Naice a Nilme :: Tales of Aragorn and Legolas

ich bin's

03/06/13 08:39 am

10: Epilogue - Chieftain's Call

Anonymous

Oh, I can't even tell you how much I love this story! And that is not because my English is horrible (which it is, sorry by the way, English is a foreign language to me and i have never been good in speaking or writing it, but fortunately in reading, so that I ccan get addicted to your stories), but because it is such a great story!

I love Aragorn (in a non-romantic way) so this story has a great bonus just because you picked him as one of the main charakers, but I always thoght it would be difficult to use the charakters of Tolkien and show them right without getting OOC or even somehow "ruin" them, and it is even more difficult with Tolkien's main charakters and I am even more critical with the charakters I adore. However, you managed to show Aragorn as I have alwayse imagined him and introduced a original charakter which you showed us so well, that I feel I know him...and I like him and felt with him. Honestly, I had to swallow realy,realy hard, when he ran away, because he thoght he couldn't get the star and then when he got it I was so happy, nearly as happy as him. Right from the start I was within the story and hoped and feared and felt with Denland and you described everything so well how the Dunedain lived, that I really had the felling that I am with them myself while I was reading and I loved it so much.

You have got a new fan! [One with dozens of errors in its Review, but I had to tell you how much I love this story...]

Author's Response:
Thank you so much, ich bin! I'm so glad you found the story and enjoyed it, especially given that you, like me, are very picky about how your favorite character is handled in fanfiction. Aragorn is also my favorite character and I strive to write him as closely to how he is in the books as possible (and there's a little influence there from the movies as well, but I make sure where there's a conflict, I go by Tolkien himself!) And I'm so glad you enjoyed Denlad's character. The Dunedain as a people weren't given much detail in Tolkien's books, and I like to try to "color in the lines" and give them life.

Thanks again for the lovely review and I'm very glad you enjoyed the story!

sidh

09/05/12 11:16 pm

10: Epilogue - Chieftain's Call

Anonymous

*Melts into gooey ooze.*

I cannot believe I am just now getting to read these incredible tales.

Thank you from my heart.

sidh

Author's Response:
I'm glad you found them, as well, and very glad you're enjoying them! Thanks for the kind words--

cairistiona

Anonymous	10/10/10 06:55 am	10: Epilogue - Chieftain's Call	Anonymous
Wonderful to have read this again for the MEFAs. Such a warming tale, in spite of frostbite and blizzards! Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad you came away warmed and not chilled. g That was definitely my goal. :)

Michelle

01/05/10 09:51 pm

10: Epilogue - Chieftain's Call

Signed

Ah *sigh*, another wonderful tale for you.

At the heart of it, it was a story about belonging, and eventually finding a family. And you wove this theme into a convincing tale of Denlad's long journey "home". Finally accepting that he is actually wanted was a real tear-jerker.

I also liked all the little traditions and details you worked in (real or imagined), I had to chuckle about Denlad's worry that he had to drag a drunk Aragorn home. (Because in my area we have such a tradition for carnival, you visit every house in the village and in each house you'll get a sandwich and schnaps. Naturally, you're quite wasted after an hour or so.)

And personally, I liked the scene with Aragorn and Idril. Because not everything is happy.

Author's Response:
Thank you so much, Michelle... I'm so glad you liked this! It definitely is a "journey home" tale for Denlad. He's on the way to a new life, and in good--and sober!--hands under the care of his Chieftain. And yes, my endings are rarely 100% happy, because life isn't that way, either for the Dunedain or even for us in the "real world". To leave out the sorrow when writing the Dunedain would leave the story a little flat.
Thanks for the reviews, and again, glad you enjoyed the story!

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