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| Only a Second or Two by Larner | 10 Review(s) |
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| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/26/2009 |
| Touching. Author Reply: Thank you. I'd think he'd love such a place! | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/26/2009 |
| Aw, a beautiful memory of the violets, against the backdrop of such a tragedy. Author Reply: Yes, good memories and bad ones--we all have them. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/26/2009 |
| That was beautifully written and a happy moment for Frodo to remember. And it reminded me of something I read a while ago. I did a little research and found it in "Second Mum", where Frodo brought home a buch of those violets for Esme. It tells a lot about Frodo's love for his aunt that he gave her those. It's like showing her his secret hiding place, which she actually found later on. Author Reply: I was not the first to imagine Frodo bringing violets to Esmeralda--I can't remember precisely whose story I first read it in--perhaps Lindelea's or Baylor's or Dreamflower's. Certainly I love their delicate aroma and beauty myself, and find it far pleasanter than lavender. But the idea of them being a means of showing her his secret place--that is beautiful! Thank you! Certainly she realized the meaning the dingle had for him once she found it. Thank you so! | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| Ah, yes, Frodo must have had an eye for such imagery if he's responsible for the many gems that show up in LotR... Nice and evocative. Author Reply: Frodo obviously had a love of beauty, and undoubtedly it started early. I wrote the dingle into "Second Mum," and have a feeling Frodo found refuge there from the stresses of Brandy Hall. | |
| inzilbeth | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| That was completely unexpected, and so beautifully written! Author Reply: Oh, am so glad you feel that way. Thank you--I am honored! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| I'm glad he has good memories too - and he would have many from loving Merry and all the fun they had too. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: I think he had many good memories; but for one with an eye for beauty such a place would undoubtedly enchant him. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| That's a lovely memory. Frodo really has the eye of an artist when it comes to the beauty of nature. Author Reply: Oh, how I agree with you, Kitty. Thank you! | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| Well, he does find butterflies again on Tol Eressea, maybe not the Crickhollow ones but beautiful ones none the less! More please, Lynda Author Reply: Yes, I think he'd appreciate most butterflies, in fact. Thanks, Lynda. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| Ah, yes, the violets are in bloom, and that delicate scent... the wee hobbits bring them to me by the handful. A lovely memory, wistful, as so many childhood memories are. Author Reply: Yes, it's beginning to be that time of year indeed. Am so glad this rings true for you! | |
| Ainu-Yavanna | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/25/2009 |
| That is Frodo, remembering flowers, butterflies and beauty - very elvish. At the same time it is very sad that his HAPPIEST memory of his Buckland years does not involve any loved ones. Very well done. Author Reply: Alas, this memory is rather sensory in nature--as you said, very Elvish. I suspect he'd also consider the birth of Merry one of his happiest memories as well, of course. But I think that this one just caught at his awareness in answer to the question. Thanks so, Ainu-Yavanna. | |