News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
| About Us News Resources
Login
Become a member
Help
Search
|
|
|
| Twice Twenty by Dreamflower | 7 Review(s) |
|---|---|
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/1/2006 |
| Interesting. I read the other reviews on this one and noticed something nobody else commented on that stood out to me. It's almost like Frodo is telling a story about himself, being lonely and wishing his parents were around, feeling different and like he didn't quite fit in. I didn't catch the foreshadowing exactly of his future changes but I did think that he was projecting a wish that at some future time, in a different existence he might be able to get to know and spend time with his mother. Very beautiful thought, wrapped in a sweet fluffy piece of young hobbity cousin (and friend) love. OH... and I did like the herb lesson with Sam and Merry. With the similarities in age and temperament between those two, it's not unreasonable to think that Merry's future interest in herbs stemmed from Sam and his Gaffer. LOL... what would the Gaffer had thought if Merry had started following him around his work? LOL Author Reply: Well, you know, I did have some of that in mind, both the fact that he might be thinking wistfully of his own mother, as well as a little tad of foreshadowing. And I am not sure he consciously thought of any of that--just what his mind might make up, from seeing the caterpillar hatch--but his own longings and feelings would come through. *grin* I like to think it was an interest they'd have in common. Probably a year or two later, Merry might have dropped the interest for a while, but then his experiences in the HoH, and so forth would have revived it. Somewhere in another story, I have Merry thinking about how the Gaffer doesn't mind him "watching" the work, as long as he doesn't try to "help", while Sam, once he takes over, does not mind the watching *or* the helping. (Until he comes of age.) | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/11/2006 |
| Oh! My stupid clumsiness--that's the second time this week I've left an empty review! Sorry. Awww...such a sweet story for Frodo to tell. So, they got to see a butterfly come out of its cocoon. Once, when I was in second grade, one of the teachers brought in a bunch of them, and my class got to be there when the butterflies emerged; then we were allowed to take them on our fingers until their wings dried, and I thought of that, reading this story. Very appropriate for spring! God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: It's an amazing thing to witness, and I thought it might spark a story idea in Frodo, when Pippin asked for a tale. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/11/2006 |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 10/16/2005 |
| It's The Ugly Duckling, hobbit-style! Frodo did an excellent job of telling this adapted version of the wonderful old classic. Those Bagginses sure do have a way with telling stories. So Pippin has leaves and twigs in his hair again, eh? At least there is no sap in it this time! And Sam is cultivating Merry's interest in plants again, too. No wonder Merry writes that herblore book later on. "Merry was at the age where he would develop sudden enthusiasms for different hobbies." At what age will I outgrow this? For I am quite like Merry in this regard, although I do not switch as often and always maintain some interest in past subjects. lol! That butterfly sounds very beautiful. I've never seen one as we don't have them in this neck of the woods. Author Reply: Kind of the same theme, yes. It's rather a universal theme, and I thought the sight of the caterpillar would do it. And Frodo is Bilbo's heir in more things than just Bag End. I would imagine curious little Pip spent a good deal of time with leaves and twigs in his hair, LOL! *chuckle* I'll have to confess to multiple hobbies as well. I googled for a site with British butterflies, and chose that one for two reasons: the time of year that was given for it to hatch and such, and the similarity in names to the butterflies Bilbo saw in Mirkwood in "The Hobbit". | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 7/17/2005 |
| A nice hobbity version of The Ugly Duckling, as well as foreshadowing of the changes Frodo was himself to know. Author Reply: I'm glad you caught the foreshadowing. And yes, I sort of had the story of the Ugly Duckling in the back of my head... | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/3/2005 |
| This was lovely! I do enjoy reading (and writing) about happy hobbits, and I love reading about our lads when they were young. Thank you for providing such a lovely start to my day. Author Reply: I'm so glad that it was a nice morning for you! I am having a good deal of fun with this set of themes. I don't doubt that a few of them may turn out to be a bit angsty, but most of them seem to lend themselves to lovely wee!hobbit fluff! | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/2/2005 |
| I enjoyed Frodo's story very much. The Bagginses do have a way with a good tale, don't they? This was cute. I look forward to more. Author Reply: Thanks. I thought it might be the sort of "off-the-cuff" story that Frodo might be inspired to tell, after watching the caterpillar hatch. | |