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Thain  by Lindelea 2 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/9/2014
Ingenious hiding place, I must say! I rejoice that his father and Primrose, at least, are safe. And he is right regarding other members of his family most likely being lost, I fear.

Now--to see what happens next!

Author Reply: It seemed to be a logical step for hobbits to take, and with a strong leader like the Thorn to coordinate efforts, it's not impossible to contemplate.

And next, I finally get to come back to Pippin's part of the tale, and Frodo's, at last! It seems as if I've been hanging all too long. However, at least we found which box the notes, outline, and drafts were in, and so the work continues on my New Year's resolution -- to finish a number of WIPs. And who knows, once they're done, what may come about. I once had so many story ideas, I scarcely knew what to do with them all. "Farry and Ferdi Go to Gondor", and how Bandobras Took ended up in the North Farthing, riding a horse of all things, and how Hally and Rosemary first met (and the story of their courtship and marriage -- for they were handfasted on very short acquaintance and barely knew each other, but it was the lesser evil, for Rosemary's sake at least), and the story of how Marcho and Blanco founded the Shire, and perhaps how Bergil came to be a part of the King's elite bodyguard. So much to contemplate... But so long as there's a place to post, and someone out there to share my enjoyment, I suppose I'll keep at it.

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/9/2014
Oh he made it home to his father! And the clever hobbits have made themselves a safe burrow, a regular warren, you might say!

But I worry: who has Bucca lost?

Author Reply: Yes, the hobbits have had months to build this safe place, and many bodies -- when you consider that there were likely many made up of the majority of the farmers of the Marish, plus the hobbits of Stock and the Yale at the very least -- and who knows if they might have had help in the design and execution, as a result of taking in an injured, fugitive Dwarf or two? (Although hobbits, being traditionally hole-dwellers, are probably excellent delvers in their own right.)

The possibilities are so interesting to contemplate!

Poor Bucca, his own personal loss(es) will come clear all too soon.

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