 Rogue Vanya 2008-09-08 . chapter 16I really like this story, and would LOVE to see it continued. I too have often wondered what it would be like to take elves from the elder days and stick them into the War of the Ring. Great job! |
 Lucine Najarian 2008-07-10 . chapter 16I am really enjoying this story and I hope that you may consider continuing it sometime soon. |
 WargishBoromirFan 2007-07-19 . chapter 1You seem to have put in a fair amount of study for this work, but it's harder to appreciate when one can barely even keep track of who is speaking what.
A few problems that you might want to consider fixing in order to improve your story:
-One speaker per paragraph. When you get "Hi" said Luthien "What are you doing here?" said Eomer "I'm picking flowers," it's harder to figure out who's doing the flower-picking.
However, something like this is easier to read:
"Greetings," said Luthien. "What brings you to Doriath?"
Eomer replied, "This is Doriath? I thought I'd entered Lothlorien."
-You notice, also, that every sentence ends with a question mark, period, or if necessary, an exclamation point in the second example, and that the final punctuation goes inside the quote? That's another thing that could improve your story. Same goes for the captialization of proper names. It's not that it never happens, but it can be touch and go in some places in your work. A beta reader could help with these sorts of things, as well as spelling. (Such as Finduilas. Unless we are to assume that she's been pinned to the tree and this Findulias is a younger doppelganger. Sorry; I'm a Hurin nut, so I notice these things.)
-If you're going to bring in Luthien, in particular, why give her the same leet sword skills we've seen in twenty-dozen Mary-Sues when she's already proven her skill with enchantment and changing appearances? Yes, this probably means that she won't be able to pull off the exact same moves as Legolas, but Legolas can't pass for Thuringwethiel and order the orcs to go someplace where they'd actually be useful to their master.
Also, the whole super-warrior-woman bit on "Findulias's" part makes me wonder why she'd need Ulmo's deal in the first place, but I suppose it makes as much sense as a man who has been brought up to fear elves defending the two he has just met instead of backing up his sister, even when the latter has been openly acknowledged as wiser than him. It's not that it can't be done well, but it requires less infodumping and more showing via action and detail to convince me that it makes sense.
I know, showing can be hard. But instead of having Eomer tell us aloud that he needs a special plant, writing down the details of his search, like "the plant has leaves this big," and "This huorn tried to choke him," and "he really needs the stem, not the leaf," etc. can pull us into the moment. It doesn't have to be all movie dialogue to do the showing for you.
I'm always glad to see well-researched fics here; I just wish the fic were as good as it could be. |
 Hellga 2007-06-17 . chapter 1As if those ladies haven't suffered enough, you drag them out into your story. Even Turin doesn't deserve to be pushed into a story where spelling errors are rampant, and which doesn't make much sense. |
 Anonymous 2007-06-11 . chapter 16 Look, I think it's time you had a real review. Other people have praised your story lavishly. Here's some con-crit for a change.
1. Please, please, please find a beta reader who will correct your grammar and spelling.
2. It's very jarring and weird to read about 'Silmarillion' characters in a movie-verse story.
I have nothing against the films, understand, but they're pretty much AU. I really feel this story would be greatly improved if you stuck closer to what Tolkien wrote.
3. You make some wild statements. Saruman wasn't the nicest guy around, but he was NOT worse than Morgoth and his goal was NOT to "kill all living beings". What in Arda gave you that idea?
I really doubt that Finduilas would see Helm's Deep as completely different in kind to her own experiences.
4. You've Sue-ified the girls! I mean– golden armour! Tolkien's heroines are Sue-ish enough already. |
 Turok1 2007-05-06 . chapter 13Aragorn should marry Arwen(just because that they fit soo well together) |
 jedimasterstar 2007-05-05 . chapter 13Good job so far. Just keep working at it. I think Theoden should live - that would be different. And I think Aragorn should marry Arwen. I like the whole Aragorn/Arwen and Faramir/Eowyn, but it's your story. Do what you want! |
 Ellynn 2006-10-31 . chapter 6I would really like to be there on the court, listening to all those stories. Silmarillion is somehow special, and I adore stories from old days, although most of them are full of pain and sorrow...
Are we going to find out how exactly Luthien and Finduilas survived, how and when were they put to sleep, and why? |
 Ellynn 2006-10-11 . chapter 5Very nice and very warm. :)
Friendship, love, sacrifice... I can feel that all.
Keep up! :) |
 Ellynn 2006-10-06 . chapter 4You could've made it a little longer, perhaps - it would be nice to see how finduilas and luthien felt during the battle - did they think about rohan people, about so many good people that had to die; how they felt seeing so much hate against rohan people, against women and children; did they cry and suffer for so many dead? Luthien's meeting with Haleth was a wonderful chance for a new development of the story, for a new friendship.
Please give more thinking and feelings of the two of them, I'd like to know them better, I'd like to know how they feel.
But all in all, as I said before - I like the story. :) |
 Ellynn 2006-10-03 . chapter 2I never liked any sort of "mind reading"... private things should stay private, in my opinion.
But apart from that, I like all the rest. Looking forward to the next chapter! :) |
 Turok1 2006-10-02 . chapter 1i like this story :) |
 Ellynn 2006-10-02 . chapter 1Very interesting idea. I liked the chapter very much, and I'm very impatient to read the next. Good work! :) |
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