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Enough For Tonight 1. Enough For Tonight by Aglarien

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 4] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Erestor cares for a wounded friend.
Category: FPS, FPS > Erestor/Glorfindel, FPS > Glorfindel/Erestor
Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel
Type: None
Warning: AU
Series: Enough For Tonight
Challenge: None
Chapters: 22 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 32746 | Read count: 22337

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Published: November 08, 2008 | Updated: November 08, 2008

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: November 02, 2015 Title: Chapter 14: Chapter 14

I just LOVE your stories.  I was so pleased to see that you used Col. Chamberlin's account of the Battle of Gettysburg.  He is such an accomplished writer, so descriptive and actually emotional. He is a hero of ours (me and my DH), we have his portrait on the office wall!  I like knowing that someone else really appreciates him.  Thanks!


Simulacra by VanwaHravani

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 2] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: In past and present Faramir and Haldir reflect one another darkly.
Category: FPS, FPS > Denethor/Faramir, FPS > Elrohir/Haldir, FPS > Faramir/Denethor, FPS > Faramir/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Elrohir, FPS > Haldir/Faramir
Characters: Aragorn, Elrohir, Elrond, Faramir, Haldir of Lothlórien
Type: Dark fic
Warning: Angst, BDSM, Depressing themes, Incest, Non-con, Prostitution, Rape, Substance Abuse, Torture, Violence
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 26 | Completed: No | Word count: 28826 | Read count: 6409

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Published: January 10, 2009 | Updated: February 23, 2009

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: October 20, 2015 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I hope that writing this was cathartic for you.  I would like to know the rest of the story, but perhaps getting it this far was enough for you.  May the stars shine upon you.


Dragon's Lair by Deathangelgw

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 1]
Summary: Lindir is taken by a dragon and raised by it. But who turns who and will that bond save them?
Category: FPS > Haldir/Lindir, FPS, FPS > Lindir/OMC, FPS > Lindir/Orophin, FPS > Orophin/Lindir, FPS > Lindir/Haldir, FPS > Lindir/Rúmil, FPS > Rúmil/Lindir
Characters: Haldir of Lothlórien, Lindir, Orophin, Rúmil
Type: Dark fic, Humor
Warning: Angst, AU, Character Death, Sap/Fluff
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: No | Word count: 1059 | Read count: 236

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Published: February 27, 2010 | Updated: February 27, 2010

Reviewer: spinster Signed
Date: June 29, 2015 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

First - FINISH IT!  Second  1 league = 3 miles; no way does a cavern extend visibly for hundreds (X3) of miles.   This is a novel idea though, so get those muses working.



Author's Response: HA! Oh my...well I shall try and oh huh...I'll have to actually re-examine what I wrote because I don't remember what I said lol. I shall have to look into what inspired them for this story and hopefully work on it soon! Thanks for the review!

Warriors of Gondor by HEL

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 3] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: The two brothers growing up in war torn Gondor.
Category: FPS > Faramir/Boromir, FPS, FPS > Boromir/Faramir
Characters: Boromir, Faramir
Type: None
Warning: Het Content, Incest, Violence
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 33 | Completed: No | Word count: 172934 | Read count: 2409

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Published: July 06, 2011 | Updated: July 06, 2011

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: January 01, 2016 Title: Chapter 33: Chapter 33. Preparations

Wow wow wow wow wow!!  I love the world of magics that you have created.  It is unique and daring to weave them into the well known tale. Somehow, you've taken everything I know and love about these characters and given them a slightly canted twist that accounts for all the nuances in the LOTR books and yet gives them a new depth. I want MORE!!

My only critisism is that - even for slash - there was too  much sex.  Yeah I know slash=sex, but even as well written as you bring it, it can get tedious.  That said, i can't wait to read more in this AU.  Thanks!


Unknown and Unknowable by Anonymous Slashlover

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 4] starstarstarstarhalf-star
Summary: Glorfindel has a secret and only Erestor knows what it is.
Category: FPS > Celeborn/Erestor, FPS, FPS > Elrond/Glorfindel, FPS > Glorfindel/Elrond, FPS > Glorfindel/Erestor, FPS > Erestor/Glorfindel, FPS > Erestor/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Erestor, FPS > Celeborn/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Celeborn, FPS > Erestor/Celeborn
Characters: Celeborn, Elrond, Erestor, Glorfindel, Haldir of Lothlórien
Type: None
Warning: None
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 2 | Completed: No | Word count: 4353 | Read count: 1010

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Published: July 23, 2011 | Updated: July 23, 2011

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarhalf-star
Date: December 26, 2015 Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2

I love this story.  I can imagine SO many twists and turns yet to ocme.  Please write more!


