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| An Alphabet Book for the King's Children by Larner | 5 Review(s) |
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| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 12/26/2016 |
| Larner, you truly have a positive knack for picking up on details the good Professor sprinkles liberally around and find ways to explain or expand on them. Of course that is why Pippin is on a different hill to Aragorn and Gandalf where he just might have been a tad safer. Although I wouldn't have wanted to try and explain it to Merry or Frodo. (🎶Innocently sends plot Bunny on it's way with a good store of carrots.) Silly sentence to follow. It is 11.30pm and my brain is tired.😴💤 Author Reply: I felt this might be part of the reason why Pippin chose to stand there, but I also felt both Pippin and Beregond might have been feeling rather fatalistic at that point. Beregond had a good chance of facing execution or total exile when he got home; Pippin had just seen Frodo's mithril shirt and Sam's sword and whatever else the Mouth had in his hands at the time, and could well have thought that the Enemy had the Ring and the END was at hand anyway, so better to die swiftly than have it drug out. As for that plot bunny you sent.... I suspect it is settling in well with those Tallis has sent me--it has plenty of company, at least. Heh! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 12/24/2016 |
| Oh, my most vibrant and valiant of small knights I like this very much, two adjectives that are perfectly fitting for Pippin! Author Reply: Aren't they, though? Thanks so, Andrea! | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 12/23/2016 |
| Fear and valor are funny and unpredictable things. It could be that if they were fresh, these men would have had the heart to face Mordor -- but worn down by the previous fighting and terror, it was just too much. Aragorn was indeed a just and merciful King..., Author Reply: He was certainly wise enough to know that if he'd pushed them onwards he would have been little better than Sauron himself, and that it would be likely some would have frozen into immobility at a crucial time, making matters worse for him and those who were trying to fight effectively. | |
| Kaylee Arafinwiel | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 12/22/2016 |
| Ah yes, Aragorn the Valiant! And a Lord with Vision, to be sure - as well as compassion, something Denethor didn't seem to have a grasp on! I'm so glad Aragorn allowed Pippin to stay with Beregond - that was, of course, very important!! I need to look up Caer Andros and what happened there...But it's a good thing the Men who had not the heart to march to Mordor had a place to go! Author Reply: As far as I remember, it was never told what happened to this impromptu mission to relieve the garrison on Caer Andros, but I so loved Aragorn for offering a viable alternative for those who could not withstand the terror of the thought of facing Mordor itself. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 12/22/2016 |
| "Oh, my most vibrant and valiant of small knights, in this battle you may choose whatever position, whatever company you wish. And may the Valar look on you with favor.” I just love that. Author Reply: Pippin above everyone in the whole company had earned the right to place himself wherever he pleased, and I'm certain Strider would let him know this. Thanks so! | |