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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 13 Review(s) |
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| Celeste Lucretia Black | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 5/15/2021 |
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| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 4/24/2006 |
| *hugs Frodo* Oh, poor dear! That is just heart-rending! And terrible that the grief is so great he could think of...*shudders* But leave it to our beloved Merry to cheer him up! :) "Fwo," is it? :) That is just perfectly sweet! Oh, and this is rather random, but where do you get your pollymer? If I can switch to it, I most certainly will. I love to sculpt and decided to try Frodo (after the quest), but I almost lost the feet and felt like I was performing surgery when it came time for the right hand. Removing fingers is not something that's fun to do. *cringes* God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Yes, my young Frodo was very tempted by the Brandywine when his grief for his parents was at its sharpest. But he had Saradoc and Esme to keep an eye on him, and little Merry to assuage his grief. I had said before in a couple of stories that "Fro" was Merry's first word, so I decided to show how that came about. I buy my polymer clay at Michael's Arts and Crafts. I've done two hobbit figures so far--young Frodo reading a book, and wee Pippin. I hope eventually to do all of them. (I'm not sure I could do the missing finger myself--as it was, Frodo's hands fell off in the oven--I made the little book too heavy--and I had to glue them back on!) | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 10/15/2005 |
| I forgot one comment - how do you think rowing on a boat down the river after they left Lothlorien affected Frodo? I think it would have made him even more melancholy and withdrawn than he already was. Rather chilling to think about, actually. Author Reply: That's a good question. Did the Ring tap into those melancholy feelings in an effort to wear him down more? Or did the sweet but sad memories of his parents' lost love have a muffling effect on Its efforts? Or was he so weighed down with the burden of the Ring and the choice he saw looming over him when they got off the River make him forget what he would otherwise remember? That's a fascinating question! | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 10/15/2005 |
| *sniff!* I love little Merry! Even as a baby, he still was the only one who could reach out to Frodo and make him feel better. This story captures Merry's intense personality so well. His ability to get through to Frodo with his namesake merry disposition, his worry and anger when he is not able to get to Frodo to make him feel better, and, of course, his boundless love for his dearest cousin. It is quite a statement that his first word was not "mum" or "da," but "Fwo." This was a heart-wrenching story to read. Poor Frodo wanting to go find a way to join his parents - how painful that must have been to Saradoc and Esmerelda to see! They must have felt so powerless to do anything to help their almost-son. Thankfully, they had that room by theirs so they could watch him and protect him. But still... how awful for them! And Frodo! For a melancholy lad to show that much emotion just stabs at the heart. He was so young and to be orphaned in a place teaming with mums and das, but not his own, no matter he was so distraught. In a place with a couple of hundred members of his family, he felt all alone. Thank goodness he had his little sprout. I should like to see Frodo in those moments of mischief that he sometimes got at other times of the year. I wish there were more of them. This story was as beautifully poignant the second time around as it was the first. Thank you once again for updating your chronological list so that I did not miss this wonderful story. Author Reply: Yes, Merry had a destiny in life, and that was to his cousin. He was on the job just about from the day he was born. Baby Merry loves all his family very much, but he instinctively knows that Frodo *needs* him, and he really wanted to be with him--you will notice that his first word was out of frustration because his Frodo was upset and he could not get to him. Yes, you've captured his feelings and the dynamic I wished to portray perfectly. Hobbits are an extremely clannish, family oriented race, and the ties of blood are very tight. I think the forcible wrenching of those ties when Frodo was so young and vulnerable left him prey to melancholy (or as we would call it, depression) The idea that it would be worse at the times of his parents' deaths fits into JRRT's world, where the anniversary of something traumatic continues to resonate--such as Frodo's spring and fall anniversaries post-Quest. I may get around to showing some of them. I've still got loads of gaps to fill. I am glad you gave me the impetus to do so. I'd been meaning to for a long time. Thank you. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/28/2005 |
| That's so SWEET!!! I just love it! *sniff* | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/23/2005 |
| Little Merry must have been such a blessing for Frodo. It's not surprising that such a level of devotion grew up between them. Author Reply: I truly do think so. Poor Frodo needed something or someone so badly at the time when Merry was born, that it was rather inevitable. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/22/2005 |
| Ah, between grief and toddlers! My great-niece's first words were spoken last night--DADA. Author Reply: *grin* How sweet! Little ones do have a way with them, don't they? | |
| songspinner | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/22/2005 |
| Oh, just perfect. Made me a bit weepy, but that's just fine. Such a clear picture of what it might have been like for Frodo coming to live there after such a tragedy, and such love shown to him by his family. Merry always did know what was important, didn't he? -Laura Author Reply: Yes, he did, from the time he was born, I think he was meant to be Frodo's comforter. Poor Frodo just needed to be needed so very badly at that time, and Merry came along, and he just latched onto him. | |
| Pendora | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/22/2005 |
| That nearly had me in tears! I've often thought about that time after Drogo and Primula's death, and thought how miserable it must have been for poor Frodo. You captured everything very well and even though there was a somewhat melancholy tone to the story, things always lightened up a bit when Merry was there. How sweet! Comforting and protecting Frodo from the beginning! And of course his first word was "Fwo"! Lovely work, Dreamflower! Author Reply: That's *exactly* what I've always said, that Merry was protective of Frodo from infancy on! And of course it was! How could it not be? | |
| Tigger | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 8/22/2005 |
| Oh, what an adorable lovely piece of fluff this is. What an approrate time and word for Merry to say for his first word. "Fwo" This was lovely Dreamflower, simply cuddly and adorable. You've gotta love sweet wee hobbit lads. :oD Author Reply: Wee!Merry is so very cute and cuddly, isn't he? Baby hobbits are so sweet--I could eat'em with a spoon! *grin* | |