Undone by Neldluva

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 4] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: A simple matter of seduction has unforeseen consequences.
Category: FPS > Legolas/Glorfindel, FPS, FPS > Glorfindel/Legolas
Characters: Glorfindel, Legolas
Type: None
Warning: Angst, MPreg
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 5 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 76471 | Read count: 5498

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Published: July 23, 2011 | Updated: July 23, 2011

Reviewer: spinster Signed
Date: November 21, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

OK - decent premise, good writing.  But why in the world would the Mirkwood elves not have a spider antidote?  After all, they fight these spiders all the time, Legolas cannot have been the first person to be poisoned.  I would think a spider antidote would be very high in the Mirkwood healers concerns.


In the Chains of Honor by Tanesa Etaleshya

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 8] starstarstarstarhalf-star
Summary: Legolas mourns in the elven waking dream world, lamenting the loss of a love that gave him the reason to live and reliving precious memories and nightmares alike as he languishes in the dark thinking over the chances he had had and could have had if not sacrificed for the sake of honor and duty.
Category: FPS > Legolas/Aragorn, FPS, FPS > Glorfindel/Legolas, FPS > Legolas/Glorfindel, FPS > Legolas/Thranduil, FPS > Thranduil/Legolas, FPS > Elladan/Elrohir/Legolas, FPS > Aragorn/Legolas
Characters: Aragorn, Elladan, Elrohir, Glorfindel, Legolas, Thranduil
Type: None
Warning: Angst, BDSM, Incest, MPreg, Non-con, Rape
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 3 | Completed: No | Word count: 9991 | Read count: 4597

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Published: August 01, 2012 | Updated: August 01, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: February 02, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1. In the Dark, two beginnings...

I love this story - what there is of it.  You write with such realistic detail.  The characters really come alive, you are GOOD at this.  Please, pleaase please write more.  The desciptions and warnings and characters listed are SO tantalizing.  I was very frustrated when I came to that abrupt end of chapter 3 with EVERYHING unresolved.


In the Name of Faith by Acids

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 5] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Imladris is Mirkwood's greatest enemy. What happens when Glorfindel is taken captive and meet the abused prince Legolas?
Category: FPS, FPS > Glorfindel/?, FPS > Glorfindel/Legolas, FPS > Legolas/?, FPS > Legolas/Glorfindel
Characters: Glorfindel, Legolas
Type: None
Warning: Incest, Non-con, Rape, Violence
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 18 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 55891 | Read count: 35399

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Published: August 01, 2012 | Updated: August 01, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed
Date: November 11, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

You are a very good story teller.  The suspense was riviting and the characters came to life.  However, you obviously have English as a second language.  That is not a bad thing, I certainly could not write creatively in another language.  You should, though, get a Beta reader that is a native English speaker.  They would have corrected all the grammar and vocabulary errors that made reading the story a bit jarring.  I do hope you keep writing. You have a creative gift.


The Hard Travelled Path To Destiny by Eamane Aldarion

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 2] starstarstarstar
Summary: A story of denial and obstacles facing true love. Haldir fell in love with Legolas from the first moment he laid eyes on him, but let many reasons stop him from pursuing him, being pursued by him or even admitting to himself that he had the feelings to begin with.
Category: FPS > Elladan/Haldir, FPS, FPS > Haldir/Legolas, FPS > Legolas/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Elladan
Characters: None
Type: None
Warning: Angst, Character Death, MPreg
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 58 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 137037 | Read count: 26418

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Published: August 05, 2012 | Updated: August 05, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstar
Date: February 07, 2016 Title: Chapter 18: Chapter 18

OK - I have to ask...what route do you have the Rivendell travelers using that would take them to Lothlorien BEFORE Mirkwood?  By the map, they would have to travel through the Gap of Rohan!  The canon routes are either the northern Pass (mostly) or the Redhorn Gate.  Both of these would lead any Mirkwood-bound travellers to,well, Mirkwood.  Lothlorien would be an additional considerable journey south.

I am not usually this picky, but there is so much inter-kingdom travel going on that it is getting on my nerves.


Love and Duty by Implacida

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 3] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Sequel to Heart and Body. Takes place about 700 years later. AU.
Category: FPS, FPS > Aragorn/Haldir, FPS > Celeborn/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Aragorn, FPS > Haldir/Celeborn
Characters: Aragorn, Celeborn, Haldir of Lothlórien
Type: None
Warning: None
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: No | Word count: 21063 | Read count: 420

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Published: August 08, 2012 | Updated: August 08, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: November 13, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This story and its precursor are absolutely wonderful.  You have captured an essense of elvendom that even Tolkien seemed unable to convey.  They are wise and wild and magical in a culture so very self-contained.  I don't have the words to convey how much I admire your writing and your imagination.  I hope you finish this story.  I hope you write many more.  Thank you


Stranded by Linil and Tur Kilo

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 1] half-star
Summary: The elves of Imladris go on vacation, but never quite make it to their destination.
Category: FPS > ?/?, FPS
Characters: None
Type: None
Warning: AU, Incest
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: No | Word count: 17850 | Read count: 32

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Published: August 08, 2012 | Updated: August 08, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed half-star
Date: July 21, 2015 Title: Chapter 1: Prologue

You were drunk/high when you wrote this, huh?  And watching Monty Python movies on the computer that was not running LOTR, huh?  And it was so HYSTERICALLY funny, it was hard to get it all written down, huh?  So you posted it to LoM before you got sober again, huh?  And NOW you have changed your pen names and deny having anything to do with this monstrosity, huh?  HUH?


