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| For Eyes to See as Can by Larner | 34 Review(s) |
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| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 10/9/2023 |
| Yet another reading through of your delightful tale Larner. Still brings both tears and laughter. hoping all is well with you my friend. Hugs Elizabeth | |
| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 7/8/2015 |
| This was heartbreakingly beautiful especially the beginning and ending thirds. The middle third (covering the events of the quest) felt quite rushed and rather jarred me out of the story flow. Author Reply: I am so glad you chose to read it, as it was my first foray into fanfiction. I'd not wished to tread at that time into situations that the Master had already written to, so for me it was enough for Sam to assume his own Master had written all that was needful to know about the quest itself, and to concentrate on the periods before and after the quest. Thank you so much for your feedback! | |
| Szepilona10 | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 9/30/2012 |
| So, I have no idea why I haven't read this before, but it's fantastic! It definitely goes on the list of my all-time favorite fanfictions. Sam is a very interesting individual--he sees himself as a lowly gardener, but is really one of the smartest and most important beings in Middle Earth. To read about 'Mr' Frodo from his point of view, gives a completely different perspective than third person does. Anyway, this was a great story (even though it doesn't have rangers in it! :D)! God Bless! ~Szepilona~ Author Reply: I am so honored, Szepilona! My first story, written so long ago now, in response to "A Small and Passing Thing" by Lindelea as she posted it on FanFiction.net. I always felt that Sam's intelligence had to have been played down by Tolkien, particularly if he, too, was educated by Bilbo. And I found I had to include some of my own obsessions from when I was younger, such as caddisfly larvae and their often beautiful constructions, as an exemplar for metamorphosis. No, no northern Dunedain Rangers in this one, or at least not deliberately. Thanks so much for the comments and compliments! | |
| Socrates399 | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 3/1/2009 |
| I read this once before, but I just realized that I have never reviewed. This is beautiful! I am always impressed when you (along with one or two other fan-fiction writers who I follow) create a story that is faithful to Tolkien's work, and yet very original. Thank you. Author Reply: Thank you for taking the time to reread and comment, Socrates. That you find it original considering I was referencing Tolkien himself and a host of the fanfics I'd read just before reading Lindelea's "A Small and Passing Thing" is a great compliment indeed! It was my first fanfic story, and the one that got me started as one hooked on the genre. I am honored so many have appeared to like the story as well as they have. Thank you so very much! | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 5/20/2006 |
| I finally finished reading this and it is just beautiful. Such a bittersweet ending, yet so full of love and hope as well. It is hard to see just what Frodo thought of himself at the end, that all he could see was his failing and self-loathing, and not his strength and selflessness. Being in Valinor will help to heal that. I cannot say enough good things about this story, just that it's one of my favorites and will forever change the way I see Frodo after the Quest. Thank you for sharing this. Author Reply: Ah, you've found the First Story. Yes, this is one of my favorites as well, and am so glad you found this moving. Pain and depression can so deeply wound us. I suspect Frodo found a great deal to look down on himself about after the quest; he needed the grace to get past that. This makes the knowledge Frodo was granted the grace to go to Eressea more meaningful, for he finally had sufficient physical and emotional healing he could begin appreciating he was indeed beloved and worthy of the love all others wished to shower him with. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 4/20/2006 |
| Wow! Why didn't I find this story earlier? For here lie the roots of some of the best stories I ever read! What a wonderful idea to see Frodo through the eyes of Sam - until he, too left Middle Earth, and then to give the last words to Aragorn. Those dark pictures are frightening - especially the one of Frodo as Gollum. His dreams must have been pure agony! I'm just glad to know that you, too, see a reunion of Frodo and Sam in the end, and a last meeting with Aragorn. Author Reply: Oh, I am glad you found it. I admit that Lindelea's and others' works heavily inspired this and were even referenced in it, and am grateful the original writers appear happy to see the references. But I felt it was time that Sam's point of view be examined, and had a great deal of enjoyment putting myself into his--footsteps. And the dark pictures would be part of what Frodo would have sought to draw to deal with the darkness he found himself. Writing and drawing out the fears and worries, I always felt, would be how he dealt with that which worried him the most. Yes, I see Frodo, Sam, and Aragorn finding one another in the future. Thanks so much for letting me know you've read this and appreciated it. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 16 on 4/18/2006 |
| It is rather sad to think that the Baggins family is no more in the Shire. Sam pays tribute to them in the only way he can, by naming his sons after his masters. Frodo's restlessness is well portrayed here and those dreams sound frightening indeed. We know what they mean, even if he doesn't fully understand them yet himself. Author Reply: I agree about how sad the family of Baggins has declined almost to non-existence. But there will be Bilbos and Frodos there, I think. I wanted to explore how the Ring might have affected Frodo early on, before it was quite awake; and these dreams pushed themselves into the story. It ties into the discussion Frodo and Gandalf have of them in The Acceptable Sacrifice as well, as somehow Frodo began dealing with them to keep the Ring from endangering those around him. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 4/3/2006 |
| First the elven flowers and now the clock - Pippin has busy little hands! lol It's lovely to think that Sam preserved all those shells and eventually had them encased and displayed, and that Sam was so intent on making sure that Frodo had beauty all around him with the gardens, even on Bag End's rooftop. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 4/3/2006 |
| I can just picture Sam trying to talk to and comfort the poor flowers. Interesting to think that Sam might have known all about the ring before the Conspiracy. That's a pretty heavy conversation for one as young as Sam, but he's able to handle it, proving that he is far more intelligent than most (including himself) give him credit for. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/25/2006 |
| Awww! Wee!Baby!Pippin - their lives will never be the same, or uneventful, again. Loved the argument over the waistcoat; we do so often fight over the silliest things. Gandalf playing with Pippin, and with Bilbo's china no less, was just the icing on the cake. | |