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Only a Second or Two  by Larner 7 Review(s)
Queen GaladrielReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/18/2009
Oh my goodness, little wretch! Yes, there was no saving him, and no wonder...to steal from the thief and lie about it, then use the silly trinket to lure in...I really don't want to imagine too much of that. Pathetic!

Author Reply: Indeed, my Lady. Definitely the product of his parents' raising, and learned too many things better left unlearned at his mother's knee.

Yes, Lotho is very pathetic as I see him!

Thanks so.

Linda HoylandReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/11/2009
Lotho is not a nice Hobbit at all.A good foreshadowing of what he will become.

Author Reply: Unfortunately, you are all too right. Thanks so, Linda.

Agape4GondorReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/10/2009
Oh my! Like mother - like son!

This was a great little look at the family dynamics Frodo was up against...

Author Reply: Oh, yes--Lobelia and Lotho made such a pair indeed! Both almost hopelessly twisted, although Lobelia came out all right at the end.

CeleritasReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/9/2009
Heh, looks like this apple hasn't fallen very far from the tree. Taken in conjunction with the title I'm kind of creeped out now!

Author Reply: Oh, not far at all. I think the Chubbs girl would do well to stay away from Lotho, for who knows all she will lose if she continues to allow him to be about her.

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/9/2009
How is it possible to show all the above mentioned bad characteristics in such a short conversation?

Lotho is even worse than Lobelia! In fact the only female hobbit who seems to be interested in him as a gentlehobbit IS his mother!

(Poor guy, there are times when I nearly feel sorry for him.)


Author Reply: I'm so glad you appreciated it, Andrea. There's no question Lotho is his mother's son--unfortunately. I, too, feel sorry for him at times. Poor lad!

Raksha The DemonReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/9/2009
Funny and a great showcase for the venal character of the Sackville-Bagginses. It's rather sad, though; Lobelia wants approval and validation from her son, and he doesn't care about her at all, only thinking about his own desires - a foreshadowing of what will happen later, with Lotho handing over the Shire to Saruman's agents on a proverbial silver platter.

Author Reply: Oh, indeed, Raksha. The son of the thief is a thief himself, having imbibed stealing with others with his mother's milk, I fear. And much as Lobelia loves her son, still he is even more self-centered than she. And he has no idea how he's to be used by one even deeper in cunning than himself!

Thanks so, Raksha.

KittyReviewed Chapter: 9 on 3/9/2009
*shakes head* Lobelia is complaining because Odo guessed correctly that she was the thief? And Lotho in turn is stealing it from his mother? Really, Lotho and Lobelia deserve each other! One is worse than the other. They're such a nasty family!

Author Reply: The Bracegirdle and Sackville definitely are in the ascendant in Lobelia and Lotho, aren't they? Thanks so, Kitty!

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