Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 36: Recovering Nicely
So Pip and the Gamgees have worked a miracle now. Ferdi's on the mend. Yay!!
StarFire by Lindelea
Reviews (256)
Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 35: Clearing the Air
Pip's being clever again! But I like this one--confessing to the babies! How adorable--and useful. 8-D And I'm so glad to see him making his apologies; maybe now Ferdi will begin to see how different he is from his father. Pippin may be impulsive, but his heart is almost always in the right place.
Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 33: In the Bargain
Good for Pippin. Now maybe they can find some reasonable solution.
Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 32: Fool of a Took
Yes, Starfire!!! Serves Ferdi *and* Pip right!! And oooh, Ferdi's in *trouble*...
Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 31: On Your Mark
He's going to ride doped up, and with his leg tied to the stirrup? Good grief, he wins the Fool of a Took title *hands down*. He makes Pippin look as conservative as a Bolger by comparison! I'm wanting to smack him! (And credit goes to you for making me think this way! LOL!
Author's reply
"conservative as a Bolger" -- a new byword! (Freddy excepted)
Dreamflower · 2 September 2004 · Chapter 29: Laying Plans
Oh no! I should have known--Ferdi's going to pull a fast one, and probably end up in even *more* trouble. You know, I'm trying to imagine: what if *he'd* gone on the Quest as well as Pip? Gandalf would probably have *jumped* after the Balrog if he'd had to put up with *two* such crazy Tooks!
Author's reply
LOL! Nursing a headache, and revisiting old haunts, and ran across this priceless comment. Jump after the Balrog, indeed!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 28: Starting Over
Well, now, I was sure he wouldn't be well enough to ride. I am really loving your OC's you give them so much life, they are as "real" as the canon characters.
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 26: Put Back Together
Good grief! I think Ferdi is even *more* stubborn than Pippin! Imagine as hurt as he is, and still arguing with the healer. But I like your healers--they must be used to dealing with stubborn Tooks. A shame they weren't around at Cormallen--I'll bet Strider could have used their advice on keeping Pip down.
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 25: Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jig
Oh, I *love* little Goldi! And after all that searching, stubborn Ferdi gets himself home with only the help of the stallion. But he's seriously injured; it doesn't look like he'll be in any shape to ride races!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 24: Bloody Trail
I was right! It was Starfire! Whew...
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 22: Worrying Business
Oh, I *knew* those dogs were going to show up! Did Starfire save Ferdi? on to the next chapter...
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 21: Hide and Seek
Why am I worrying about those wild dogs?
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 20: Shadow and Sunshine
Uh-oh, this sounds ominous...
Author's reply
Pippin's conscience is bothering him... Thanks!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 19: Painted into the Corner
Ooops! I don't think Pippin's idea is such a good one for some reason, though I can see that he is trying his best to spare Ferdi. But I don't think he's thought this one through all the way.
Author's reply
The hobbit is impulsive, unfortunately. Properly channeled, such a quality is highly valuable, say, in battle or an emergency, but before one learns proper control, it can be highly destructive. Whew.
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 18: Of Tea and Talk
Ooh, I *like* Pip's brother-in-law! He must know how all the formality must chafe! And good for him to point out that Pip's escort needs to know about any danger in teh Shire!
Author's reply
Isum is solid, dependable, and intelligent. I like him quite a bit, too.
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 17: A Dose of Truth
Well, at least some things are coming out in the open now. Pip and Ferdi are too much alike to ever be as close as he is with Merry, but I think that they may be beginning to respect each other. Nine years being shunned? I don't think I like your Paladin much.
Author's reply
Well, Paladin as I've written him in later stories *is* unlikable, but hopefully he'll be more understandable by the end of this story. Thanks!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 16: Saving the Farm
Aha! The pony races! And Pippin will race Socks-or Starfire will be found, and race instead? I should know better than to guess; I almost always get it wrong.
Hai Took · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 53: After the Drought, a Deluge
Oh my! I thought things were looking up when Farry and Ferdi discovered the treasure in the hidden room! Now the Thain will certainly be the the richest hobbit in the Shire! I did like how happy Pippin was, him and Ferdi being so happy! Then Gimli showing up! Wow! All the people who knew Pippin seemed to have sent him something! I like how each thing was consistant with the place they were brought from! I'm glad that Gimli is here a nice surprise and I hope he stays a while! Looking forward to more and finding out how the Tooks handle their new found wealth!
Author's reply
This was the first chapter I wrote, and the one that was the most fun to write! Thinking up all those presents, and what would be appropriate for each friend to send... and then I had the work of connecting the first chapter to this one! Whew! Thanks for reviewing.
Grey Wonderer · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 53: After the Drought, a Deluge
First, I loved that Faramir found the treasure and didn't even realize it. There it was all that time right next to where the Thain slept! Wonderful! I was glad to see Gimli and Merry in this chapter too and to see that gifts had been sent. Now Pippin will have plenty to pay the hobbits and see to the Tooks. I always like it when dear pippin gets a happy ending.
Author's reply
I always like it when Pippin gets a happy ending, too! Thanks for stopping by.
RogerGamgee · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 53: After the Drought, a Deluge
Deluge is by far an understatement...if I were Pippin, I'd have had a heart attack by now, with all the gifts they've received. And the coins with Elessar's image? Nice touch, that one! I don't think Tookland will br having financial problems any time soon, so long as Pippin manages it wisely. Well done!
Author's reply
Thanks! Just one more chapter to go, to tie up a loose end.
Bodkin · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 53: After the Drought, a Deluge
Did Merry get treasure too, did he? did he? Or is this a set up by Merry who organised an influx of riches from foreign parts? Or pure spontaneous chance and good timing? I hope all those mares are heavily pregnant with excellent foals who will be born in the Shire and are therefore qualified to race (or will they alter the rules to say that impregnation must also occur within the Shire?)
Author's reply
I wouldn't put it past Merry, to send word of Pippin's troubles to Aragorn, or perhaps to have mentioned the disappearance of the Thain's treasure-hoard while on a visit to Rohan, and you know it's only a hop, skip and jump from there to Ithilien and Minas Tirith and the Glittering Caves and Dol Amroth beyond. And I imagine that Eomer, after his initial indignation over his gifts being banned from racing in the Shire, might well have made sure the dozen mares had been bred to fine stallions before they were herded up the Greenway to the Shire. Likely another dozen went to Buckland, seeing as how it's on the way to Tuckborough. Thanks!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 15: A Matter of Honour
WHEW!! You had me worried! I think I had better take a break for a while!
Author's reply
Poor thing! Must warn you there are bouts of angst to come... with intermittent spells of sunshine, and a lovely sunset at the end. Hang in there. Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 14: A Change of Heart
HUH!?!?!?!??!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 13: The Challenge
Uh-oh! And here I was relieved that they got home safely from the wedding. I'm sure the stallion will be all right in the end, or you'd not have name the story for him--but it looks to me like some major angst coming up!
Dreamflower · 1 September 2004 · Chapter 11: Lambs to the Slaughter
Oh dear! I hope Pip gets safely back to the wedding, without being accosted by the dogs--otherwise Ferdi will never let him hear the end of it!