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| Dreamflower's Mathoms III by Dreamflower | 184 Review(s) |
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| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/12/2013 |
| Farmer Maggot and Tom Bombadil, what a delightful combination! Author Reply: I think so! And it was all Tolkien's idea! | |
| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/12/2013 |
| I see Rumble has a more successful way of dealing with Gandalf than Bilbo! ;-) Author Reply: Well, Rumble was the very first hobbit Gandalf knew! Gandalf is still somewhat new to hobbits at this point. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 4/7/2013 |
| My mouth was watering at the description of that meal. No wonder Tom came visiting! And Farmer Maggot sounds uncommonly sensible (or maybe I mean open-minded?) for a hobbit. Author Reply: *grin* I do like that reaction to when I describe food! He seems both uncommonly sensible and open-minded for a hobbit, when you think of the hospitality he showed Frodo, Sam and Pippin in spite of his fright by the Black Riders and in spite of his previous dealings with the scrumping young Frodo! And Bombadil indicates that he has dealings with Farmer Maggot in LotR. But it was remembering the poem in TAoTB that led me to write this little story! Because that seems to hint that their friendship was long standing! | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 4/7/2013 |
| *happy sigh* That was lovely! A very believable gapfiller explaining the origin of Gandalf's fireworks exhibitions at the Great Smials. I love the echo of Bilbo in the good mornings, and the new Thain's innocent wonder at the minor magic of colored smoke rings. Author Reply: I thought it would be kind of fun if Gandalf's "good morning" exchange actually originated among hobbits in the first place. Of course, my own headcanon is that hobbits are the only ones Gandalf makes fireworks for--and that part of that is the very innocent wonder that they show at his "small magics", such as the smoke rings, or Gerontius' cuff links. I enjoy exploring Gandalf's early interactions with the Shire. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013 |
Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) Author Reply: Yes, even when they know there is no reason to believe they can survive, they just keep walking, in the hope that they can save others if not themselves. | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013 |
Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Antane | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/23/2013 |
Oh, poor Sam - those last words... It aches to hear him think that. But it reminds me of one of the most inspiring moments in the movies - Sam's finest moment I think, even more than I can carry you - when Mr. Hope Unquenchable, Mr. Of course we are coming back to the Shire, admits there will be no coming back and then reaches his hand down to his treasure and they continue on. Namarie, God bless, Antane :) | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/16/2013 |
| .. and if they succeeded, the Shire would be saved--but not for them. At that moment Sam is sure that he and Frodo will die, no matter if they have success or not. To carry on with that in mind is truly a great sacrifice! But how must Sam have felt, after they had succeeded and had been saved from death, when Frodo finally said good-bye to him with exactly these words? Author Reply: Yes they were both convinced that their own lives were forfeit to the Quest once they were into Mordor. I'm glad you said that--it was a little irony in the back of my mind as I wrote it. | |
| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 3/16/2013 |
| Justice? You are not talking about 'justice'; you are talking about revenge. Very well, said, Pippin! Frodo and Gandalf would be proud, indeed! Not even Lotho ever used the death penalty - but was killed in the end by Saruman's orders. Author Reply: Yes, they would be proud of him! Both of them knew how important mercy was! No, Lotho never did--although I indicate that he looked the other way when his men killed hobbits in "my" 'verse. Though in his case it was a matter of not seeing what he didn't want to know. | |
| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 3/15/2013 |
| p.s. the gif link returned an error message. Just thought I'd let you know. Author Reply: Ugh! I had the hardest time getting that thing to cooperate, and I suppose it didn't translate to SoA. *sigh* Anyhow, it's really just the title of this story against a green background, with the Ring inscription above. The quote's from "Mark Reads" website in which he uses that to describe Frodo and Sam's attitude in Mordor as the two of them carry on in spite of everything, and one of the commenters made that gif for it. (Mark was blogging a chapter by chapter account of his first reading of LotR, which he came to completely unspoiled.) It was fun to follow his reactions to the story as it unfolded, realizing that he really was so unprepared for what would happen. But not a "family-friendly" site, language-wise. I enjoyed it anyway in spite of that, but wouldn't want to expose kids to it.) | |