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| Extreme Makeovers: Bag End Edition by Elemmírë | 3 Review(s) |
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| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/3/2006 |
| A brilliant use of the ring! Bilbo is so clever. :D Author Reply: Why, he's Belladonna Took's son!! Poor Bungo must be rolling over in his grave to know that his only son left the Shire and went on an Adventure. Glad you enjoyed! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/3/2006 |
| Ah, Bilbo, you clever fellow. Yes, right now that Ring is nothing more than a handy trinket, useful for getting away from unwanted relatives. Such a shame it could not have stayed that way. You've an interesting choice of witnesses: some of them are the same as Gryffinjack and I chose for the same document--it does seem that on this score, our minds think alike, as Bilbo would choose those who could be the most useful in supporting Frodo's rights in the future. Now, on to the next chapter... Author Reply: He is a clever little bugger, isn't he. That's all Bilbo will ever see his magic ring as being, a handy trinket ... until he see his dear beloved nephew almost dead upon arrival to Rivendell. Even then, he doesn't realize the full power of the Ring until he sees the Ring and wants it back. I laughed when I first saw your choice of witnesses ... because they were very similar to those I had choosen too! I chose my witnesses primarily based on their relation to Frodo. I think Bilbo would have chosen the Master and future Master of Buckland (who's most assume is also Frodo's guardian), the Thain and future Thain, and the next highest status Baggins, which would have been Dora. She actually serves 2 functions: she is the eldest matriarch and the next eldest Baggins in line, but also the eldest surving direct relation of Frodo's father ... so I thought she would have some legal say in her nephew's care. In his Letters, Tolkien states that females and males can both inherit land and titles, which strongly implies equal rights in the Shire. I chose Griffo because he is the husband of Frodo's only Baggins first-cousin. He and Daisy are younger and if Bilbo, Dora, and Dudo suddenly all died off, they would be the closest Baggins relation to Frodo. I chose Porto for nearly the same reasons. Other than Frodo, he is the only other male Baggins that can produce heirs without hyphenated names (like those pesky S-B's.) As for the next chapter, I sincerely hope you enjoy it, Dreamflower. I wrote it and added it in just for you, based on an idea you gave me in one of your reviews. ~Julie~ | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/3/2006 |
| Oh yes! Magic rings can be so useful! It doesn't seem quite fair that Bilbo got all the usfulness and Frodo all the grief of this particular ring! Author Reply: No, it certainly wasn't very fair, was it. I think Bilbo (movie Bilbo, especially) felt very guilty over that aspect of the Ring when he came to realize. | |