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| Shire: Beginnings by Lindelea | 127 Review(s) |
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| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 2/8/2025 |
| What a wonderful story - so glad I found it. Thanks so much for sharing it! Author Reply: I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for your generosity in taking the time to share your thoughts. I greatly enjoyed reading your impressions. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/8/2025 |
| Lovely homecoming! I’m so happy hat they can rest and feel safe now. ❤️ Author Reply: I love it when I can bring a story in for a safe landing. They'll have a 300-year respite to grow and thrive before having to move on again, this time to Bree. Author Reply: Oops! I misremembered. They have 150 years in this new homeland before they migrate to the Bree-land. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 2/8/2025 |
| It’s good that Gandalf and the Elves are keeping an eye on things - I don’t trust the Men if Rhuduar. Home is a wonderful thing! And I’m so glad the Harfoots (Harfeet? ;-) are anxious to welcome them! Author Reply: "Home" is such a lovely word... I seem to remember that this is where the idea began of keeping a watch on the Shire and the Bree-land. Before Cardolan and Arthedain fell, probably Gandalf mostly took care of things (and maybe Rivendell Elves?). And then later, the Dúnedain took on the role of the Watchers, perhaps not knowing the deeper reason why but faithful anyhow. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 28 on 2/8/2025 |
| Wow - what a confrontation! After such a monstrous lead-up, to see Glorfindel drive back the Shadow for even a moment … He really is full of life and light that nothing can dim. Now, to see if this agreement is kept… Author Reply: I've always been struck by that glimpse we have of Glorfindel "as he is on the other side" when Frodo crosses the river on the elf-horse. This scene was heavily based on that brief observation of Gandalf's. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 2/8/2025 |
| *think Author Reply: (Got it!) | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 2/8/2025 |
| Yikes. I hunk they made the Elves mad … or Glorfindel at least, and well he should be. This is all really horrible. Why would they just be so into killing the Hobbits?? Author Reply: They were under evil influence. JRRT said that the Men in the land fell under the shadow of Angmar, and were destroyed in the war that brought an end to the North Kingdom. Also, the Enemy may have targeted Hobbits, having some inkling that they would play a part in his eventual downfall. One of the things this story tries to explain is why Watchers were appointed to guard the Shire and the Bree-lands. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 2/8/2025 |
| I’m sure the Elves absolutely loved all the babies coming! What a time of rejoicing. :-) I’m sure Thorn will be back, but I don’t like all this talk of ‘if you don’t come back’… Hope he’s back quickly! Author Reply: Considering that Elves celebrate "Quickening" as their New Year (if I'm remembering right), I think they'd find babies wonderful and full of wonder. I don't think the Fallohides take life for granted at this point in time, after all the losses they've suffered over recent years. | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 2/8/2025 |
| Perfect who the scarf went to! And wonderful that they were able to honor their traditions in this new place and with their new friends. Author Reply: When I re-read the description of Gandalf with his silver scarf (as I was re-reading The Hobbit and LOTR with special attention to Gandalf), this idea suddenly popped up and wouldn't go away until I wrote it into this story. I remember one year when I couldn't seem to read enough about how other cultures observed winter holidays. It was fascinating! | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 2/8/2025 |
| I love the idea of the ladies bonding and healing over yarn and knitting and quiet chats by the fire. What a perfect place for them to bring and children and spend their time. Author Reply: I think a lot of the details of the setting and opportunities quietly left open to (rather than forced upon) the hobbits reflect Elrond's gift of observation and his healer's instincts. I think it was Bilbo who described the Last Homely House as the perfect place, no matter what you wanted to do. (I just looked it up, and yes, he did.) And JRRT goes on to say, "Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear, and sadness." | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/8/2025 |
| And so ‘Gandalf’ is born. :-) What a lovely thing, that everyone stopped to sew new clothes for them and to see that they were cared for. I’m sure it was a merry time indeed for the Elves - who, as you say, have all the time in the world. Author Reply: I think this was a lovely respite for the Fallohides and a time of wonder and renewal for the Elves. As Gandalf observed, just when you think you know everything there is about Hobbits, they surprise you. (Or something like that.) | |