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| Hope's Endurance by Kara's Aunty | 23 Review(s) |
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| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/11/2008 |
| Although I very much doubt hobbits would use a word like 'sin', you really are a marvelous poet. The love between these two is so obvious. Look in your heart. Your Sam is there! Awwwww. :) Author Reply: Hello Shirebound, Thank you very much for your (very) flattering words. Marvellous poet? (blushes). I think Sam and Frodo shared such a great bond that it defied Death itself - at least it did directly after Sauron's fall. Imagining what they would say to each other when Strider was trying to save them was not too difficult (I expect most of us can imagine that fairly well!) - finding 'rhyming' words to use (and still have the poem make sense) was more of a challenge! I'd have to (respectfully) disagree with you about 'sin' though - It's not perfect, but I think it more likely to be used by a hobbit than some words I've seen used (e.g. - 'sure' instead of 'of course'/'certainly'; 'mad' instead of 'angry'; 'pretty' instead of 'quite'/'very'; 'couple' instead of 'couple of' - all far too modern for Shirefolk). :) Let me say 'thank you' again for your lovely review. It's always a treat to hear from you. All the best, Maureen :) | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/11/2008 |
| Holy-- [not translated from the Westron]. That was astonishingly good--I am a bit of a sucker for dialogue poems and this worked out very well. For me the most powerful part was the bits where Sam says the poetic equivalent of, "Fine, then, I'm coming with you" and Frodo immediately balks. That really is the way to get Frodo to do anything at this point. But if I stay and you depart I’ll still be losing half my heart! *sniffle* Thanks so much! Author Reply: Hello Celeritas, I'm blushing at your (truly) fabulous review. I hadn't intended to post anything for a few days but your review of 'His dear, bleved...' made a very good point and Antane asked me earlier this evening if I could expand on it. So, actually, perhaps I should thank YOU! Sam is a bit of a crafty devil when it comes to his Frodo - he knows exactly which buttons to press. Thanks again, both for the review AND the idea! Maureen :) | |
| Rhyselle | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 11/11/2008 |
| Oh, I love this even more than the first one! Lovely, lovely work! Author Reply: Hello Rhyselle, thanks very much! I'm really glad you enjoyed it so much and am currently smiling fit to burst! Thanks :) Maureen :) | |