Reviews for Her Kingdom as Great |
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Lalaith Yamainu chapter 2 . 1/11/2010 Oh, this is lovely! I love the image of Sarah growing into her own as a monarch in a new land. |
AikoNamika chapter 2 . 1/10/2010 A friend of mine linked me to this story, and oh, but I'm glad she did. It's...wow. Absolutely amazing. The world is so well fleshed out while remaining within the concept of the Labyrinth movie. It feels like a very logical extension of it. I adore how Sarah makes her own kingdom in her dreams and her paintings, and the concepts of wild magic being a thing that grows, and everything. It just thrills me. Fantastic job. This is definitely going to be worth going back and re-reading a time or twenty. |
Violet Shadows chapter 2 . 11/29/2009 You know, normally I don't like labyrinth fanfiction - I loved the movie, but the fanfiction tends to be too romantic for my taste; this on the other hand, is truly well done. I don't think it could be a multi-chapter piece, but a series of one-shots like Richard Lawson's Thy Outward Part series...yes, that could definitely work. |
zafaran chapter 2 . 11/21/2009 Oh, this is nice. I just found this in another person's Favorites list, and it reminded me that I've not checked your profile and list of stories in a while. It's going in my ebook reader/PDA for reading away from the computer. I hope your muse will be moved at some point to give us more adventures of Sarah and the Never Ending Plains and Jareth and the Labyrinth. (Just like I keep hoping for more adventures of Methos and Mini-Jack as they take on the Goa'uld.) Well done. I hope your muse and schedule will allow you to write and post more chapters on more stories sometime soon. Keep up the good work. Zafaran {mailto:} zafaran {at} fastmail {dot} fm |
Nienna Telrunya chapter 2 . 10/14/2009 Oh, wonderful - absolutely wonderful! One of the best Labyrinth stories I've ever read! In character, compelling . . . the past hour has been fully enjoyable and I look forward to reading this again and again. Wonderful! |
mountainelements chapter 2 . 9/30/2009 I couldn't really follow all of this story, but what I did manage to follow was amazing! I like the explanation of just why the Goblin King was attracted to Sarah in the first place and all of the little pieces that fit in with the movie. This fic really sent my imagination racing . . . which is a bit of a problem, considering how overactive my imagination already is. Maybe I'll just consider reading your stories exercises in self control? Also, I've been reading your LiveJournal page. I'm not sure if I have a LiveJournal account any more so I thought I'd reply here. I hope to see the NCIS/Highlander crossover someday. The X-Men/Highlander crossovers also seem interesting. However, I appreciate that you don't post a story without having some idea of how it's going to go. I have to suspect that auberus11 is reading your LiveJournal page as well, with how some of her stories resemble your plotbunnies. I just wish that she was able to update more frequently. Oh well. |
Sneaxflayke chapter 2 . 8/20/2009 This made me happy. I watched the movie while I read it and that made me even happier. I'm sure you don't care, but I was having a lot of internal trouble trying to be 'grown up' and still be an artist; balancing the world of reality I live in and the fantasy world that lives in me. Your story makes me think I'm not the only one who struggles with this. It makes me think I'm not so crazy to be almost 30 and still playing pretend while at my boring job. Thanks for making my night! -Rei |
Reader in the Corner chapter 2 . 8/18/2009 Pretty! I'm amazed at how you've portrayed Jareth. For once, he's not just an alluring villian or a magical Fae, he's a creation of wild magic that grew up in the Goblin Kingdom we all love so much and is an integral part of it. The descriptions and images in this story are all wonderful. Usually, I'm perfectly content with vague impressions of things, but Sarah's land is so clear I feel like I could paint it. Of course, it helps that you wrote about her painting it. I love how the touches of reality and common sense, like the need for advisors, the greater goblins getting gossip from the lesser goblins, and the inability of the fae to adapt, make the whimsical magic aspects of it all the sweeter. |
mokahi chapter 2 . 8/15/2009 That was lovely. I like the way Sarah grows into her monarchy. |
Mashdana chapter 2 . 7/26/2009 lovely, lovely story. theres a certain AU quality to it that I immensely appreciate. you have certainly created a knew kingdom for Sarah that is most suitable, and from scratch, not a pre fabricated sort of plastic kind of kingdom, but one that is still in the making, piece by piece. and that is really amazing and speaks volumes of your creativity, thanks so much for sharing! |
WingsOfFate chapter 2 . 7/21/2009 Beautiful, thank you so much for writing this. *Faves* |
Airily chapter 2 . 7/10/2009 Loved it! It's been so long, but now that I have the time to read this, it's very much worth it. Everything written seems to have its own back-story, only you've pulled out the more interesting aspects to include and left the rest for the reader's mind to ponder. Wonderful intricate details here and there, just lovely to read. Jareth's perspective on things was also a curious but brilliant touch. :D |
Sony Boy chapter 2 . 7/10/2009 *snigger* Oh gaod. That-this is-*leans on wall* Oh man. I cant help it, this is good. Jareth's reasonings, his motives, HOW he knows Sarah. How the Labyrinth works, how Goblins are and how they work. Sarah. Oh wow. She stood her ground, made him WAIT until SHE was ready. Untill SHE CHOSE. also how she recognized the need to wait and learn on how to be a monarch. Taking classes in college for policts and gov, when she could have taken art or something, and how she chose Nadir for her land. YOu took an idea and made it a story. A fantastical, realistic story. |
tarirene chapter 2 . 7/3/2009 Wow, I love it! That was amazing and beautiful and so so cool. I love your characters and the world and you do so well with details. Sometimes you aren't clear, it was easy to lose the thread of what you were trying to say, but when I got it, I loved it. This is a really, really cool story. |
tarirene chapter 1 . 7/3/2009 Wow - that was REALLY good! I don't know how you do it, but my absolute favorite part was how you described the painting - each detail about it, the final picture, the way she worked on every part of it. That was really amazing. The writing otherwise needs to be cleaned up a lot, but the story and the ideas were wonderful and the concept is really, really cool. I loved reading it. |