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| Neath Anor, Ithil, and Gil by Larner | 837 Review(s) |
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| grumpy | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/5/2006 |
| So that is how traditions are born, whatever is handy at the time, becomes set for in the future. But you have to admit, red ink would look more impressive. Author Reply: Well, of course, Grumpy! And in this case the tradition became the required, of course! Heh! | |
| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/4/2006 |
| Great and fun addition to our understanding of Hobbit history Larner. I am glad that our three travellers got to share the joke even if just a few others. Thanks for the prayers. Author Reply: Yes, that last chapter to "Stirring Rings" sparked this one. And someone ought to appreciate the joke! Heh! Certainly Bartolo won't. So glad you liked it, and hope your mother does better. | |
| SurgicalSteel | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/4/2006 |
| Sorry it took me a while - been busy with hospital/patient related things. So much to like about this chapter - Aragorn finally getting to act as ruler of his homeland, the fact that *Sam* seems to be the one who's completely in touch with when things happened historically, the realization that their own legal traditions were just a matter of happenstance, Sam (again! Smart, wise Sam!) realizing that Marcho and Blanco were Took ancestors... Just lovely! And I love the name for this (hopefully) soon to be collection, too. Author Reply: Well, Sam WAS educated alongside Frodo by Bilbo, after all. Of course he'd figure it out! And all three of them would enjoy the joke, I think! As for Sam recognizing Marcho and Blanco were Took ancestors, well again, of course. You are right--smart, wise Samwise Gamgee, who as Aragorn noted ought to have been better named "Full-wise." And so glad you like this collection's name. Worked for two hours on the second offering for this collection to realize after the fact that the laptop decided to swallow it while I was checking dates in "The King's Commission." Gaack! | |
| AspenJules | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/3/2006 |
| Very nice, Larner. I love seeing the hobbits back with their King, and the remembering of the absent Frodo, and the presence of two of the three young sons. I especially love their realization of and reaction to the idea that 7 witnesses signing in red ink was simply a matter of convenience that particular day. These hobbits are ones who are intelligent and flexible enough to realize and accept this, but able also to recognize that their people needed the stability of tradition. It wasn't worth it to upset the people, but they could appreciate the joke, to be sure, LOL. Author Reply: Well, of course! Merry, Pippin, and Sam aren't, after all, hidebound traditionalists, after all. I think they'd rather enjoy the thought that the tradition began serendipitously--obviously! And I love to think of these three with their friend, enjoying his royalty, but moreso his humanity. And there would always be, I think, a wistful wish they could share all this with Frodo in the here and now. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/3/2006 |
| What a delightful addition to your story, Larner! I always love it when the King and his hobbits get together to share warm memories and learn new things. Author Reply: When friends get together they can certainly find enjoyment; and this would be so meaningful to all of them at this point in their lives. And finally Aragorn gets to live and act as King of his homelands! | |
| Elemmírë | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/3/2006 |
| What a neat concept, Larner! I enjoyed this very much, especially as I love history and viewing historical items. So, where will the hobbits' copy of the original charter be kept: with the Thain; in the Council Hole; or perhaps for all to see in the museum in Michel Delving where Bilbo displayed his mithril for a time? I'm just curious, is all. :) It's a shame Frodo never got to see the original charter, however. (I think I really need to catch up on 'Stirring Rings' now, after reading Dreamflower's review) Author Reply: One thing I love about my visits to England and Europe is the concentrated history. Within a twenty-mile radius of my friends' last home near Banbury we visited a civil war battlefield from Round Head days, the ancestral home of the Washingtons (and, yes, I mean our George), a megalithic stone circle, the home of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Plot, the Banbury Cross, market towns and one town that's almost all a huge shopping mall.... As for where the copy of the charter might be kept, shall we vote? Perhaps the Mathom collection would indeed be the best place--that's where I sent Frodo's first bottle and pictures, after all. I think Frodo would have been thrilled to see the original charter, and would have loved the realization of how the Shire's legal traditions got started, myself. So, I'll just imagine Sam sitting down in the garden of the White Tree on Tol Eressea, telling him about it and the two of them laughing, with Gandalf standing nearby joining in with that kingdom-full of mirth he contains. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/3/2006 |
| *grin* This is adorable! I got a kick out of your last chapter of "Stirring Rings", and I love this little expansion on it! How appropriate that this original document was preserved, and that our lads got a chance to see it! And I like that you had the little sons present--although I am sure little Perry will one day feel a bit left out, LOL! Author Reply: It's been fifteen years, the northern Citadel is finished, Gondor is stable enough to leave under Faramir's governance, and Aragorn is exploring more of his new home and sharing a special document with his friends and at least two of their children. As for little Perry--I'm certain he was most jealous once he heard. Shire history, and showing how it is indeed a part of the realm. And poor Merimac will be most disappointed, I think, to realize there's no claim to be presented to the Crown for upkeep on the Bridge. Heh! | |