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| Moments in Time by Larner | 1162 Review(s) |
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| Galadriel Gardner | Reviewed Chapter: 99 on 1/26/2023 |
| I have laughed and shed tears over this precious gem of a story. So, the Tooks run to what we (rather unfortunately, I believe) would call ADHD, or at least extreme impulsivity, as well as, perhaps, giftedness in Pippin’s case, and Frodo used his natural discernment and his love and ability to interact well with children to be, in effect, his paraprofessional/classroom aid. ADHD runs in my family, went unsuspected until I couldn’t deal with it anymore and began to look for answers, and now I would pay dearly to have been productively taught to stay! on! task! in childhood rather than struggling to learn now in my thirties. I’ve been in Frodo’s role as well with my own youngest brother. At least, for Pippin, the issue was caught early, and look how far he went, literally and figuratively! Everything about this story is so, so true to real, lived experience, and that alone is so encouraging. This is one to save and reread and share! Author Reply: I missed this post, I fear. As a special ed teacher I've had to work with such children several times. Am glad this hits home and truly for you. Thanks so much for your affirmation that I've got this one right. | |
| Galadriel Gardner | Reviewed Chapter: 100 on 1/26/2023 |
| This is so beautiful! Very well written, very singable at a first look, very Sam with touches of Pippin. Very poignant and descriptive of Frodo. Praise them with great praise, and the true poet, also! Well done! Author Reply: Am continuing to find your comments, my Lady. This song worked at me until I got it all written out. Am so glad it struck home with you as it has. | |
| Teresa | Reviewed Chapter: 35 on 12/30/2017 |
| I think that the entire Fellowship were being shaped that way. Boromir s was darkened briefly; but his strength and light held at the end. I wonder how Legolas and Gimli s lights blended? Starlight and firelight perhaps? They were also brothers of the heart and soul. Many thanks for posting this! :) | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/7/2016 |
| Fantastic! The idea that there's something Aragorn *can't* do is quite endearing. And, there's no need to hammer a bench together w the same force you'd use to sledge a stone wall down, your Majesty... :-P Author Reply: Oh, I so agree! I loved writing this one! Thanks so! | |
| PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 2/5/2016 |
| That is a good metaphor! Transplanting... I enjoyed this little look into Frodo's thought processes. Very nice, thanks for writing! Author Reply: Thank you! I do believe Frodo liked it as a metaphor. | |
| OGSQYrM9l8w3 | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 1/11/2016 |
| So much info in so few words. Tosolty could learn a lot. Author Reply: I have to laugh at the idea of this being "so few words," seeing it is one of my longer short stories! But certainly Tolstoy did tend to write long books! Thank you. | |
| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 27 on 7/26/2015 |
| I've been wanting to hear this story. This was lovely! Author Reply: Oh, I'm so glad you enjoyed this one. And there is a sequel of sorts to it in one of my other collections. Thank you! | |
| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 7/25/2015 |
| Loved this chapter! One thing I'm confused on is at what point in time the slave ship is liberated and the proceeds from it split among the survivors. Is this typical Gondorian policy? Because it sounded at first to me as if this girl was a child when she was liberated but then I remembered the other time this circumstance is mentioned in 'the lesser ring' I believe, which takes place quite a few years /after/ Frodo sails west. Author Reply: As I imagine it, any Gondorian ship, merchant or navy, that managed to capture a slave ship would free its prisoners and give them the ship and whatever remaining cargo and treasure that was found aboard it to help them get home. However, when there was no home left to return to or no family to offer protection to a female or child slave, she or he might find a place within a Gondorian home as a an adoptee or as a foster placement. Popea was enslaved long before victory against Mordor and thus before the time of the slaves told of in "Lesser Rings," and as no one could determine where the rest of her family might have been disposed of she was adopted by Marcardion's family and had dwelt with them for several years. Again, I apologize for the delay in answering your question. My shoulder has limited my time working on the computer for a few months now, and it's only now beginning to let up! | |
| KathyG | Reviewed Chapter: 95 on 6/14/2014 |
| Obviously not a box turtle! LOL! =) Author Reply: No, not a box turtle necessarily. Heh! So glad you enjoyed it. I'm not certain what turtles, if any, might live in the Shire, but I remember bringing home new "pets" fairly frequently back when I was quite small and we lived in Tulsa, as well as the ones Mom encouraged people to bring her when the family relocated to Arkansas after I'd moved out on my own. Sorry for the delay in answering--my shoulder has been aching abominably, and I've had to limit my time working on the computer at all for the last few months. | |
| estelnalissi | Reviewed Chapter: 100 on 1/31/2014 |
| Because I can't bear it that Frodo sailed from Middle Earth, I shy away from your stories, but your love for Frodo and the honor you do him and the Hobbits in your heartfelt, complexly imagined, deeply layered writing draws me irresistibly back to read and admire and cry a few tears. Sam's song with Pippin's tweaking is a bittersweet sketch of Frodo's life abbreviated to a dense concentration of detail and emotion. I am especially moved by the verses in which you show Frodo deciding again and again to put the well being of others before his own, eschewing his own happiness and comfort until he's lost the Hobbit's instinct to dwell in cozy community. I brailled this poem, to get it out of the computer so I can read it any time, anywhere to celebrate the profound nobility of Frodo and The Lord of the Rings. Author Reply: I am so touched by this tribute! There is no question that Frodo Baggins is a most extraordinary being, no matter what his race or native inclinations, and it is his willingness to put others before himself that makes us love him so very much. And I am so honored you brailled this! Somehow I've lost my Duxbury program, or I'd have many of my stories translated into .brf format for those who want to read them using a braille display or other paperless braille device, or have them ready to print to a braille embosser. Again, thank you so much. I, too, grieve that he felt it necessary to leave Middle Earth, but have always felt that it was needed at the time. Thank you so very much! | |