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Dreamflower's Mathoms III  by Dreamflower 7 Review(s)
AntaneReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013

Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on.

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

Author Reply: Yes, even when they know there is no reason to believe they can survive, they just keep walking, in the hope that they can save others if not themselves.

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013

Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on.

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013

Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on.

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/16/2013
.. and if they succeeded, the Shire would be saved--but not for them.

At that moment Sam is sure that he and Frodo will die, no matter if they have success or not. To carry on with that in mind is truly a great sacrifice!

But how must Sam have felt, after they had succeeded and had been saved from death, when Frodo finally said good-bye to him with exactly these words?

Author Reply: Yes they were both convinced that their own lives were forfeit to the Quest once they were into Mordor.

I'm glad you said that--it was a little irony in the back of my mind as I wrote it.

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/15/2013
p.s. the gif link returned an error message. Just thought I'd let you know.

Author Reply: Ugh! I had the hardest time getting that thing to cooperate, and I suppose it didn't translate to SoA. *sigh*

Anyhow, it's really just the title of this story against a green background, with the Ring inscription above. The quote's from "Mark Reads" website in which he uses that to describe Frodo and Sam's attitude in Mordor as the two of them carry on in spite of everything, and one of the commenters made that gif for it.

(Mark was blogging a chapter by chapter account of his first reading of LotR, which he came to completely unspoiled.) It was fun to follow his reactions to the story as it unfolded, realizing that he really was so unprepared for what would happen. But not a "family-friendly" site, language-wise. I enjoyed it anyway in spite of that, but wouldn't want to expose kids to it.)

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/15/2013
"I meant to, lass." Such a poignant summary.

Nicely done. Heart-tugging, and truly Sam.

Author Reply: Thank you, dear! Poor Sam, he'll persevere--if only we could *tell* him everything's going to be all right!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/15/2013
At least Sam was mistaken about the Shire being saved but not for himself. No, Frodo could not truly come home again, nor could he establish a new relationship with it either. But for Sam there was Rosie in the end, a gift in a special way from himself and Frodo both to himself. But he and Frodo were both willing to give themselves to see Rosie and Marigold and the others they loved able to know other fulfillments, even if they could not be there to take part in them, and that means a great deal.

Author Reply: You are right of course. But at this point, poor Sam has no way to know they will be saved. And that was the point: he and Frodo were willing to, even expected to, make the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of the Shire and of the world.

That they received the Grace to be brought out again from Mordor was not something they could ever imagine. No one (except perhaps Gandalf) ever expects the Eagles. (And I am not entirely sure that even he expects them.)


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