASAP.

Khazar

Thu Sep 18, 2003 3:24 am

Viv said
> I just finished chapter one, and that is possibly the best opening chapter in fic. It's creepy, canon-correct, gorgeous in detail, and evocative. It also whets my appetite for the rest of the story. Am off to read more, but I absolutely had to chime in here and say... this is stupendous so far.

Thank you! The genesis of this was a dream, and the gist of that dream is the Prologue. This was going to be a nice, short, quick little thing. That was before Ariashal & her husband took over . Very Happy smiley face

Now
I'm just along for the ride.

khazar

Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:26 pm

You know, the great thing about OS is that I can download all these big stories as a single document and save them whenever someone posts an update. It is probably one of OS's best features! So, as soon as you want to get the rest of this posted, I'll get caught up and give you a real review. I'm about on chapter 28 in the other place, but I'd love to get the whole thing here. Thanks for posting it!

Sat Sep 20, 2003 12:55 am

Ariel said
> You know, the great thing about OS is that I can download all these big stories as a single document and save them whenever someone posts an update. It is probably one of OS's best features! So, as soon as you want to get the rest of this posted, I'll get caught up and give you a real review. I'm about on chapter 28 in the other place, but I'd love to get the whole thing here. Thanks for posting it!

Thank you for reading it!
Right now all the finished chapters are available here at OS ( and the Other Place). The next chapter is about to go off & get beta-ed.

khazar

Sat Sep 20, 2003 11:00 am

KhazarKhum said
> Thank you for reading it!
> Right now all the finished chapters are available here at OS ( and the Other Place). The next chapter is about to go off & get beta-ed.
>
> khazar

Oh, believe me, the pleasure is all mine! I am now caught up and was not disappointed. I must say, those folks who won't read an OFC miss out on a heck of a good fic. This story is better than much of the original fiction that is published! It has all the elements I enjoy in a good original fantasy tale AND ties into the wealth of history that Tolkien created. Brilliant. When you've up and finished this Wink smiley face

I would LOVE to see your treatise on the Witch King's thoughts as he was attacking Frodo on Weathertop. Do you think he stabbed his shoulder instead of his heart because at the last moment, he took pity on the hobbit? And that because he knew what awaited Frodo if he claimed the ring, he summoned his resistance to Sauron just enough in that last moment to throw his thrust wide of its mark? Hmmm...

Ariel

Sat Sep 20, 2003 2:47 pm

I would LOVE to see your treatise on the Witch King's thoughts as he was attacking Frodo on Weathertop. Do you think he stabbed his shoulder instead of his heart because at the last moment, he took pity on the hobbit? And that because he knew what awaited Frodo if he claimed the ring, he summoned his resistance to Sauron just enough in that last moment to throw his thrust wide of its mark? Hmmm...

Thanks again for the review...I must admit I am often hesitant to put this story anywhere, as I have taken quite a bit of flack over it.

Actually, when I saw the movie for the zillionth time the whole Weathertop thing got me thinking--wouldn't it be a whole lot simpler to just kill Frodo? And why run away when Aragorn shows up? That makes no sense. They have him outnumbered, and the Witch-King knows Aragorn can't hurt/kill him. So why leave?

The only answer that makes any sense is: They don't want to take that ring back to Sauron. Sauron isn't psychic, and they aren't mindless--if they were, they would be useless. The only thing Sauron has on them is that he's actually holding their rings for most of LOTR.

So WK put out just enough effort to keep Sauron happy. But he doesn't want Sauron to have it back. He knows what that would mean.

khazar

Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:11 am

All righty. I've read the whole thing. And loved every word of it. At the risk of sounding like a stalker.... More? This is an incredible story, beautifully told. Fic -- and fiction in general -- doesn't get much better.

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