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| And Where Are the Children? by Larner | 1 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 6/2/2025 |
| I love Treacle's immediate appreciation of the workmanship that went into the tack of Frodo and Sam's ponies. Sam is so good at shifting someone's mood. He's probably had a lot of practice. I'm glad at how Frodo shows his appreciation. I love your version of how Pippin got his nickname! I'm so sad at the loss of the spinning wheel and looms. (The Boss wanted them for when he got there? Oh dear. I hate to think of those precious tools put to some nefarious purpose or defiled simply for the pleasure of ruining something treasured and beautiful.) I hope they can be restored to their owners. And how wonderful of Bilbo! (The memory of Rivendell, and Sam's delicate way of handling the part about Frodo's injury... Well done.) The interlacing of the timing of events in this part of the Shire and in the Southland is interesting. I'm still not sure whether it was the world going still or something else that frightened those thieving Gatherers. Looking forward to more! Author Reply: I would think that the Shirefolk would be amazed at the items brought home from the southlands. Here were symbols they wouldn't recognize, and techniques with which they had no familiarity. Stories of Rivendell they might have heard, particularly from Bilbo Baggins. But who knew anything of Gondor or Rohan? Sam is well aware of Frodo's wish that the people of the Shire not become too knowledgeable about the possible evils faced out there, and would be careful in how he told Frodo's story, or so I think. And I agree that he would do his best to bring Frodo back to today's reality, not letting him dwell on his darker thoughts and memories. As for the interactions of what happened in the Shire to what happened in Mordor--well, that shall show out. Heh! | |