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| Trust a Brandybuck and a Took! by Grey Wonderer | 20 Review(s) |
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| greenelectrictrain | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 5/25/2023 |
| I have no idea if you'll see this after all this time. I just spent the past two months working through this series. This is one of the most beautiful collections of stories I have ever read. I laughed and I cried. I'm so glad I stumbled across this site and your stories. Thank you for sharing. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 7/30/2009 |
| How beautiful to read this again--and SO Merry and Pippinish! Hooray! And I'm so glad that Arwen listened! Yes! Author Reply: Thanks for reviewing this one and re-reading. It's always nice when someone returns to read again. : ) | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 4/5/2008 |
| This was so sweet! Only hobbits could make such a light subject out of their own deaths, and I am glad that Merry will not have to spend all of eternity in that awful teal waistcoat. :) Author Reply: I never could seem to write this part of Merry and Pippin's life until this idea came to me. I just don't do sad well at all. hehehe Glad you enjoyed it! | |
| pippinsgirl | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 3/30/2008 |
| I love that story. Pippin was right tho. it does seem like Merry would be eternal, Pippin too for that matter. I know that they do eventually die, but it's just so hard to believe tho you know? Most of the stories I've read about one of them dying always has to do with Merry dying first, then Pippin dying a day later. that could be expected though, nothing could break them apart, not even death, and that's telling us all something. the story made me both laugh and cry at the same time. Author Reply: I'm glad you enjoyed it. I really never expected to write this sort of story because I tend to stay away from the very sad topics but this idea just came to me and here you are. Thank you for the lovely review. | |
| Jeodo Brandybuck | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 3/7/2008 |
| Oh, how wonderful you are! What a great story! Jeodo Author Reply: Thank you! It's the one story I didn't think I'd ever try to write and then this came to me. I guess you never know. Or I never know. hehehe Thanks for reviewing! It was good hearing from you again. (Are you still writing? I'd love to see a new story by you. hint, hint, and hint again) | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 2/25/2008 |
| That is probably the best "ending" I've read to their lives in some time. It was sad but you kept most of it away by making Merry and Pippin their usualy selves. I really enjoyed it, thank you for the story! Author Reply: I did hope to keep it from being too very sad. I don't like to write sad stories and so I never expected to write a death fiction but with this one I tried to stay away from the angst and dwell on the fact that they were together and happy. Thanks so much for reveiwing! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 2/25/2008 |
| I'm crying. It was happy, sad, beautiful and perfect as are all your stories . . . well, baring the sad part, many of your stories, GW, aren't sad at all, but this one added that to the mix and it worked so very well. MEWD several times over! Author Reply: Awww, now I didn't mean for anyone to cry. Sorry about that. Seriously, I wondered if anyone would take this for a serious attempt since I *did* skip most of the angst. I'm very glad you enjoyed it. It is less light-hearted than my usual stuff. I don't even know why I wrote this one. It just came to me and the next thing I knew I was typing away. Thanks for reviewing! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 2/25/2008 |
| “Race you to Over-heaven,” Pippin grinned and out of the window they went. Wonderful story, GW! And it doesn't need a warning. If death is like that, there is no need to be afraid :) I loved that bit about the waistcoat! Author Reply: I never could read many of the death fics because I so hated to think of Merry and Pippin gone from Middle earth and so when I got this idea I decided to write my own version of events. So glad you liked it! And I could hear Merry complaining about that waistcoat. hehehe | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 2/25/2008 |
| My friend, ONLY YOU could get such a giggle out of this subject! Thanks so much! Oh, I love it! And I'm so glad they could let Arwen know NOT to dress Merry in that waistcoat! Heh! Author Reply: See, this is really as close to angst as I can get. As you can see, I didn't let them do too much grieving here. I'm so glad that you liked it. Thank you for reviewing. | |
| Garnet Took | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 2/25/2008 |
| I loved this, GW. It was perfect for the week I just had. It was reassuring to see the two hobbits looking at death as the next great adventure to go on. Pippin's grief at the beginning was believable, and the whole thing with him thinking Merry was a dream was so right.:) The bit with the waistcoat was priceless. I had to laugh a little when Arwen told Aragorn that she just knew Merry hated that particular waistcoat. Something tells me that the presence of Merry and Pippin will be felt in Minas Tirith for a long time. Author Reply: Thank you, Garnet. I do hope the coming week is better for you. You deserve a smile or two. If you'll notice I didn't write too much of the grief because I just don't really do angst well. I did think it might be amusing if Merry were concerned about what he was to wear after death. I'm glad that you enjoyed the issue of the waistcoat. I do like to think that they were remembered in Minas Tirith and that even at times, some folks did feel them close at hand. Thank you for reading! | |