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| Cities and Wilderness by Larner | 3 Review(s) |
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| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/23/2025 |
| “Let them know this moment of fellowship uninterrupted.” Such compassion! I always love it when Faramir and Frodo can enjoy each other's company... especially when they're both feeling so useful. Author Reply: I feel much the same, Shirebound. Frodo and Faramir now have time to learn how much they have in common, with the approval of one both love. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/16/2025 |
| Oh my. The description of Frodo is heartbreaking. He's much too young to have silver hair! How his ordeal must have aged him. Sigh. I love the picture of the two scholars sharing the excitement of the discovery, and Elessar's small pretense aimed at prolonging their joy. Lovely! Author Reply: I keep remembering Frodo's body as seen by first Smeagol and then Sam as they paused upon the stairs as Frodo lay sleeping in one of his rare dreams of peace. We're told that this is one image that caused Tolkien to weep as he wrote it, with Frodo's skin thin and worn but filled with a light that made it worshipful. Great responsibility can cause an individual to age rapidly. My mother pointed that out to me, showing how our presidents all age prematurely. So it must have been with Frodo. I'm so glad you appreciated Aragorn's decision to appear surprised and pleased when they come to share their find with him. | |
| Fimbrethel | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2025 |
| Awwwwwwww! Well, not cute exactly, but lovely all the same! I have never read many fics in this time period, and certainly not one like this! Leave Frodo to have more time with Faramir before he goes, yes! The only thing amiss is that this scene is rather short. But I say it was rather time for a Faramir, Aragorn, and Frodo one! Wonderful, Aragorn is wise as always (in the books of course:) Author Reply: i can't remember if this was a fixed-length ficlet, which would explain its short length. In my-verse, Aragorn asked Faramir and Frodo to look for precedents to show the Council so that they would approve decent payments to disabled soldiers as well as to widows and orphans. I susoect that he was proud to encourage the friendship growing between two he respected so much. Yes, wise indeed! | |