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| A Tale That Grew in the Telling by GamgeeFest | 4 Review(s) |
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| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 11/1/2004 |
| I loved the dream interpertations. She is very good and very close to the mark I think. I only hope that Frodo gets back in time to keep Merry from setting out to find him along with Pippin. Also, I do believe that the ring is up to something by the tone of that last dream. Great story! Author Reply: Hazel is quite perceptive and Frodo learned a bit about himself during their talk. He needed a wake up call and Hazel sounded it for him. He knows now he couldn't have left his cousins in such a manner. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 10/24/2004 |
| What terrible nightmares! And such fascinating and insightful interpretations. I really like this: "It is often those who walk a different path from the rest of us who we wind up needing the most. They show us things the rest of us are blind to; they accomplish things the rest of us wouldn’t even attempt." Author Reply: Thanks for the quote. That was actually a last-minute addition, a burst of inspiration I threw in there as I was giving the chapter a final proof read just before posting. Frodo's heard his whole life how different he is, he needs to understand that it's not a bad thing. If he's different, it's for a reason. I'm glad you enjoyed the dreams and their interpretations. They were fun to write. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 10/24/2004 |
| Poor Frodo. He is such a lonely person. In a way, (except that it would destroy the whole story), I would have expected someone like Frodo to marry young, possibly unsuitably and quite likely unhappily in his need to find someone to whom he was the centre of the world. I'm not much into dreams - too many years of listening to my mother's extremely boring nocturnal productions - but they are a useful device. Especially when packed with evil sneering and sinister creatures. I hope he gets home soon. Merry and Pippin are in a bad enough state and Sam is at the point of collapse. Author Reply: Frodo does suffer from loneliness from time to time, but on the whole he's happy with his solitude. Speaking as a single person myself, I do sometimes wonder what it would be like to have someone around all the time, what a comfort that would be, especially during rough times, but then I couldn't imagine giving up my solidarity and independence. I see Frodo's situation similar to that. He is lonely right now, mostly because he's so far from home. Evil sneering and sinister creatures always make dreams more fun. :) | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 10/24/2004 |
| What a wonderful chapter! Hazel has put her finger directly on Frodo's weakest spot: his lack of appreciation for how important *he* is to others in his life. This is something that will plague him for the rest of his life on this side of the Sea, the fact that he cannot believe enough in his own worth. It was very perceptive of Hazel to point out to him that he was doing to his cousins and Sam *exactly* what Bilbo had done to him. It was definitely a way to shake him out of his self-absorption, and make him realize what he needed to do. The dreams were very well done, and Hazel's insistence on hearing about them gave the perfect way to bring in the foreshadowing involved. All in all an excellent chapter. Now, get our lad home, and let him wipe his cousins' tears and comfort Sam! Author Reply: You have yourself to thank for Frodo's characterization here. Frodo was always a bit elusive to me until I started reading your fics. You have such a clear, simple and insightful way of portraying him. Just as Berwin was sent to Frodo right when he needed him, so too was Hazel. Frodo needed more than just healing from his injuries. He needed a different perspective to make him see what exactly he was planning to do. Or, if you please, a smack upside the head, figuratively speaking of course. ;) I loved writing the dreams and I'm glad you enjoyed them. They do work as foreshadowing of future events, but actually they're meant to work within the context of this story. Frodo's going home, and none too soon. | |