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| The Trouble with Love by GamgeeFest | 49 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/8/2005 |
| And Pervinca thinks LADS are dense? She is the one at the moment not seeing what is right in front of her! Poor lass, and poor Merry, still unable to discuss what's happened to him and the rest. Bless them all. Author Reply: LOL, she certainly isn't seeing the point, is she? But she can prehaps be excused for that, considering it's her kid brother's pesky friend come to tease her again. And he is teasing her - and getting very valuable information in the process, lol. Poor Merry and Estella. Merry's just trying to get through this week and the lasses aren't making it very easy for him. Estella just wants what she's always dreamt of, but has come to realize, like Merry's known all along, that some dreams aren't meant to come true - seemingly. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/8/2005 |
| I'm left feeling sorry for Gordi. He seems a pleasant upright kind-hearted hobbit - who just happens to be courting a lass who loves someone else. The scene is set for a whole series of broken hearts as everyone works at cross-purposes. Except Everard. He knows what he wants. And if Pervinca managed to avoid administering a right hook to his nose - I just like the sound of it, I suppose; like a contented cat that’s curled up, sleeping in your lap - (them's dangerous words, Everard Took), then he can be hopeful that she's not as indifferent as she might pretend. And as for Merry / Estella - well. Hopeless. Apparently. Author Reply: There is hope for Gordi and Estella, but not much. By the time their relationship is stable again, all hell will be breaking loose in the Shire. Gordi is getting the short end of the stick though, both here and what's to come later, if I ever get around to writing my post-Quest fic that is. Ev is even more one-track minded than Pervinca, lol. Once he sets his sights on something, he's rather relentless, and he doesn't mind playing with fire to get it. Which is a good thing, considering *who* he has set his sights on, lol. He's rather confident on how things will turn out for him. Let's hope he's right. *crosses fingers* And Merry/Estella - they do appear hopeless at present. But this is canon, despite how it ends. Again, I really must get started on my post-Quest fic. ^_^ | |
| Anso the Hobbit | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/8/2005 |
| Oh, so much happening in one chapter! Poor Merry! I can`t help but feel sorry for him now. And I sense that this will be a tough time for both Estella and Gordi. Author Reply: Merry seems to be out of luck here. He's lost Estella, as he always knew he would. The only good thing to come of that is that he can now focus on Frodo without wondering "what if". Estella and Gordi have a long way to go in patching things up, and it will be more difficult than either one of them could anticipate. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/8/2005 |
| I love this part: The trouble with love is that it takes two to make a match. Estella had her match, until he turned out to be an imbecilic ass with an intelligence equal to that of a garden slug, with the personality to match. I decide to declare my first plan of attack a bust and move onto Plan B. Pervinca is such a character. I enjoyed her talk with Everard too. I did feel very sorry for Merry and was glad that Pippin talked to Pervinca and managed to get the letter from her. I enjoyed this story very much. Author Reply: Merry was barely holding on to self control, poor guy. This hasn't been an easy time for any of them, him least of all. Pippin didn't want to see either one of them do or say something they would regret later. And Pervinca - compassion is not thy name. She still likes to consider herself in charge here, and yet she still isn't seeing what's right in front of her, is she? Even after that talk with Ev. She is starting to come around though. At least she was up *part* of the night thinking about him. ;) | |
| Platy | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/7/2005 |
| Woo, I missed the last chapter and was really confused for a few paragraphs. :P Then I went back and caught up. Per and Ev are MERRY WAR LOVE! *cackles* And I'm quite interested in reading this conclusion. You are brilliant, I say! BRILLIANT! ~Platy Author Reply: Pervinca and Ev are rather starting to steal the show. But then, it was always their show to begin with, lol. They have a bit of a Beatrice/Benedict thing going that makes it quite amusing to write their scenes together. Brilliant! Oh my *blushes* | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 8/7/2005 |
| Hmm...not how I expected this chapter to go at all! And that's good! I like surprises! I can't wait to see how you resolve it all! This has been absolutely wonderful! Author Reply: Yes, this is why I really must start working on my post-Quest fic, lol. This is canon, in that Merry and Estella do eventually wind up together, I just have a different idea of how that happens than I've seen most authors use. Glad you liked the surprise, at any rate, though I can't promise that anything gets resolved here. Estella will remain with Gordi, Merry has pretty much lost her, and Pervinca is about to be distracted by the biggest distraction that there is. ;) Hope you enjoy the conclusion, for all that it will leave several - if not all - strings hanging. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/6/2005 |
