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| All That Glisters by Lindelea | 428 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 63 on 1/23/2005 |
| Excellent justice. And hope Jack gets his due rewards. Author Reply: Ah, yes, Jack gets his due rewards in the end. Thanks! | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 72 on 1/23/2005 |
| 'I know that Pippin and Sam return to the shop with bags of gold, and that Pippin thanks Jack personally (and so does Sam!)' From Jack, Will and Rob's point of view, that scene must be such a huge relief - they've spent the last however many years with their heads ducked down and hiding if ever hobbits come to the city, convinced that they'll be dancing at the end of a rope if ever anyone recognises them. To find out that not only are they forgiven, they are held in tremendous respect by the hobbits - for their kindness in the first place, saving Hilly, Diamond and Farry at the risk of their own lives; inadvertantly saving Ferdi from almost certain death; reuniting Elladan and Elrohir with The Flask; and saving Farry and Pip-lad from the kidnappers - well, they must be so relieved that they feel ill with it. From now on they can hold their heads up among their neighbours - even such upright neighbours as Denny. (I should think Denny'll be impressed, too, when he finds out that it is Jack who rescued the hobbitlings he nearly died to protect.) And they'll be wealthy, too, which is not too bad a thing! And to be in favour with the hobbits, is to be in the favour of the King. Another plus. It could almost make a story of its own! Author Reply: Did I not answer this? Sorry! It could almost make a story of its own, indeed! Actually, there's an outline of another "Jack" story, set in the Shire during Pippin's early years. Someday, perhaps, it'll get written. I like your summation; it makes me smile to think of their joy after "fleeing where no man pursueth" for ten years or so. Who knows if they might have further adventures. Why, perhaps Rob is one of those who travels with Farry and Ferdi to Gondor... (one day I'll write that story, I hope) Thanks! | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: Author's Notes on 1/21/2005 |
| You`ve done it again! I don`t know how you come up with all these things to heppen, but it makes for very enjoyable stories. I must say that it`s good the hobbits are close to a House of Healing with all the accidents and ruffians and healing that needs to be done. I`m sorry Pip-lad was so afraid of Strider, and who but Arwen could make him unafraid again? Somewhere, in chapter 65 I believe it is, you send Merry and Estella off to a walk in the gardens and Rose is pregnant again: It seems to me that this is a place as good as any for making new hobbits, lol. Here they are in peace and quiet (at least some of the time) and have a Healer-King close at hand if something happens. It sounds like heaven on earth, lol. I like how Arwen and the guardsmen get along with the hobbits. The guardsmen had to learn it at first, but they do make good friends with the hobbits. And she practically gave Posey her life back. That is no small thing to do, even if Hilly has to go to Gondor when she dies. Poor Diamond and Merry! I was worried for Pip there for a chapter or two, but eventually he came to reason, even if they had to "trial" him first, and a good decision he made. Oh, and I love that Bilbo Gamgee was born on the same date in the same room at Bag End! And the ending was lovely, why Merileth should even be called "Merry" since her husband is "Denny" to the hobbits, lol, as they mingle so nicely together, big and small. Thank you for this great story! I loved it. Now I`m off to start reading the new one you`ve posted. Author Reply: Who ever said hobbits were dull? (Actually, I think they run and hide in holes in the ground when they hear me coming...) I think the New City an excellent place to visit, nearly so intriguing as the Shire itself! Such lovely comments; they help me to see the story through eyes not my own. Merileth as "Merry", what fun! You're welcome, of course, and thank you for taking the time to share all these lovely comments. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 60 on 1/20/2005 |
| Hurrah for hithlain! Am very pleased with the story so far. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 59 on 1/20/2005 |
| Good! Hobbit talents are being referenced! Get him, Pip! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 58 on 1/20/2005 |
| A fine continuation to the story. Am again trying to get caught up. Author Reply: Take heart! The next few chapters go very quickly, and then the end is in sight. Thanks for leaving a comment! | |
| Hai Took | Reviewed Chapter: 72 on 1/18/2005 |
