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| Beyond Imladris by PSW | 2 Review(s) |
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| Itarille | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/24/2025 |
| How comforting it must be, to be sheltered in a hobbit hole after soem dreadul days! And of course a hobbit will know when something is not right. Author Reply: Yes - I imagine it must have been possibly the most comforting place available at that point - warm and cozy and full of good food. And small - which I kind of imagine would act a bit like a weighted blanket… | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 2/3/2025 |
| The beginning of the chapter reminded me of a child's version of Ivanhoe we read aloud when our children were little. I later read the original version, and oddly enough, I actually preferred the child's version! (I didn't always; some children's versions of classics I remember thinking of as watered-down pap.) Fathers do tend to be unimpressed by children's drama, I find... But what's this? Isolation or quarantine? Are they worried that whatever ails "Nate's" un-father might be catching? (But maybe a blessing in disguise if it keeps "Nate" from meeting lots of people and possibly compromising his concealment from the Dark Lord. That said, Luanna sounds like she wasn't born yesterday. Arti, too.) Estel's introduction to a hobbit hole made me grin with delight for him, and then I had to laugh (sympathetically, of course) at his reaction. (A cellar?) Not a nasty hole with dirt walls and "the ends of worms", but "a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort". And a boy his age should fit comfortably in hobbit settings. (I remember how my kids at his age and younger *loved* spaces designed and built to their scale.) Oh my. His education neglected Halflings? But they will become such an important part of his story! Not to mention the saving of Middle-earth! Perhaps his abduction is all part of the Song after all... "Ada". Would Arti recognise the word as an Elvish term? Arti seems trustworthy. Whew. Author Reply: I loved writing the part about the Hobbit hole! And was definitely thinking about it not being a nasty dirty wet hole… ;-) He doesn’t know much about Hobbits yet, it’s true, but fortunately he’s learning about them! And yes, Arti and the others are trustworthy thankfully - but Estel still isn’t sure how far to trust them. Poor kid has a lot to consider from the fragments he’s likely picked up over the years. I suspect Luanna just wants the kids out from underfoot - hers, the healer’s, ‘Nate’s’ … Too much happening all of a sudden! I haven’t read Ivanhoe… Thx for reading! | |