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| If It's Trewsday It Must Be Buckland... by Dreamflower | 7 Review(s) |
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| Kaylee Arafinwiel | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 10/26/2011 |
| You know, that Gives me An Idea...or rather, rekindles it, as I'm having a little Difficulty with it! *ponders* Hmm... But yes, I love it when Miss Dora is Made to Think! Heh! =) (Is Miss Dora writing Any More Lately?) Kaylee Author Reply: Miss Dora has been rather quiet lately! I think perhaps because her Scribe is currently taken up by Bilbo's correspondence and by other considerations. But I am sure she'll have more to say sooner or later... | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 7/27/2011 |
| So Dora can be taught things too, huh, instead of just teaching....hmmmm.... How refreshing! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: She can. She is a hobbit of good sense, and would never think she knows everything...just almost everything! ;-) | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 3/20/2011 |
| Always good to see Aunt Dora! Author Reply: It is, isn't it? She's a wise old bird. | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 3/15/2011 |
| I do so love the way you write Aunt Dora! She must have found Bilbo very thought-provoking at times (or do I just mean provoking?) but at least she didn't dismiss his ideas completely. Frodo is so polite and sweet, walking her home. Bless! Author Reply: (or do I just mean provoking?) LOL! Exactly! I am sure that sometimes Bilbo would give her Furiously to Think, but she would certainly never tell him so, *grin* Frodo's always a polite lad. And he's fond of Aunt Dora. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 3/15/2011 |
| She would never admit to such a thing to Bilbo, but sometimes his outlandish ideas did make her Furiously to Think. That was exactly his intention, I'm quite sure! At least Aunt Dora believes that Elves exist, which is not true for all hobbits. So, there is still hope! Author Reply: Being a Baggins, Dora would be educated. And I think the educated gentry of the Shire would believe that Elves existed. But I also think that to them, Elves were entirely irrelevant. One didn't *see* Elves or *speak* to them, and so their existence or not simply didn't matter to them. I think that among the working class hobbits, there might have been considerable doubt as to the existence of Elves. While Sandyman doesn't say it outright, he certainly implies that he doesn't believe in them-- when Sam says that they cross the Shire to the Sea, he responds that no one's *seen* them doing it, with the implication that they are not there to be seen. | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 3/15/2011 |
| How very true, Bilbo can be a very Thought Provoking Hobbit at times! Lynda Author Reply: Yes, and for Dora, of course, the key part of that phrase is "Provoking", LOL! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 3/15/2011 |
| Frodo’s joy was quiet and lovely to behold And this is a quiet and lovely story. Author Reply: Thank you. The prompt was a difficult one, with hobbits, for we are clearly told by JRRT that the hobbits of the Shire were not religious. And yet, of course, Bilbo had been exposed to other ideas from outside the Shire, and to the beliefs of the Elves. I'm sure he would have educated Frodo about them, and the two of them might have found some comfort and joy in them-- even if other hobbits did not. I don't suppose even Bilbo talked of those ideas often-- but I could see him tweaking Dora a little. | |