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| Jewels by Lindelea | 5 Review(s) |
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| Mirkwoodmaiden | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 5/1/2025 |
| Lindelea! "When Esmeralda came out of the kitchen next morning, a mug of wildflowers stood by her place at the breakfast table. She blinked back sudden tears and looked up to meet Pippin's smile." Awwww! Pippin even when sad finds a way to bring sunshine. LOL about how hedgy/ coy Pippin is about Diamond... "Pippin gazed straight before him. 'I watched two guardsmen, friends of mine, just... slip away into silence, cold, finally... death. Then Merry...' He swallowed. 'The hands of the King are the hands of a Healer,' he said, as if he mused." Ahhhh! Poor Pippin! To have seen such things! Both hobbits, so much quiet strength. Wonderfully done!! (((hugs))) MM Author Reply: MM! I see you've got past the Grey Havens. I feel the need to warn you (or remind you? I don't remember if I said anything earlier) that chapters 19 and 20 are very angsty and sad. After that point, the story slowly gets better and has its ups and downs, but those chapters are hard to get through. (If I were posting them new, I'd put a "character death" warning in the story description.) So maybe read them when you have time to go on and read chapter 21 immediately after? (For a little comfort and a glimpse of hope by the time you reach the end of that chapter, at least, though it starts out sad.) It always seemed to me (and I wrote him that way in the Tenth Walker story) that Pippin was the "officer in charge of morale" (or comic relief) on the Quest, so it makes sense to me that he'd be lifting spirits as a sort of habitual practice. One of the lovable things about hobbits is how much of their love shines through in the original text. Thanks so much for reading and stopping to leave some good words. I really appreciate it. (((hugs))) Lin | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 2/25/2025 |
| Merry’s parents are just so great - they are helping the boys so much just by being who they are. Author Reply: They sort of jumped off the page at me when I first started writing them. The writing process and surprises that occur along the way never fails to astonish me, even now. (Just yesterday, a north-Took named Bolham the Red jumped out of my imagination and onto the keyboard with his booming voice and energetic personality and aggressive hospitality. To think he was mostly just a name to me for the past few years... and all of a sudden, he came alive. In a manner of speaking.) But then, your characters are so real, I might venture to guess you've had some similar experiences. Thanks so much for reading and commenting! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 12/5/2006 |
| oooo! Interesting! Poor Pip, it is hard to know what to do at times like that. "'But now, I know how to fight.'" It's good Merry has the tools/knowledge he needs now. Why are they so interested in those Long Cleeve lasses? ;-) Author Reply: Hmmmm. And Long Cleeve really not on the beaten track between the Hall and the Smials, or the Hall and Bag End, or even Bag End and the Smials. Quite out of the way, as a matter of fact, very inconvenient. It makes one wonder... | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 12/5/2006 |
| Yes, they ought to have told Merry's parents. Author Reply: Yes, they ought. Poor lads. Glad it came out well. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 12/5/2006 |
| I am glad that Merry knows how to fight for to give him to Gondor so soon after losing Frodo to keep him from death would be too much for us all. Author Reply: It really would! Especially when I stop to consider that Merry has always been my favourite hobbit. (Don't know why I find it so hard to write about him!) | |