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| A Took by Any Other Name by Lindelea | 9 Review(s) |
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| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/28/2005 |
| VWD as usual :) I like how you've done some explaining about the change that happened to Paladin. The interactions between Merry (the younger), Estella and Pippin are wonderful. The orc dreams are perfectly horrible, as they should be. I look forward to more :) Author Reply: Thanks! Yes, I'm working out the change, and deciding that some of his change is organic in nature. If your blood pressure goes high enough, the blood vessels in the brain can "leak", doing subtle damage. I really don't think Paladin is entirely in his right mind, though he continues to do his best for the Tooks. *sigh* I have trouble writing people who are purposely contrary. Congratulations on finishing "As We Dwelt in Fear"! I look forward to reading each new chapter as you post. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/26/2005 |
| Estella will need to be pretty determined to out-determine the determined Meriadoc Brandybuck. But she has weapons that others don't. And, in the end, he has the good sense to acknowledge that she is right. Poor Eglantine - I wonder how she has coped with watching Paladin turn from the happy father of her children in this Thain. She cannot have been happy about it - even though she seems to be the only one able to soften him at all. But to be divided from her only son by the pig-headedness of both sides - well, at least she outlived the old grouch and got to see her son and his family again. Author Reply: Lots of determination, there. Two half-Tooks... good thing the Bolger and Brandybuck sides balance them out! Poor Eglantine, indeed. I do wish I could have given them a happy family reunion, but then such things don't always happen in real life, either. Thanks. | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/26/2005 |
| I'm glad that Merry and Estella were able to come to a compromise. At least Merry will hopefully be getting some sleep! The humor in your stories is so well done! Just the little bits of dialogue that have such a wonderful humor in them, they always make me laugh! Pippin's dream must have been frightening for Merry as well! At least though what Pippin said gave Merry some warning and he was able to restrain Pippin a bit (one of those places were your humor shines through). It must be nice for Pippin not to always remember his dreams as well. Poor Eglantine, I think I still feel the worst for her, caught in such a mess. Maybe Pippin will get some of her news though. Looking forward to more and as always hoping it is soon! Author Reply: Yes, happily Merry is getting some sleep. Estella finally figured out which card to play. I know someone who talks in their sleep so I know they dream, but they swear they don't for they never remember dreaming when they waken! LOL, guess that's where I got the idea for Pippin to be that way. *sigh* Poor Eglantine, indeed. Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/25/2005 |
| Ah, the stubborness of the Tooks and Brandybucks and all. Lovely, as always. Author Reply: Coming from rather a stubborn family it is amazingly easy to write recalcitrance. Thanks! | |
| Elenar | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/24/2005 |
| I really like Estella; she's a very strong character. I happy to see that she finally got through to Merry. And Poor Eglantine! She's in a really hard position. I'm looking forward to the next bit. Author Reply: I do like to write strong characters. I find weak characters distressing! I actually wrote one, once, but had trouble writing much about her... Have posted the next bit; enjoy! And thanks for taking the time to comment. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/24/2005 |
| I loved Estella getting firm with Merry about letting her help him and her teasing with both Merry and Pippin was wonderful. I feel so sorry for Eglantine in all of this. She misses her son and she is so very uninformed thanks to Paladin. It was good that she knows about the letters thanks to Merimac. Looking foreward to more and hoping to get back to "Rope" this weekend. Author Reply: It's about time Estella put her foot down! KWYM about hoping to get back to more reading. It's about all I can do on the dinosaur--read a little, and answer email. LJ is tricky, for the old dino's OS doesn't much like it and tends to lock up, as does fanfiction.net. So I gulp what I can from SoA. Unfortunately, the old dino is the children's computer, and they do lessons on it--so I cannot usurp it for very long. And what are you up to, these days? Got any new stories on the horizon? Looking forward to more! | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/24/2005 |
| Oh, joy! What a sweet chapter, despite the worries and all! I`m relieved Merry finally got some sleep, and that even though her methods might be out of the ordinary Estella knew what to do for Pippin. Oh, I do love your Estella - firm and loving. Knowing exactly what Merry needs. I`m glad she managed to get through to him, to get him to open up to her again. And I love how she just takes him by the ears, lol! But poor Pippin! Those nightmares and the fever... Oh, he`s had so much illness, injury and trouble poor lad. And finally both Pippin and Merry had a good and hearty laugh. They both need it. Author Reply: Ah, Estella. She's quite a character, and I really ought to do more with her. Poor Pippin, he has really been through the wringer. Too bad fanfic writers are so "fond" of him! Thanks! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/24/2005 |
| Love Estella's long overdue chat with her husband. She's half Took, but she's enough Bolger to have a dogged persistance that will keep at it until she gets her way. Also love Pippin's reactions on waking up. He's suffering with his nightmares and his sleep, but when he wakens, he is able to put most of it behind him and get on with things. The nightmares are a release for him, in a way. Merry, hopefully, will eventually come to realize this. Why am I getting more and more worried about Merimac? Author Reply: Nice observations, very true. You have good instincts; perhaps that is why you are worried? | |
| Connie B | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 2/24/2005 |
| The banter between Merry, Pippin and Estella was great. Glad to see that Pippin seems to be recovering at last. That scene between Merimac and Eglantine was moving. How hard it must be for her. She loves her husband, despite his warts, but she also loves and misses her only son. I'm glad that eventually she will get him back, but for now it's difficult. Thanks. Connie B. Author Reply: It must be hard. I knew a mom whose son was disowned--for protection of the younger children, for he was deep in drugs--and she never stopped loving him, of course. I'm glad to say that though the time was painful while it lasted, he was restored to his family at last, and was the one who stayed most faithfully by his moms' side, of all her kids, when she went through her last illness. Don't know when the next update will be. Just typing in this latest chapter took hours. The computer works for half an hour to an hour, then overheats and crashes, and needs hours to cool before it will work again. It's convenient, to turn it on during a break and type for 20 minutes or so, but it's a pain, too. And if it's heating up so badly, I'm afraid it might damage something inside, so I'm going to leave it off now, until we can arrange for repair, and just use the old dinosaur to check email. (That one doesn't have a working word processor, sad to say...) Thanks! | |