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How to Make a Match  by Lindelea 4 Review(s)
LarnerReviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/30/2014
And in this he follows Merry rather than his father. Heh! A good decision on his part, but not a particularly good one on hers, of course.

Author Reply: I see him as picking up on his Uncle Merry's thoughtful approach to problems. And you're right, Goldi's a "leap before you look" type. Farry's a good match for her -- though she might see him as somewhat boring, at first glance.

Thanks!

EverlightReviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/29/2014
...torchlight casting eerie shadows across the determination in her face. In Moria it might have looked so, to your fathers’ eyes – her father’s, and yours...

So much is said in so few words. Goldi is very much like her father in loyalty and Farry seems to take after his 'Uncle Merry' in his planning and his father in quick thinking. They will make a great team someday. ;)

Author Reply: That's one thing I love about drabbles. You have to cut and cut and cut (or at least, I do), to refine a drabble down to the essence of a much larger picture.

I do think they'll make a great team someday... They're not too shabby, even at this age. Farry is able to rein in Goldi's impulsiveness, for the most part, and her impulsiveness lends him an energy that keeps him from getting stuck in thinking things through in search of the "perfect" solution. (And now I want to think up a story where he's the impulsive one, and she has to be the voice of reason.)

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Garnet TookReviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/29/2014
Love the wording in this. They both are very much like their parents and others their parents are close to.

I hope he doesn't end up having to run away with her to protect her, as much as he could at his age. I guess that will be answered in the other story. :)

Author Reply: It certainly will be answered in the other story, if I can find the time to type it in. June is a very busy month for us (probably for most people). I remember this feeling... summer's coming, and I think things will slow down in summer, but then June hits like the proverbial ton of bricks. Mixed a metaphor. Would a runaway truck fit the picture better?

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DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 16 on 5/29/2014
Awww...he's channeling Uncle Merry.

You know, I've always imagined young Faramir as physically looking much like his father (only with much darker hair) but as being much like Merry in personality.

Author Reply: It's funny, but my thinking is much the same. My Farry is more of a serious planner, though sometimes his father's whimsy shines through, in an odd moment. Obviously (the quote gives it away) he's echoing Merry, just as Goldi is echoing her father, Sam...

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