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| The Farewell in Gondor by Larner | 58 Review(s) |
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| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 4/20/2008 |
| What a lovely ending! Hantanyel! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 4/20/2008 |
| Oh, good, they made it and now they have the chance to say goodbye and also know their beloved treasure has a chance to heal and be happy again and indeed dance and sing with joy and not defiance. Love the idea of the four hobbits curled up with their dear and the strength and love that gave all of them and the confusion Sam had at first with the coin and being heir. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Yes, they can say goodbye, and need to do so. And I think Sam and Rosie need Bag End--it needs a true family so much! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 4/20/2008 |
| Ah, the agony of not knowing whether the choice was right for them to leave Frodo in Gondor while they returned home, the wondering if he was going to have a heart attack anyway, wouldn't it have been better if he had been by their sides these years? But how nice that perhaps Frodo was able to 'attend' the wedding. Your title seems to indicate that they will make it in time, but they don't know that. How real this tale is. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Yes, they must wonder if they did the right things. I do suspect Frodo got to "see" the wedding, perhaps in the Palantir from Orthanc. Aragorn and he would have wished to share that as they could, I think! And you think it feels real? Thank you! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2008 |
| Finally getting to this. Of course Sam would know his heartbrother was in trouble. What a sad parting this will be and they have such a long way to go. Namarie, God bless, Antane Author Reply: Yes, Sam would know, and prepare as well as he could. Thanks for the feedback! | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/13/2008 |
| This has been what a good AU ought to be,just changing one major detail and seeing where it leads,which are the type of AUs I read and enjoy. Author Reply: I prefer to read such AUs myself. Thanks, Linda. | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/11/2008 |
| Well, you got ahead of me in spite of my best efforts to keep up with this one, and I had to finish it in little bits. Tried to review a couple of times as I read, but my computer seemed to choose just those times to do something wacko (freeze up, shut down on it's own [one of its unique quirks it exhibits very occasionally], or something). There were so many little bits in Chapter III that went right to my heart, but what impressed me most was the atmosphere. You made me feel as though I was there--the quiet that always comes before such a departure, the sadness of it, the anxious waiting...and yet there was a touch of strange peace. I'm glad Frodo chose to go in the end, and just in time it seems, and that he left Bag End to Sam just the same anyway. It's fitting, I think, that Aragorn help Eglantine and Paladin to understand in Frodo's place, since he and Frodo were brothers in spirit and so alike in the ways that mattered here. I agree that things would have been better if Frodo had come home, both for him and for the Shire, but this was an interesting exploration all the same. And what a perfect way to end it with the moment of communion made possible by those three wonderful trees. Ironically, it was sickness that allowed me time to get on tonight. Some horrible little flulike thing that more or less physically incapacitated me for about three and a half days. I have schoolwork and homework that needs my attention soon, and I'll be even more dreadfully behind when I return on Thursday after a choral competition (for which I have no voice) tomorrow, but I guess you could say I'm not that good at resisting temptation right now. :) Oh well. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: I had this all written before I started posting it, and was posting a chapter a couple times a week. As it wasn't particularly long it was up pretty quickly. Watching someone face death or a departure forever is never easy; that I was able to communicate the peace as well is heartening. The flu has hit here pretty heavily. I was never fully ill, but instead went through several weeks of just feeling crappy, but not enough to stop doing things. Good luck in the choral competition--sorry you have no voice, but I can certainly empathise. My voice is rough as well. So glad you had some excuse for reading tonight! And thanks for all the feedback. Am looking forward to more of your writing! | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 3/11/2008 |
| I absolutely rolled on the floor with laughter at Bard's concern about where Aragorn could stand (or sit) comfortably! And the fact that they found a chair big enough. These are great details!!!! It's a good thing Denethor's dead... I don't think he'd be too happy 'sharing' the Stewardship (bad enough he'd have to accept a king!) - even if the other kingdom is a gazillion miles away. I'm sure he'd think he could handle it! :-) Good chapter! Author Reply: This was a joy to write. I'm certain Gerontius would have tried to have chairs apt to fit Gandalf during his visits; that someone would have unearthed one of them for Aragorn's use followed easily. As for Denethor--Oh, you're all to likely to be right! Heh! Thanks for the giggle! | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/11/2008 |
| I was a little concerned (though this is an AU) with Aragorn disobeying his own law and entering the Shire. I think he stated that even he would not be allowed to step foot within the borders of the Shire??? I agree about the people of Gondor's compassion and love for Frodo! Really neat tale! Author Reply: Aragorn did not officially instate that law about Men not entering the Shire until seven years after the quest according to the Tale of Years; both Dreamflower and I have him putting a temporary ban on a trial basis soon after he realizes the devastation wrought by Saruman's folk, with him officially ratifying the ban later at the proper time; but in actuality there was no proper ban in place at this time according to canon. Once he imposed the ban he would NOT enter the Shire, of course, except perhaps under the greatest of needs and with the greatest of secrecy. So it is that in "Go Out in Joy," which is also AU I have him already having put the temporary ban in place, and it takes the signs that the Valar wish him to do more for him to break his own ban. And I'm glad you agree about the love the folk of Gondor would have felt toward Frodo. And I thank you, Agape! | |
| Agape4Gondor | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 3/11/2008 |
| EXCELLENT CHAPTER! Author Reply: So glad you like it, Agape! Have to have at least a moment of joy on Tol Eressea, after all, although you can thank Dreamflower for this chapter having been written. Thanks for the feedback! | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/9/2008 | |
| "...without the blessing of the presence of the Ringbearer himself, the question remains as to whether or not the full gift would have been granted of so many truly blond children." I agreed with everything you wrote in your notes except for this line. I don't see ANY connection between Frodo's presence and the birth of many fair children. I've always thought of it as a sort of "magic" in the air, generated in part by the rebirth of the Shire physical landscape. Or if I think of it as a "gift" given to the Shire by those on high, then it was a gift from them to the entire Shire. Author Reply: Definitely this can be debated! The blessing laid upon the Shire by the dust from Galadriel's garden and what blessings she laid on it; Sam's own blessing as he gave the left-over dust to the winds of the air; the resumption of general Hobbitish peace; a reward from the Powers for the task accomplished by three Hobbits--the Ringbearer, the Supportive Friend, the more primal Stoor who managed to actually see the Ring into the Fire.... I hope you allow me my own image of Frodo's own physical presence offering its own additional blessing. Thanks for the feedback. | |