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| Runaway by Lindelea | 1 Review(s) |
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| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 11/22/2015 |
| - Hilly an 'old friend' of Ferdi's? Since when? He's always been the first to believe ill of him all the way back to their childhood (in 'Thain') when Hilly took Ferdi as a halfwit and ridiculed and bullied him up one wall and down the other. -And tis Merry and Pip and Everigard who are acting like men with their thoughts of kidnap and ransom. Author Reply: Hilly and Ferdi became close during the Troubles, when Hilly lost his jealousy of Ferdi (for Ferdi's being besties with Hilly's much-revered older brother Tolly) and learned to appreciate Ferdi's ideas for keeping the ruffians out. He also came to respect Ferdi's courage at that time, venturing out into the outer Shire while Hilly stayed with those who were keeping the borders, not quite as dangerous a task. There is an unwritten scene (it is part of the "background" to the timeline that guides my story-crafting) where the two of them came to an understanding, which would have been about 20 years before Runaway is set. You are definitely right; Merry and Pippin might be worried about hobbits being influenced by the ways of Men, but they are (in a manner of speaking) Exhibit A in terms of evidence. Belated thanks for your thoughts. | |