| Splendid! I'm so glad to see what happened to the boys! I'm glad it was Diamond who discovered them. Now they seem to have wonderful lives of their own now. I like how you...extended the names, Gwillam and Robin, they sounded so ordinary when we first started but those were excellent. Also I have to say that I adored you putting in the idea that Bilbo Gamgee was born on Sept. 22nd, very appropriate. I would love to hear more about trips to the Lake. *hint hint* ;) Thank you for the excellent story! Author Reply: Yes, and Jack's "new" name was "Gwill" (thought I forgot to mention it)-- and wouldn't it be funny if it were his "real" name? He did say something about giving the boys names that sounded like their own names, so that they'd come when they were called. Well, there's a trip to the lake in "At the End of His Rope". Not sure about others. The two stories about Farry's trips to Gondor are niggling at my attention, at the moment ("Farry and Ferdi go to Gondor" and "Ferdi and... I forget, is it Regi? ...go to Gondor"). But first I have to finish "While there's breath" and see if I can pick up the stitches of "Thain" again, and there's Rosemary's story to consider. Whew! Thanks for taking the time to comment! Author Reply: oops, I said "Ferdi and Regi" when I meant "Farry and Regi"--the trip that takes place after Frodo Gamgee's wedding in "Comedy of Merrys". Ferdi's blind by then so I doubt he'd be sent to watch over Farry. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 72 on 1/18/2005 |
| I like the way no-one says anything. Nell must be walking away shaking her head in complete confusion. I wonder if anyone will let her in on the details. I'd like to see the meeting between Pippin, Sam and maybe Ferdi and Jack, Will and Rob. Very subtly done. I love Diamond. Author Reply: Thanks! Having been in Nell's position (often!) it was rather fun to know what was going on between the lines for once! It's funny, I haven't yet envisioned that meeting. I know that Pippin and Sam return to the shop with bags of gold, and that Pippin thanks Jack personally (and so does Sam!), but somehow my imagination has drawn a curtain over the scene. Perhaps I was off to tea with Seledrith at the time... | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 71 on 1/18/2005 |
| Hard. At least Pippin can feel that the ruffian deserves it, if anyone does. But it's not like killing someone in battle - or, indeed, like throwing a stone at a villain in the middle of a chase. And Aragorn has to keep doing it. It must be very difficult not to become hardened in self-preservation. A birth is an appropriate ending. (Although I'm left trying to remember the last stanza of Eliot's The Journey of the Magi.) | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 72 on 1/17/2005 |
| I totally forgot to ask about Merileth. She was mentioned briefly in the last chapter, and at the time I wondered where the healers and their apprentices had come from. The city is new, the houses of healing are new, so did everyone move north from Gondor, or was the city populated by the Dunedain of the north, or something else random? I just thought it would have been ironic for Denny to end up finding his true-love in a far-away city if she had been under his nose for years in the southlands. Author Reply: The New City was populated from different places: Gondor, Breeland, Dale, the Dunedain. Merileth's name implies that she is either of the Dunedain or Gondor, I think. If of Gondor, she might have been one of a family who moved to the North-land after plans were announced to re-build the City. The "greengrocer" being used as a point of reference implies that he was one of the earliest to set up in the marketplace, at least to my thinking. Either that or he has one of the larger facilities, but to have that, again I think he'd have to be an early settler. He probably early established relations with local Men who had arrived to farm the surrounding land, to sell their produce for a fee, leaving them free on market days to continue to work at their farming. (A farmer's work is never done.) It would be ironic if Merileth was under Denethor's nose all this time, but I don't think it likely. I think he caught her attention on a visit to the marketplace with the hobbits. The irony in my mind is the "small world" aspect of the story. The greengrocer has three daughters. The eldest married Denethor, the middle married Will, and the youngest married the armourer. So for a time, before Denethor was "invalided out", a guardsman and a fugitive from justice (at least Will and Jack thought so) were brothers-in-law. Can you imagine the dancing around certain subjects to avoid exciting suspicion on the part of their friends and relations, and the elabourately casual plans they had to lay to avoid meeting the hobbits on their visits to the Lake? I think Seledrith must have suspected something. Perhaps Jack allayed her suspicion with an excuse that Will was mortally afraid of Halflings due to an incident in his early years, or some such thing. That would make her a co-conspirator in Jack's getting Will out of the shop when hobbits were due on their regular shopping day. Author Reply: p.s. another possibility is that Merileth's family came from one of the seacoasts in the Southlands. Her name has something to do with the sea, I forget exactly what. | |