Stories of Arda Home Page
About Us News Resources Login Become a member Help Search

Twice Twenty  by Dreamflower 8 Review(s)
Anso the HobbitReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/20/2006
Oh, poor Merry! It's so hard for the hobbits to lose one another, the bonds are so very strong.

Author Reply: I thought you might like this little bit of Merry-angst!

Yes, their bonds were strong when they left, but now they are even stronger, and it's hard for Merry to have any of the others out of his sight.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/15/2006
Oh, Merry, so dependent on knowing his little Pippin is all right.

Author Reply: Yes, Merry is very much dependent on knowing that those he loves are safe, and most especially for Pippin, who he's always taken care of.

BodkinReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/15/2006
Merry would like to wrap up all those he loves and tuck them away somewhere safe. He's natural hero material. Accepting the choices of others though ... better he learns how before he marries Estella!

Author Reply: Yes, he would. And the Quest made it worse, for he could not help but feel less than effective at being a protector when he can't even begin to imagine all the dangers ahead of them. It had to make him tense.

I agree. Poor Estella--I'm sure it would get frustrating for her. But somehow I don't think it's a lesson he ever completely learns. He just learns how to be more tactful and less obvious about it over the passing years.

Pearl TookReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/14/2006
This is one of those things that is just so right - so real. I can deffinitely see Merry fretting like this. A very telling wee moment. Well Done :) :)

Author Reply: Merry would fret. He is not one to be happy to let any of his loved ones out from under his eye, no matter how briefly.

Thank you!

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/14/2006
I usually catch these over on LJ but I must have missed this one. Another perfect drabble. I have no clue how you manage that. I enjoyed this one.

Author Reply: *grin* I just write them, and count the words, and add or subtract until I reach 100. *ONE* time I actually wrote a perfect one off the bat!

harrowcatReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/13/2006
I guess 10 seconds would have seemed too long for Merry!

Author Reply: Well, he *does* tend to worry about his cousins when they are not under his eye. *grin*

Queen GaladrielReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/13/2006
Wow! I'm for ever amazed by the power of drabbles! This one says so much in so few words.
God bless,
Galadriel

Author Reply: 100 words can say a good deal, can't they?

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 30 on 2/13/2006
Ah, Merry. Time is so relative. Bet it only *seems* longer.

(Or is there a Quest bunny nibbling at Dreamflower's ankles?)

Author Reply: I think it's only seeming longer. *grin*

I have any number of Quest bunnies nibbling at me. But they will have to wait in line...

Return to Chapter List