[inglor]

I know the Panic stories will probably remain unfinished, Boz has for her reasons "left the building".

This is an ode to that fic I guess.
Has anyone ever read a better undiscuised Mary Sue? I know she won't read this but it is one of the best pieces of Fan-fiction I have ever had the pleasure to read. It is unfortunate that ME is copywritten because she should be paid for those fics. This may come off as a review but I still can't get over how good this fic is. It is a salve for all the horrible half Maia/half Elf/half halfling, blond haired, violet eyed, Xena the Warrior Princess/Wizard/get me in the sack with Leggy/I'll take the Ring to Mount Doom/Save Borimir/teach Aragorn Sword moves/ heroines.

That fic, like very few others, moves me.



Just wondered if anyone else thought this way...

Inglor

[ghettoelleth]

Holy CRAP! I just got THE best idea for a fanfic, yeah......I'll call her Lu Lu Maxine.....and she'll be really good with a bow and arrow cuz she was ..........on the Olympic team.....before......that terrible incident with the Zamboni.........

Gee, thanx

I'm gonna mis Panic. I wish I could do that.

[ilistine]

When ever the topic of Boz comes up I always feel a little tear make its way onto my cheek (tm of the mary sue). I love Don't Panic, though I thought it was complete, and the sequel of course was not completed.

Once I was perusing an uh ahem site where thy don't take lightly on Mary Sues and someone had posted that Don't Panic was the best work of Girl drops into Middle-earth stories ever and did anyone know the author. Said "tm" tear again on my cheek but I wanted to shout "yes, oh yes I know her." Unfortunately for us she is gone now. But I so agree with you, they are incredible, especially the scenes in Bree with having to you know- go!

Thanks for the "Ode", it is appreciated by this old pal of Boz!
Keek

[Vilwarin]

Don't Panic was so great and I especially loved Halbarad there. So very much the Ranger he is, with the good and the bad sides.
Today I was handwashing a piece of my clothing and thought of how Penny had done it back in Bree. It was sweet to see how they began to care for each other.
It is sad that we will never read the sequel. I was looking forward to what Halbarad's sons would have done.

[DragonEyes]

It is probably the best girl falls into middle earth stories I have ever read and she makes it sound so plausible and so real. The characters are all so well built. I know I have gone back and read it more than once. So I join in with all of you...

[Thuriniel]

This was the first LotR fic I ever read where I really wasn't all that interested in the Elves. Seeing them from a realistic human perspective, they don't seem all that appealing. Halbarad on the other hand ...

[NancyBrooke]

Yeah, it's excellent, and I miss waiting for the next chapters and I miss the author. We had some good Boromir/fanfic discussions and she took my occasionally nitpicking her story not just positively but enthusiastically. You don't find many of those around.

[MaglorRedeemed]

*sniffle* I loved, loved, loved, loved Don't Panic and felt like crying when Boz announced that she wouldn't be continuing. I loved Penny, I loved her depiction of everyone (especially Halbarad who I had really never taken a second look at in the books,) I loved the challenges as well as the good points of Middle-earth that Boz wrote about, I loved... ahh screw it, I stand by my first line. I don't know any of the circumstances behind her stopping, but I hope she can continue someday.

[Lenale]

I've never cried over a fanfic (or film, or anything) but when Halbarad died, it got close...

Oh how I love that fic.

[BittenBuggy]

Boz - up until the point that she left, was my absolute best buddy on OSA. Funny, compassionate and as damn anal as they come. Nancy, you hit it on the head - she took corrections and critisizm with more than just grace, it was a true appriciation. Besides being one of the best Tolkien Fanfic writers on the net, she was also one of the greatest people.

That having been said... I have never read the Don't Panic stories. I had always intended to - but she discussed so much of the plot with me and her characters and everything else, I felt like I knew the story anyway. I intend to take time out to really enjoy that fic in the near future - I'm sure it IS one of the best.

I really do miss her.

[ellisk]

Actually, I love all of Boz's stories. My favorite was Don't Panic and I loved the sequel as well. I was soooo disappointed when I found she wasn't continuing. But Legolas ar Yende Beriorgano was one of the first pieces of LoTR fan fiction I read and one of the stories that got me hooked on this fandom. I really miss her writing and I hope she can eventually come back.

[Rocheron]

Ditto to Inglor.

I enjoyed reading Don't Panic and the sequel.

Roz was truly inspired and Penny gave me hope for all the other Mary Sues.

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Rocheron
Desperately seeking Eowyn