Kuruharan and Diamond, good to have both of you back with us again! Though your characters stayed with the Non-Gender-Specific-Ship, there’s no substitute for your own writing.
Kuruharan, great ensemble writing there! You always manage to throw in something surprising – in this case, of all things, a poker game!
Diamond, Pimpi’s recognition scene is wonderful – my favorite part is the Dr. Seuss line! Thanks to an earlier post of yours, we now know what orcish waybread is – available at your local grocer’s. Even earlier, the reproachful Orc’s rant about the parody was hilarious! We look forward to your upcoming poems, of course.
Bethberry, you started the Gregory Peck references – if anyone out there hasn’t yet seen Mithadan’s picture on the Chat Wight page, they should look to know why. Great journalistic writing by Bilbo S., and a fascinating, lushly-written introduction to our nemesis, after finishing O Lando brilliantly and devising a suitable funereal ending for Halfullion!
Squatter, best wishes for Etc.’s captivity and all that ensues there; it’s always a joy to read your descriptions of his battles with enemies and various bottles. You do have me curious about the fate of the equine lovers, I admit. Well-planned and coordinated with Rim the death scene for Halfullion…
Mithadan, congrats on the story’s shortest post! Yes, quite appropriate at that point. Absolute favorite line in the previous post – the Entish foot’s name!! In the posts before that, your descriptions of Orcish battle tactics are most certainly edifying for all who wish to learn.
Barrow-Wight, good to read your post after a break caused, unfortunately, by real life – it can happen to any of us. You picked up on the Park idea very nicely and made the guided tour sound…interesting. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Birdie, thanks to you, we now know the origins of pigeons! Let’s hope they’re happy in crebain heaven, Topfloorien. Their conversations were great fun to read before, during and after the battle.
Thanks to all of you for great battle scenes; I must admit, I was most apprehensive about those, since I have so little battle experience. They turned out wonderful!
Special thanks posthumously to Rimbaud for his Halfullion death scene, which took me, as I suppose most others, completely by surprise! How heroic, how tragic, how full of references! Thanks for a great character and wonderful writing.
We’re on the last stretch of Part One now – hang in there for the climax!
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