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| This and That by Lindelea | 12 Review(s) |
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| Fimbrethil | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/16/2025 |
| ‘That’s right,’ Celandine piped up. She was among the littlest of the lasses there, for the younger ones were kept under the stern eye of governesses and tweens. ‘Dod asked Father when he could have a boat of his own, because grandfather just gave cousin Merimas a boat on his birthday, and Father said, “When the King comes back.” And,’ she added importantly, ‘That means never, you know.’ Pearl sobered briefly. Seredic had been the one to pull Primula, Frodo’s mum, from the water after she’d drowned. But she forced a smile for the little one’s sake, and said gently, ‘That’s right, dear.’ ‘But if the Queen is married to the King...’ Pervinca said, still puzzling over the idea. ‘...we have the Queen, but... where’s the King?’ There was a general confusion then, for the lasses had not thought of this! But of course, for a wedding a couple was needed! [aha …oh. And when they remember.] Pippin, she decided. He was the smallest of them, barely old enough not to be tied to his mother’s apron strings. He’d probably tagged after Merry, and Merry, attached to the little lad as he was, had been happy for his company […Oh No. Not another Pippin/Estella story!?] Is that the best you could come up with?’ she said, hands on her hips. ‘He’s still wet behind the ears!’ ‘I am not!’ Pippin said, indignant. ‘I didn’t even wash behind my ears today!’ At the gale of laughter that washed over him, he tried again to pull his hand out of Mentha’s, to escape, to no avail. He was surrounded, and they were seizing him from all sides, and some of them had sharp claws, and he thought for a panicked moment of Bilbo and the goblins. But there was no escape, and though he struggled as well as he may (hampered by Merry’s instruction that he must never hit a lass), he soon found himself stretched out on the floor, his hands tied together behind him, and when he looked to see who it was, tying his ankles together... ‘You, too, Pearl?’ he said in despair. [hee hee. Hoho, Pearl, Pimpernel, I didn’t think of that.] ‘It’s just so you stay put a few moments, until we’re ready,’ she said with a practical smile. ‘And so we don’t mislay you.’ ‘But...’ he said, desperate, and then inspiration struck, though he’d never have thought to use this excuse when he was with the lads. ‘But Mum wants me!’ ‘Of course she does,’ Pearl said, to placate him, ‘but she said that we could borrow you for a bit, first … [Inspired Pippin] …. They’re in the summerhouse,’ Rosamunda said, when the outrage was brought to her attention. As valuable jewels had been taken, along with the rest, it was deemed that the fathers ought to be brought into the affair, and so the gaffers and dads and tween sons were disturbed from their stone-casting contest, to be dragged along. And so it was, when they came, that they found Pearl officiating over a wonderful wedding, with many wedding guests in fantastic costumes, dripping with pearls and drooping feathers, gowned and gloved, powdered and studded with jewellery, all very “fine” to the eye. The adults had come very quietly up to the summerhouse, as quietly as hobbits can go (and they go very quietly indeed). And so, as they peered through the windows, there were a number of grins as well as gasps. Poor Pippin stood in the grip of two of the largest lasses, fixed in his place beside an astonishing creature that might have been of faerie origin, so fantastic was her appearance. ‘...until I've drunk the last drop in the cup, and no more days remain to me...’ Estella was intoning in a high, clear voice. ‘And that’s that,’ Pearl said, satisfied. ‘I didn’t say it!’ Pippin wailed. ‘I didn’t say it, and you can’t make me say it!’ ‘That’s all right, lad, Mentha said it for you,’ Pearl said, and several of the fathers snorted. ‘Then Mentha may be married to Stella, but I won’t!’ Pippin shouted. Several of the mums snorted at this. Odovacar nudged Paladin Took. ‘You know,’ he said thoughtfully. ‘They do make a striking couple.’ [heehee. Oh no. THIS is where he gets the idea?] | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 9/19/2006 |
| LOL! Too funny! Poor little Pip! :) God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Belated thanks for stopping by and leaving a good word! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/16/2006 |
| Oh dear! Putting ideas into Paladin and Odovacar's heads! Not a good thing. Estella makes a very glittery bride - and binding the groom to make him co-operative isn't a bad idea. I love his claim that Estella is now married to Mentha since she did the talking. Author Reply: Hmmm. Binding the groom. I wonder if it's a new concept? No, probably not. | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| This is too precious, Lin :) :) Absolutely wonderful and adorable. Who better than Pip, especially when he has these sisters who are used to using him for such occations. Bravo! MEWD!!! Author Reply: Yes, the new baby brother must have seemed something like a living doll to the three sisters. I wonder how old he was when he finally learned to walk! | |
| Tigger | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| ROTFLOL!!! Oh my goodness!! I've tears streaming thanks to laughing so hard over this. You didn't happen across little ones playing wedding, did you? It's just...This is *so* perfect!! Right down to the lasses dripping in jewels from their Mum's jewelry boxes and poor Pippin being forced to be the Groom...*snicker*!! This was just too delightful for words. Thanks for sharing!! :o) Author Reply: LOL, how'd you guess? Except that I was one of the... um... perpetrators. Many years ago. Still brings a smile. *g* | |
| SlightlyTookish | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| This is delightful! Poor Pippin! *giggles* I especially love that the parents stood around and watched. :D Author Reply: Yes, and if they'd had cameras likely they'd have snapped a pic before breaking up the fun. *g* | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| Pippin and.....Estella???!!!!? *snort* *grin* Erm...perhaps the genealogies have got it wrong! I love all the reactions, especially of the adults. For the record I would definitely have been wanting to run with the lads. I hated playing with dollies and dressing up. Author Reply: Um, yes, in my first long story, "Jewels", I sort of mixed up the couples before I put them together properly again. So Dana has got a Pippin-and-Estella fixation and she loves it when I write the two of them together. *g* I was a tomboy myself, so I well remember the feeling. | |
| SurgicalSteel | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| That was simply adorable! I'm still giggling at poor little Pippin! Author Reply: Thanks! Even dh snorked when he read this, and that's high praise coming from him. | |
| demeter d | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/14/2006 |
| "until I've drunk the last drop in the cup, and no more days remain to me"... fine words, indeed! and Bilbo and the goblins....delightful! poor little guy. Outnumbered. Give him another 15-20 years and he won't think lasses are so bad. This is hilarious. Author Reply: Poor Pippin, he's likely to regard lasses with suspicion for some time to come. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 19 on 8/13/2006 |
| You have me just about rolling with this one! Oh, how wonderful! Poor Pippin, stuck with a scene like this one. Estella as the bride, and all the borrowed jewelry.... Lovely laughs here. Author Reply: LOL, it makes me smile to think of it. Glad to see you back! Are your computer woes being sorted out? (Nasty hackers. Should be hung by their thumbs. Permanently.) | |