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December 13, 2005 at 12:00 AM
I'm so glad to have this story to read again. It's so good and so full of seemingly impossible paradoxes. Will Legolas have to forego traveling with Aragorn and the Grey Company in order to stay with Laureana? More story please.
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November 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Brilliant! The relationship between the twins is extremely well rendered in this chapter. Very poignant. I am thoroughly enjoying this tale. I'll be sure to look up your other stories. Keep up the great work! I'll keep an eye out for the next chapter.
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November 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM
I only have two words for you about this fic : WRITE FASTER.
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Alright, a few more words. I absolutely *love* this story. It may actually be physically painful to wait as you write more. I just found it yesterday and have ignored many things I should have done today - and tonite (like going to bed, it's nearly 1:30am) so I could get to chapter eight. It's a terrific story, very well written and I hope you update soon. Now stop reading this review and go write some more!
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Alright, a few more words. I absolutely *love* this story. It may actually be physically painful to wait as you write more. I just found it yesterday and have ignored many things I should have done today - and tonite (like going to bed, it's nearly 1:30am) so I could get to chapter eight. It's a terrific story, very well written and I hope you update soon. Now stop reading this review and go write some more!
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November 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Thanks so much for your reviews. If you are interested, I also belong to another site that will allow you to "watch" stories and get emails when they are updated. I have 16 stories over there vs. 3 here. Its strictly LOTR Het fiction and there are tons of Glorfindel, Elrohir, Elladan, Fellowship fan fiction - over 1800 stories in all I think! Plus a forum board with very friendly people as well.
http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/authors.php?what=1&no=2054
http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/authors.php?what=1&no=2054
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November 8, 2005 at 12:00 AM
I'm so glad you're back with updates for this wonderful story. You are doing such a great job showing Laureana's difficulties and fears she must overcome to fulfill her duty and survive in middle earth. More story please.
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September 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Lianna -
I tried to get in touch with you through SoA and here but neither had your email address. In the book the Fourth Age began after the fall of Sauron. In my story, it starts because Sauron comes back into power. If you go back and look at the story again, after she told Legolas she came from the Fourth Age, he accused her of being some trick of Sauron or Saruman. Once she had proven who she was, he had no reason to doubt her story about what time she came from.
Hope this clears up your question but feel free to email me if you have any more. alassante7@yahoo.com
I tried to get in touch with you through SoA and here but neither had your email address. In the book the Fourth Age began after the fall of Sauron. In my story, it starts because Sauron comes back into power. If you go back and look at the story again, after she told Legolas she came from the Fourth Age, he accused her of being some trick of Sauron or Saruman. Once she had proven who she was, he had no reason to doubt her story about what time she came from.
Hope this clears up your question but feel free to email me if you have any more. alassante7@yahoo.com
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September 16, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Hi. I've been following this on Stories of Arda. I didn't realize you would be posting it here as well.
It's great that you're continuing the story of Glorfindel and Indil. I had quite fallen in love with them, and I was afraid their story might end after Laureanna went back in time. I'm glad it didn't. It's especially interesting to see how everyone, even Galdor, protected young Laureanna from fully understanding what was happening in Middle Earth. I think this helps readers to understand just how poorly prepared she is for the devastation and violence that she is going to encounter. It's no wonder that Mithrandir spotted her almost instantly as a person who had never before left Aman.
I can't help but feel sorry for Legolas here -- having to cope with an impossible situation all of a sudden and having to somehow come to grips with the fact that in the future Laureanna describes, he is not there. That must have been unsettling. And now he has to join with her in perpetuating a deception that they are both making up as they go along. How difficult!
One quibble: I don't think it was realistic when Laureanna said that she was born in year 26 of the Fourth Age and Legolas just accepted it. The Ages of Tolkien's world aren't like our centuries; they don't start and end at predetermined times. Instead, a new Age begins when people decide that a change has occurred that is significant enough to warrant it. Legolas at Helm's Deep could not possibly know when the Fourth Age would begin because the events that would prompt the designation of a new age had not yet occurred. Therefore, when Laureanna said that she was born early in the Fourth Age, he would not know whether she meant that she was born a few decades in the future or thousands of years in the future. I think he should have questioned her about this -- or perhaps, Laureanna should not have used Fourth Age dates but instead should have said something like "I was born about 30 years later than the present time."
Great story. I can't wait to see the next installment.
It's great that you're continuing the story of Glorfindel and Indil. I had quite fallen in love with them, and I was afraid their story might end after Laureanna went back in time. I'm glad it didn't. It's especially interesting to see how everyone, even Galdor, protected young Laureanna from fully understanding what was happening in Middle Earth. I think this helps readers to understand just how poorly prepared she is for the devastation and violence that she is going to encounter. It's no wonder that Mithrandir spotted her almost instantly as a person who had never before left Aman.
I can't help but feel sorry for Legolas here -- having to cope with an impossible situation all of a sudden and having to somehow come to grips with the fact that in the future Laureanna describes, he is not there. That must have been unsettling. And now he has to join with her in perpetuating a deception that they are both making up as they go along. How difficult!
One quibble: I don't think it was realistic when Laureanna said that she was born in year 26 of the Fourth Age and Legolas just accepted it. The Ages of Tolkien's world aren't like our centuries; they don't start and end at predetermined times. Instead, a new Age begins when people decide that a change has occurred that is significant enough to warrant it. Legolas at Helm's Deep could not possibly know when the Fourth Age would begin because the events that would prompt the designation of a new age had not yet occurred. Therefore, when Laureanna said that she was born early in the Fourth Age, he would not know whether she meant that she was born a few decades in the future or thousands of years in the future. I think he should have questioned her about this -- or perhaps, Laureanna should not have used Fourth Age dates but instead should have said something like "I was born about 30 years later than the present time."
Great story. I can't wait to see the next installment.
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September 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM
I am glad she has the protection of Gandalf as well as Legolas. Is she in serious danger of Sauron figuring out she is here and the reason for her presence? More soon please.
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September 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Wow! The most original story yet. Bravo! Bravo!
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August 9, 2005 at 12:00 AM
Well done! Interesting storyline... caught my attention from the prologue's very first paragraph. Your approach is most refreshing while the emotional meat of the tale is clear and conveyed in a thorough manner. I anxiously await your next posting. Thanks for sharing your writing.