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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 11 Review(s) |
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| Celeste Lucretia Black | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 5/15/2021 |
| I want to hug them both 😢 | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 2/2/2006 |
| Oh! This reduced me to tears, and even now they don't stop. You capture the escence of grief, and of the music of bagpipes, so perfectly. I think that the only musical instrument that outdoes them is the violin. This has to be the most moving story of yours I've ever read. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Wow. Thank you. For ages, I'd had this image in my mind of Pippin, playing a sad lament in the fog by the River, and one morning, when Anso had asked for some Merry-angst, I suddenly knew the story behind it. It just came to me. | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 4/21/2005 |
| *sniff* It must have been very difficult for them to loose Frodo, although it was for the best it didn't make the pain any less for them. At least Gandalf warned them soon enough that they were able to catch Frodo before he truly was gone. Poor Merry, it must have been frightening for him to wake up alone and then to think that perhaps Pippin was gone to. Nicely done, you had me crying. Author Reply: Yes, knowing that Frodo was going to be healed would be of some comfort, but it would not make the pain less, as you say. They don't call it the Sundering Sea for nothing. Once the ship had sailed, as far as the other hobbits were concerned, he might as well have been dead. They wouldn't see him again in life. And Merry's pain had to be acute. I think that of the four, he was the most possessive and held on the hardest; Frodo had been like a big brother to him--it had to hurt incredibly to lose him that way. As you say frightening and disorienting to awaken and feel as though Pippin might be gone as well. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/31/2005 |
| That was beautiful and such a lovely and heart breaking imagine of the two cousins, left behind. They will always have each other and that must be a comfort to them both. Author Reply: They do comfort one another. But I keep thinking of the fact that they too, will leave the Shire when the end of their lives draws near, as does Sam. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/30/2005 |
| This is simply fantastically haunting and beautiful, and well in keeping with the characters and the gifts you have seen them showing forth. Thank you. Author Reply: Thank *you* for the kind review. I do find that a bagpiper's lament is incredibly haunting, and am glad you thought I conveyed that! | |
| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/30/2005 |
| You've written many stories which touch on Pippin's love of music, but this is the culmination of them all. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Also a lovely addition to canon. Author Reply: Thank you very much! I am amazed at the response to this little ficlet--it's another of those that seemed to write itself. | |
| Eruanna | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/30/2005 |
| Thank you so much for posting this! Your use of imagery is breath-taking, and there is something in the vision of a lonely piper playing his haunting melody to the fog and the river that just pierces the heart. The sound of bagpipes almost never fails to bring me to tears, and this story is no different. Your own words describe it perfectly: 'the keening, wailing unearthly beauty of grief'. And it is beautiful. So thank you again. Blessings, Eruanna Author Reply: I've had that image of Pippin in my head for some time now, waiting for the right story, and this just seemed to be *it*. I am so glad that you understand what I was aiming for. There is nothing more haunting than a bagpipe lament. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/29/2005 |
| So sad and yet just what one might expect of each of them. Again, another lovely use of music. Tolkien would be proud. Author Reply: Thank you, that's quite a compliment! | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/29/2005 |
| Oh Dreamflower! You really got to me with this one - I sat and cried thinking of poor Merry and Pip grieving over the loss of Frodo. They put on such a brave face for Sam's benefit but you know they must be hurting inside. Beautiful story! Author Reply: For those two, Frodo always just *was*--they never knew life without him. And for Merry, he was more of a big brother than a cousin. Frodo and Sam were connected heart and soul, but with Merry and Pippin, the connection to Frodo was blood and bone as well. | |
| songspinner | Reviewed Chapter: 34 on 3/29/2005 |
| Oh my...that was stunning. Such beautiful imagery and such depth of feeling in both hobbits. I love the idea that Pippin gets out his grief that way - my younger sister did that at the death of our grandfather years ago, spending two days at the piano composing music that she played at his memorial. Music heals tremendously, and I think you did a nice job of showing the strong emotions. -Laura Author Reply: Thank you. I think that is indeed how my Pippin would deal with grief, and the sound of bagpipes is perfect to me for that emotion. | |