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| Reunion by Larner | 18 Review(s) |
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| whisperer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/2/2013 |
| I read this story for a forth time.. and i still love this.. | |
| Periantari | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/2/2006 |
| Been meaning to start reading this for a while~ and i must say, many things in here tugged at my heart. like this bit: Sam took a deep, sighing breath, and felt the catch in his chest that he knew well enough indicated he was indeed coming closer and closer by the day to the end. He looked out at the Shire below him under the slanting light of the afternoon Sun, and found himself almost overwhelmed by longing again, the longing to go the quays of the Grey Havens and step aboard that grey ship that would take him in search of his Master. :*( So beautifully written and...and... yeah... I just love how you wrote it. So so bittersweet. And Rosie to have told Sam to "seek him out"--her heart is so big and so full of compassion and knowledge that indeed, Sam is destined to follow his Master. And i love the recounting of the past by Sam's grandchildren. And the fact that there was Frodo III. :) Thank you for this story--i'm sure i will love it (as i love most of your stories. :) Author Reply: Sorry to be so delayed in responding, Periantri, but once again am without a computer at home capable of getting online. The desktop is still being rebuilt, and the laptop's version of Windows is too old to allow me to access the satellite link. Am VERY frustrated. That the reunion with Frodo must cost the loss of his wife must have been tearing to Sam, or so I'd think; and Rosie herself would wish him to have that amount of healing before he came to her again. Yes, our Rosie Cotton is one with a wise and discerning heart, and one who knows what her beloved husband will need once she's gone. And of course there will always be a Frodo and/or Bilbo now in Bag End! Maybe not a Baggins, although I love that as a FF writer I can allow that in peripherally through the eventual unions between Sam's progeny and those of Fosco and Forsythia. And thanks so much for the feedback. | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/22/2006 |
| Sad but beautiful. A gentle passing for our beloved Rose, and how perfect that she tells Sam to go to Frodo. She was the ideal wife for Sam, unselfish and understanding. I loved the details of the families with all the children and grandchildren. Thank goodness Sam has them to watch over him. I always think the loss of a spouse, particularly when the couple have been together for such a long time, must be the most difficult thing to deal with. Author Reply: Yes, a gentle death, and one expected in the end. She loved him as he was, knowing that she shared his devotion ever with Frodo. I think in part Frodo saw his leaving as a gift to her, that she not have to share that constantly. Now she's come to a different fulfillment, and is willing to allow Sam to find it. And am so glad you like the families, and at least Frodo-lad's children and grandchildren. If only all families were as cohesive and giving. I can tell you from experience there is always difficulty in losing a beloved spouse, even when it is anticipated. Losing mine was easier in some ways than I'd foreseen, but harder in others. And the turning to call out to the spouse elsewhere about the house is something I still start to do from time to time. Rather weird, but part of life. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/20/2006 |
| I do feel sorry that Sam had no chance to say goodbye. But this is how my grandfather went too - he and my grandmother were watching the evening news and she tried to wake him but he was already gone, just like that. I am glad Rose gave her blessing to go. She must have known it was hard at times to stay. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: In many ways just being together those last days, knowing they were both beginning to fade, was their mutual goodbye. Rosie would know that Sam needed that last healing before he was truly ready to follow after, and I'm certain she would have given her blessing for him to take that ship in the end. She saw him, saw his nightmares, saw his dreams of loss. It was time to do a bit of finding so that he would feel more confident about the second one to follow. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/20/2006 |
| You’re free now to seek him out, Samwise Gamgee. Use well the days, and then come to me, both of you. Remember what I told you as I wanted, love. Oh Larner, that was wonderful! Sam's last journey to the havens and his reunion with Frodo, and perhaps their reunion with Rosie, too. I'm thrilled to read about that from your point of view. And I love the idea that Frodo-lad named his son Frodo, too. If the tradition is maintained (which I hope is true) the statement, which I've heard in some other story comes true: There will always be a Frodo in Bag End! Thank you very much :) Author Reply: I'm not certain how many others have written that there always be a Frodo in Bag End, but I know I wrote that prediction by Sam in "For Eyes to See as Can." As Frodo-lad's principal heir was Holfast, then there must have been a younger son named either Frodo or Bilbo; and so Frodo-third was born. Frodo would be a fairly popular name, I suspect, among those who'd been close to our Frodo for their sons. Rosie knows her Sam and what he needs; now he's free, and it's time for him to fulfill the other deepest desire of his heart before he goes on to find her again--to at last reunite with the brother of his heart once more while it is still possible on this side. And thank YOU very much. | |
| Tigger | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/19/2006 |
| Oh Larner...So bittersweet and sad, yet hopeful too. Looking forward to seeing this story develop. Author Reply: Had hoped to update today, but suffered technical difficulties. I HATE technical difficulties, BTW. Will have to recopy to floppy and try again tomorrow when I get home from work. Yes, bittersweet and sad, and yet hopeful as well. Rosie had a wonderful life with the perfect hobbit for her, and is happy enough to go along, knowing that her Sam will experience the last healing before he joins her again. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/19/2006 |
| Ah, another interesting plot bunny! Frodo-third? *grin* Well, of course, with all these little Frodos in the family and all over the Shire, they have to give them numbers ;-) To fight the sea-longing for sixty years must have been hard for Sam, no matter how much he loved his wive. Even if it means he has to lose Rosie and to leave behind the rest of his family, I suppose in this regard it must’ve been a great relief for him to be able to finally give in and sail west. But Rosie’s death was surely quite a shock for poor Sam, though you catched the foreshadowing through the dreams very well. He might not have accomplished anywhere as much as his Master had in the eight months Frodo had served as deputy Mayor, much less what old Flourdumpling had done Now, *that* I don’t believe one moment! Sam was always much too modest. They wouldn’t have elected him so often if he did not a lot more; I am sure he would have had the Shire blooming even if he never had been Mayor. Loved the idea of all the couples slipping into the cave to kiss! Maybe it was sometimes a bit crowded in there. And Frodo counting them *grin* | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/18/2006 |
| Ohhh, so bittersweet! But how lovely that Sam and Rosie "rejoiced" in one another until the gentle end of her life. “Got many of the advantages of bein’ of Elven blood, he has, but some of the disadvantages as well. Has to watch so many of us go ahead of him, know he has to wait years till he’ll come where we’ll be waitin’.” How perceptive of Sam. This is off to an intriguing beginning. Author Reply: Don't you agree that this would be true, Shirebound, that physically as well as emotionally they would continue to show their love for one another even as their ends approached. And of course Sam would appreciate how Aragorn must grieve so often as more and more of those he loved died before him. So glad you're enjoying this. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/18/2006 |
| Awww...*sigh* Poor Sam. And yet he will now be free to take that other journey he has put off for so long... Author Reply: Yes, finally free, but at what a cost? At the loss of the only one who probably enabled him to hang on as long as he has. At least he has the faith he will find her again. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/18/2006 |
| I always liked Rosie; and feel she and Sam had a wonderful life. This is an excellent description of the end of that life. I like the way Sam announces her death in a 'surprisingly calm' way; often that happens, the grief doesn't hit until later. Author Reply: Yes, the first realization of the loss is often cushioned by shock; when that shock lets off the further realization is often very painful in nature. And I'm certain that Rosie and Sam were very happy together; it must have taken a time for him to embrace the fact he was finally free to accept the grace offered him and be reunited with Frodo once more. | |