| Such fun. Poor Pervinca - so determined to make things go the way she wants them to, and so frustrated. Everard would (perhaps) get on better without the baying friends in the background. She might notice what he's saying then - or perhaps not. And Merry is being very noble and dim. To whose advantage will it be to have Estella marry unhappily, because he feels he cannot speak? He is not helping her by pushing her into going along with her mother's machinations! That's a fine way to make them all unhappy. Still. He's distracted. And he may have done enough in his bone-headedly noble way to make her decide to wait for him anyway. Author Reply: Pervinca has seen better days. It's been some time since she had one of her plans backfire so horribly on her and it's thrown her for quite the loop. Everard knows what he's doing, perhaps better than Vinca does. The friends were just the distraction he needed, lol. Not that Vinca was really taking him all that seriously to begin with. He at least got the information he wanted from her though. ~_^ Merry had accepted long ago that he lost Estella, and he is hoping that Estella will go on and find someone she can be happy with, whether that's with Gordi or not. This will undoubtedly prompt her to come to a decision about her life, rather than sit back and let everyone else decide things for her, Pervinca included. Everyone seems to be distracted from the real point by one thing or another! Merry is missing the mark because of his fears for Frodo, Pervinca is clueless about Everard because of her concern for Estella, and Estella is missing something of importance as well because of her constant pining over Merry. Now that Merry is out of the picture, perhaps everyone will start seeing things more clearly. ;) Thanks for reading! | |
| Nina the powerwriter | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/5/2005 |
| *hops* I'm enjoying this story so much! I love how pervinca is so determined to get Merry and Estella together, and also clueless to who Everard is talking about. Such a lovely mix of story. I was on the edge of my seat when Estella confronted Merry. I knew something like that would happen, and I think it panned out perfectly. Pervinca and Everard's exchange...wonderfully entertaining! *applauds* Please do continue soon :) Author Reply: Estella probably should have waited, but the result would have been the same. There's simply no way Merry could have declared himself at this point in his life. He knows he can't tie himself down, and he knows that it will likely mean losing Estella for good. To have to then be confronted by her and have to lie to her, breaking both their hearts in the process, is the most difficult thing he's had to do. Pervinca sees Everard as she's always seen him - an annoying friend of her kid brother's. She isn't ready to see him as anything else (or so she thinks) and she just can't wrap her mind around the fact that Ev is talking about her. She'll learn soon enough though. ;) Thanks for reading! | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/5/2005 |
| Well, the trouble with love is, if you are busy trying to bring two people together, you are totally blind for your own environment ;-) Has she really not realized, that the girl Everard is speaking of, is herself? LOL! I'm curious to know, what's coming of this. I truly understand all the reasons, why Merry is reacting this way, but he must feel as miserable as Estella now. There must be a solution to lessen their pain! I'm counting on Vinca, and maybe Pippin? Author Reply: Vinca is rather dense here, isn't she? lol For someone who knows everthing there is about love, she certainly is missing the point. She can't really be blamed though. She does have quite a lot on her mind, and considering that Ev is always willing to poke fun at her expense, she wouldn't be inclined to take him seriously here. Merry isn't any better off than Estella at this point. Both of them are quite miserable. Vinca will think of something to help Estella, I'm sure, and Pippin is likely doing everything he can think of to cheer up his friend. Thanks for reading! | |
| Isilhen Daegol | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/5/2005 |
| Oh, Vinca, Vinca, Vinca. For all your schemes and wiles, you really are quite dense. That was a lovely little sidenote with Everard there. But, that's the trouble with love. Oh, my. This chapter was heartbreakingly exactly as I expected. Of course I know why Merry refused, and I knew that he would refuse, and his heart is probably in no better condition than Estella's. And all Vinca was trying to do is help! Sometimes it amazes me how real you can make the characters. You have an extraordinary gift for dialogue. This is the work of a genius, and no, I don't mean Pervinca. Author Reply: This very "simple" matter of love has become more complicated than Vinca could have prepared herself for. No one is having a good time of this. Merry and Estella are in shambles, and Vinca is ready to mangle whoever comes in her way. And yet, she doesn't, lol. Everard comes under her radar and manages to get away unscathed, and with a good deal of knowledge besides, lol. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter so much. I was rather nervous about it, but it played out the only way it could. Now we can only wait and see what happens. | |