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To Rescue a Damsel  by Lindelea 2 Review(s)
shireboundReviewed Chapter: 14 on 2/27/2025
his mother's face was suddenly close, and her lips gently blessed his forehead. 'My brave little lad,' she said.

*happy sigh* What a loving, comforting, gentle chapter. You know I love it.

Author Reply: I do know! I have enjoyed many similar moments in reading your stories, as well. I think the best part of h/c is absolutely the "c" part. If one can manage lots of "c" with hardly any "h" (or none at all), it's a bonus. I've been writing loads of fluff since Ollie left us, and it has helped somehow. Thank you, my friend, for your encouragement.

LeithianReviewed Chapter: 14 on 2/27/2025
This chapter is fluff overloaded, and I didn't know how badly I needed this.
The description of events through Farry's drowsy eyes somehow made it feel very comfortable and cosy. And Farry and Goldi are so cute together.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘏𝘦'𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦...

What a beautiful turn of the phrase. And I feel that such people are few and far in between and they are utterly charming. Did I mention that Ferdi is my favourite character?

BTW what is the relation between Rudi and Ferdi? I thought that Rudi is Ferdi's son, but then he was also the Bolger. I haven't read most of your older stories yet, so I'm confused.

Studies are fine, I have to revise for tomorrow's test. But all is well when there are strawberries to go with it.


Author Reply: Everything goes better with fresh strawberries, I should think. Even frozen strawberries, in a pinch, especially if they have been dipped in chocolate. (We have some of those in the freezer, actually.)

I'm so glad the fluff is helping.

In a nutshell (at least, my best attempt at a nutshell):

Ferdibrand is on JRRT's genealogy as a direct descendant of The Old Took, making him gentry by blood. In my version of things, his father Ferdinand married the daughter (one of my OCs) of Odovacar Bolger, the head of one of the Great Families in the Shire. However, Ferdinand was a gifted pony trainer, making him one of the "working gentry" – sort of a hybrid status. Thus, Ferdi grew up mingling with both the gentry and working-class hobbits and learned to move in both social circles as someone belonging wherever he found himself.

Ferdi and Pippin's sister Pimpernel (Nell) were childhood sweethearts. However, Ferdi's father lost everything in a fire, reducing him to living on the "Thain's charity". Ferdi eventually became a hunter. Later, his skills were valuable in keeping ruffians out of the Tookland during Lotho's time ("the Troubles") and made him a "hero of the Tookland". He suffered severe injuries at the Battle of Bywater and withdrew from society. Thain Paladin then arranged for Pimpernel to marry Odovacar Bolger's brother, Rudivacar (another of my OCs), who died shortly after Pippin became Thain, probably of appendicitis, leaving Pimpernel with five children and one on the way. Though second marriages were almost unheard-of in the Shire, Pippin and Odovacar were instrumental in bringing Ferdi and Nell together. When they married, Ferdi adopted Nell's Bolger children; however, the eldest, Rudi, had to remain a Bolger since he was the heir to the Bolger name and fortune. (Freddy ["Fatty" Bolger], Odo's son, who should have inherited, never completely recovered from the Lockholes and removed himself from the succession, making Rudivacar the Bolger heir before his death, and his son became the legal heir after the older "Rudi" died.)

I hope that helps? (And hopefully, I didn't confuse you further with this "short" version!)

Author Reply: p.s. I'm so glad to hear you're a fan of Ferdi! I'm quite fond of the hobbit, though between me and my editor-friend (since moved on to a different fandom) who used to proofread my chapters and occasionally suggested ways to insert more chaos and conflict, we have put him through an awful lot of, um, character-building experiences, to put it mildly.

Author Reply: Oops, sorry, I mistyped something in the "nutshell" above. Ferdinand, Ferdibrand's father, married the SISTER of Odovacar Bolger, not his daughter.

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