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| Are You Going To Leave Me? by Llinos | 8 Review(s) |
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| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/31/2007 |
| "I am hungry. What is the time?" "Merry!" Pippin almost shouted in joy. "Trust you to think first of food." "You should not be so surprised Peregrin Took," Gandalf gave a knowing wink to Éomer and Aragorn. "It is practically all you have spoken of to your cousin since I arrived here." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfect! I loved all the wonderful things Pippin spoke of to Merry. Perfect! | |
| PIppinfan1988 | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/21/2007 |
| *Finally* I got here! This was blessedly sweet! I must have pondered how Aragorn called Merry back from the black breath a thousand times, but none of them ever resembled your flawless rendition. For as much as I loved the previous chapters, I think this one was my favourite. :-) The whole imagery of the Houses of Healing was fantastic; a room overlooking the corridors...brilliant. My--er, *our* beloved hobbits were absolutely perfect! And that warm bread with butter and honey - that's my most favourite thing to eat with tea in the summer, so I was salivating just a tad here. :-P and I'll run and pick you a posy of red poppies and blue cornflowers, just as I did when I was little, and you laughed as you wove the flowers into a crown to place on my head. You called me Thain Pippimus, King of the haystack; do you remember Merry?" Is this a story I missed, or is this one yet to be written? PF Author Reply: Dear Pippinfan, Thank you so much for your blessedly sweet review! That was so nice of you to say! Oh, and now you've set Marigold off, because she is now demanding a story about the flowers in the hayfield! Have mercy on me! Ll.x | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/21/2007 |
| Long live Thain Pippimus, King of the haystack! I adore that. Almost as good as Pippin's Gondorian title. Better in fact. A King is better than a Prince isn't he? That was so very sweet and Gandalf was right; Pippin's discussion of food just had to make Merry hungry. It made me hungry. Author Reply: Dear GW A King is certainly better than a Prince, although it might just depend on the size of his Realm. Little Pippin is only able to rule over the haystack at the moment, although he may one day stretch his authority a little further. It made me hungry too! Rats, that's another 1000kcals I could live without! Thanks for reviewing, Ll.x | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/20/2007 |
| Thain Pippinmus it is, then! How wonderful, and I love Gandalf's words here--all of them! Author Reply: Dear Larner, Aha! A closet Gandalf fan are we? Thanks for reviewing, and so nicely too. Ll.x | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/20/2007 |
| Well - now you come to mention it, Gandalf! (What better way to convince a hobbit of the Shire that he's still in one piece than to coax him back to life with thoughts of apple harvests and haymaking feasts?) Author Reply: Hi Bodkin, and food, don't forget the food! Thanks for reviewing, Ll.x | |
| MarigoldG | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/20/2007 |
| This is, without a doubt, my favourite chapter. It is just stunningly beautiful and Pippin's descriptions of the Shire and his memories of lazy, peaceful days spent with Merry are so vivid that I can smell the hay and flowers. This chapter really brings home the depth of the bond between these two, and all that they willingly left behind to follow Frodo. The image of a laughing Merry weaving a crown of flowers for little Pippin as they lay beneath the haystack brings tears to my eyes every time that I read it; it is just such a lovely, joyful image, and that they will probably never be quite so innocent and carefree again is very poignant. The descriptions in this chapter bring the Shire, and Merry and Pippin, to life. '...no one knew Merry's heart quite as well as Pippin himself did.' That is absolutely true, and I thought that it was so fitting that Aragorn was not able to bring Merry back until Pippin had been the one to actually reach him. A wonderful chapter, and I will never forget the beautiful imagery! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/20/2007 |
| This is a nice continuation of what you began in the challenge! I like the way you have managed to cover the "movie-verse" bases, while yet managing to get in the spirit of "book-verse". I love Eowyn's and Eomer's concern, and Pippin's anguish and fear. This last chapter is just lovely. You have caught Aragorn's speech patterns wonderfully, giving him dignity and warmth. And Pippin's reciting the memories to Merry was so very touching--it kind of reminded me of the scene in Mordor when Sam tries to get Frodo to remember the Shire in spring. Very nicely done, indeed! Author Reply: Hi Dreamflower, Actually, the Sam/Frodo similarity only occured to me after I'd written it. But you are right. I guess it's just an in-character hobbitty thing to do. It's really quite close to my own childhood memories - at least that's where I found it! Thanks for reviewing! Ll.x | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/20/2007 |
| he ran across the room to take Strider's hand I love that very hobbity, spontaneous gesture. "But now is the time for pleasant thoughts and sweet memories. Speak to him of those things again Pippin, for your words may bring healing too" As Pippin spoke the greyness started to leave Merry's face and he finally murmured, "Yes Pip, I remember" *happy sigh* What a wonderful gap-filler. Dear hobbits, dear Strider. Author Reply: Hi Shirebound, What shall I say? Dear shirebound! Ll.x | |