Absolutely fascinating! (I totally understand the final decision... I love Middle Earth but I have parents and siblings and friends... BUT THE ELVES... but reality... BUT ARDA... but reality...)

Good little story.

Though I have never walked the list road to Elfland, I know the yearning well.

I don't think I could find it in me to leave if I ever entered that realm.

Absolutely beautiful. No other words for it. Amazing!

Yay-yus, Hal-le-lew-yer! I buh-leeve!

I especially loved the part where Tolkien himself had "fallen into elf-land", that it was all real; I always had my suspicions about that... I've had similar ideas about "ley lines", etc. (You haven't been peeking into my pensieve, have you?)

*Sobs hysterically*

This is the saddest, most wonderful, most unique fanfiction story I have EVER read. Lucky bint; she got to dance under the moon in Rivendell...

One thing I can't understand is why she would choose to go back to the "real" world. I mean, with all the movies and stories about people who fall into other worlds and aren't believed when they come back...She really should have known better, though I'd probably have done the same thing. After all, she was warned.

This is a gem, a perfect jewel that should be kept and treasured and coveted for its value. What is it doing on a site like , which (no offense meant) harbors much that closely resembles garbage? This story (along with others) is a diamond in a pile of trash, and if we rummage deep enough, we can find others like it. Never stop writing; know that your work is appreciated.

With respect and admiration,

~ElfLover

Heard about this one on the HA mailing list. It's incredible! Certainly not a Mary Sue by any definition. This is one of those stories where you can see it actually happening - and it offers an explanation about phenomena in real life, as well.

Well. I can see this story is a well-hid treasure.
The first line that snagged me fully into this story was "...if I could not scream now, when could I?" Indeed. Scream, my friend. Scream! :-D
The coolest expression I've read is "Blissed out on just being alive." I really like that alot.
I am enchanted with the way you have inter-woven folklore and ancient mythology with the realm of Middle-earth and its peoples (though that may not seem hard given what Tolkien based his stories on, obviously). You present it in a fresh and uniquely charming way.
LOL! Wine as good as Christmas, say you? Well. Drop me into Middle-earth to meet Lord Celeborn immediatly, 'for I greatly desire' to drink with him! :-D Devine!
Another LOL! Such language in the presence of the Great Elf-Lord! Shame, you wonderful little upstart. *Eyes glistening with merriment.*
Ah! So that is who taught Celeborn his English. Leave it to the Professor!
I knew this character endeared herself to me completely when she said, "I did *not* want to parade my graceless and unfit person among..." The insights to her insecurities are easy to identify with as humans, are they not?
In summary, Bravo! Bravo! *Claps hand and stands up, yearning for the woman to be granted permission to return.*
This is one of my most favorites! I think it will be a long time before this story fades to the back of my mind.

Wow! This is AWESOME! Oh, I love it! So, so cool! I really like how you explained all the paranormal events. And the UFOs being piloted by Elves is something that I wouldn't have thought of in a thousand years, but at the same time, so fitting. The explanation for Tolkien was great. "I told Lord Celeborn of Lorien about Electro-magnetic flux" - I loved that line, probably because if I were in that situation, it's probably what I'd try to do (I'm majoring in electrical engineering). This is going on my favorite stories list.

*despairing shriek*

Is everything you write going to make me almost bawl? Is it?

OK, no, I didn't hate it. I loved it.

But you made me cry!

Again!

Argh!

~Elanial

I BELIEVE!

My word, this is incredibly long and boring. Sorry. But hey, you took the time to write it so I must give you some credit. Well written, but not extremely interesting.

story.

This is a wonderful story... A beautiful and certainly not parodistic idea - but one with humourous parts as well...

LOL to the explanation for the flying saucers... Mini-Earendil's indeed! ;-) And I have to admit I grinned very much about the library where all starts feigning to belong to "a period of the Middle Ages that never actually existed" - those arts and crafts things really are so like what Rivendell is often depicted as... I love that sort of subtle joke!

Hmm... And I wonder what would have happened if the lady had staid with the elves - would time have continued to run more slowly in the "real" world, thus enabling her to stay for a pretty long time? And, hmm... Yes, he did warn her, but we all know how it is with adamantine rules, don't we? After all, Parzival was told that you only may enter the Grail fortress once and that you will not get a second chance to ask the crucial question - and yet, this was only a statement to prove his steadfastness... ;-)

And - I wonder where the lady would have ended up if she had chosen the stones at Aix-en-Provence (were you thinking of Entremont, by the way? Lovely place...) - would she have "fallen" into another part of the hidden Middle-Earth, or do all roads lead to Rivendell? ;-)

Sorry... I keep asking stupid questions while I should rather devote my time to applauding you! Your tale is really, really great in its nice mixture of science, folklore and Tolkien, and the style - halfway diary, halfway report - is just wonderfull and fitting! So - great job, once again, and may many nice people visit Celeborn over there in the Otherworld! :-) Hmm... And I will try the stones at Aix-en-Provence... Perhaps... against all geographical evidence... I might end up visiting Thranduil? LOL, and I cannot promise that I will not stay... ;-)

Sailing over the lost horizon into Elven Shangri-La...*sigh*

For one wonderful moment I indulged in the notion that this was totally possible (this was as I was basking in the swoon induced by the description of the twins' voices).*stupid grin* In doing so it made JJ's agony all the more palpable and wrenching. I wish I could hate you for it. :)

Thank you for sharing. I can't wait to read more of your work. Kudos to your efforts towards doing Celeborn right. All hail the silver forester.

I want to go back too...

I've told you this before, and I'll tell you this again...this was amazing.

The whole idea, the picturization, the imagery and the dialogue...it was so stunning. I particularly loved the bit where Celeborn talks about Tolkien teaching him English.

Its so true - that one always want to go back to Tolkien's world, and just cant get enough of it. Trust me, I'm falling under that spell myself, but I think I succumbed a long time ago.

Lovely fic, and I'm hopping on to your other stories in a while! That email is going to come soo, I promise, just as I get real life settled a bit!