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| Twice Twenty by Dreamflower | 266 Review(s) |
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| Gryffinjack | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 8/18/2006 |
| Oh, Barbara! *shudders* That was brilliantly creepy! I *loved* this! I've not seen Gollum in fanfic before, and I truly enjoyed this glimpse inside his pathetic and twisted evil mind. When I read it, I heard inside my head the voice of Andy Serkis as Gollum saying your words. Your words and his voice and characterisation were a perfect fit. I imagine you are right, that thoughts such as these are indeed what kept running through Gollum's mind as he trailed behind the Fellowship, waiting for the opportunity to pounce upon them and retrieve his "birthday present." Flapping behind for all those many miles, scrutinising his enemy and planning how to destroy them, especially "the Baggins." The way he thought of each of them, from the light of the eyes of the Elf to his recognition of Aragorn and recollection of what Aragorn did to him to his characterisation of Dwarves as being too tough to chew ... this was flawless. This was wonderfully different and refreshing in an evil sort of way. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 8/7/2006 |
| Woah! I was shivering at Gollum's thoughts anyway and then I got to the last line.... Author Reply: Yes, going through Slinker/Stinker's thoughts is a pretty shuddery experience. He was *not* a nice creature. And I am quite certain that he was well aware that there were other evils besides himself in Moria--he was too attuned to the dark not to know. | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 36 on 8/7/2006 |
| A good and professional assessment of the company's fighting abilities. Hasn't had a chance to appreciate the hobbit stone throwing capability yet though, has he? Author Reply: I think that's exactly what a professional fighter would do after his first time fighting alongside new comrades--assess how they did. It's quite probable that Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli were all thinking along similar lines... Reading through the warg incident prior to this, I did not note any mention of the hobbits themselves taking action. I think the stone-throwing *would* have been mentioned, if they'd had need to do it. Since they didn't, I settled for having them be prepared to use their swords. | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 8/2/2006 |
| Aha... so here's the story with the 'watching' vs. the 'helping'! I like how they were allowed to *keep their hands busy* while they were watching, LOL. Good old Gaffer... managing to keeping things proper while still understanding the realities of young boys. *grin* And I loved the interaction of Sam with the two cousins, showing once again how their own relationship built even without Frodo's immediate presence (though in reality his *presence* permeated all of Bag End, I'm sure.) And while they were missing old Mr. Bilbo and reminiscing, Frodo was also missing him, and in his own beautifully thoughtful style, did his best (and how good it was!) to fill his shoes. Really beautiful piece, Dream! Author Reply: Yes, this is one of the places it is mentioned. It's true. In spite of Sam's efforts to keep things "proper", he was developing a close friendship with these two of Frodo's cousins. Of course, he'd begun to do so with Merry when they were both a little too young to understand the whole "status" thing, and Pippin--well, really, who could resist little Pippin at his most charming? Certainly not Sam, and certainly not when he knew how fond Frodo was of the child. That's exactly the feeling I was after--that Frodo had begun to hold the role of Master of Bag End, though for hobbits, I'm not sure what metaphor could replace "filling someone's shoes", LOL!! | |
| Pearl Took | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 8/1/2006 |
| "But we are not the only thing that follows in the dark." What a marvelous last line!! This is a wonderful look into Gollum's mind, I loved it!! Author Reply: I really do think that this, or something very like it, was probably the constant refrain in his mind as he followed the Company in Moria. I'm glad you liked it! | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 8/1/2006 |
| That is definitely Gollum's voice - chilling and creepy. *shudder* He would think like that. How typical that he should assess each member of the Fellowship - and his plans for Frodo were especially horrible! Brilliantly done. Author Reply: "He would think like that." Yes, he would. He was a horrible nasty little villainous murderer, and I don't mean only Deagol, for remember the hints of "empty cradles" in areas he passed? or the "implings" he "squeezed" to supplement his dinner? I think he would have wanted to do something really horrible to Frodo, out of his jealousy for his "Precious". | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 8/1/2006 |
| Oh, this was lovely! However, 2 things in particular struck me. First, Gandalf must have used up his stock of whatever it was that allowed him to "calm the little one [Pippin]by his mere presence" since by the time of the Quest, it seemed to be gone, LOL. Or was that Pippin calmed down from what he *would* have been? YIKES! Also, I love him at the end going from serious reverent teaching mode to giving them something with which to "make a joyful noise"! LOL Author Reply: Well, I suppose it's that Pippin got too big for his lap, perhaps, LOL! And yeah--calmed down from what he *would* have been fits as well. Even grown, my Pippin can get pretty hyper, although I hope he doesn't act silly or childish (childlike, I do not mind, but canon Pippin was *not* childish). Still, he's got a lot more energy than is good for him sometimes. I could not imagine Gandalf maintaining that serious tone with the little hobbits for long--he delighted in making them happy, for one thing! | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 8/1/2006 |
| Interesting. I read the other reviews on this one and noticed something nobody else commented on that stood out to me. It's almost like Frodo is telling a story about himself, being lonely and wishing his parents were around, feeling different and like he didn't quite fit in. I didn't catch the foreshadowing exactly of his future changes but I did think that he was projecting a wish that at some future time, in a different existence he might be able to get to know and spend time with his mother. Very beautiful thought, wrapped in a sweet fluffy piece of young hobbity cousin (and friend) love. OH... and I did like the herb lesson with Sam and Merry. With the similarities in age and temperament between those two, it's not unreasonable to think that Merry's future interest in herbs stemmed from Sam and his Gaffer. LOL... what would the Gaffer had thought if Merry had started following him around his work? LOL Author Reply: Well, you know, I did have some of that in mind, both the fact that he might be thinking wistfully of his own mother, as well as a little tad of foreshadowing. And I am not sure he consciously thought of any of that--just what his mind might make up, from seeing the caterpillar hatch--but his own longings and feelings would come through. *grin* I like to think it was an interest they'd have in common. Probably a year or two later, Merry might have dropped the interest for a while, but then his experiences in the HoH, and so forth would have revived it. Somewhere in another story, I have Merry thinking about how the Gaffer doesn't mind him "watching" the work, as long as he doesn't try to "help", while Sam, once he takes over, does not mind the watching *or* the helping. (Until he comes of age.) | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/1/2006 |
| Wish I had some of that soap! Sap is the *worst!* to try to get out! Poor Pippin... I do wonder how he managed that. And toffees in his foot hair! YOWCH! That brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it. Just thought I'd spend a few minutes going through some of these since I've never read them. They're delightful! Author Reply: Sap's pretty bad. I've no idea how it got there, just as Pippin himself does not know--but at that age he was *into* everything! Yes, toffees in the foot hair does not sound terribly pleasant, LOL! I'm so glad you are enjoying them. Most of them have little to no plot. I was just having fun getting to know them as youngsters. | |
| Kitty | Reviewed Chapter: 37 on 8/1/2006 |
| Uh. That sounds truly like Gollum - wanting to kill everyone, even these who didn't ever anything against him. Nassty little creeper, yess! Maybe I should feel sorry for him, because he was the slave of the Ring for so long and twisted by it, but I'm not Frodo - I'm still glad he fell into Orodruin and wasn't able to hurt Sam or Frodo even more. Author Reply: Yes, Gollum was a truly nasty little creeper. He was a murderer--not only of his friend Deagol, but remember the tales of "something dark" that snatched babies from cradles? Not to mention the "implings" he squeezed to supplement his diet beneath the mountains? The Ring was able to twist him so much and so quickly because he was already a rather nasty little person to begin with. I'm not sorry he fell either, except for Frodo's sake, since it made Frodo feel so guilty. | |