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| Flames by Lindelea | 24 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/8/2005 |
| Good advice to those who would stand against Lotho and the Big Men. Am going to enjoy this one. Author Reply: Great! Will look forward to hearing from you as you have time, then. Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 3/8/2005 |
| Lovely intrigue here. Love how Lotho got to measure his length there--very appropriate; and very perceptive of all as to what's going on here. Well written as usual. Author Reply: I know, it just seemed logical to me, from the little bit we hear about Paladin's reaction to Lotho in "Scouring of the Shire". Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 3/8/2005 |
| Ah, am just getting started with this one. Hope you don't mind some late feedback. Excellent beginning. Probably won't review every chapter, but am certain you understand. Author Reply: Me? Mind feedback, late or any other kind? Never! And I understand. The feedback you leave certainly is heartening. But you probably know that, from getting reviews on your own story. (Which is still at the top of my list to read when I get some "uninterrupted time". Right now all I seem to be able to manage is short things like drabbles...) | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 3/8/2005 |
| There are golden treasures hidden on your hard disk. What a treat! I've just spent a very enjoyable day re-reading this story. It's made me laugh and made me cry in a few places. It's nice to see Chapter 37 at last - though I didn't know I was missing it until now. I'm glad Pippin addressed his regret and offered his apologies soon after he'd found out what happened to Ferdi. That seems quite fitting, more so than just having him do it while in delerium later. To know that he's done it once, and that it still bothers him later so much that he feels he must try again to apologize before he dies, puts quite a different spin on the emotions involved. Author Reply: I love it when I unearth a treasure. I do "keep" nearly everything up on the web on several sites, as a sort of "backup", and also on two different computers (only one of which has a working word processor, but at least it'll store files that I email to myself) and an external drive and a CD. Having lost significant hours (read "months") of work, I'm a little paranoid. Thanks! | |
| Beruthiel | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 3/8/2005 |
| Liked this chapter. Everard was certainly pleased. Nothing quite like annoying people when you're in a much better mood than they are. Perhaps no one noticed the missing chapter because the chapter texts aren't numbered. Unless you keep going back to the chapter list, there's no way to keep track of which one you're on. Author Reply: Yes, I noticed that when I went back to add in the "missing" chapter, but when I'll have time to correct that little oversight... who knows? Thanks! (Nothing quite like annoying people... you sound as if you speak from personal experience. Annoyer, or annoyee? Or both?! I used to be quite a smart aleck, which is why my hobbits are so often smarting off at one another, I think.) | |
| Chibi_kaz | Reviewed Chapter: 38 on 10/13/2004 |
| The depiction of little Farry in this chapter gave me a shudder. It seemed -- uncannily like his namesake. I certainly hope that Pip is a better father than that. --Chibi-Kaz Author Reply: Well, Farry is very small, and bright and precocious. Pippin doesn't tolerate baby talk, but that doesn't mean that he slights his little son; no, he gives him lots of attention at this point on the timeline. After a loss in "FirstBorn" their relationship will change for a time, but by the beginning of "At the End of His Rope" (or even before that, in "Down and Out"--but they make their peace and restore their relationship in "Runaway") they're back on track. Hope this makes sense--I'm in haste, as so often happens. Thanks! | |
| Chibi_kaz | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 10/13/2004 |
| *wince* Ferdi might as well take that knife and ride to Gondor himself! I know that this passes (having read StarFire and All That Glisters) but Oy vey! someone needs to smack Pippin. --Cheers, --Chibi-kaz Author Reply: It was so nice to get your review! I know, I wrote Pippin as something of a spoiled youngest and only son in the years before he became Thain, but it does make for some satisfying character growth. Thanks! Hope you enjoy the rest of the story. | |
| Beruthiel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/13/2004 |
| Off to an interesting start. I'd have liked to see Ferdi's reaction when he first heard that Pippin was missing and presumed dead. What was Ferdi doing out in the woods, anyway? Author Reply: Y'know, I've been thinking on Ferdi's reaction to the news of Pippin for quite awhile now, and am pondering how I might incorporate it into the "Paladin becomes Thain" story. If I can get it to come out right, that story would end just as "Flames" is beginning. That would be a neat trick. Why is Ferdi in the woods? Could be he's following Pippin, though he won't admit it, having been laughed to scorn for suggesting that Pippin's not dead... Don't know yet, as the Thain story is not outlined to the end. I had a "final" chapter written, but it is no longer the final chapter if I extend it to meet up with "Flames". Originally as written, Ferdi was in the woods because he was running away from his troubles. You can see hints of that in this chapter (his thoughts on everyone telling him he's useless) Thanks for reviewing! | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: Prologue on 4/28/2004 |
| This was very interesting. It will, I'm sure, help me a great deal with the current one. (Thank you for the emails btw) In my mind, I kept seeing the story as you wrote it from the other side in the one of FF.net and they fit together quite nicely. I was relieved that Pippin hadn't known about the ban because I didn't like to think that even in his own troubles he would have allowed anyone to go through that sort of trouble for his actions. Your Paladin is every bit as nice as the one I have written in the past! LOL All of the stories about Pippin as Thain always make me a bit sad because he never seems to be happy in any of it, even the one time I tried to write him as Thain, I didn't have him enjoy it either. LOL You have invested quite a bit in your history and it is very detailed. I may need to back up and read some of the others. Oh, I read the entire story, I just decided to put the reiview here as prologues seldom get reviews. Author Reply: You're right, prologues almost never get reviews, it seems! Glad it helped, and yes, this story was carefully written so that it would fit nicely with the one on ff.net. I'm with you. I think that if Pippin had learned of the Ban on Ferdi he would have returned to Tookland, no matter the cost to himself. A happy Thain? Now that would be a story challenge! I wonder why we think hobbits aren't happy to be Thain? I'd love to hear your comments on the other stories, especially if you notice any inconsistencies that need tweaking, or if there's a part you find rings particularly true (for the sake of consistency). Wonder when I'll run out of stories to tell? | |
| Inquisitive Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 33 on 1/12/2004 |
| Just out of curiosity, what was Paladin trying to say when he died? Author Reply: Could have been several things: Nothing I did was ever good enough for my father (in my history, Paladin's father was overbearing and unreasonable). Nothing I did was ever good enough as a father to you, Pippin. Nothing I did was ever good enough... but don't you fall into the same trap, Pippin (trying to warn against perfectionism that destroys relationships). All in all, it was apology to Pippin for insisting on Pippin always doing everything Paladin's way, and acknowledging that the estrangement was more his fault than his son's. Author Reply: P.s. Thanks for the review! | |