You have a very well written essay. While I do not share your infatuation with Orlando Bloom/ Bloom's characters, I do agree that Middle Earth is one of the best ways to escape the hum-drum affairs of Mild Earth.

NZ

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. I escape to Middle Earth whenever possible. Real life is so dull and it makes me restless.

Hmmmm. You certainly have the right tone for Samwise. I might have used some different words, but I liked it.

Author's Response: Thanks. This was just a last min. thing. So it\'s not the best. Thank you so much fr your comment, and taking the time to read it! -Hugs-\r\n\r\nIsilra

Yay! You updated!!

Although I have a hard time imagining Aragorn and Legolas betraying the Fellowship, you write it quite well.
8-)
SMEE

Author's Response: Thank you so much for reviewing! Next chapter should be up on saturday where we *finally* find out about the betrayal.\r\nThis story was only going to be 3 chapters!

That's pretty good!

Usually, I find the obvious rhyming distracting and detracting, but this time, it nicely complements the idea of the poem.

NZ

Author's Response: At the time I wrote it, the rhyming seemed a bit self-conscious, but then I don\'t consider myself a professional poet. Nevertheless, the poem has already been published in a major newspaper and a local magazine, so it can\'t be that bad.

This is pretty good, but I think that you've got a mild case of Mary-Sueism on your hands.

It just seems a bit hard to believe that, with a wound of the ugliness you've described, the heroine could be up and walking about a day after being found with a horrible, probably almost infected wound, magic paste or no.

Other than that, you have a great idea for a story.

NZ

P.S. One way to combat the Sueism is to make some fault in your character: impatience, wicked gossip, etc.

piece, not peace,

leave, not live

cursed, not coursed

I like where this is going.

NZ

Author's Response: Thanks! For both reviewing and pointing my mistakes. I\'ll mind them.

I highly suggest you read the books.

I read part of your "the lies before the truth" and decided to weep for canon.

Edro i phairf a hain isto!

The books are the best way to write accurate fan fiction.

An interesting way to come up with a name.

Pedin i phith i aníron, ar av-belich nin heniad

Nazgrrl

Author's Response: You\'ve given me an idea and i thank you for it. I know you\'re a true Tolkien fan and i admire that but the way i write my fanfiction is my way. My belief about writing fanfic is that you should make the world your own, tkae the world and mold it to what you would like. I don\'t really like canon but i try to stay as true to the story as possible. I\'m sorry if i sound a little angry but that\'s jsut the way the words came out, i\'m not actually angry. I know i need to read TTT and ROTK but i just can\'t get into them as much as i did with FOTR. Could i have a translation of the elvish please?? I\'m not that good with elvish . . . not translating it at least. Thanks for reviewing - Li