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| Someone As You Can Trust by Lindelea | 8 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/5/2006 |
| And he learns at last that his cousins went through their own baptism by fire and the sword before he was fully across the lake above Rauros. Lovely characterization of Frodo--exactly right! Author Reply: O thank you! I'm always worried about doing the characters justice, so it's nice to have a reassurance from one who writes him so well. ...and you have started a new story! I just saw it, and littlest is still asleep (she's slept, on and off, for most of the day and I even got a two-hour nap myself--so much for school today, but as we school year-round we can take a day off here or there and I was a wreck trying to correct their maths this afternoon, I can tell you!) - anyhow, if she doesn't waken in the next few minutes I'm going to sneak a peek! Nice news that you might be coming down. Perhaps if the weather is like today we can have a picnic tea. Would that suit? Author Reply: oops, I just heard a waking-up groan from the bedroom, so it'll have to be the next time I'm online, if I time it right. | |
| Laureleaf | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/21/2006 |
| The antics of hobbits! Frodo wants to believe that Pip and Merry were safe and snug away from battle - and they are STILL trying to protect him (from the reality of what they faced). Now i'm frustrated, as I wanted to read strait through to see how it played out, but it has yet to do so! Can't wait for the next chapter, it's been a great telling so far. Author Reply: Thanks for the encouragement! I don't have much time for writing until summer comes, but had a little free time today to type a bit more in. I am hoping to wrap this up soon, but it keeps stretching on... rather like reluctant hobbits not wanting to distress their older cousin, and trying to figure out how to put the light, hobbity way of talking aside long enough to tell him what he wants to know. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2006 |
| They are keeping back a goodly deal, Mr. Baggins. But you'll be proud of them at the end of their tales :) Well done, as always, Lin :) Author Reply: Thanks, Pearl. I'll bet he'll practically burst his buttons with pride, by the end of their tales... (after being suitably horrified, of course) | |
| storyfish | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/19/2006 |
| Oh, my! I think that this telling-of-tales scene is definitely not written about enough, and you're certainly drawing out the suspense! I'm biting off all my fingernails (so my fingers will look like Elijah's *snrk!*) while waiting to find out how Pippin and Merry will break their news to Frodo and how he'll react! There are some wonderful moments in here already--including your description of Merry and Sam standing back to back (as if they were in a battle!), and Merry's outburst because he was tired, and Frodo's unfortunate choice of words when Pip fell on him that hit Gimli and Merry where it hurts. If you can't tell, I'm eagerly awaiting the next chapter! This is so good that I've read these chapters a few times over again, in hopes I've missed some more by accident. :-D Oh, and by the way, thanks so much for reccing me @ Marigold's! I didn't discover it until a week or so later, I think, since I've been so busy lately and it was such a pleasant surprise. :-) Author Reply: Thanks! It's something I've wondered about... just how did they go about telling Frodo what all they'd done? Hey, wanted to ask if I could put one of your stories up for the MEFA awards, but I've misplaced your email address. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/19/2006 |
| I, once again am loving Gimli as he rushes to the defense of Pippin and Merry. I also feel so very sorry for Frodo once he learns how close he came to the truth with his remarks about being "crushed to crumbs" and hears the full tale of the Orcs and their treatment of his cousins. Still enjoying this very much. Author Reply: Yes, Gimli has really grown on me. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/19/2006 |
| Frodo really wants to think they've been safe, doesn't he? Bad enough they were in the same country as a battle - he certainly doesn't want to imagine the trials that took them there. Better, I think, for him to learn sooner rather than later what actually happened to them after he and Sam disappeared off to do their duty. Although he will be angry - probably disbelieving - and then feel even more guilty. Author Reply: *sigh* Poor Frodo. I've had that feeling before. Don't tell me, I don't really want to know... no, not-knowing is worse than knowing... so tell me... | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/18/2006 |
| Oh dear! Did Merry and Pippin *really* think they were going to keep all they had been through from Frodo? I can't think how they thought they were going to accomplish that! There they are in a campful of people who would be brimming with tales of the Ernil i Pheriannath and of the small hero who rode among the Rohirrim and helped slay the W-K. How did Frodo think they had attained their new rank? Better he hear it from them first, really... Although I can't blame them for wanting to avoid his reaction... Author Reply: I don't think they're thinking all that clearly. I imagine they only wanted to keep it from Frodo for a little while, so as not to tarnish the brightness of the day. And after hearing about the Tower, in the minstrel's ballad, they're not sure how Frodo would react to their being captives of Orcs... | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/18/2006 |
| O, poor Pippin trying to keep Frodo from finding out that he was injured, and poor Merry -- who was more wounded by being 'left behind' more than once, than anything else that happened to him. *hugs hobbits gently* Author Reply: You know, I never really thought of that. Merry *was* left behind a number of times, wasn't he? And the whole Conspiracy started because of his determination *not* to be left behind. | |