The Moon and the Night Sky by Implacida

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 1] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Rumil's last night in Imladris, and there is something he needs to know.
Category: FPS > Rúmil/Figwit, FPS, FPS > Figwit/Rúmil
Characters: Figwit (Melpomaen), Rúmil
Type: None
Warning: None
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 8397 | Read count: 203

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Published: September 01, 2012 | Updated: September 01, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: November 13, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

MORE MORE mORE More MORE MORE more


Heart in Chains by Morgana

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 2] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Who is Erestor and what happened to him in his long life? What caused him to save Elrond's life when the High-King died, leaving the Peredhel alone and hurting?
Category: FPS > Orophin/Celeborn, FPS, FPS > Haldir/Glorfindel, FPS > Glorfindel/Haldir, FPS > Haldir/Erestor, FPS > Erestor/Haldir, FPS > Elrond/Erestor, FPS > Erestor/Elrond, FPS > Celeborn/Orophin
Characters: Celeborn, Elrond, Erestor, Glorfindel, Haldir of Lothlórien, Orophin
Type: None
Warning: Angst, AU, MPreg
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 41 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 167172 | Read count: 39111

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Published: September 02, 2012 | Updated: September 02, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: July 07, 2015 Title: Chapter 41: Chapter 41. The End / Epilogue

I REALLY like this story.  I come back to it again and again.  I'm ashamed that I haven't let a review before.  All through Erestor's trials, the tears just flow down my face.  And when he lost his babies, I sobbed.  But then there was such a sweet happy ending.  Are there more stories about Celeborn and Orophin.  I am intrigued by his earth-power.  I'd sure like to see this plot developed.  Congratulations on a great story!


Heaven by Lairewen

Rated: Mature Audience [Reviews - 3] starstarstarstarhalf-star
Summary: When everything's gone, all you have are memories.
Category: FPS > Glorfindel/Erestor, FPS, FPS > Erestor/Glorfindel
Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel
Type: None
Warning: Character Death
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 3708 | Read count: 325

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Published: September 02, 2012 | Updated: September 02, 2012

Reviewer: spinster Signed
Date: November 06, 2016 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

I liked the story. You did a good job of keeping the suspense of who died right to the end.  It is unfortuneate that you chose to punctuate the story with really bad poetry.  I realize that it is probably some song lyric, but not everyone listens to the same music and what might sound great in a song just falls flat as a poetic interlude.


Discoveries by Shannon

Rated: Restricted Audience [Reviews - 5] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Legolas discovers that his preference in lovers isn't one of a kind.
Category: FPS, FPS > Éomer/Legolas, FPS > Legolas/Éomer
Characters: Éomer, Legolas
Type: None
Warning: MPreg
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 3 | Completed: No | Word count: 7726 | Read count: 2551

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Published: January 18, 2013 | Updated: January 18, 2013

Reviewer: spinster Signed
Date: June 09, 2016 Title: Chapter 3: Chapter 3

OK where is the REST of it.  You really left it hanging!


The Wheel Turns by Keiliss

Rated: Teenage Audience [Reviews - 1] starstarstarstarstar
Summary:

4th Age, Minas Tirith. The only real difference between elves and men is time


Category: FPS, FPS > Erestor/Glorfindel
Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel
Type: Romance/Drama
Warning: None
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 3142 | Read count: 734

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Published: May 12, 2015 | Updated: May 12, 2015

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: June 29, 2015 Title: Chapter 1: The Wheel Turns

I loved this story.  It is mature and loving and yet bitter-sweet.  That interlude of time as the mortals age and the elves remain the same.  Others have treated this theme, but not as well I think.



Author's Response:

That's a lovely compliment to leave, thank you so much. I'm really happy you liked the story.
  ~Kei


Fifteen Years by Red Lasbelin

Rated: Teenage Audience [Reviews - 1] starstarstarstarstar
Summary: Gildor comes back to Imladris after a long absence and finds things not quite as he remembered. A Fourth Age story.
Category: FPS
Characters: Erestor, Gildor
Type: Romance/Drama
Warning: None
Series: None
Challenge: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 6962 | Read count: 518

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Published: May 31, 2015 | Updated: May 31, 2015

Reviewer: spinster Signed starstarstarstarstar
Date: June 29, 2015 Title: Chapter 1: Fifteen Years

Wow. What a powerful and unusual story.  You treat the "last days" in a much more mature style than other renditions that I've read.  Great job!

 



Author's Response:

Gosh, thank you - that's a lovely comment. I love the last days, something about that time period really inspires me. And life is sometimes very complicated and more bittersweet than clear cut. Thank you for reading and letting me know you liked it!