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| When Winter Fell by Lindelea | 158 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/6/2010 |
| I agree--love seeing the nod to Dreamflower's Miss Dora! And how wonderful to see Bilbo grown here to the best of being a Baggins--accepting this sacrifice out of not only Good Manners but out of true love and charity for Insengard! Wonderful! Author Reply: Yes, I think Bilbo is growing nicely into the kindness and pity that later becomes a Baggins byword. Thanks! Hope this finds you feeling better. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 3/4/2010 |
| How wonderful to see another chapter of this! I love the description of the frosty morning-- so exquisite! And Bilbo's determination to weather his disappointment is a wonderful precursor to the generous and thoughtful hobbit he will become. (And Miss Dora thanks you for your nod to her collection of Advice! At that point in time, she was still very young and not in a position to be of Much Service to her older cousin...though I myself am sure that if he'd asked her, young as she was, she would most certainly have given her opinion!) Author Reply: Miss Dora is most welcome. "weather his disappointment" -- such a lovely and appropriate turn of phrase, considering the driving force behind this story. Thank you again for your help! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 2/25/2009 |
| What a delight to see Fortinbras' Tookishness! He's longing for Adventure! But he may find a different adventure on his own doorstep. Author Reply: "on his own doorstep" yes! And now I wonder, if he hadn't been in direct line to be Thain (and possibly an only son?), if he would've run off to Sea... Thanks! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 2/25/2009 |
| Ah, the curiosity of the Tooks--so easily roused, so hard to contain once it is.... And this wonder will be passed down to Hildifons and Isengar, and one of those will never return from the places where his curiosity takes him, while the other will ever be marked.... Wonderful, Lindelea! Author Reply: Thank you! Ah, yes, it was only natural, I think, considering Bilbo's words to Gandalf at the beginning of The Hobbit. What stories Gandalf must have told, while taking tea with the Thain and his family...! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/23/2009 |
| Ah! A wonderful chapter added! Yes, squeezing a ball can help marvelously! Good for the healer. Too bad no puppy, though.... Author Reply: *sigh* The wee hobbits are doing their best to convince me that we need another Giant Schnoz puppy to keep Zoe company. Thus far I have resisted. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 2/23/2009 |
| Aw...such a shame about the pup! But Bungo was wise: a working dog needs work. I'm intrigued by the old healer's words--and especially by the discrepency about the pony... Belladonna may have a mystery to solve. And I love Bungo's quiet determination. Author Reply: Yes, too true, a sheepdog needs sheep to be truly happy. Hmmm, I wonder if the truth about the pony will ever come out...? (This incident was based on a true story of two friends who were out wandering the fields and came upon a field of horses. One of the friends had taken riding lessons and boasted to the other... one of the horses was friendly and allowed itself to be caught and mounted bareback, no bridle, from the fence... and the rest is history) Ah, Bungo is a jewel among hobbits. Bilbo inherited that determination, I think! | |
| Silmerina | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 1/7/2009 |
| This is such a lovely story of Bilbo's younger days. I'm quite enjoying reading about Fortinbras time too. Can I pursuade you to finish it? I quite want to know how things turn out with Isen. Thanks! :D ~Silmerina Author Reply: Thank you. There's half a chapter finished at the moment, and I keep hoping for more. I appreciate the encouragement--perhaps it'll jog the story from its resting place and onward once more. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 7/26/2007 |
| Tea with a wizard! The advantages of being immediate family! Author Reply: Yikes, Bodkin, heartiest of apologies for not answering this very old review! How could I have missed it? | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 21 on 7/26/2007 |
| Good for Bungo. More understanding that might be expected of a Baggins - Bilbo had a good example to follow there. While Isen - freedom is what he craves and shutting him up is only ever going to make him worse. Seeing the horizon over the patchwork of fields - it's not the sea, but it's his best offer. Author Reply: Hah, ran across this old, unanswered review while answering reviews tonight. Apologies for the tardiness. Thanks for taking the time to leave a good word, even though the thanks are belated. Hope this finds you well. | |
| FantasyFan | Reviewed Chapter: 22 on 7/24/2007 |
| I wonder how many times Gandalf has been through the Shire before, watching the hobbits scurry from place to place (mostly into their holes away from him), remembering long-ago days when he walked with the little people before they were quite so settled, smiling to himself and looking for that spark of adventure, of curiosity, of deeply-buried courage? How long has he been waiting to be asked to tea? And now here he is, at what really is the beginning of the adventure in hobbit-nurturing and development that will eventually overtake Bilbo, and ultimately culminate in the cultivation of Frodo, the best hobbit in the Shire. I'm looking forward to seeing this beginning. Author Reply: What a lovely picture, the old man walking through the Shire, leaning on his staff, smiling to himself and remembering. Perhaps a small and curious lad came up to him, before being snatched away by a big sister, and he saw the ghost of a long-dead ancestor in a dimpled chin or turned-up nose, or wide eyes. And now he is about to take tea with another small and curious lad. | |