Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards

Alassante

2006 Author Award Category: Genres: Humor - Honorable Mention

Stories nominated in 2006

Fëanorian Fates Drabble Series : Times: First Age and Prior: Incomplete - Honorable Mention WIP

Here You Cannot Leave Me : Genres: Drama: Poetry - Second Place

My Eyes! My Eyes! : Genres: Humor: Fixed-Length Ficlet

Paradox of the Fourth Age : Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete - Third Place WIP


Reviewed by: Rhapsody -- Score: 10

Alassante has this delightfully tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. A while ago, someone asked on the OSA board if there were any stories out there, which focussed on Arwen specifically. For some reason unknown to me, I never got far since I recced about four works, but I immediately had to think of Alassante’s works. Her drabble series ‘Mischief in Imladris’ is a great work, but not mainly featuring this character, but her drabble “My eyes! My Eyes!” is. This only was a confirmation that she is one of the best Arwen drabble/writers that I know of. Although I do not think the person in question was looking for that. But Alassante has written more drabbles that are like that, Smaug or her Mischief in Imladris bear all that same trademark which is unique to Alassante’s voice and it was great to see that captured. Her MEFA nominated piece is delightfully cheeky! Drabbling is not very easy, as Alassante and I, both often said to each other: we can work on it for hours finding the right balance, flow and pacing. To write a drabble that is also incredibly funny… Alassante can pull that off without any effort. With short works like this, the punch line has to fall at the right moment and she does that greatly whether it is a stand-alone work or a series.