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| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 830 Review(s) |
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| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 90 on 5/14/2025 |
| You've picked up that eerie moment in the book and made it eerier. Personally, I rather like corvids, and whatever they might do to other animals is nothing in comparison to the cruelty humans inflict. But if you need a good spooky bird, a corvid it has to be. Author Reply: Weren't they the birds in the playground scene (and maybe other scenes) of Hitchcock's The Birds? Very eerie! Frightening, even. It wasn't long after seeing that film that I swore off horror films. JRRT seemed to have a better opinion of them, though, at least in The Hobbit. If I'm remembering right. They're so intelligent, and I've found their customs and culture fascinating in the past. I always stop and watch when I see a crow or two driving away a much larger raptor; so bold and brave and clever and determined! It's too bad Saruman used them for nefarious purposes. Do you think the silence (I think a single croak is mentioned in the book) increased the eeriness of the scene? Thinking back on it, that single croak must have made an impression on me in reading that passage and writing this chapter since it's something Bill mentions. Thanks so much for reading and pausing to share your thoughts! | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 87 on 5/14/2025 |
| I love that scene in the film, a rare moment that does Boromir justice. Lovely that you picked it up here. And yes, I can see that the poise from dancing could also help with fencing. Author Reply: I remember Boromir as "a noble man" though I think JRRT actually describes Denethor with those words. He's a tragic figure, and yet from the glimpses of him given throughout the book, it's no wonder he's been the subject of interest for so many excellent fanfic writers. He's not all brawn and muscle, but also intelligent, observant, practical, caring and even sensitive (though forced to suppress it or, at least, hide it most of the time). I can understand the temptation to write an AU where he lives and gets to see his beloved City safe at last. It's a difficult day (woke up with no spoons today; was Lobelia visiting recently?), so I'm taking great comfort in reading reviews and dabbling in fanfic. Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it. | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 86 on 5/14/2025 |
| Ah, so what we amateurs call an LBB - "little brown bird." Author Reply: Hahaha! That resurrected a faint memory of one of my older family members... Thanks for the chuckle! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 128 on 5/10/2025 |
| Now all makes sense to poor Bill, split at last from his Sam and the other Hobbits it has come to see as his new herd. May his separation from the Fellowship be eased as he finds his way home, guided by the Wizard's pictures and the voices gifted to him for his guidance within the empty lands he now faces. Beautifully wrought to the end, my friend. Author Reply: Thank you so much, dear friend. I'm glad this weekend gave you some space to read and (hopefully) relax. (((hugs))) Happy Mother's Day to you! (I think I probably wrote this in another review reply, but it bears repeating.) | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 127 on 5/10/2025 |
| Love the pony's vision of what the others see, and his appreciation for the worry as to how they will enter the Mines. Author Reply: He can certainly read their emotions, even though he can't make sense of the lines that appear on the rocky surface of the cliffs. (While I've seen video of studies where dolphins and other creatures were able to learn to recognise fairly simple symbols and shapes – who knows what complex shapes they naturally respond to in the wild? – I'm not sure if any such studies have been conducted with equines. So I went with the idea that Bill couldn't distinguish a star from a rune or a tree in a 2D rendering.) Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 126 on 5/10/2025 |
| Ah, it was the empathy of Frodo rather than Aragorn I noted. But the same could indeed be said of the King-to-be had he thought of it first. I bless the pictures Gandalf shows Bill to bring him back to his birthplace. Thanks for this one. Author Reply: I have stolen some time to type review replies this morning, and so I must thank you for your encouraging feedback – for reading reviews is so energizing – but the "kitten" is having a cow, so to speak, and so I think I must close the laptop and embark upon a voyage of discovery to see what she needs. Or thinks she needs. A lap to nap on? Freshening the supply of food or water? A few light-hearted moments chasing a feather tied to a string? All demanding, insistent meows sound alike to me, and so a process of trial-and-error lies in my immediate future. (((hugs))) Thanks again! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 125 on 5/10/2025 |
| I am proud of Bill's strength and courage! And bless Aragorn for his empathy. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 124 on 5/10/2025 |
| A good reminder that they are no longer in safe places. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 123 on 5/10/2025 |
| Bill must be glad he is not expected to climb the stair as well. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 122 on 5/10/2025 |
| A lovely, quiet interlude. | |