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| An Unexpected Adventure by KathyG | 2 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 3/11/2025 |
| Another thought: I'm really glad that I finished writing the chapter in All Work and No Play earlier this week, where Ferdi explains Hobbit developmental stages to Haldoron, their Ranger-guide for Farry and Ferdi's quest to retrace the Fellowship's journey to Gondor, or I'd worry about accidental plagiarism! (I always try to give credit where credit is due when I incorporate ideas I've read in other authors' fanfic works.) Of course, DF and I have a lot of similar ideas, and some of that comes from the discussions we've had about hobbit ages and comparisons with men. (I miss those discussions with DF, with Dana, and others... I still get to immerse myself in Middle-earth ponderings with Larner on the phone [or in person! What fun!] on occasion, which is a blessing.) DF was/is brilliant in deciphering JRRT's hints and assumptions! Her nonfiction works, analyzing Tolkien's works, are invaluable references for fanfic writers. Please give her my regards (again) and let her know I think of her often. Author Reply: Dreamflower, Lindelea wants me to give you her regards, and to let you to know she often thinks about you! She misses you. Hope you can return to the fandom soon. Hey, Lindelea, it sounds as if you get a lot of ideas not just from the novel, but from others' fanfiction! I know what you mean about giving credit where it's due. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 3/11/2025 |
| I've often wished I had a solar. We actually had something like one in the desolation that was a Wisconsin winter. My parents enclosed a large porch and added a gas fireplace. On summer evenings, they'd open the glass louvers and enjoy the breeze coming through the screens that kept the mosquitoes at bay. In cold and even freezing weather, with the louvers firmly shut, the glass was thick enough to contain the heat, allowing us to eat on the porch with glass on three sides, letting the bright winter sunshine in. (And man, that winter sun was incredibly bright, seemingly growing ever brighter, the lower the temperatures plunged below freezing!) (I'm really glad that Kaylee's evening "ritual" uses the gentler version and not the old "if I should die before I wake" that traumatized so many children of an older generation, from the stories I heard.) As to youth and slang, I am hopelessly behind. "cool" is about my speed. He wondered what it would be like to see such marvels as "teevee" and "moo-vees" and "net-flix" and "yew toob". I am suddenly reminded of Shirebound's amusing anecdotes on LJ of visiting hobbits wreaking havoc in her office, if I'm remembering right... The "agreed-upon" hand signal(s) makes sense. I have to say, it's a good thing I've almost come to the Doors of Moria in Bill's story, or I'd have to leave off reading this story until after I'd got past that point in finishing the final draft of that story. Speaking of summer evenings... "Star light, star bright" brought back memories of crickets chirping and fireflies flitting about... Formatting question: I understand that italics indicates text from the original, but what's the underlining supposed to convey when the Ranger shouts his warning about Crebain? Ah yes. "Nothing further happened that night." That always jumps out at me nowadays ever since the first time it tugged at my sleeve and whispered there was a story to tell... Author Reply: A solar would be nice, wouldn't it? I used the older version of "Now I lay me...", myself. Now I'm curious to know what Shirebound included in LiveJournal! The Fellowship has only come to Caradhras Mountain. Moria still looms ahead! I know what you mean about crickets and fireflies! (Which were also called lightning bugs when I was a child.) Underling indicates dialogue from the Peter Jackson movie trilogy. In this case, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. | |