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| The Proposition by Lindelea | 4 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 18 on 7/4/2014 |
| And I certainly hope that Scar doesn't realize how he's being manipulated until it's far too late! Hallie has a hard row set out for him to hoe, but he'll manage if anyone can. Author Reply: It's a delicate balance -- the Bolgers will have to be absolutely consistent in their actions and apparent attitude to carry this off. But you're right; they've got the brains and the courage to see it through, and they've pretty well got the tiger by the tail at this point. Can't let go, just have to hang on tight. Four -- almost five -- month-old puppy grew six inches in height in the last two weeks. On a walk a few days ago we encountered an 18mo Lab, and they were fully the same height. She's going to be ginormous. | |
| Eruherdiriel | Reviewed Chapter: 18 on 7/3/2014 |
| Cute. Very cute. Scar is really starting to take an interest in the family. This could lead to interesting places... I really appreciate the new chapter. I'm enjoying this story a ton!!! ~Eruherdiriel Author Reply: Thank you! Scar is finding Hally and Rose to be quite different from all the other hobbits of his acquaintance, and that interests him. | |
| Everlight | Reviewed Chapter: 18 on 7/2/2014 |
| Glad to see an update... and one a day when I actually have access to a computer! I love the realistic word pictures you paint. It makes this story seems so real. It's good to see how well Hally is taking care of Rose and the children. But what is Scar up to? No good I can imagine. Bracken is Scar's son?! The poor kid. Author Reply: I'm glad you had access to a computer, too! It's always good to hear from you. (Appreciated your email, by the way, though I lost it somehow before I got the chance to reply. I hate it when my email does that. I probably saved it to the wrong folder accidentally.) Scar is trying to figure Hally and Rosie out. (See lengthy reply I just wrote to another reviewer.) Thanks for stopping by with a word of encouragement! | |
| Garnet Took | Reviewed Chapter: 18 on 7/2/2014 |
| Yay!!! You're back! I was so thrilled to see an updat to this. Now I'm curious just why Scar is there. I have the feeling it can't be good. I know that things go from bad to worse in the Shire just after Yule and we must be getting close to that time now. Deffinitely worried for them. Author Reply: I'm back, in fits and starts. We have a new puppy, and it's amazing how labour-intensive such a creature can be. But at the moment she's stretched out at my feet in a sweet, deep puppy-nap and I have a little time. My goal of finishing this list of WIPs is stretching out. At present I can't afford the time to post a chapter a day of various stories, but I will keep plugging away. Maybe before the end of the year, I'll get it all done, since I've passed my original goal of mid-summer. Scar is curious about these hobbits, who are so different from the rest of his acquaintance. They're not openly hostile, they're not cautious (at least, they don't show it outwardly), they're not standoffish, and they're not at the other end of the spectrum, acting as collaborators would, sort of fawning and looking for favour. No, they're just (apparently) open and sympathetic and inclined to be friendly. He's trying to figure them out, and coming in the middle of a storm he might be hoping to catch them off balance, see them as they really are, or he might just be trying to scratch a mental itch. He wants to be cynical, but Hally and Rosie's actions and attitudes don't support that. As chief of the ruffians in the area, he's not comfortable with anything he doesn't understand. Such a thing can come back and bite him. He has to figure them out so he can categorise them, put them in the right box, and know just how far to trust them. And he owes them, for their help for Bracken. He probably doesn't like that fact, either. | |