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| Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil by Larner | 11 Review(s) |
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| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/27/2015 |
| This is enchanting! Thank you for the smile :) | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 9/13/2007 |
| What a lovely idea, I should love to see the little house ! Author Reply: This little house was first mentioned in "The King's Commission," and then in "A Message and a Bottle." So I finally had a reason, with Anglachel's birthday wish, to write the back story for it! Glad you like it! And I'd like to see it, too! Thanks! | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 9/12/2007 |
| Oh... This brought a tear to my eye as well. So much love, packed into such a small space, bringing wonder and delight and stirring fond memory. Author Reply: Ah, so you've found this one, too. Yes, the love and wonder of small houses can be overwhelming, I know. Yes, delight and memory indeed. Thanks so much for the feedback. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/28/2007 |
| I can't imagine how I missed seeing this sooner! I'm so glad to finally get the backstory on the adorable little Hobbit hole! I'm a sucker for miniatures anyway--I love how all the Tooks chipped in to help Pippin in his project. And Elanor's reaction was perfect! It's a shame that they didn't have videorecorders back then, so Cyclament could have preserved her's and Sam's reactions to show Pippin! Have you ever seen Obelia Medusa's Tiny Bag End? http://community.livejournal.com/little_world/39277.html It's truly amazing, and just what I could imagine as you described the tiny place! Author Reply: I want now to build a Hobbit hole of my own. I think I'll try my own Bag End as I imagine it! It would be nice to do the entire Hill, you know, with the Row below and the lane up to Bag End itself.... Yes, too bad there weren't camcorders around then! And thanks again for the link. I hope in a few months to go see a friend up near Bend, Oregon, and see the LOTR-inspired housing development there. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| What a sweet story and a loving gift. I'm glad it helped Pippin with his nightmares and it helped Sam too. Elanor's reactions and words were wonderful! I love the idea too that Merry and Pippin were watching over and cherishing Sam because through him there was a bit of their Frodo left. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: So very glad you enjoyed it, Antane. Yes, it proved therapeutic, and a positive prank to play, I'd think. I modeled Elanor on a friend's child; but as a gardener's daughter I'd think she'd think even in terms of houses growing. Merry and Pippin know by now that there's more to this gardener than just being a gardener; and they not only respect him for himself but couldn't help, I think, but love him for the love and care he gave Frodo when they were separated. Again, good luck with your own story. Looking forward to seeing it. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| This is darling! I just love the little house. It was such an interesting project and it seemed to bring everyone in Pippin's family together to work on it. I think Sam and his family will enjoy it very much! Author Reply: I'm so glad you like it, GW. I introduced this little Hobbit House first in "The King's Commission," and it returns from time to time. Had to write its history this time to meet a challenge on the HASA site. And this becomes a treasure for Sam's family, as well as having become a family project for Pippin's family and a means of therapy for him. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| Oh, how sweet! *smiles* I love how everyone got involved and that the little house helped so much to divert Pippin’s mind, and the wholes for the flower pots and the secret way Pippin got it into the garden (and of course Syclamen seeing before she was meant to!) And Elanor’s wonder and excitement were wonderful. And “chimley.” Haha! I think I’ve only met two little kids in my life that didn’t say that instead of “chimney.” Cute. I love when you give us these little stories of incidents related by others in longer works. This one is truly charming, as is the idea of tiny bricks to build doll-sized houses. That would be interesting to try. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Most little kids I've known have also said "chimbly," so that was the way I wrote it for Elanor. I got a kit to make a Victorian doll house, and worked on it for several weeks--until the foster-son came along and broke all the pieces I'd so carefully hot glued together apart. I found I couldn't put them back together again using the hot glue--I needed to get backings for the pieces to adhere to; but then the kid discovered he could put them into the wood stove when we had the doors open. When he threw in the instruction book I threw in the towel. He was a lovely child, but for a time there we couldn't keep up with him. I want to try again, but plan to use some veneer or thin paneling as the backing to adhere the shakes to instead of just trying to glue them together as I did the first time; but I first need to find a new source for the pieces. Other children have damaged the furniture I'd started collecting to put in the doll house when it was done. Am so glad you enjoyed this one. And I love having Cyclamen reappear from time to time. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| How wonderful! The last part brought tears to my eyes - but only tears of joy! The perfect time and the perfect place! Pippin will be happy to know that his plan worked perfectly! I always love it to see Cyclamen appear in your stories! “Will it keep growing, do you think, Daddy?” Of course it will! Otherwise uncle Frodo might have difficulties to live in it, right? Thank you very much, Larner! Author Reply: So glad you like seeing Cyclamen involved again. I'd first written this Hobbit house into "The King's Commission," as I find myself repeating, and wanted to meet a challenge to bring a house to life, as it were. Yes, Pippin's pleased in the end with the reception this specially presented gift receives, and it gives Sam's family a treasure they always cherish. Cyclamen and Elanor go on to build stories about Frodo's visits to the Hobbit house, and I've considered telling a few of them from time to time. And thank you! | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| Oh Larner, that was so wonderful and sweet! Of course I remembered this little house at the first mentioning and knew what was to come. It was so much fun to finally be able to *watch* how it was built and how Elanor and her family reacted and how Cyclamen got involved in the trick. Elanor was so sweet! Did you mean to grow a house ’stead of the sunflowers, Daddy? How’d you do it? Did you have to plant a brick? Very logical for the daughter of a gardener, of course, even if not exactly correct. And I loved the fact that Pippin did the work to distract himself from his nightmares and that all of his sisters and others helped to make this little house just perfect. That was perfect as a counterpart to the last 'Moments', you know. (And by the way, I know you'll not write the happy AU I mentioned in the review to this, at least not in the next time, but I love to play sometimes with the image - it's fun!) Author Reply: Yes, this is a bit of a contrast to "Regrets," yet underlines that the hurts taken by all remain pervasive for some time, helping all to appreciate how much worse hurt Frodo must have been. Yes, she's a gardener's child! She's used to seeing things grow; now her dad's going to have to help in the construction of the stable he's going to build in the corner of the Party Field so she learns what building is like, I think. Self-designed therapy has become a familial bonding experience now! I MIGHT write the happy AU someday, but have other things to finish first! Heh! Thanks so for the feedback. | |
| Armariel | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/26/2007 |
| Now isn't that just too sweet? *sniff* "Did you have to plant a brick?" Wonderful! What an enchanting story, bound to become one of my favorites....(always did love dollhouses, silly me) And what a lovely way for Pip to overcome his past...if only all others with demons were so creative in dealing with them...... Simply beautiful! ~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@~~~~{~@ Author Reply: Well, her daddy is a gardener, and plants start from seeds, bulbs, or shoots. Wouldn't she be likely to assume that houses might grow, particularly when they appear in her dad's garden? And am so glad you like this one. Now--will Anglachel like it? Thanks so much for the comments, Armariel. | |