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| For Folco by Dreamflower | 15 Review(s) |
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| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 9/16/2016 |
| Well...yes, that is seriously sad. Poor Folco... :-( | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 1/13/2016 |
| I meant to add... Does your Estella feel guilty about being the one who let Folco go to the market? | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 1/13/2016 |
| 'Sniff' This is so sad but necessary to your universe. that flute is a wonderful talisman. One of the things I continue to marvel at is how every event in LOTR is necessary to the downfall of Sauton. Even the bad works to the good of the whole. | |
| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 8/2/2015 |
| It's interesting to read all the different interpretations of why Falco wasn't included in the conspiracy. The last line was the perfect ending to clinch the tone and feeling of this piece. | |
| EstellaB | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 4/23/2006 |
| This is really sad... *sobs* But very beautiful... Author Reply: It is sad, but I am glad you think it is beautiful. All I know is that once the story idea came to me, that Folco might have been killed by ruffians, it wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it. | |
| trishette | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 4/12/2006 |
| Just so you know, the chapters appear to be a bit out of order... the epilogue is currently chapter 2 Author Reply: Thanks for the heads up, trishette, dear! All fixed now. I don't know why older fics will do that sometimes, all by themselves seemingly... | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 12/2/2005 |
| "While not as close to him as Freddy, Folco had been a dear friend. And Fredegar and Folco had been as close as he and Pippin. He thought of how close he and Pippin had come on so many occasions to losing one another on the Quest." I don't even want to *think* about that! This story was an excellent illustration of the close relationship between Merry and Pippin. It's painful enough to read about it when it is Freddy and Folco; it would have been totally unbearable if either Merry or Pippin (or Frodo or Sam) had died because of the cursed Ring and its long reach. Very poignant angsty story. You have a gift of making enriching the understanding your readers have of the relationships and importance of everything that happened. | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 12/2/2005 |
| How awful! No wonder Freddy is so scarred by what happened. I've read this before, but it got me mad all over again. Hang Lotho! And Ted Sandyman, too - he deserved what he got in On the Road to Edoras! Folco was such a sweet hobbit, even though he made a regular habbit of putting his furry foot in his mouth. And that flute - what a perfect choice of musical instrument for him, it just suits him. "It had a wonderful sweet tone." So did Folco. Author Reply: Lotho and Sandyman deserved every bit of what they got--just not at the hands of Freddy or other hobbits. It was far better that they fell victim to the very thing they brought on others. I am glad that Folco's sweetness comes across, in spite of his big mouth. And I am so glad everyone likes the flute, as well. Thank you! | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 12/2/2005 |
| You know, I am sorry to say I don't get the joke. How is Lotho a bottom feeder? Typical Folco - not being careful and wise about what he says and to whom during such dangerous times. Folco's sweet, but doesn't think. How petty of Lotho to hold Folco's offer to give a loan to Frodo against him! Unfortunately, it fits in perfectly with loathesome Lotho's personality. And Ted Sandyman is just as petty and vindictive, still holding a grudge about a story told about a miller. I can see folks thinking that Lotho's gang had "taken care" of the four travellers. Everyone knew that Frodo and the S.B.'s did not like each other at all and for Frodo to up and sell Bag End to them and pretend he didn't have any money, well, there had to be some reason behind it. Lotho's intimidation would make sense. And with Lotho's newfound power, it would also make sense for him not to stop at getting Bag End and to get rid of Frodo and those closest to him. Author Reply: It's a take on an ancient joke about unscrupulous lawyers and catfish. Since carp are also bottom feeders, I appropriated them. Lotho is a bottom feeder in that he is unscrupulous in his dealings and in taking advantage of others. I'm not sure Folco himself quite "got" the joke, but he knew Merry and Pippin usually got a laugh out of Frodo with it, so he repeated it. Unfortunately with his usual bad timing. It was inevitable that he offend Lotho. I understood that as far back as "Conspiracy", but I resisted the bunny as long as I feasibly could. It seemed to me that to hobbits in other parts of the Shire, when they heard of "Big Men" attacking Crickhollow would immediately jump to that conclusion, having no experience to speak of, of Black Riders. The more sinister explanation would never have occured to any of them. But the Bucklanders, who had seen and heard the Black Rider's invasion first-hand would *know* those were no creatures of Lotho's. | |
| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 12/2/2005 |
| Merry didn't know that Folco had died? It must be hard for the four hobbits to catch up on everything they missed while they were away - so many changes. I'm looking forward to reading the story, even though it is sad. Author Reply: Not until that moment. So much had happened while they were gone--and I'm sure that no one actually *wanted* to tell such sad news, and so everyone assumed someone else had told them. | |