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| Fairy Tales of Middle-Earth by DrummerWench | 5 Review(s) |
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| earthdragon | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 12/23/2015 |
| Wonderful story. The golden haired lady was, of course, Goldberry, who sounded a lot more interesting than she usually does. Poor infatuated Kali - thank goodness for Gladden's commonsense. Author Reply: Thanks, earthdragon! Oh, I figure Goldberry is plenty active, when just doesn't get a lot of press! Also, I wanted to try a "helpful animals" story, which worked really well with a Hobbit protagonist. | |
| perelleth | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 11/10/2006 |
| Boy, this was fantatic! So the river was not so willing to allow its child go and marry Bombadil after all! I loved the classic theme of the good hearted girl helping the forest creatures and being helped in turn, hobbit-style. It fitted perfectly. Each of these is an even more amazing jewell, and you must be having a great time indeed, searching for tales that can be fixed into middle-earth! Congratulations again. Author Reply: Hi, perelleth! Thank you again for returning to comment on my tales. The "helpful animals" is a pretty common fairy tale theme, and just seemed to fit when I started a tale for the Shire! I don't, you know, actually go looking for real-world tales. I've read so many, in various versions, that when I start off with a setting in Middle-Earth, the tale finds me! DW | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/23/2006 |
| Ah, a dream sent to Tom caught poor Kalimac, who was an ancestor, apparently, to Frodo, Pippin, and Merry, and probably Sam in a way as well. Nice to see Goldberry has a good feeling toward whom she is called, and sends Kali back with Gladden to his proper happiness as a Hobbit. Author Reply: Yes, I think Kali is a Bucklandish ancestor. I doubt Gladden married him, after all... She is, I believe, an ancestor of Mr. and Mrs. Maggot, however - this explains why Tom is so chummy with them. Goldberry placed any blame squarely on the River, her Father. DW | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/5/2006 |
| Beautiful! So, they rescued Goldberry! What a neat story! You managed to used the fairy-tale convention of the helpful animals in a fresh and neat way. I loved all the hobbity touches, and most *especially* the end! Author Reply: Some stories just naturally seem to fit with (Western) fairy-tale conventions. I'm glad it worked! The end seemed pretty natural, too - where's the food? DW | |
| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/4/2006 |
| From the beginning, this made me think of "The Snow Queen," even though of course Goldberry is victim rather than sorceress. Since your characters' names begin with the same letters (Gerda/Gladden, Kay/Kalimac), I'm assuming that was in your mind also? Kali's awakening is pure hobbit. Author Reply: Mwahaha! Very Good, eiluj! I wondered, y'know, if anyone would pick up on that, or if I was amusing myself in solitude. Yes, I kept "The Snow Queen" & G/K in mind while writing this one. Just to be even more geeky, "gladden" in OE is a yellow, iris-like flower and in Modern English means "to make happy", while "Kali[] meant in the Westron 'jolly, gay', though it was actually an abbreviation of the now unmeaning Buckland name Kalimac." (Appendix F, ROTK) Thanks for commenting. DW | |