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Drabble Drop-outs by Kara's Aunty	5 Review(s)
Andrea	Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/24/2010
Oh dear, you really killed Sam!!! But since this is an AU story, we might also change some other details: Let us assume that Frodo is no longer among the living, too. And that would mean that he is waiting for Sam, only the location is different :-) Author Reply: Hello Andrea, what a very good compromise. makes mental note to consider it for future drabble, if allowed Hope Sam's death didn't upset you too much (Antane almost had a cow, hahaha). Thanks for R & R-ing, m'dear, M ;)

cookiefleck	Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/24/2010
You killed off Sam on his final journey, without even the satisfaction of a big, juicy, noble, exciting, self-sacrificing-because-this-is-Sam-after-all death scene? Shame on you! ;o) But, wait, merely in the interest of being helpful (hah), I have found a way to get you to the desired 100 words!!! “He was lying not one mile away on the Road,” said the tall elf sadly, carefully offering his burden to the lord of the realm. “He almost passed beyond the bounds of Arda.” The explanation was unnecessary. Glazed eyes, slack mouth, bloody temple: it looked as though the aged figure had fled his mortal coil. “I cannot say for certain, but I believe he may have suffered a seizure of the heart and struck his head on a rock as he fell from his mount.” Cirdan clasped Sam to his chest before successfully administering first aid to the last Ring-bearer. Author Reply: Hello cookiefleck, honestly one of the funniest reviews I've ever had. Who knew knocking off Sam would produce such a collective reaction of disbelief and creativity? I've been chuckling ever since I read your brilliant review. And what's more, if you want to take a look at Chapter 6, you'll get a nice suprise ... Thanks for R & R-ing, M ;)

6336	Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/24/2010
We always hurt the ones we love! I am liking your over grown drabbles. Lynda Author Reply: Hello Lynda, I've always liked 'Lynda' with a 'y'. Seems so sophisticated. And I'm glad you're enjoying my drabble attempts. No doubt they'll continue until I nail that golden 100 (whenever that happens). Thanks very much for R & R-ing, M ;)

Larner	Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/23/2010
Well, why not, I suppose? I've seen Sam arrive to find no Mithlond left, all the Elves fled long ago, and he dies upon the Shore as Frodo's shade comes to take his sailing over the sea. I've seen Ulmo sweeping Sam from the ship that he not arrive to find Frodo gone before him. I've seen him arrive to be hugged by Frodo, and to hear Frodo's screams of agony (that one made me cringe), and to find he's the only mortal guest on the island. But YOU killed Sam????????? Aargh! Author Reply: Hello Larner, gosh, I;ve really rocked the boat by offing my poor Sam, haven't I? chortles I was just thinking that since it was never definite (methinks) that he actually made it to Valinor, that anything was possible. He might've snuffed it at the Grey Havens before setting foot on the boat, and Cirdan couldn't bear to shatter his children's romantic notion that he had survived to join Frodo, and so didn't tell them. Okay, it was a bit of an evil assumption, but I was trying to put my great love for Sam aside and explore other possibilities as objectively as possible. Who could've known that it would make me Public Enemy Number One? cackles wildly I love it!! Those other scenarios you listed were ... interesting. Frodo hugs Sam upon his arrival in Valinor and starts screaming in agony for no apparent reason? Ulmo drowns Sam because Frodo's dead? You actually read them? Ye gads, they make mine seem tame by comparison. Maybe I'm not such a villain after all ... Maybe ... Thanks very much for R & R-ing, and I promise never to kill Sam again (if It can be helped)! M ;)

Antane	Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 9/23/2010
Yeah, cousin, what in the Four Farthings do you think you were doing! Too tragic for them both, yet it does not mean they will be parted forever, reunion is still to come. But still! Namarie, God bless, Your berry who is tapping her Tookish foot and not too pleased but may forgive you...okay I will...but only if you post another chapter of Hollow Victory soon! :) Author Reply: Hello Tooky bloom, gosh, that review has kept me sniggering all day. It was almost worth killing my Sam off just to get that reaction ... I'm juggling so many fics just now that I'm not sure when I'll get another chapter of Hollow Victory up - but I'll try to make it soon. Thanks for R & R-ing (and making me laugh pretty hard), your (formerly) favourite cousin, Widow Gamgee :o)

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