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| You Can Lead a Took to Water by Lindelea | 55 Review(s) |
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| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 1/22/2025 |
| I am so glad to find this finished! What a lovely conclusion to this tale. It's always fun to visit the Tooks in the days before Paladin got saddled with the Thainship. I love your Robin. He reminds me of my Menelcar. I wonder if the two wanderers ever crossed paths... At any rate, I am trying to catch up with my reading at SOA, but have been distressed about losing some of my work. I noticed you lost some two. I need to check in and see what's going on with that. Author Reply: Oh! It's so lovely to hear from you! I'm delighted that you're back and reading again. I was gone for so long (because of the demands of working to put food on the table), I was afraid everyone would have moved on and SoA wouldn't be here anymore, either. I'm so glad to have been mistaken about that. What a fun thought – Robin and Menelcar meeting! Somehow, I think they'd strike up an instant friendship, probably get drunk together and sing an epic tale in pleasing harmony that they made up on the spot (and probably couldn't remember on waking up the next day, only to have all these people coming up to them and tell them what a marvellous song it was...). Don't mind me. I'm up way past midnight, which I shouldn't be, but I am. I think I restored my lost stories, though some of them I had to recreate from the draft copies saved on my hard drive because I hadn't thought to save the changes I made after posting them. If you notice anything missing that I didn't restore, please let me know? Thanks so much for reading and stopping to leave a good word! I hope this finds you well and that you will see this note! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 3/28/2020 |
| Oh, Strider knows well who holds the power here in the Shire. A most fitting end to the story! Author Reply: LOL! What better use of Counsellors, I should say, than to allow them to counsel! (Or whatever... my coffee has not kicked yet.) Thanks! Be well. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 3/24/2020 |
| 'I proclaim you Shire-friends ... oh, what a lovely idea! And what a lovely happy ending. :) Author Reply: Thank you! I do love a happy ending. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 11 on 3/22/2020 |
| A proper thanks for Robin's labors! Paladin is the proper gentlehobbit here, obviously. Author Reply: Definitely! What I like about Paladin here, as well, is that he doesn’t even know how Robin rescued his little son a couple years ago, and yet he’s hospitable and courteous. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/12/2015 |
| Well, as Dreamflower said before, there are simply no words for Lalia! At least Robin knows from his own experience that not all Tooks are like Lalia. I am glad that he is up and about again. Author Reply: Yes, it's a good thing that Robin has been all around the Shire, and multiple times! And also that he met Bilbo and experienced the hospitality of Bag End, before meeting Lalia. Whew. Thanks! | |
| Tari | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/10/2015 |
| Lalia should be related to Lobelia. She just as mean. Author Reply: Kindred spirits. Do you suppose they would be bosom friends, or worst enemies? Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/3/2015 |
| Trust Lalia to demand a pound of flesh and a bit more! Selfish old biddy! Author Reply: Trust Lalia, indeed... I can see her thinking up ways to turn a profit on the backs of Men who had the temerity to cross her territory. After all, some Dwarf had left a heavy hammer from earlier times, and no hobbit could lift it... I wonder if that had any bearing on some of the Men being willing later to throw in their lot with Saruman, and get a little of their own back from the Shirefolk. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/2/2015 |
| How lovely to have so many updates from you this week! Poor Robin! grr...Lalia! There are just no words for her! She was a terrible influence on the Tooks! But I can see good Robin has a real way with a tale, as of course, a fellow of his trade should! Reminds me of Gandalf spacing out the Dwarves as he told Beorn their tale! Author Reply: So glad to have had this chapter nearly ready to go, so that when I heard it was your birthday, it just required a little polishing and a bright bow! Not much more to this story; perhaps I can finish it before the summer is out. From Tolkien's description of Lalia, it's not hard to imagine her as being demanding and greedy. It's no wonder that Robin was not often found in the Tookland after this incident. Ah, yes, and Robin is a storyteller by trade -- it is a part of his magic. I had the pleasure of watching a master illusionist at work recently -- and the storytelling was an integral part of his masterly misdirection, along with the graceful flourishes of his hands. Practiced, almost poetic. Reminded me quite a bit of Robin, actually. Happy (belated) birthday! | |
| Everlight | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 5/29/2014 |
| So sweet. I could see Pip and Lop cuddling in next to Robin. Loved how Eglantine didn't give Lop's "secret" away. Author Reply: It was fun to show Eglantine's soft spot in her heart. Most of the time she's very practical. Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 5/28/2014 |
| I can so see Zoe cuddling a concerned child intent on seeing to it that all is well elsewhere in the house than the bedroom where the child belongs! Heh! Lop also has a vested interest in Robin's well-being, of course. Lovely glimpse at the busy kitchen. Author Reply: She was such a cuddler and snuggler... Here's hoping the puppy will be willing to cuddle, at least some of the time. Thanks! Author Reply: (and the puppy does like to cuddle, though at nearly 100 lbs, she rather takes up the bulk of the bed, and sometimes the cuddle turns into an unexpected bounce -- she's not allowed on the furniture, but one of the wee hobbits prefers to have a mattress on the floor, for some reason...) | |