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I have for years only been on ff.net, but since I almost only write fanfiction for LotR, I thought I would expand a little. And while I am indifferent to Legolas, I am quite fond of Aragorn, so this place looked like a good place to start.
I am turing 37, went back to school last year and am looking at another 5 years of study. So it will be a while before I get a 'real' job, I guess.
I am trained as an oral story-teller, and at times I find it frustrating when I write, because that beautiful repetition I just know will work wonderfully in telling, does not translate well on paper... I am thinking about recording some of my stories because of that, but it will be a little while before I can get that done.
I have two horses, one 21 year old gelding and a 2 year old mare that I am beginning to get to know. The gelding is my first horse, and while it is not all that long since i bought him (though it is almost 6 years now), I have been riding a lot longer. I ride dressage, and am also learning about how to use the horse in combat. Since the training for battle is where the dressage-ridiing began, I find it very interesting and fun.
It can also make me a bit ... picky ... when it comes to descriptions of horses and riding in fiction.
Not quite sure what else to say. I will probably look around a bit before I begin posting any stories of my own. At the moment all my published fanfiction is on ff.net - I use the same pen-name there.
Lost & Found written by Tanis, read by Tanis [5  ]
Legolas has no idea he is lost, though neither Aragorn nor Gimli can find him. |
Category: Third Age - War of the Ring | Series: | Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Language: English | Rating: K | Warnings: None | Characters: Aragorn, Eomer, Gandalf, Gimli, Legolas | Complete: Yes |
Additional Info: Length: 44 minutes Filesize: 31 MB Text is directly above the podcast I had such fun doing this, I hope others will enjoy it as well!
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Date: 05/25/11 Title: Lost & Found
A lovely story, and well-read on the whole. The music added a lot to the reading, the extra time it must have taken to add it, was well spent.
If I were to offer one advice, though, it would be to slow down a little bit. Not much, but at times I had trouble following. It is much harder to understand when I can't see the speaker, and even LR reading tend to come out a little too stressed. It is not a big problem, but it is something that can be improved.
| Brothers at Heart by Radbooks [10 ] As Aragorn arrives among the Dúnedain to take up the reins of leadership, he meets his cousin, Halbarad, who helps Aragorn find his place amongst his people and they begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Halbarad | Genres: Action, Angst | Language: English | Rating: T | Warnings: None | Chapters: 26 | Published: 08/27/06 | Updated: 02/17/07 | Words: 213270 | Completed: Yes | Read: 236306 |
Date: 11/27/11 Title: Chapter 26: Twenty-six
I know this is an old story, but I found it reasently, and I liked it very much. Or, I think I redescovered it now; I think I have read it before, but didn't commented then.
Your Dunedain are very noble, and your young Aragorn are, as you have him comment, "born old", and it fits your story very well. I think I was actually more supprised at how close to modern sentiment you have the Dunedain act towards the bandits, than at how the people of Bree did.
What I think I liked the most in your story, is the relationship between Aragorn and Halbarad, and the change in Aragorn from Estel to Aragorn. I kept waiting for it to happen, and then I missed it so that I had to go back and see when it was you made it. It was so seemless and natural that I did not notce the first time. Very sublte.
| Crossroads of Light and Shadow by Mirach [4 ] In a rainy night, Aragorn walks through the Midgewater marshes. But not all paths lead to good ends, and dark things lurk at the crossroads… A story with sound and visual effects =) |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Gandalf | Genres: Horror, Crime | Language: English | Rating: K+ | Warnings: None | Chapters: 1 | Published: 11/17/09 | Updated: 12/20/09 | Words: 5193 | Completed: Yes | Read: 2909 |
Date: 05/25/11 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
I have read this before on FF.net, but it was a delight to read it again. I think this might be my favourite among your stories: the use you make of the different senses, the sound of the words and the word-sounds all make it a vivid and evocative read.
If you would permit, I think I would really enjoy trying to make a good recording of this. The word-images would be a challenge, but I think something could be done to create some auditory replacement. There is just something about this story that makes me want to read it out-loud. (And as I were alone reading it now, I did ;) )
Author's Response:
I'm sorry, I didn't notice the review here, but already responded in ffn to your question =) And thank you very much for the review!
| Empty Heart by Ellynn [1 ] Love brings joy, but it can also break one's heart. Written for February Teitho theme: Heart Break. 2011 MEFA Third Place in Ficlet: Later Age Elves. |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Arwen | Genres: Romance | Language: English | Rating: K+ | Warnings: None | Chapters: 1 | Published: 04/02/11 | Updated: 04/02/11 | Words: 849 | Completed: Yes | Read: 2099 |
Date: 05/27/11 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
You fooled me at first ;) Looking back, I see that the places where I thought you went off canon, was clues Well done.
The only critique would be that you succeeded too well in your trickery; the narrator does not sound like an Elf to me. While I do understand why, it would have made the story even better if you had managed to make the voice an believable elf, and a believable Aragorn at the same time. Because I thought it did not quite sound as Aragorn either, at the first reading.
Of course, it is rather difficult, but at least I, when I began reading, was so sure this would be about Aragorn and Arwen (from both the characters listed, and the opening) that I did not even think it would be someone else, even if the voice was off to me. I thought it was just done to different interpetations of the character.
Author's Response:
I have to admit that I didn't try to sound like anyone - not an elf, not a man. I didn't think about it at all, actually. My only goal was to write a short vignette (and it is short, indeed :) ) in which I'd fool my readers. :) Yes, the story is sad from the elf's POV, because his love is unrequited, but I hope that readers will laugh at least a little in the end, realizing the truth.
