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| The Ranger and the Hobbit by Cairistiona | 197 Review(s) |
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| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| I love this! Your Ferdinand is indeed a very hobbity hobbit! The song we hear snatches of sounds quite Shirish indeed. I love Aragorn's confusion, due to his injury and illness, but also due to seeing a hobbit in a unexpected place, and such a hobbit, at that. I can tell already how much I'm going to love this story-- hobbits taking care of Big Folk is one of my favorite scenarios to read about! By the way there is, actually, a cousin Ferdinand on the Took family tree. He is Bilbo's first cousin once removed through Bilbo's Uncle Hildibrand, who was brother to Belladonna. However, if this story is in T.A. 3002 (when Aragorn was 71), he's about eight years older than your Ferdinand, as he was born in SR 1340 (TA 2940) so the canon Ferdinand would be about 62. Of course for hobbits, that's still just the prime of life. And I like your definition of this as a "could-have-happened", because, really, I think it could have. Author Reply: Thank you, Dreamflower! I too really like stories where hobbits take care of Big Folk, especially when it's Aragorn (or any other Ranger, methinks). So there's actually a Ferdinand? Ah, well... I guess any hobbits could simply refer to them both a la the old Newhart show, "This is Ferdinand and my other cousin Ferdinand." (at least I didn't name him Larry!) *g* Thanks for the encouragement and the review. I'm glad you're liking this so far. :) | |
| Ainu Laire | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| Adventurous, talkative hobbit. Aragorn. The wild. Bandits! I like this formula very, very much. And heck, I love AUs. I tend to find hobbits incredibly boring if they are not on adventures. And I am already beginning to love this character. Author Reply: Thanks, Laire! I'm glad you like the start of this and the idea of it. I'm not normally a hobbit writer because I'm a bit like you in that I don't find their ordinary lives quite as compelling as some do. But I do like the idea of plucking a hobbit out of that ordinary comfortable existence and seeing what happens. So... we'll see what happens! Thanks for the review! | |
| mews1945 | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| Heavens, I sent you a blank email, before I wrote my review of your chapter. Shirebound told me about it, and I'm glad she did. I enjoyed it very much. Aragorn is well written, and Ferdinand Took is hobbity and Tookish as well. I enjoy reading of Aragorn being cared for by a hobbit. Author Reply: LOL... no problem. I've done the same. And thank you! And I'll have to thank Shirebound for the recommendation. :) I'm glad you like Ferdinand... I did try to make him as hobbity as possible to sort of make up for the fact that I've given him an overdose of Tookishness. And I'm glad you like my Aragorn... he is my favorite character and I'm glad you find him well written! Thanks for the review and hope you continue to enjoy the tale! | |
| Celeritas | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| Very, very interesting! Of course, as soon as I see any non-LotR hobbits in connection with Rangers (especially Tooks), sirens start going off (by which I mean the sirens on Independence Day, not the "there's actually a fire" sirens) going, "TROTTER! TROTTER!" Which it looks as if you're not necessarily going into here, which is okay. But it's nice to know that there's precedent for more wandersome, possibly even Rangering, hobbits in Tolkien than you would conventionally think. I'm looking forward to finding out more about your OC. Oh, and you get free brownie points for having a Took whose eyes are not green! Author Reply: LOL... no, no Trotter in this one. I already played my Trotter reference card in At Hope's Edge. Any more such nods from me to Aragorn's formative years in Tolkien's mind would be pushing it, I think. And ooh, brownie points! I like those and accept them gladly. :) Thank you for the review and I hope you enjoy the tale. | |
| Inzilbeth | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| I'm so pleased to see you are posting this wonderful story which is one of my favourites, and all time favourites at that. Your Ferdinand is an absolute delight and you've captured his 'Tookishness' perfectly. I adore his exchanges with Aragorn who is, as always in your stories, extremely believable. I know the AU note is a precaution but, to me, this story feels perfectly possible, if maybe a just a little improbable, within the bounds of canon. Author Reply: And thank you for your help and encouragement with this... it wouldn't have happened without it. :) I decided better to err on the safe side and label this AU, as there's really not much precedence besides for this sort of adventurism in a hobbit by this point in their history. Which of course makes it all the more fun to imagine "what if..." Thanks again for the review and the help! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| Master Took is a delight, and so is the beginning of this tale! "Raggedy and patchedy" would certainly describe our Ranger perfectly. It does my heart good that he's met such a congenial and practical hobbit, and that our adventurous Took has met such a noble and courteous Man. I love how he produced a fork from his pocket. Of course! Author Reply: hee hee! Yes, Ferdinand's full of suprises, even as his pocketses are apparently full of cutlery. *g* I'm glad you liked this chapter (a bit reworked, thanks to your input). I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. Thank you both for your help and for your kind review! | |
| Estelcontar | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/26/2009 |
| Yay! I'm glad you found time to post your story today. You struck just the right note with your Ferdinand which is a most delightful OC, and sounds absolutely hobbitish. The story for purists may be a bit AU, but the mood, tone and your Ferdinant are totally cannon, and for me, at least, so is the story. *g* And Aragorn has got himself in trouble again, hasn't he? I can just imagine what Halbarad and Denlad are going to say when they catch up with him. I really enjoyed the lighthearted mood of this first chapter, and the way you used to song in the scene Aragorn regains consciousness, was to my mind most effective. Well done, as usual. Author Reply: Thank you, Estelcontar! And thank you again for giving it a read before I posted it. I'm glad you found my Ferdinand both likely and likeable (if that's a word!). This story is definitely more about playing with possibilities than gap-filling or the like. I had fun writing it and I hope readers enjoy it. Thanks again for the support, and the review! | |