And so I have re-read yet another of your stories while I wait for the next chapter of Visions of Betrayal. I know it'll come when it comes, so meanwhile I'm reading some old favorites. I can scarcely believe this was your first story. Sure, I think we can agree that some of the characters *might* be a bit out of character but frankly, I didn't care. This story had so much going for it - action, adventure, angst, humour. A terrific blend of all, and yes, a few scenes that actually brought tears to my eyes - Nolad's death, for one. Poor elf. He was SO well written, but the plot (in the form of an evil, evil authoress) did demand it, after all. And poor Estel - being told that his best friends and his brothers had died; I was heartbroken! Okay, so so far I've re-read AEFAE, TWIN, ten chapters of THOM, and printed off A Sea of Troubles. I'm so glad you write really long stories. I love them. I wouldn't have it any other way. BTW, did I mention you are an amazing author? It's too bad the Tolkien estate doesn't see fit to allow *for profit* fiction based on the original work. You would be writing best sellers! It's unfair is what it is. Anyways, I know that VOB will 'come when it comes' but tomorrow wouldn't be too soon:) Happy writing!

Nili,

Vor allem deutsche ist nicht meine erste Sprache, aber ich möchte die Praxis, also bitte verzeiht meine Fehler.

Ich weiß wirklich schulde Ihnen eine Überprüfung (oder drei). Ich habe die meisten Ihrer Geschichten zu lesen, aber ich dachte, dass ich nicht ganz eigennützig, und versuchen Sie, mindestens einmal überprüfen für jede Ihrer Geschichten.

Nun, wo anfangen? Sie gab mir einen Herzinfarkt, brachte mich zum Lachen, du hast mir etwas nah an einem Herzinfarkt, Sie hat mich fast weinen, wenn du Nolad getötet hat Sie bewogen, noch einen weiteren Herzinfarkt, und ich genoss jede Sekunde. Obwohl leicht AU, sind alle Zeichen ganz im Kanon, und ich vor allem genießen Sie Ihre Darstellung der Zwillinge. Obwohl Aragorn wird Alpträume für eine Weile zu kommen, glaube ich ...

Jedenfalls bin ich aus der Lektüre zu halten. Halten Sie sich die gute Arbeit!

Tegi

Just love your story.

I won't lie; there were typos and misspelled words, and words that weren't really appropriate. I have a tendancy to notice these things; I can be a bit over-critical.

Other than that (and that really is about my only complaint), what a great first story! You had overall great writing style, great tone, very good descriptions, and you were true to the canonical characters while at the same time adding your own genuine ones. Wonderful, really! I can't wait to read the next one!

This is a great story, and I'm really enjoying it. I just have two small things I have to say. 1) You may benefit from a beta. I've noticed a few odd word choices, but nothing major. I'm just... finnicky, I suppose. 2) And this I felt I really aught to point out, if Elrond's jugglar had been cut by Cornallar (I hate him, btw; fantastic job!), he would be dead. I'm assuming that in your stories human and elf anatomies are very similar, and your (really great and vivid) descriptions of all the boys' injuries seems to bear this out. Therefore, Cornallar would have killed Elrond, and story (anticlimactically) over. Unless of course you're comparing the blood coming from his new neck wound to what would result if his jugglar HAD been cut but WASN'T, well... Nevermind.

Oh, where is Arwen during all this, by the way? I've been wondering that for a while. Is she in Lorien with her grandparents?

Hello again! I know this story of yours is quite old and you probably don't go through all the comments on it anymore, but I just thought I'd leave you another to let you know how much I'm enjoying the story. I am glad it's all been posted though, so I don't have to wait for chapters to get posted. Very nice work (If the tiniest bit snarky in places; but I'm not complaining too much)!

So I found your most recent story while searching through LOTR things, and the description mentioned something about a series of sorts, so I thought I'd start at the beginning. I just thought I'd take a minute to compliment you on this first chapter. Very well written! You had some humor, a good "attention-grabber," and very few mistakes. If you hadn't mentioned in the beginning of your disclaimers that English isn't your first language, I wouldn't have known. I can't wait to read on!

What are you talking about? I'm PERFECTLY normal!

My sister begs to differ.

I love this story already and I'm only on chapter two. It is so well written and enjoyable. Thanks for writing it.

Wow! I read the first 21 chapters all day yesterday and read the last one today. I couldn't stop reading! The plot was original and interesting! I liked how you developed all your OC's and kept the cannon characters true to their personalities. Truly a great piece! And just for the record, I'm glad you didn't cut off Aragorn's fingers and I thought Legolas being poisoned was hilarious! :D

This was an AMAZING story! I absolutely adored it (oh, thank god donyc is gone...*growls*)! i'm gonna go off and read some of your other stories now, so...yay! :)

This has been an epic read. I'm looking forward to reading your other stories, shortly, when I have the time. :j

Ouch! Poor Aragorn! What a very nasty head injury...I have a headache just thinking about it coupled with all the other injuries!

That was a terrific story...very exciting and a wonderful ending. Loved the Elrond/Estel moments...I can never get too much of them. And great friendship stuff with Aragorn and Legolas. :)

AAARRRGGHHH! MORE GUILT TRIPS!

When ELLADAN is being the most sensible person in Rivendell, something is VERY wrong.

Does anyone else think there are WAY too many guilt trips in this family?