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| Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/19/2009 |
| This was lovely. I can see Frodo smiling as he 'sees' this little one 'growing up' with his slateboard. Nicely written. Author Reply: Tribbals is based on some of my former students and friends and clients; and her writing is based particularly on three of them. Am so glad you liked this. And Frodo would indeed have smiled on this one, had he seen her at her writing. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/5/2007 |
| I'm always pleased to see Tribbals! But oh, this is touching, both sweet and sad. And to think that it was Frodo's slate. I think he'd be pleased to know where it ended up. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: As I said, this is based on real life, and a co-worker recognized immediately the client who inspired this story. And I agree, Frodo would have been undoubtedly very pleased to see where his slate ended up. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/3/2007 |
| Nice to see Tribulation again. You’re the only one fanfic author I know who is including people with inborn disabilities in her fics, and that is one of the reasons I love them so much. (Ruvemir is still one of my favourite OC’s ever). It was moving to see Tribbals writing on this slate, feeling she had accomplished something. And of course, it is a nice touch to know the slate had once belonged to Frodo. More than twenty years ago, I had to do with some children with this particular disability during a practical training. Though communication was very difficult (as you state, they don’t speak very clearly, and that doesn’t help me with lip reading) I got the impression they do understand more than some people want to give them credit for. In this ficlet you pointed this out very clearly. Author Reply: I, too, believe Frodo himself would have been pleased to learn what use was being made of his childhood slate as well as who was using it; and am so glad you appreciate seeing Tribulation again. I've always loved working with people with disabilities, and so many former students, clients, and friends who have had Downs Syndrome have been so delightful (although I'll admit the most threatening individual I've ever known was also Downs Syndrome, although he was anything but typical). So you have a hearing disability? My husband was blinded at age nineteen in a freak accident, and many of my closest friends have been blind since birth--the fifties were the height of the period in which many children born prematurely were blinded due to excess oxygen, heat, humidity, and bright hospital lights due to Retinopathy of Prematurity, then known as Retrolental Fibroplasia. So I've spent much of my adult life living, working with and alontside, and enjoying myself with friends who are blind and otherwise visually disabled. One of my current clients who is most capable and cunning is Downs Syndrome, and he loves finding ways of trying to trick us. We all love him deeply, and always forgive him, it seems, when he manages to sneak something by us, although when we catch him in one of his cons he just accepts it with good humor while figuring out how he'll slip things past us the next time. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/3/2007 |
| Tribbals is such a sweet character. I loved seeing her writing on Frodo's slate - almost as much as he would have done. Author Reply: I'm certain Frodo would have been very proud to realize who had inherited his old slate and how she was using it. So glad you enjoy her. | |
| Unheard Chime | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| This was a beautiful little snippet of writing! We don't often see these people represented in fan fiction, but you did a commendable job in this piece. I myself have a brother with trisomy 21, and it is both wonderful and heartbreakingly sad to see how pleased he gets at accomplishments that most of society would consider trivial. I think people forget how different life is for people with disabilities, but they also forget that these people are still very aware of the world around them. I'm very glad that you decided to write a piece about an oft-forgotten part of society! Author Reply: Trisomy 21 is fascinating, and I remember how I first became aware of the genetics of the condition as a high school student and member of 4-H. One of our state institutions for the retarded sponsored a study of the condition and was examining the genetics of male calico cats, another situation in which three copies of the relevant chromosone appears; and they produced an exhibit on their study at a cat show our Junior Leadership group was volunteering at. I was fascinated. I had three Downs children in my first classroom, one in which I worked with severely and profoundly disabled teens who were also visually disabled, and I continue to have friends and clients with the condition to this day. I have a good deal of affection and respect for those I know with the condition, one that allows ability ranges from barely functioning to extraordinarily high functioning. Certainly one of the most capable of those in my current caseload has Downs. Tribbals slips into my writing now and then, you'll find. Do read Trials and Tribulation and A Luthien within the Shire. My main work has been with folk who are blind, so don't be surprised when such folk appear from time to time. Am so glad you appreciated this. My current clients all so wish to be seen as normal and do what they see others doing, and I admire their determination. | |
| Beruthiels Cat | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| Larner, this is the best thing you've ever written, in my thinking...heartbreakingly beautiful. Magnificent. BC Author Reply: I'm honored indeed. I find I like Tribbals a good deal and am pleased when she lets herself appear in one of my stories. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| Tribbles is a true disciple of FB, considering his slate a sacred object. Blessings on her! ~~~{~@ Author Reply: Whether or not Tribbals realizes who used to own the slate is questionable, of course. But writing is one thing she believes folks do, so it's something she WILL do as best she can. And so her own determination reflects that of its former owner. Yes, in the end a true disciple of FB. | |
| daw the minstrel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| I like the way little piece suggests gentle handling of a Hobbit child even in a less than respectable family. And the link between her and Frodo, however tenuous, is sweet. Author Reply: Tribbals on occasion slips into my stories, first making herself known to me as I began writing Trials and Tribulation, although she held off letting me finish that one until I allowed mention of her to slip into Reunion. Then her family got mention in Ernil i Pheriannath, and she insisted on me writing A Luthien within the Shire. There's reason, I find, why after her mother's death she became mistress of her family hole rather than her brother's wife or niece by marriage. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| I think Frodo would be pleased to know that the slate was being put to good use. Author Reply: Oh, I agree completely. Love to the folks and Jet. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/2/2007 |
| Amoving glimpse into what it is like to be "different". Author Reply: Thank you, Linda. I'm honored. | |