Reviews for "A Beggar of Distinction"

Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:32 am

That was good. Not being a 1st Age buff I had to look up Maglor, glad I did!

Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:13 am

Short but quite intriguing. I enjoyed it. It would be neat to hear Aragorn explain his encounter to is family.

Tue Jul 01, 2008 3:19 am

No wonder why Aragorn was speechless Smile smiley face

Very interesting idea, very nicely written. Thank you for sharing Smile smiley face

Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:47 am

What struck out to me as particularly wonderful about this fic is your focus on his voice, starting out scratchy and ill-used, but becoming more fluid as he spoke. How appropriate for Maglor the bard. It also emphasises his multi-age tragedy: that a bard of his calibre could ever get to the point of scratchy-voiced-ness tells clearly what he has gone through.You know your SIlm so well, Al, and it shows in your stories. But what I really dig about your Silmfic is that you don't beat readers over the head with your vast knowledge. You just let it seep into the story, all beautiful and stuff. Smile smiley face

Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:15 pm

What a wonderful surprise, both for Aragorn and for the reader. I especially love these snips and glimpses of those who are surely still among us.

Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:45 pm

Oh my. I have chills, and I'll have you know my air conditioning is NOT on. Wink smiley face

It's hard to bring someone from another age back like that without it seeming contrived, but this is not the least bit implausible. It's still very much a suprise, though - I didn't even come close to guessing Maglor's identity correctly until the second to last paragraph, and by then it flowed perfectly into the revelation. Very nice.

Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:27 pm

Wow.... wonderfully told Smile smiley face

I really enjoyed that!

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