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| Dreamflower's Mathoms II by Dreamflower | 6 Review(s) |
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| KathyG | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 12/22/2023 |
| Reply: Well, I used not only leprachauns, but real world traditions of brownies, pixies and other small folks as well-- perhaps all of those legends came from hobbits originally? And elves! Don't forget elves, especially Santa's elves! =) | |
| KathyG | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 12/22/2023 |
| Reply: Well, I used not only leprachauns, but real world traditions of brownies, pixies and other small folks as well-- perhaps all of those legends came from hobbits originally? And elves! Don't forget elves, especially Santa's elves! =) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 11/4/2009 |
| How wonderful to see the Hobbits of the Anduin valley helping to set justice in motion, returning the horse to the youth and giving the villain his just rewards. And we do indeed see the beginnings of the legends of leprachauns in these Hobbits, I think. Heh! Author Reply: Well, I used not only leprachauns, but real world traditions of brownies, pixies and other small folks as well-- perhaps all of those legends came from hobbits originally? | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 11/3/2009 |
| Ah lovely! A visit to your wonderful AU. I was wondering if and when 'Billie' would make another appearance and I'm glad she has had her puppies safely. I wonder who will 'draw the short straw' when the lads return to the Shire? :-) What a fascinating tale - and those Tooks are everywhere! I'm glad the young man's story had a happy ending and the thief got his come-uppance! The moral is clear - don't mess with hobbits! Lovely story, Dreamflower. Author Reply: *grin* I was kind of using Billie in this to give readers a good idea of the "time frame" when Frodo's letter was written, but I figured it would be fun to see how Frodo explained her to his wards' parents! The moral is clear - don't mess with hobbits! Isn't that the moral of TH and LotR? *grin* | |
| Rhyselle | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 11/2/2009 |
| Oh, I just love this story! :) First the epistolary format tickles my fancy, and then the story within the story about Wat and his horse and Tucca. A lovely reworking of an old fairytale! I really need to dive back into your Eucatastrophe fic-verse. I love the idea that the Elven Rings did not fail, and that Frodo and the others returned to Middle-earth. That reminds me so much about the version of the Grail story found in Wolfram von Eschenbach's PARZIVAL where the rewards and blessings Parzival obtained by fulling the Grail quest were shared with the rest of the world. It always seemed sad to me that those who fought the long fight and won the war did not get to enjoy their reward and to use their talents for the blessing of Middle-earth. In your story, the Ring-bearers do! :) Well done! (and I apologize for the late review... I really wanted to let you know sooner but RL got in the way!) Author Reply: Yes, I got to use *two* of my favorite devices-- I too, love writing "letters" in my fics, and I also love the frame-story format as well, so it was a lot of fun to combine those! Yes, Eucatastrophe-universe all came from me asking myself two questions: *why* did Elrond and the other two bearers of the Three reject the idea that they would be freed by the One's destruction? And the second question was how would Frodo have fared if Saruman had never entered the Shire. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 11/2/2009 |
| Great! A wonderful fairy tale, and even with a moral! But the fairy is replaced by hobbits! I like that very much. And of course: Eucatastrophe! Can't get enough of that :-) Author Reply: I enjoy my Eucatastrophe universe! I'm glad you do too! I tried to adapt various real world fairy tale traditions to Middle-earth conditions. I'm glad you think I succeeded! | |