Seeing as how I've read and reviewed your story, Helka, I think I should comment on this. Some people are such total purists that they think all LotR fanfics have to be written in Tolkien's style. That's a bit strict, because there are almost no authors that can write exactly like Tolkien without effort; those that try tend to have fics that sound forced and without emotion. Everyone has their own style. If these people flame your story because of that, then they don't deserve to be recognized. I've gotten a few reviews like that as well, and these are the ones I ignore. It only gives these hyper-perfectionists more attention than they deserve. You handled it well in saying that you weren't trying to copy Tolkien, and were only writing in your own style. If they can't realize this, they aren't worth listening to.
In my own, personal opinion, I thought your story was very well done. Interaction between characters, verbal in particular, is important to developing the story, and you handled it very well; some authors get bogged down with dialog, and the whole story gets overwhelmed with conversational scenes. You balanced out the dialog with some really brilliant fights and action sequences. I saw nothing wrong with your technique. I hope this was helpful (if a bit long...)
Oh, and I got your PM, by the way. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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