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| Dreamflower's Mathoms I by Dreamflower | 7 Review(s) |
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| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 8/10/2006 |
| Ooh! Mysterious slippers. Maybe Frodo and Merry could do some investigating and find out where they came from. Loved the little touch of Merry's concern when there were in the first mathom room. Frodo obviously saw something that belonged to his parents once. Hobbity versions of fairy tales are always enjoyable to read. Author Reply: I'm hoping one of these days one of Squiggy's brothers or sisters will tell me where the slippers came from! Yes, many of his parents' household items were stored there, including his mother's rocking chair. But I didn't want to digress, so I just kind of hinted at it. I like the idea of hobbit fairy tales too! This one was fun to figure out. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 4/25/2006 |
| What a lovely variation of "Cinderella," seemingly with a dash of something common in many fairy stories-a babe found in the woods. :) I like it very much. Say, wonder how those slippers *did* get there? God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Yes, I rather combined several fairy-tales there. I'm glad you liked my version. I don't know yet how they got there--the bunny has not told me. But if it does, I will let everyone know! | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 12/7/2005 |
| Wheee! Wee Merry story! LOL! This was like reading about baby Moses and Cinderella all at once just in Middle-earth version. Lovely! :D Author Reply: I *thought* you might like wee!Merry--and of course, how could we have wee!Berilac without having wee!Merry? It's funny, I hadn't thought about baby Moses, but you're absolutely right!! Thank you!! | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 12/7/2005 |
| I meant to review this when you posted it, but was trying to finish the Rufus-centric story for Shirebound. :-)) I was as engrossed in the story as Merry and Beri. Hints of many fairy tales, including Cinderella, and delightfully told. I wonder where those slippers came from, and how they came to be at Brandy Hall? Is that another plot bunny I can nudge in your direction? ;-)) And how lovely that Frodo has faith there might be a King one day. Author Reply: And a delightful story it was, in spite of the presence of one of those "critters". *shudder* I did take a number of traditional fairy tale and blend them together. With having to include "slippers", Cinderella was a given. Yet some elements of our fairy tales are not very "Middle-earthy" so to speak, so I left out fairy godmothers and wicked stepmothers as being inappropriate for JRRT's world. Frodo at least knows from Bilbo's stories that a king can return--remember the "King Beneath the Mountain"? And Dale? So it doesn't really seem quite the impossibility to him that it may to the other hobbits. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 12/6/2005 |
| I’m truly fascinated about the ideas you’re coming up with! What an ingenious way to include slippers in the story! The tale Frodo told his young cousins was lovely. It reminds me of ‚Cinderella’, but your version is better – no maimed feets and no bad stepmother! Author Reply: Well, I blended "Cinderella" in with a lot of other fairy tales. But I felt that elements like wicked stepmothers, maimed feet and fairy godmothers just did not *fit* in JRRT's Middle-earth. I'm glad you liked the version I came up with. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 12/6/2005 |
| Well, maybe there just MIGHT be a princess or two one day for Gondor and Arnor--and perhaps they just might get to know them! HEH! Author Reply: Yes, indeed they might, LOL! I love the irony in that saying "when the King comes back"; especially for that generation that *did* indeed live to see what none thought could happen, happen! *grin* | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 80 on 12/5/2005 |
| LOL! Cinderella, hobbit-style! Very cleverly told, although just because the slipper fit the mother, does not mean it will fit the daughter. But now you have me wondering, just what *were* those slippers doing in Brandy Hall? Must you always create new plot bunnies for yourself? Mind you, my missing moment between Merry and Pippin just before the Quest and after Merry helps Frodo still comes first! That spy-glass must be the one Merry referred to later on, yes? And the extra copper bath tubs! Surely, those are the ones that went into Crickhollow, as we discussed, right? Those objects are like old friends in your stories. I really enjoyed seeing Frodo interact not only with his sprout, but with Beri-lad as well. I've become rather fond of Berilac, thanks to you. You are an excellent story teller, as is Frodo. Author Reply: Well, of course, that is the way of fairy-tales. And though I eschewed the presence of fairy godmothers, I thought I might be allowed that bit of magic, LOL! Yes, everyone, including me, is wondering about them. We shall have to see what happens along those lines... Indeed, that is the very spy-glass, which Merry does mention in "When the King Comes Back", and in "A Different Kind of Quest". And those are indeed some of the spare tubs that went to Crickhollow. I am quite sure that the other young children, who were Merry's playmates, would also have doted on Frodo. I'm glad that you like my Berilac. He's rather grown on me as well. And thank you! | |