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| The Trouble with Love by GamgeeFest | 13 Review(s) |
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| nancylea57 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 12/15/2008 |
| there's the problem with most planners; they are too busy seeing everything to see the little details of their own life. Author Reply: Indeed. Pervinca was so busy looking over the fields that she missed what was going on around her, which worked out quite well for Everard. | |
| EstellaB | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/26/2006 |
| How could you leave things like that between Merry and Estella? *sobs* If this wasn't such a good fic, I would be livid, but as it is, I will be content with severely irritated. Please, write another one where they make up. Please?? Author Reply: LOL. You should be pleased to know that I do stick with canon and so Merry and Estella do eventually end up together, but the making up won't happen for a long while. I will eventually write the follow up to this story; there will be two sequels to be exact and I've already started on the first one, but it's coming along rather slowly. I'm glad you liked the story despite the diversion from canon. :) | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/13/2005 |
| Oooh! Happy ending! *contented sigh*^And I am very glad we know that it`s Merry and Estella in the end, and I`m sure Gordi won`t treat her bad until Merry returns. Thank you for this! Author Reply: Thank you for reading. :) Gordi will be the perfect gentlehobbit, rest assured, though Merry will find things still to be a bit complicated when he gets back from the Quest. At least Pervinca and Everard don't have any complications getting in their way - once Pervinca finds a way to tell Ev she feels the same for him too, anyway. But knowing Vinca, it won't take her that long. ;) | |
| Isilhen Daegol | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/11/2005 |
| Aww, how sweet. Though I still don't feel satisfied with the Estella bit. I suppose she probably marries Gordi, doesn't she? sigh. Oh well. I guess not everything can turn out how we want it to. I like Ev. He's fun, and rather sweet. Vinca got a good catch there. Well, needless to say, I loved this ever so much, and the only good thing about it ending is that I know how it turns out. Author Reply: Nothing has been decided yet on the Estella/Gordi front. Their relationship is in a rocky place right now and it can go any number of ways, especially with all that we know it coming up. Ev is quite the romantic, for all his cajoling ways. He certainly has Pervinca pegged. He knows her better than she does him. Now, if Vinca can just figure out how to tell him she feels the same way, lol. But then again, Ev probably already knows that. ;) Thanks for reading. | |
| Nina the powerwriter | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/10/2005 |
| That's the end? *sobs* You can't stop there! You have me thristing for more! How will Estella and Merry get together? What will happen between Pervinca and Everard? Oh, please let us know! Anyroad, I did very much enjoy this story. Pervinca's perspective is very interesting and fun to read. Author Reply: LOL, sorry for having to end it there, but if it had gone on to tie up all the loose strings, it would have been a very different story, and a heck of a lot longer. Don't worry though, I have a post-Quest fic in the works that should clear everything up. I just need to actually sit down and write it. ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the fic. Pervinca did prove to be quite interesting and devious, but I always knew she would be a handful. Perhaps that's the real reason I didn't do her POV before, lol. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/10/2005 |
| This was so much fun! I loved Pervinca. I hope there will be more about her courtship in future stories. Ev seems to have won her heart. I do hope he knows what he's in for with that one. Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Pervinca has a special place in my heart after this, lol. She's quite unlike any character I've ever written and she certainly kept me on my toes. Ev is fully aware of how wily Vinca can be, and she likewise knows what a hassle Ev can be. It should be interesting to watch their courtship develop. | |
| RenaissanceGrrl | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2005 |
| THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE FIC, SHOULD ANYONE ELSE SEE IT... *bangs head on desk repeatedly to clear it well enough to type* POST! QUEST! FIC! ASAP! It was good...but your cliffies are BEYOND frustrating!!! The Pervinca/Everard parts were sweet and well-done...but MERRY! ESTELLA! *gack!* *wishes for her Tale of Years to appear so she can research Gordi and Ella* Did Gordi die in the War? Was Estella a widow when she and Merry...well...married? Are they going to break up again? ARRRRGH! I understand how satisfying it can be to frustrate your readers. So I get why you did it. BUT ARRRRGH! I really did enjoy it...but...POST! QUEST! FIC! ASAP! Author Reply: LOL, hm, seems I have the perfect incentive to get someone to start working on her backlog of reading. *evil laugh* And I did warn you at the beginning that the cliffies would only get worse. ;) Gordi is actually an OC. He doesn't appear in any of the family trees or in the Tale of Years. He first appeared in "A Tale..." and was briefly mentioned in "Walking Trip", and he has a brief appearance in another fic I'm working on, but this is the first time I've used him to any great extent. I haven't quite figured out what will become of Gordi and Estella so I can't even hint about what might happen in the future, except that Merry and Estella do get married. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2005 |
| “To the loveliest shrew I ever knew,” the card reads. LOL! Ev and Per are the perfect match, that's for sure! And I think, that's also true for Merry and Estella. But we have to wait till after the quest. I'm curious to know, how you will solve this problem. I have something in my mind, but like Dreamflower I just love to be surprised :) Thank you, GamgeeFest! Author Reply: Ev and Per are a match made in heaven. Their temperaments are just right for each other, both of them being coniving and devious. They'll be a formidable team. Merry and Estella have quite a few obstacles standing in their way, Gordi being only one of them. I'm getting the pieces together and hope to start writing a follow up within the next month or so. How soon I'll get it posted is another matter. Thank *you* for reading! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2005 |
| Well - at least the end of scheming on the Merry/Estella front has enable Pervinca to notice Everard's attentions. Does he realise just how dangerous that could be? Although it will probably keep her mind off Pippin and Merry long enough for them to head off on the quest - by which time she will be kicking herself for not checking up on the information they have let slip. Gordi's future doesn't look too promising, though - unless you are intending to Implement Change. I hope he is very happy at the moment, as his satisfaction is likely to be short-lived. Like, possibly, him. I love the Pervinca-centric tale. More Pervinca! Please. Author Reply: Ev considers himself quite prepared to handle whatever Pervinca may throw at him, but she'll still be able to surprise him. Pervinca will either become distracted from Merry and Pippin, or try to talk Ev into spying with her. Ev is quite a bit curious himself, being a Took and all, so anything at this point is possible. Same goes for Gordi. I haven't quite decided on his fate as of yet, but as we know Estella does end up with Merry, we know that his happiness with Estella will not last long. LOL, Pervinca did turn out to be quite a character. I always knew she was devious, but she even surprised me here with some of the things she said and did. It was fun getting to know her better and we just might see more of her in the future. Thanks for reading! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2005 |
| A brilliant ending to the story! Of course you left strings hanging, how could you not? But we already know a good deal of it, thanks to JRRT! I really look forward to seeing how you resolve the knot you have made. Actually, last night I woke up, and a solution was in my head as to what you could do, but I'm definitely not putting it in my review. I'm not sure I want to know if I've guessed right, and I think I'd rather continue to be surprised. I do have to say I want to see more of Ev and Vinca--that lad has nerves of steel and a mind quite the match of Vinca's! Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you approve of the lack of ending, as the case may be, lol. There really simply was no way of wrapping anything up here without this turning into a completely different (and much longer) story. I would be interested to hear your idea, if I weren't afraid it might influence what I have in mind. Maybe afterward, if you still remember what it is, lol. I'm still putting all the pieces together for the post-Quest fic, and as is often the case, I probably won't have it completely figured out until *after* I write it. ;) Vinca and Ev are the perfect match. I see much arguing and making up in their future, lol. But Ev is prepared for that. As he said, the best part is the arguing. He might not be prepared for the making-up part though. *snickers evilly* | |