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| StarFire by Lindelea | 7 Review(s) |
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| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 9/2/2004 |
| He's going to ride doped up, and with his leg tied to the stirrup? Good grief, he wins the Fool of a Took title *hands down*. He makes Pippin look as conservative as a Bolger by comparison! I'm wanting to smack him! (And credit goes to you for making me think this way! LOL! Author Reply: "conservative as a Bolger" -- a new byword! (Freddy excepted) | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/17/2004 |
| WHat a mad plan they have come up with! I hope there will be now trouble coming from this but I suppose that is too much to hope for, I'm guessing Ferdi will be found out! I do hope everyone is able to make it through safely! Looking forward to more! Author Reply: It is a mad plan, just mad enough for them to pull it off if there are no upsets. Does anything in life ever go perfectly as planned? Thanks for commenting. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/16/2004 |
| Ferdi is a fool. Desperate - but he takes idiotic risks. It's not surprising he always ends up in trouble. Is the pony really likely to go better with a swaying half-conscious pain-filled hobbit on her back, even if it is Ferdi? I would have thought not. Is he likely to end up back in bed with his leg even more badly damaged? I would have thought so. And haven't the pressures changed? The Rohan pony is back. Ferdi was seriously injured saving Farry. Doesn't Pippin owe him some gratitude and pay back? Or does laying down your life come with the job description? Author Reply: Yep. You've pegged it. Ferdi's a fool at this point in his life, or as another Took once said to him, 'When they coined the phrase "Fool of a Took" they were thinking of you at the time.' (something like that, anyhow) He's really got nothing to lose, no reason for self-preservation at this point in his life. What does he have to live for, save his duty to his invalid father? If he had any ambitions for the future, they've been drubbed out of him by the uncertainties of life. Thankfully, after he and Nell are united (albeit in another story, "Flames"), he has a future and a hope. As to Pippin, I've characterised him to be very much like someone I used to know who'd get so focused on a goal he sometimes didn't notice (and regret) the bodies falling to right and left of his course until 1)he reached the goal and looked around or 2) someone grabbed him by the collar and interrupted his single-minded pursuit. He learned, eventually. But it was kind of painful for him and those around him while the learning process was going on. Frustrating, ain't it? Good comments. | |
| Connie | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/16/2004 |
| Those two are really a pair. They'll risk their very lives for something they believe in, even if it is a horse. I hope neither Ferdi or Pippin does anything, other than what they already have, that is going to get them hurt. Connie. Author Reply: Peas in a pod, I fear. As to what's going to happen, well, the race chapter is in the works and shaping up quite nicely so far. Perhaps even tomorrow... We'll see. Thanks for commenting! | |
| Lyta Padfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/16/2004 |
| Ferdi is going to get into trouble... but what else is new? I adore Ferdi-angst, he suffers so well. Author Reply: Do you happen to know my editor by chance? She says much the same thing. She's always telling me there's room for more, and I keep telling her the poor hobbit is going to end up permanently disabled from all the injuries... (but he's supposed to be vigorous and energetic right on up until the day he dies...) Thanks for commenting. | |
| Beruthiel | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/16/2004 |
| I think we've had enough Ferdi angst for now. How about torturing Pippin instead? (What is it about Pip angst that's so appealing?) Author Reply: Well, the idea was physical angst for Ferdi (we're talking the Thain story) and resulting mental anguish for Pippin, but Ferdi may have suffered enough. We might substitute someone else (though I can hear my editor pouting when we speak on the phone... LOL) Haven't made up my mind yet, still pondering. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 6/16/2004 |
| I haven't actually read the chapter yet - I'll get back to you. I wouldn't say stop torturing Ferdi ENTIRELY (he is probably my favourite hobbit) - but it would be nice to see some others (Pippin) suffer a bit more for putting him through so much agony. A bit of shared hobbit torture might work - with Ferdi getting rather more of the respect and admiration and rather less of the physical agony. It's just that nothing ever happens to him in moderation - it would be nice to have him saving the day without getting the wounds to go with it. Author Reply: Well, Pippin will be suffering mental anguish in the Thain story, no matter who gets crunched (in a manner of speaking), as he will be the cause of it all, heedless tween that he is. And I'm afraid Ferdi will get very little respect and admiration this time, as the Thain story is set in the years just before "Flames", where he sank so low that he actually ran away to follow Pippin, or something, until Regi came looking for him and recruited him into Paladin's anti-ruffian force. If you want Ferdi-respect you'll have to read "Rope" or "Merlin" or "Truth" or "Solid Ground" or "Rain" (though any time ruffians appear, they don't give him any respect whatsoever, the wretches). So did you read the chapter yet, or are you waiting for the actual race? | |