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| Thain by Lindelea | 168 Review(s) |
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| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 11/22/2015 |
| They're going to have hell to pay from our Pip once he wraps his brain around what's just happened. Taking him from where he's dead useful and under a good rein - so to speak - and thrusting him into a place where he's superfluous and under a master who's no patience for training nor apparently any ability to read hearts and win them. Watch out Smials! You asked for it! Author Reply: You said it! (Belated thanks for reading and stopping to share your thoughts.) | |
| Eirinn Leigh | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 11/22/2015 |
| That's just cruel. And bad politics. Forcing someone into leadership who doesn't want to lead may be good in fairytales but... Though can you imagine Pippin the sheepherd following his cousins on the quest? I would love to read an AU where Pip's Da didn't become Thain. Author Reply: A theme that has always fascinated me is that of someone who does the hard thing, even when they don't want to do it, even when a selfish choice would keep them far away from doing the hard thing, because it is the right thing to do. I guess it started with Frodo (and Sam, and the younger cousins) on the Quest, and Freddy leading his band in the hills of Scary against the ruffians who'd taken over the Shire. Thanks (belatedly) again! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 43 on 4/18/2015 |
| A terrible loss to know, and how brave she was! Alas for her death and him left bereft. But at least his son thrives.... Author Reply: Yes, I couldn't bear to contemplate him losing that last piece of his beloved. As it works out, his son's survival will be important in more ways than one. One more tournament, and then, hopefully, life will settle into more of a routine and I can have some regular writing time once more. I do want to finish this, and the other WIPs... More stories keep popping up. Farry and Ferdi Go to Gondor for one; it keeps plucking at my sleeve and is growing quite insistent. Belated thanks! Author Reply: Thanks to your reminders, this was the first WIP to be updated when I started writing again, after finally finishing and posting the next "Bill" chapter. Hope this finds you well. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 42 on 4/15/2014 |
| Sounds as if the visual cortex at the back of the brain is involved here, and it should resolve itself fairly quickly once the concussion begins to heal. Oops--Brendi had found a plastic bag and I must retrieve it before he manages to ingest some of it! Author Reply: Yikes a plastic bag! Did you have a glorious (from his perspective) game of keep-away? Looking forward (well, not completely) to playful times with the coming pup. We saw a 10 week old puppy yesterday, so cute (pit bull, I think) -- just a few weeks older than our pup, though since our pup is of a giant breed, she's likely larger. Since Zoe came to us fully grown, and I've never seen a puppy of her breed, I'm not really sure what to expect. Glad to have your confirmation of my medical research! You are spot on in your analysis. Thanks! Author Reply: It was so lovely to spend the afternoon with you! I meant to post two more chapters for your birthday this year, so you'd get a Pippin-and-Frodo chapter as well, but that one remains only half written, so you have it to look forward to, I guess. The birthday present that keeps on giving... | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 42 on 4/14/2014 |
| Blessed, blessed Frodo! On the spot, using his head, using Ferdi whom everyone seems to disregard at this point in time, to find his Pip! And Lin, my dear, you gave me one of my favorite things: Frodo taking care of someone else! He's so careful and loving, and worried. Worried...so am I. Pippin, Pippin, what have you done to yourself! Author Reply: It's fun to see Frodo as the caretaker, rather than the one needing care. He's definitely the competent older cousin here. Poor Pippin, it was a fair bit of rotten luck on his part. If only he'd chosen a different pony, his plan might have worked out more as he intended. *sigh* Consequences... one of Life's favorite teaching tools. Author Reply: (not to say that he was in the right... only that he might have been a little less wrong!) p.s. Did you get my email? | |
| Everlight | Reviewed Chapter: 42 on 4/14/2014 |
| Oh my! Pippin has really gotten himself into a good bit of trouble and poor Frodo in the middle... Pippin is blind! What are they going to do about that? It cannot be permanent unless this is AU but I am very curious about how you are going to fix this. I am on the edge of my seat. Update soon please. Author Reply: Not AU I'm glad to say, but within the realm of possibility. Thanks! The next two chapters are already written so they should go up on schedule, or sooner if I get stuck while working on one of the other WIPs in the lineup. | |
| Garnet Took | Reviewed Chapter: 42 on 4/14/2014 |
| Oh dear! I knew he was going to land himself in deep trouble but I didn't think it would be this bad. Pip's in a serious fix now and poor Frodo is totally at a loss for the best way to deal with this. I'm wondering what the exact nature of Pippin's injuries are. The thing I first thought of with his vision would have made the loss permanant and that can't happen, so now I'm wondering just what is going on. This one's hitting close to home for me now. Great chapter. Please don't keep us in suspence for too long. Author Reply: Thank you! You're right, it can't be a permanent impairment but it is worrisome, and all Frodo can do is keep him quiet and wait for help. Will try not to keep you waiting too long. Next update will be a Bucca chapter (next week) but the Pippin chapter after that is already written and so will be an easy update. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/9/2014 |
| Ingenious hiding place, I must say! I rejoice that his father and Primrose, at least, are safe. And he is right regarding other members of his family most likely being lost, I fear. Now--to see what happens next! Author Reply: It seemed to be a logical step for hobbits to take, and with a strong leader like the Thorn to coordinate efforts, it's not impossible to contemplate. And next, I finally get to come back to Pippin's part of the tale, and Frodo's, at last! It seems as if I've been hanging all too long. However, at least we found which box the notes, outline, and drafts were in, and so the work continues on my New Year's resolution -- to finish a number of WIPs. And who knows, once they're done, what may come about. I once had so many story ideas, I scarcely knew what to do with them all. "Farry and Ferdi Go to Gondor", and how Bandobras Took ended up in the North Farthing, riding a horse of all things, and how Hally and Rosemary first met (and the story of their courtship and marriage -- for they were handfasted on very short acquaintance and barely knew each other, but it was the lesser evil, for Rosemary's sake at least), and the story of how Marcho and Blanco founded the Shire, and perhaps how Bergil came to be a part of the King's elite bodyguard. So much to contemplate... But so long as there's a place to post, and someone out there to share my enjoyment, I suppose I'll keep at it. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 41 on 4/9/2014 |
| Oh he made it home to his father! And the clever hobbits have made themselves a safe burrow, a regular warren, you might say! But I worry: who has Bucca lost? Author Reply: Yes, the hobbits have had months to build this safe place, and many bodies -- when you consider that there were likely many made up of the majority of the farmers of the Marish, plus the hobbits of Stock and the Yale at the very least -- and who knows if they might have had help in the design and execution, as a result of taking in an injured, fugitive Dwarf or two? (Although hobbits, being traditionally hole-dwellers, are probably excellent delvers in their own right.) The possibilities are so interesting to contemplate! Poor Bucca, his own personal loss(es) will come clear all too soon. | |
| Everlight | Reviewed Chapter: 40 on 3/19/2014 |
| Wheww! Took me almost 2 weeks to get to the end (so far) of this story and I finally made it! *grins happily* Pippin, Pippin, what have you done now. A fine mess he has made for himself, just had to take the fastest pony in the Shire and ruin his chance to have a holiday. *sigh* I want to give him a good shake and talking to, though he probably will have had both before the end of this. Author Reply: Congratulations! Just his luck, the most convenient pony also happened to be the most valuable in the stables... Ah, consequences. I can promise you, they'll be interesting. | |