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| Trotter by Dreamflower | 13 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue on 6/6/2009 |
| Ah, you have me crying now, Dreamflower--but they are HAPPY tears, glad that in his way Hildifons DID go home again with Pippin! Thank you so for this story, and for showing us Trotter's grave! The original idea of Trotter the Ranger was to have been named Peregrin Took, and he was to have been caught by the Necromancer and have had his feet held to the fire as a torture, before he managed to escape Dol Guldur. Somehow the wooden shoes served to protect his feet. Poor Hildifons has had a different life, but in the end one that is more in keeping with Hobbit sensibilities. And he had a full life after all, living ever surrounded by the caring of those who came to accept him as family. Thank you again! Author Reply: Aw. *hands you a hankie* Yes,in Return of the Shadow he was named Peregrin at one time, among other things. And I did toy with the idea of having his feet injured by torture from the orcs, and had even partially written such a scene. But I couldn't continue and go there. Thankfully I had some good advice as to other ways he could have injured those feet. Hildifons was never meant to be an *exact* analogue to his HoMe inspiration--instead, it was a springboard to the idea of how a hobbit *could* have become a Ranger and what his life would have been like. | |
| pandemonium_213 | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue on 6/6/2009 |
| Forgive me if this is short (iAngband is in the shop so I'm catching some time on the familial Dell mainframe), but I'm popping in to say what a fabulous story this is, one that made for compelling reading. I'm over the moon with the many details you've placed deftly throughout the narrative and Hildifons' voice and characterization? Just excellent! I see that "Trotter" has been nominated for a MEFA09 award. I'll save my "big guns" for that, but please know what a delightful story this has been for me to follow and that Hildifons is truly one of the most memorable hobbits I have encountered. Author Reply: I am so glad that you like Hildifons so much. This story has been in the back of my head for a long time-- I wrote the Prologue in 2007, and there it stayed, for the most part, right up till the Finish-a-thon challenge. But I have been very fond of that hobbit for a good long while. | |
| Baggins Babe | Reviewed Chapter: Epilogue on 6/6/2009 |
| I have been following and reading this story, Dreamflower, although RL has been completely mad and I have had little time to review. I felt as though I was there with Hildifons through all his adventures, laughed at his hobbityness, wept at the sad bits and felt pride at Glorfindel's moving tribute to the Shirefolk who died in battle. Poor Trotter - to lose 'Longshanks' and Thorn were hard blows to bear. I'm glad he got to meet Estel though. How appropriate that Bilbo should be the one to read his story and to finally give the journal to Pippin to take home to the Shire. "It is time for Hildifons Took to go home." Wonderful! Author Reply: I'm so very glad that you enjoyed the story! It was quite a wild ride for me to try and get it all written on such a tight deadline. I was worried I would not do the story justice. But my readers seem to be pleased with it. And I had to let Hildifons "go home" in the end, metaphorically if not literally. | |