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| Sharing Sam by Celeritas | 34 Review(s) |
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| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/9/2011 |
| I think a room right next to Frodo would be the only place Sam would be comfortable. Quite right there. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Yes--unless he wants to be alone with his wife and doesn't want Frodo overhearing! | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/7/2011 |
| You know, it's so easy for Tolkien to say they move in together, but you're quite right, it would have been a little sensitive and needing much diplomacy! I approve of Rosie's decorative choices... Author Reply: It would have been a big change for all of them, and while Frodo keeps on saying, "Oh, it'll be fine," not even he has thought through all the logical consequences. And it must have been a real treat for Rosie to get to do all that redecorating! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/6/2011 |
| I love all the detail in this story. And I'd never thought of this before... I hadn’t given any thought to keys. I suppose there’d be a way to copy this one, but who knows when there will be Dwarves in the Shire again. Rose will have Bag End bright and cheery again in no time. Author Reply: Thanks! I really like looking at the detailed consequences of the changes in these hobbits' lives, and it doesn't take too much envisioning them going up the hill and unlocking the door to wonder exactly how the issue of keys is going to be handled. I'm sure Bag End wasn't dull and gloomy before, but it surely must have been missing something all those years! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/6/2011 |
| *chuckle* Dear Rose! I do love her combination of diffidence and bossiness! Comes of being the sister among the brothers, I'm sure! (The bossiness, not the diffidence-- that's solely Frodo's fault, turning everything upside down as he is.) But once she moves in and gets used to things, I'm quite sure she'll manage both the males just fine... Yellow curtains and yellow tablecloths and a mat... all the little feminine touches that Bag End has lacked since Belladonna's day! What fun! And the part about Frodo not wanting to "pry", LOL! Too funny! I love Rose's practical answer, at any rate. Privacy's rather a modern invention-- centuries ago families shared not just homes or rooms, but the beds as well. The human race managed to muddle along just fine. And hobbits are just as practical. Author Reply: Rosie's only just starting to warm up to Frodo, so she can put her foot in when she needs to, but she needs a moment to do that as well. And she'll have to be a good deal more deft about managing one of the gentry, too, instead of her brothers. And goodness, after how many years of being inhabited by bachelors? *grin* I think the whole place is going to look a lot cheerier! Privacy is modern, but I think wealthier hobbits are a good deal closer to it than most people in Middle-earth--Frodo's a bachelor, but he doesn't have any personal servants, and he can afford better heating than most people. (Living underground really does help with insulation like that, too). Add to that the fact that almost all Shire families are now nuclear, and even if they can't normally afford it, I think it'd be a reasonable expectation for Sam and Rose to get some privacy in the early days of their marriage. At any rate, living with the Gaffer in such a situation is very different from living with Mr. Frodo! But, of course, hobbits are practical, and Rosie's quick to realize that that's a silly reason to not look after Frodo. (And of course, adolescence is just as modern and hobbits had that, too! Dear me, it's such fun dealing with an anachronism!) | |
| goldvermilion87 | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 8/5/2011 |
| I love the fact that Rosie's isn't shy about suggesting changes. Also, *snrk* Author Reply: She was shy, at first, but she didn't want an altercation and once she started she couldn't stop. Also, that is a perfectly legitimate concern to address. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/3/2009 |
| Nicely done. Frodo foresees what the day will bring, and engineers a situation in which Sam and Rosie will finally be able to settle their future. I find him perhaps too bright and forthcoming about what happened a year earlier, but you already know that. But the prescience I DO see happening in this way. Rosie's growing belief in Frodo's infallibility is touching, as is the fact that Sam went home to change, spruce up, and return to pop the question. Yes, THAT is our Sam! Author Reply: Thank you! This really is the first time I have Frodo acting on his insights, and I think the experience was just as "Let's hope this works" for him as it was for me! There was, after all, only so much he could do; and if Sam had gotten too nervous at the last second who's to say that he didn't just ruin things by meddling? Fortunately things managed to work out but if Frodo manages to have any more flashes of prescience for events that happen while he remains in the Shire I think he'll be a lot more circumspect in acting on them. It seemed at one point to be a very close call! If you wish, you may view Frodo's brightness as a bit of "the hobbit doth protest too much;" I would disagree as someone reading this fic but as an author I'd rather not pry into the