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| Useless Heroes, Uselesser Villains by Virtuella | 3 Review(s) |
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| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/25/2025 |
| I disregarded your warning. This is too much fun. I love the way Pippin keeps coming up with ideas for things that haven't been invented yet, and everyone keeps fluffing him off. Now he's all the way into the 20-21st century with the GPS tracker idea. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/23/2025 |
| Ah yes (rubbing hands together), another chapter to savor! There's an old advertising jingle I remember from the 1970s: Plop Plop Fizz Fizz (I just now found a mini-documentary that CBS posted on their YouTube channel by that title, like a stroll down memory lane). It popped into my head when Frodo asked for an aspirin. And then, of course, other applicable scenes came to mind. "I can't believe I ate the whole thing!" Pippin and lembas, Pippin and/or Merry lounging around at Isengard with their pipes and plentiful foodstuffs, any number of hobbits at Bilbo's Birthday Party... "Try it! You'll like it!" I'm drawing a blank. Boromir arguing for someone from the West to use the Ring? Aragorn sampling Éowyn's cooking in the film? The other three hobbits shoving Sam towards Rosie after their return to the Shire (also in the film)? "Mama Mia! That's a spicy meatball!" Gollum tasting something, I don't remember. Lembas? Stewed rabbit and herbs? "Oh what a relief it is!" Frodo after the Ring goes into the Fire, for sure. oOoOoOo (excuse me whilst I borrow your divider) I choked on my tea when I read, "They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!" Well done. Take a bow. "There's no time for that!" <--Did he learn that from Gandalf? Alas, poor Sauron. It appears that excessive orb-viewing is ruining his eyesight. Ah, Gandalf. He's one of those souls to whom "make haste" has no meaning unless he's saying the words himself, I suspect. It tends to be one of the shortfalls of an immortal being, I find. I have detected a trend. Rather than a randomly organized commentary, we're following the flow of the plot, more or less. And it only took me five chapters to figure this out. Accordingly, I am looking forward to reading more. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/23/2025 |
| I love Pippin's ideas, too bad no one else pays attention to him! | |