Reviewer:Raksha the Demon Date:06/14/08
Excellent and chilling drabble! I just bet they all listened to Faramir when he held the One Ring, and his noticing it in such a satisfied way shows the corruption at work.
No, definitely not Minas Anor as of old....
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[2] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Antoinette Date:05/24/09
These are excellent. The glimpses of what might have been are chilling.
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[3] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Isabeau Date:05/29/09
Snuck this one by me, didn't you? As usual, your AU muse is concise and thought-provoking. Poor Aragorn!
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[4] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:maeve Date:05/31/09
Wow.
And I mean, wow. Even though I haven´t read Tolkien fanfiction for years now, I just had to read your last drabble about the Eagles, and then I just had to comment on it. What a chilling, magnificent AU, and what a way to say EVERYTHING in just a few words.
Standing ovation.
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[5] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Larner Date:09/11/09
A sad but likely might-have-been.
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[6] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Denise Date:02/28/10
Well, I saw this weeks ago on your website and thought, "Oh, I'll post a review on TFF." We see the results of that. :)
So, rather belatedly, as so many of my reviews are these days, let me say that I enjoyed this every bit as much on this reading as I did on my first one! What a lovely, warm drabble to read when still in the grips of winter. I could see the city shaking off the drab of old snow and melt water and breathing in that wonderful deep scent that spring brings.
And as always, you have such a beautiful command of Eowyn and Faramir's relationship and characterizations. To echo a comment from your journal, it's very cool that we know who they are far before reaching the final line.
And not due to cliches, either, although I had a good chuckle over a comment to you about seeing the phrase dusty archives in the drabble. In my personal experience *casts jaundiced eye over personal "archives"*, books are dust magnets, somehow. Perhaps the spirits of all those dead trees are trying to draw earth back to themselves? At any rate, mine get virtually encased in the stuff in what seems a matter of days...
And yay! to munditia for her request!
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[7] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Dwim Date:04/01/11
Did I review this at HA? I can't remember. This is probably a bad sign!
Anyhow, in case I did not - yes! Ghan appears, and provides the necessary counterpoint to that proclamation that lets the unhappy real-world parallels emerge. Things are all right today - but that future is a little more flexible and far more difficult, undoubtedly. So as lovely as this little moment is, that open future sounds rather foreboding.
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[8] Drabbles by:Altariel
Reviewer:Charlie Date:03/22/14
Ah! It's Watership Down, but also Lord of the Rings. That's brilliant!
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