fellow's affairs too deeply. I like the idea of his having not just bad days in his post-Quest years, and there's something I find absurdly appealing in his earlier madcap self peeking through just a little bit. He may also have been excessively relieved, to the point of his tongue being loosened: I could see him later mortified at the prospect of his admitting what he did. Whatever you want to think, something odd was going on with him that day. Rosie's growing trust in Frodo, of course, has its downsides, as her snapping at him while Sam's gone shows. Yes, she believed him, but she didn't know why and for a while there it looked as if her faith was completely unfounded. This is really the first day that she's got any concrete proof that he does know more than he ought to. I'm not planning on writing it at the moment, but her first interaction with Frodo after all of this must have been very, very interesting. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter! | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/3/2009 |
| You can't blame Rose for thinking Frodo mad for he was acting a bit cracked, for that anniversary I think would be both good and bad, for the great victory and the terrible loss, but how nice to see him happy! :) And cute the way Sam said that the garden wasn't on its best manners while they were gone. But *chills* when Frodo said he hoped Rose was kidding when she said she wished Frodo had not meet Sam. One does not wish to even think of that! *shudders* Then finally at the end, what she and Frodo were waiting for. I hope she apologizes to him! Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: We know that March 25 was another significant date for Frodo (knife, sting, tooth), but we also don't get any evidence of his having had an "anniversary" in the conventional sense. So I thought it'd be good to make things just a little off, so people could think what they wanted about Frodo's sleeping in, and then have him in high spirits: after all, this was the day he was finally set free from that horrid thing! Although if you want to say that the hobbit doth protest too much I can't stop you. Just doing my little part in thumbing my nose at fanon. Rosie was obviously not thinking when she said that to Frodo, but it was something that stopped him cold because he was so aware of how much he was beholden to Sam. She may have meant it (expressing a wish for things never to have gotten this messed up), but she didn't mean that (wishing Frodo had died). I imagine that she'll admit that she was wrong and too emotionally wrought up, if not apologize--at the very least she'll be quite embarrassed when she next sees him! Thank you! | |
| xtremefrolicker | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/3/2009 |
| this is beautiful!! i love it so much! Author Reply: Thank you! | |
| cookiefleck | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/2/2009 |
| What a wonderfully written chapter. I rode the rollercoaster of emotions right along with Rose. Individually you've caught their personalities, and your characterization of their relationship is textured and tender. Loved sweet moments such as the latent thrills of their fingers just brushing. Just perfect! Author Reply: Thank you very much! Rose really did get run through the emotional wringer on this one, didn't she? And thank you especially for the feedback on those "sweet moments." I always get really nervous writing romance and it didn't help that at this particular instance I wanted to do something that was clearly romantic (if not erotic) without resorting to anything beyond a hug. I'm pleased to hear it worked for you. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 5/2/2009 |
| LOL! It worked! It worked so beautifully, that I was convinced right up to nearly the end that you were going to keep us--and Rose--and Frodo--hanging for one more chapter! The beginning was wonderful-- I thought I noticed a tweaking here and there, especially with the interaction with Tom! "You owe me"! *grin* Perfect! And of course all of the rest was just as much a surprise to me--poor Rose, heaping reproaches on Frodo, and all the while it was just Sam trying to be "proper", after all! Brilliant, my dear! Author Reply: Hee hee hee! Glad to have fulfilled your expectations! It would have been cruel to leave Rose hanging (even if it makes for good Evil Authorship), especially because if Sam did not take all those not-so-subtle hints that the day (and Rosie) flung at him then he really would be half-wise! Not to mention that we know that by the time everything's settled in Bag End he has asked her. It'd be really interesting to find out Tolkien's take on the timing here: Sam thinks at this point that Frodo doesn't know that he's asked Rosie to marry him, but Frodo's been living with the Cottons up till now so it would have been reasonable for Sam to think he knew if he had asked Rosie a little while back. Plus the timing of moving into Bag End and Sam's forestry work makes the entire plot a bit convoluted. Next chapter in AWS should explain hobbit customs in such a fashion as to better account for Sam's leaving just to get a bunch of flowers (well, he cleaned up a little better too, but still). Sam really does owe Tom several. I'm sure finally proposing to his sister so she won't be sulking around him will placate him somewhat--though of course Tom will still push for as many advantages regarding Marigold as possible! | |