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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 7 Review(s) |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 4/22/2006 |
| A very precious moment between these two. Yes, I can see this. And I love your Bilbo! God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Thank you. And I am rather inordinately fond of the old fellow myself. *grin* | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/11/2005 |
| Amazing! Such important ideas conveyed in such a brief story. I love seeing Bilbo act as Frodo's guardian once again, teaching him and being stern with him. Frodo is so used to being the one protecting Merry and Pippin, but Bilbo is also their cousin and the senior member of their families present. It's only natural that Elrond would go to Bilbo in this situation, especially since Bilbo has been living in Rivendell for so many years now. Bilbo really brought it home to Frodo just how important it was to Merry and Pippin to go with him, not because it was an adventure, but because he was in so much danger. There's nothing like changing someone's perspective to make them understand the other side. There's no way Frodo would have allowed Bilbo to go on such a Quest without him. Bilbo was brilliant and knew just how to make Frodo understand. I love seeing the interaction between the two of them. Can you imagine the first time that Bilbo saw Merry and Pippin at Rivendell after all these years? "Goodness, how you've grown, my lads!" Author Reply: That was my *exact* reasoning about Bilbo's role during that time. I believed it could not be just "chance" that placed him there and then. Bilbo immediately and naturally resumed his role as senior cousin as soon as they had come into his pervue. And I think you are absolutely right about Elrond. Frodo, of course, was not reacting logically at all, but out of fear for Merry and Pippin. Bilbo enabled him to see just how illogical he was being with one little question. Oh my yes! I can also imagine just how utterly *relieved* they would have been to fall into his familiar arms after all the terror and worry on the road. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/10/2005 |
| If only he had been able to stay safe. Excellent thoughts on perspective. Another I hadn't read for quite some time. Wish I'd commented on it before. Author Reply: Well, I am so glad to see that you commented now. It has always seemed to me a very special and important thing that Bilbo was at Rivendell when the Travellers arrived there. He was needed very much at that point, after the four of them had encountered their first and most horrifying dangers; I am sure the days between their arrival and their leaving were often occupied by their most senior cousin lending them his love and wisdom. | |
| PIppinfan1988 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 4/20/2005 |
| Great perspective! Never gave old Bilbo a second thought while they were in Rivendell. I like how he is interacting with Frodo; "father" to "son". Wonderful! Pippinfan Author Reply: I think Bilbo's presence in Rivendell was very important. His being there made him the senior representative of the family. | |
| esamen | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/23/2004 |
| “As do I. And as I will worry about all of you. Please, lad, stay safe.” Awww. Nicely done. You stack the whole deck very well. A finely wrought combination of logic and love. I just adore Bilbo-Frodo gapfiller conversations. This is one of the best that I've read. Love it! Thank you! Beautiful! Author Reply: Frodo was reacting emotionally to his fears for his cousins. Bilbo was able to turn that on its head, by making Frodo realize that the concern cuts two ways. I'm pretty fond of Bilbo-Frodo moments myself. I'm glad you enjoyed it. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/29/2004 |
| “And what makes you think anything has changed now?” Bilbo has a way of putting his finger right in the bullseye of the target of Truth. Author Reply: Frodo is really fretting and taking out his frustrations and fears. All Bilbo really needed to do was to get him to focus and think. Frodo *knew* that his cousins had not changed, even as his own fears *for* them had deepened. I think of Bilbo as being very straightforward, and not sugar-coating things. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/28/2004 |
| I don't remember this one from the ficathon. I always love it when Bilbo tells a tale. Great story! Author Reply: I picture it that after several years, Bilbo's stories became a fixed tradition of a Brandy Hall Yule. | |