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| When Winter Fell by Lindelea | 4 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 7/26/2007 |
| Good for Bungo. More understanding that might be expected of a Baggins - Bilbo had a good example to follow there. While Isen - freedom is what he craves and shutting him up is only ever going to make him worse. Seeing the horizon over the patchwork of fields - it's not the sea, but it's his best offer. Author Reply: Hah, ran across this old, unanswered review while answering reviews tonight. Apologies for the tardiness. Thanks for taking the time to leave a good word, even though the thanks are belated. Hope this finds you well. | |
| poppymuddyfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 7/20/2007 |
| Oh, you came back to this story! I'm so very glad! It's not often that you get to see young Bilbo in a story, much less his parents. Your characterizations as always are so vividly written that I feel like they're real people. (I recently confused some RL friends by referring to something some of the hobbits in your stories had done. They thought I was talking about someone "real" because that's how I think of them.) Anyway, I'm glad to see this story return and I'm really looking forward to watching Bilbo as he learns to see the world through someone else's eyes, not just his own. Author Reply: Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, I'm trying to prod the Muse to revisit all the old unfinished stories, get them moving again, start finishing things here and there as I'm able. y'know, I try to write as if I'm writing about real people, real situations, real places. I'm glad to hear your feedback. Thanks for taking the time to drop a note. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 7/20/2007 |
| And a wonderful and appropriate adaptation it was at that. Alas that Isen must grieve for ship and comrades lost. At least he knows also moments of sheer normality as he prepares to feast on this wonderful picnic lunch. And Bilbo's knowing the first stirrings of his Tookish nature as well as learning compassion and understanding for this odd uncle of his. Author Reply: Poor Isen, he needs more moments of sheer normality without the weight of expectations pressing him down. Bungo is doing this for the love of Belladonna, but also because he remembers who Isen was before he went away. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 7/19/2007 |
| What a sweet sad chapter! Bilbo's better and more compassionate nature is coming out, now that he's free of the chance of embarrassment--an adolescent's nightmare--and I like the idea that perhaps it was his uncle's song that awakened his own interest in the Sea and the Wide World--though it might go back to sleep for a number of years. And, if I haven't told you before: I adore your Bungo! Author Reply: Aw, thanks. I figure Bilbo would have had to have had (yikes, verb tenses and I are not getting along this morning) a very good role model to have done so well in his adventure. Sudden random thought: I need to go back and read what Miss Dora says about birthday presents, as Bilbo's birthday is coming up! | |