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While We Dwelt in Fear  by Pearl Took 226 Review(s)
PIppinfan1988Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 1/22/2004
Poor Saradoc! Go, Paladin! Go, Paladin!! Release the hounds!

You never disappoint, Pearl! Great stuff!

Pippinfan

PIppinfan1988Reviewed Chapter: 13 on 1/22/2004
Let me get a hold of that Yegen!! Like Pipkin mentioned, I'd like to hurt the jerkwad who messes with my hobbits!

I'm so happy to see new chapters--you've been busy!

PF

Arwen BagginsReviewed Chapter: 14 on 1/22/2004
Oh, poor Saradoc! I can't believe you actually had him faint though...that was a nice touch. And way to go Paladin! That's the way to get rid of those bad Men! I just had an idea. Maybe you should bring Bill Ferny in and have him recognize the resemblence between Merry and Pippin and their fathers. And whatever happened to Merry's ponies in FotR? Maybe Bill Ferny could bring them to Buckland for selling, and Saradoc would recognize them as his own and...well you get the idea. Tell me what you think of the idea. Please?

And maybe, instead of re-doing part of the story to include Gandalf and the Gaffer's conversation that I told you about, maybe you could just have the Gaffer (or his "representative") write a letter to the Brandybucks or the Tooks. Or maybe, you could do it where Sam taught one of his older sisters how to write (since his brothers both moved away) and have one of them write the letter. Or maybe you'll just want to do a whole different story with the Gamgees, and the Gaffer being moved out of Bagshot Row and... okay, you get the idea. I'll stop tying now. If you have any questions, just drop me an e-mail.

Wow, that's a long review! By the way, have you read my new "Frodo & Pippin" chapter yet?

You see why it takes me so long to write my own chapters? I start writing, and then I get a thousand ideas and it takes forever to organize them into a concise chapter. And then 3 chapters later I realize that I left out something important so I have to go back and change the middle of the story. Kind of like what I'm doing with "Mithril" chapter 3. Only I just have one thing...one IMPORTANT thing...that I forgot there. So don't worry, I won't be changing the whole story around, just that one little part.

Okay, NOW I'm done. No, really, I am. Bye now!!!!!...until the next update that is... then you'll here from me again.

Okay fine, I'm going, I'M GOING!! Sheesh!

PervincaReviewed Chapter: 13 on 1/2/2004
Yay! I've been waiting for an update of this story for ages! Well, maybe not that long, but still! Very good! Especially the scene in Bree, with the deaths of the two hobbits and three men. I was so impressed when I checked the names you had used! I'll be waiting (probably quite impatiently) for another update soon, dear sister!

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 13 on 1/2/2004
Oh, this chapter is so descriptive of the chill and danger settling over the Shire. I can't wait until the Travellers return and set all to rights!

Lyta PadfootReviewed Chapter: 13 on 1/1/2004
An interesting look at the events in Bree that Barliman reports. Keep writing!

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 12 on 12/11/2003
This was worth waiting for! Now, I want more. Getting greedy aren't I? I love the connection between Esme and Pippin and how it helps her to see what's happened to Merry. You've taken the small hint of Fairy blood in the Tooks and filled in the gaps. Excellent!

Tim the EnchanterReviewed Chapter: 10 on 11/16/2003
Esme meeting her grandfather was incredible.

Author Reply: Thank you so much. I'm always so unsure of myself when doing these more AU type touches that the responses just mean that much more :) Thank you.

shireboundReviewed Chapter: 10 on 11/16/2003
Pearl, this chapter is utter poetry. Especially these...

"Hearts bound together. Spirits entwined. Cousins brother-like. Nephews son-like. Love binding all together like the strands of a rope, each strengthens the others."

"My Tookling will keep his heart light in the dark and remind him of the joy they seek to save."

"I will care for my own as best as I am able, and those they treasure with them: you, child of my child, and she who is dear to both you and my young Tookling; my young Tookling who tries his wings and the one he loves as a brother; the one who bears the burden and the friend who gives care to them all."

Oh, my. Lovely.


Author Reply: shirebound,
Thank you! I'm always so honored that you are enjoying my story as yours are so excellent. I was quite unsure of this meeting between Esme and the Fairy, but responses so far have been encouraging. The story is progressing well at this time and I hope it stays so. Thank you so very much!

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 7 on 11/2/2003
This almost made me cry. Well, maybe a little anyway. I can't wait for new chapters.

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