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Eleventy-one Years: Too Short a Time by Dreamflower	3 Review(s)
Andrea	Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 11/5/2013
... but her voice was a minority, and was discounted because after all, Mrs. Baggins might be the mistress of the Hill, but she was born a Took, and everyone knew that they did not understand the importance of respectability over in the Tooklands. But maybe the Tooks are happier because of their "ignorance"! At least we know already that some day in the future Bilbo will show all these respectable Bagginses that he is his mother's son ;-) Author Reply: For a while his Baggins side will be in the ascendency, but the day will come when the Tookishness wins out! grin Hobbits of the Shire are very insular, even within the Shire. It never occurs to the Hobbits of Hobbiton that there might be a different measure of respectability in the Tooklands, LOL! Author Reply: For a while his Baggins side will be in the ascendency, but the day will come when the Tookishness wins out! grin Hobbits of the Shire are very insular, even within the Shire. It never occurs to the Hobbits of Hobbiton that there might be a different measure of respectability in the Tooklands, LOL!

Larner	Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 11/5/2013
Yes, the Long Winter was very hard on Bungo and Belladonna, after all. May they rest now, content in the thought they have raised a son who is not only dutiful but also loving, who is willing to work when it's needed, and who is worthy to be the Master of Bag End and the Hill as he shall be when it's time to assume that duty. Author Reply: I think when the Family Trees are examined, there were many adults who died that year or the year after; but also considering that adults may have stinted themselves in order to provide for their children, of those who survived there must have been many whose health was permanently scarred. Assuming that duty will be sad, but you are right: he is fully worthy of being the Master of the Hill, and Head of the family when that time comes.

shirebound	Reviewed Chapter: 32 on 11/5/2013
The older he got, the more he began to realise that yes, he'd be the Master of Bag End and the Head of the Bagginses one day--and that day would only come when he was alone, when his parents were gone. Poor Bilbo, his future is unfolding before him so differently than he had imagined it would. I love the little details of hobbit life that you show us so vividly. Author Reply: It must be so hard to live in a society in which hereditary roles play such a large part. To know that fulfilling your duty and taking up your life's work depends on the death of a beloved parent must be truly difficult. I've explored that a little with Pippin and his feelings about the Thainship, but I think even with lesser roles such as Master of Buckland or the Head of the Bagginses would still come with some of that trepidation. And of course, he'd always imagined a wife and family. Thank you, dear!

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