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| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 5 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 112 on 3/20/2024 |
| Love the description of Legolas speeding away to "find the Sun" and Bill's accompanying thoughts. Frodo changing what he'd intended to say to spare Sam's feelings is so in keeping with his empathic nature. Author Reply: The picture of Legolas running over the top of the deep snow struck me in my first reading of LOTR, at age thirteen, and has stayed with me since. Elves can walk on top of snow? Astonishing. Even more so to Bill, I'm sure, weighed down and trapped by heavy snow as he was, watching the Men toiling below. And you're right, Frodo has always seemed empathetic to me, perhaps part of what generated such fierce loyalty in his cousins to engage in their conspiracy to guard and protect him, even Freddy, who stayed behind and nearly gave his life in playing his part at Crickhollow. Thanks for stopping to leave a good word. I am doing my best to finish the puppy story, in honour of two Giant Schnauzers now, both of them indelibly inked upon my heart. I don't think I'll be able to finish before Panda leaves us, but there isn't much left to the story, so I will keep working at it until the last chapter is posted. And then (sigh, but only because I am grieving, and fanfic is but a temporary respite at the moment), it will be time to pick up another WIP, either "Farry and Ferdi Go to Gondor", or a Farry-and-Goldi story, or (and I know you'll be glad to know this one is progressing) "Thain". | |
| KathyG | Reviewed Chapter: 112 on 3/12/2024 |
| Thanks. I'll pass your regards to Dreamflower. Yahoo took down all the list serves, all the groups, several years ago, but some were moved to another server. I was hoping ours was one of them. Without a list serve, I see no way for any of us to be able to contact our administrators anymore, and we really need to be able to do that still. If we can't email them anymore, not only will we not be able to ask if they can fix it so that we will once more be able to receive email notifications of reviews and replies, but no new members will be able to join us as story authors, either. Author Reply: Thank you. I found something at IO, though no recent posts (last messages in 2023); would that be the one you're thinking about? (((((hugs))))) to you and DF. | |
| KathyG | Reviewed Chapter: 112 on 3/11/2024 |
| And now, it's only a matter of time until they get off that mountain and head to Moria! First, though, they've got to fight off wargs. Author Reply: All too soon, I'm afraid. Glad to hear from you. *hugs* (What is the SoA listserve? Did it replace the SoA Yahoo group? Or maybe it was a Google group? I've been away so long, I don't remember. I just know I belonged to a group. Sigh.) Thanks so much for stopping to leave an encouraging word! Please convey my best regards to DF. I think of her often. | |
| Erulissé | Reviewed Chapter: 112 on 3/10/2024 |
| Awwww! What an awesome chapter. Bill is so cute and wholesome. I love the nicknames he has for everyone, they really match with their characters and add a cool layer of nuance. I eagerly await each new chapter as always! 😁❤️ Author Reply: Bill is a lovely character, according to the glimpses JRRT provided of him. He is also a product of the company he keeps (cute and wholesome Shire-folk, that is). Thanks so much for stopping to leave a word of encouragement and share the parts you like! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 112 on 3/10/2024 |
| Bill's thoughts, while still jumbled and confused, are becoming so poetic. He really is growing and evolving, and will have so much to teach the many horses he will meet later in life... when he finally returns to an easy life in the lands of sweet grass. Author Reply: That makes sense, considering the company he's keeping! An Elf, a Dwarf, two Men whose traditions stretch back generations, and Hobbits who often seem to be spouting a song or poem ('Won't somebody give us a bit of a song, while the sun is high?' said Merry, when they had finished. 'We haven't had a song or a tale for days...' Fellowship of the Ring). Not to mention his beloved Sam and Sam's 'bit of nonsense' under the shadow of the Trolls' legs, 'out of his own head' (according to Frodo), Frodo's lament for Gandalf in Lórien, and Sam's small addition about the Wizard's fireworks... Author Reply: p.s. If you sometime once again find yourself struck by the yen to write a little something, I would beg for a glimpse of the fab foursome at Cormallen as comfort reading. To be clear, I am not laying any expectations on you, for you have provided so many good stories that are on my list to go back and revisit (and I must thank you again for sharing your wonderful work with the rest of us). Covid laid me low last month, and while I'm slowly getting better, the lingering lack of energy is (hah, lame play on words coming up) so tiresome. | |