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| Up the Withywindle by Dreamflower | 13 Review(s) |
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| Chathol-linn | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/7/2004 |
| I found this to be a gentle tale of friendship and healing. You captured the sound and feel of Bombadil, and the different effect of the Hobbits, very well, mostly through dialog. And I liked the foreshadowing; it added a bit of complexity and tension to the story. Nice job. – Chathol-linn Author Reply: Thank you very much. I had wanted to write this story for a while, but Marigold's Challenge gave me the push I needed to do it. I was afraid I would not get Bombadil right. I am glad you enjoyed it. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 6/7/2004 |
| Oh, my poor Frodo. All the rest can joke and laugh, but he's lost so much of what it meant to be a hobbit, struggling with what a hobbit should never have had to deal with. The Old Forest is older than the evil they've defeated, isn't it? So it isn't surprising that it is still watchful, even if a great darkness has been vanquished. And as Tom sees the obvious and the less visible, so the forest recognizes their growth. Sounds just right to me. Author Reply: The time has drawn near for him to leave, and at this point he has finally given up on recovering his old life. You are right, it is not in a hobbit's nature to have to deal with evil and war; yet their inner strength to resist it ironically comes from just that fact. Yes; it was in my mind that perhaps what wakes the malice of the Old Forest is the fearfulness of those who enter. The Travellers are cautious, but no longer fearful, and the Ent-draughts left their own mark on Merry and Pippin as well. After Fangorn and the Huorns, the Old Forest is not going to seem so bad. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/7/2004 |
| This sounds interesting. I have to laugh at Sam though, being worried about the Old Forest after facing Shelob and the horrors of Mordor. Maybe they don't quite realize how much they've grown (even if Pippin is still a slug-abed). Author Reply: Of course he would not remember their first encounter with fondness, and so the caution. But you will notice he had no hesitation about going--nor, indeed, of badgering Frodo into going, for his own good. | |