I also have to admit that I am not sure how an elf would sound. *unsure*
I talked to Michele before posting this, about listing the characters. To be 100% precise, I'd have to name all three: Aragorn, Arwen and OMC. But that would reveal too much, wouldn't it? I wanted to keep "the secret" to the end. :) So I asked Michele if I could only list Aragorn and Arwen, and she answered it was ok.
Thanks a lot for reading and reviewing! :)
| Voice in the Night by lindahoyland [2 ] One night at an inn changes a young soldier's life forever |
Category: Third Age - Pre LOTR, Fourth Age - Post LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn, Original Character | Genres: Angst, Hurt/Comfort | Language: None | Rating: K+ | Warnings: None | Chapters: 1 | Published: 06/13/11 | Updated: 06/13/11 | Words: 4139 | Completed: Yes | Read: 1944 |
Date: 06/15/11 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
A sweet little tale. I particularly liked Bor, though, and his a-ings.
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| The Wanderer and the King by Turvainiel [4 ] Aragorn is happy - as the beloved ruler of a flourishing kingdom, with Arwen as his side and peace finally here, how could he not? But two years after his crowning, the arrival of two old friends in the night will turn his night upside down. Because he may have been born a king, but in his heart he is still a ranger. Chapter two rewritten. |
Category: Fourth Age - Post LOTR | Series: Series Characters: Aragorn | Genres: General | Language: English | Rating: K+ | Warnings: None | Chapters: 6 | Published: 05/01/12 | Updated: 03/19/13 | Words: 39622 | Completed: Yes | Read: 25087 |
Date: 05/12/12 Title: Chapter 1: The Wistle of the Wren
I like this beginning. It promises an entertaining story. While I think Aragorn is rigth in that he can't really disapear, being king and all, that level of realism is not allways needed. It is enough that the story is entertaining ;)
One small thing, though. All the contractions were really distracting. It is not that I object to anyone in ME using contractions at all-- that can be as distracting as well-- here it became too much for me. It might have something to do with the set-up of this archive, but the end result were that I was constantly drawn out of the story because of them. And that was annoying.
Author's Response:
I'm glad you like it, and I hope I can live up to your expectations! I have worked a lot to make it realistic because I usually prefers it that way, but that doesn't mean, of course, that everything has to be logic. I think that while Aragorn has to have some reason to not think he is able to disappear, it doesn't have to be impossible, simply because he's a human and humans are not always very logical thinkers. And of course, if a story is entertaining enough you can take some unrealism. It's fantasy after all! :)
You're right, I did use a lot of contractions in this chapter. I use them because I want a sort of everyday feeling in the text, but, of course, it can become too much. English is not my first language whcih means I don't always notice these things - so thanks for pointing out! It helps, and I'll think of it in the next chapter. (One reason might be I've been using the acute accent ´ instead of ' which makes a much bigger gap in the text. I'm trying to teach myself to do it right!)
Date: 06/17/12 Title: The Wanderer and the King
I am still interested to know what will happen. It was, however, a bitt dificult to follow the action in this chapter, especially the transition from Legolas/Gimli to Arwen/Éowyn was hard to follow and it too me some readings to make sense of it. I also wonder where Elledan and Elrohir went, and the beginning with Legolas/Gimli mystified me. I think it was mostly something with the structuring of this chapter that made it a bit confusing to read. But I am not sure. I found it hard to pinpoint what exactly made it hard for me.
Author's Response:
I think I was quite stressed to get this chapter up because I felt like I had promised to publish it in two weeks, so I didn't really take time to let it "rest" when it was finished and then re-read it before I published it. Usually I do that because sometimes I need a paus from the story to see the weaknesses, and I suppose that was why the chapter became a bit unstructured. I also added some things in the last minute, like that beginning you mentioned, and maybe I did not explain them or merge them in the rest of the story so well. My own fault, of course - and thank you for telling me what you thought, not all people dare to do that but it's so helpful!
This chapter needed much more work than I had expected, and that was why it took such time. It was probably a mistake not to finish all the chapters, or at least make a first draft to all of them, before I started to publish. I'm glad you still want to know how it ends, and I really will try to not hurry with the next chapters but let them take their time. Thank you again, and I hope the next chapter will be better!
Date: 09/12/12 Title: Chapter 2: The Coming of Spring
I meant to review this some time ago, and then it slipped my mind.
This version of the chapter is so much easier to follow than the first version: a really great rewrite there!
It seems to me like Aragorn is sufferening from depression here, and have not been able to think straight because of it. Good to see him (partly) come to his senses. Of course he can visit his North Kingdom from time to time! In fact, he should.
I was confused by the "It's supposed to be blasted cold" comment from Aragorn, though. He lived a fair amount of his life in the North: he should know what it is like in winter from experience. Not that Arnor is that far north: the Shire is supposed to be on the lattitue of England. (If I remember corectly, Hobitun is about the same lattitue as Oxford. Don't quote me on that before I have found the reference, though.)
Author's Response: This is going to be a rather short reply, because I'm writing on my smartphone and it takes such time... My computer is broken -.- But I'm so glad to hear this version was better! I like it more too,and I enjoyed writing it as well. :) About Arnor... In my head it's much farther from the Shire than it actually is. I think what he should have been saying is the north of Arnor - ot would not have sounded good in the text, but that is very far north. I read Gondor is on the same latitude as Florence, and if the Shire is on the same as Oxford that makes the ME map huge. I can't remember if it was still occupied when Aragorn lived but I think it was a dark place where no one lived, so maybe not even the rangers had been deep into Arnor. Now it became long anyway... I just had to explain so I wouldn't be completely wrong.^ Thanks for reviewing anyway! Hopefully I can keep this standard in the following chapters;)