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| Jewels by Lindelea | 5 Review(s) |
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| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 3/30/2025 |
| It's good to see a cheerful Frodo and i like the conversation he had with Pippin about strategy and then lightened the mood with a race to the river. Author Reply: I love (and have loved) writing a cheerful Frodo! From some of the feedback I received when I first published this story, I got the feeling that a lot of fanfic in the early 2000s portrayed a sick, depressed, morose Frodo, but I chose to see him as relieved, even happy, once the Quest had been achieved. At least until his anniversary illnesses made him realise that Saruman's prediction was true and not just malice. Shirebound's lovely "Quarantined"-verse stories, in which Frodo did not sail West, are very well done, if you haven't come across them yet. Since I've been away from fanfic for more than a decade due to real-life constraints, I'm not sure how fanfic authors currently portray him during the time between the ending of the Quest and his sailing to the West. Thanks for reading and pausing to leave a comment! | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 2/25/2025 |
| Hmm … the good table, that’s why they’re going. Sure. (Well, at least some of the reason.) It’s lovely to be able to have a nice long visit with loved ones, to catch up on inside jokes and see how others are faring. I’m sure this was a wonderful visit! Author Reply: Of course, of course... hobbits can explain any choice they make in terms of food, and make it sound eminently reasonable if the food sounds good enough! I really enjoyed this chapter, myself, and was tempted to create an AU version of the post-Quest Shire where Frodo didn't have to sail. (And I actually wrote at least one AU story where he didn't sail, probably as a result of that thought.) Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to share your thoughts! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 10/19/2006 |
| Oh, Lin, I loved this!!! I put it off a bit as I didn't want to face the usual "gloomy gus" Frodo. What a wonderful surprise!!! You have a happy, sly, loving Frodo - much more the way I always pictured him being for most of his first year home. MEWD!!! Author Reply: O good, we're still thinking along the same lines. I liked giving him a peaceful year in the Shire, marred only by anniversaries. I'm sure he savoured peace, and watching the Shire grow green again, and life resume its pattern. That's the way I wrote him in "A Short and Passing Thing", anyhow, which sort of spun off this chapter and the next two. Author Reply: oops, meant "Small and Passing Thing" but I was trying not to type "Long and Passing Thing" which is something of a joke between EF and myself. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 10/19/2006 |
| a Favourite Nephew who works hard to reassure his favourite Aunt and Uncle! Lovely Picture with the flowers. Author Reply: Thank you! I love that picture--I can see it in my mind's eye, an echo of when Frodo was a little lad and brought his auntie fistfuls of half-wilted wildflowers. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 10/19/2006 |
| And someone is already smitten, after all. Good to see Frodo already seeing to it that Pippin is prepared for the day when it is he as Thain, and I suspect he already is starting to realize he won't remain all that long. Yes, Frodo the Slender, slated to grow moreso that way before he finds himself again. Author Reply: Yes, Frodo is looking ahead to the future, although I don't think at this point he completely realises--I think that happened after the October anniversary, more. | |