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| Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hobbits by GamgeeFest | 217 Review(s) |
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| Everlight18 | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue on 1/26/2014 |
| I LOVE this, GamgeeFest! You did such a great job blending so many different subplots and story lines together. I haven't laugh this hard in a LONG time. My favorite part was when Sam beamed Boromir with the pinecone! That was just priceless! “A pinecone?” Boromir said, disbelieving. He had been knocked out by a pinecone? He will never live that one down ;) hahahahaha! Poor Boromir. Actually I never did like him very much but this story has been changing my mind. It's to bad that things turned out the way they did. Thank you so much for a great and very educational story. Namaire and God Bless, Ever Author Reply: Thank you, Ever! It's such a joy to get a new review to an old story. :) I admit, I took a lot of Sean Bean's portrayal of Boromir from the movies for use here. Book Boromir comes across rather distant. | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/23/2010 |
| Reading this I have come to the conclusion that all Hobbits should come with a warning sign to beware of a Hobbits isatiable curiosity! Life would be so much eaiser and things would move a lot faster if you didn't have to keep stopping to answer their endless questions! Lynda Author Reply: Well, at least all Tooks should come with that warning! Or anyone with more than quarter of Took blood. ;) I think Boromir rather enjoyed the attention, even if he'd never admit it. lol! Thanks for reading! | |
| Slip | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 7/31/2010 |
| Janet, Shirebound sent me here when we were discussing dwarf feet in eljay! This was a delightful read and new to me. So charming, your Pigeon and Mer were a total delight! I hadn't read a Quest story in quite awhile - so wonderfully nostalgic and how especially lovely to see Boromir at the hobbit's "questionable" mercy! Good job! Author Reply: The hobbits certainly enjoyed themselves, as did Boromir - once all the questions were over with! He'll never make that mistake again. ;) So glad you enjoyed this. | |
| 6336 | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 7/2/2010 |
| I didn't know about hands, I always heard it was feet! Lynda Author Reply: It could be both, I suppose! :) Thanks for reading. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue on 6/2/2009 |
| I started reading this a long time ago and then didn't ever finish it. Oh my, I haven't laughed so much, or so deeply, since I don't even know when. In the modern culture of men, young people lose their innocence (the most innocent sort of innocence, that is - we'll just leave the other out of the picture ;)) as naturally as young Hobbits came of age, or received their first pipe. A much sadder change, but bound to happen and impossible to prevent if one intends to be ready to cope with the real world. But stories like this are such sweet reminders that it doesn't matter really; that life is still what you make it; that laughter, loyalty, and love, and a little cleverness thrown in for good measure, can accomplish more than all the complications we create to make life "interesting," when really we'd be better off enjoying all these things instead of making life harder and forgetting the greatest gifts that make it worthwhile. Thank you for that reminder, and bravo! It's perfect; I love your Hobbits, and the story is beautifully rounded out at the end, from the revel of the last chapter, to the tying up of loose threads and Sam's own delightful and sweet and nostalgic recounting of it all in the epilogue. Truly heart-warming. :) Author Reply: My dear, it is wonderful to hear from you! It was such a delight to open up this review and see you had written it! You've been missed, both here and on lj. (hugs) It is very easy for children today to lose their innocence. Nearly everywhere you look, someone or something is trying to steal it away. Yet innocence endures even against the harshest realities, and the hobbits I think epitomize that the most in Tolkien's works. I think that's part of the reason they are so small and easily confused for children by the Big Folk in the story. Thank you for your most insightful review! I'm glad you enjoyed the conclusion of the story and Sam's poem, as he worked very hard on it. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/14/2009 |
| Sorry to be reviewing so late - hobbits are indeed very inspiring! :) It seems natural to me that Elves would also like to be barefoot. Elrond's words to Gandalf about not minding being around the wizard's bare feet was cute. Love most though Pippin's remark about Sam: "he's a spy you know!" Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: For some reason, I didn't get an email notice for this review. I'm glad I found it! I think Elves would enjoy being barefoot too. They just needed a reminder. ;) Elrond doesn't mind what Gandalf's feet look like - he doesn't *have* to look at them after all - but scents are not so easy to ignore. hehe Sam was counting on Pippin's paranoia, as Sam was clearly not hiding in wait but had gone to fetch some much needed towels and beg assistance of the elves in cleaning the mess. ;D Thanks for reading! :) | |
| cookiefleck | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/9/2009 |
| I jumped for joy when I realized you'd posted another story and ran headlong over to SOA to read this chapter. Poor Pippin didn't stand a chance, did he? And glad to see that Sam was smart enought to stand clear of the fracas. Plus honey bombs, fragrant Gimli, etc. Your imagination ran amok and gave me many laughs! Author Reply: Pippin was outnumbered and outmatched - by two very ticked off cousins! He did the smart thing by turning himself in right away, otherwise Frodo and Merry would have had more time to think up an even more elaborate pay back! Sam avoided the honey bomb by mere luck, and avoided the rest by good hobbit sense. Thanks for reading! Glad this gave you a few laughs! :D | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/8/2009 |
| You've done it again! I so enjoyed Elrond's speech on the joys of being without shoes and Pippin was, as ever a complete riot! Brilliantly done! I'm still laughing at Merry for wanting to tell Elrond exactly what 'he could say.' Author Reply: I can't fathom why some people go around all day long in shoes. I hate having to wear shoes for too long. It's about time the elves learned the joys of going barefoot! ;) Pippin really put his foot in it this time. heh! Good thing Frodo was there to hold Merry back, or someone might not have lived to see the start of the Quest. ;D | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/8/2009 |
| LOLOLOL! Oh, I do love all the puns! "Danger afoot" indeed! And Gandalf's advice about humoring hobbits. Poor Pippin! I wonder who that honey bomb was actually intended for? He was very careful not to say who when he told Gandalf, Elrond and Erestor of his mishap! Author Reply: I couldn't think of more puns, otherwise, I would have used them, I assure you! Perhaps it's a good thing I couldn't. ;) Gandalf has been around more hobbits and for a lot longer than the elves. He would know about the necessity of humoring hobbits. They can be so single-minded after all. :D Pippin had a rather adventerous start to his morning. Perhaps he couldn't say because his intended victim was in the room with him? ;) This incident could be why he and Merry decided to use poor Lindir as their patsy in the following chapter. *hinthint* | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 2/8/2009 |
| Ah--when Pippin's involved, expect about anything? And who was his intended victim, then, and will that one end up getting doused anyway? Heh! Author Reply: Pippin does start his share of trouble. He just can't help himself, being smack in the middle of his tweens. :D Well, if you remember the following chapter and the pranks Merry and Pippin put poor Lindir up to, you should be able to guess who Pippin's intended victim was - and alas, he still hasn't gotten him! ;) | |