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| Outtakes of a Fellowship and Beyond by Kara's Aunty | 3 Review(s) |
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| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/4/2010 |
| Oh, my dear cousin! Just reading this now at Easter. I suppose not the best time to read such a sad tale. He still knew the greatest love that could be known, as one other fic stated some years ago, even if he never knew romantic love. I hope he realized that in all of Sam's tender touches and the brief, treasured time with Elanor. Namarie, God bless, your bloom and berry who must remind you once more to stop saying your fingers are unworthy :) Author Reply: Hello m'dear, He was loved, wasn't he? And maybe it wasn't the romantic sort that a hobbit wife would have offered him, but it was strong and enduring enough to see him through the Quest, nurse his hurts afterwards, and, more importantly, allow him to leave and find the healing he needed across the Sea. *sniffle* Thank you for R & R-ing, Tookish bloom who thinks my fingers are worthy ;) Cousin Mo :o) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/3/2010 |
| Unfortunately, all too likely a realization to have brought so clearly to mind just at that moment. His own peace is yet difficult for him to envision. Author Reply: Hello Larner, I know. Poor Frodo. I've always felt so deeply sorry for him that he was robbed of the chance of a family because of the Ring. It's good that he had Sam, Rosie and Elanor post-Quest, but I would still have loved to see him with a wife and child of his own. Oh, well. Some things were not meant to be, so I'll just be thankful he found peace in Valinor. Thanks for R & R-ing, M :o) | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/24/2010 |
| What a bittersweet moment! On the one hand a happy reunion, and on the other hand the legacy of The One Ring! Poor Frodo! I feel with him! But what would have happened if there had been a wife and maybe a child waiting at Bag End for him to return? They would have found him massively changed and deeply wounded by his adventure. I'm not so sure if that would have been better. And there we have it again: The legacy of the One Ring! Author Reply: Hello Andrea, I know: poor Frodo! Like Bilbo, as soon as he received the One Ring, it subdued all desire to fall in love or start a family. The tragedy of it, though, is greater in Frodo's,case: he had just come of an age when most hobbits would have been contemplating settling down (unlike Bilbo, who was much older when he became Ringbearer, and had long since chosen the life of a bachelor). But Frodo never had that choice. Bilbo disappeared on his 33rd birthday, leaving him as heir of the Ring ... As sad as this is though, perhaps he could take some comfort (in Valinor) that he never had a wife and child/children prior to the Quest - they would have been devastated enough to see his health fail after the Quest, let alone having to let watch him leave them forever to seek healing elsewhere. Frodo probably knows and accepts this himself, but nevertheless, I think it must've still hurt him to know that the One Ring forever denied the option of his own (blood) family. You are right, though: with or without a family (pre-Quest), he would still have had to leave the Shire forever. *sniffle* Hope you enjoyed and thanks (very much!) for R & R-ing, m'dear! M :) | |