curiouswombat · 10 December 2011 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Oh what a nice peek into Yalië's new life - and how good to see a moment of recognition that, just perhaps, things weren't going to be quite as bad as she expected.
A Chicken for the Healer by Cuthalion
Reviews (10)
Linda Hoyland · 27 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
I enjoyed this ,thank you.The Hobbits were sweet and Ienjoyed the references to aragorn.
Author's reply
Thank you! I'm glad that you like this! Cúthalion
Larner · 22 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Poor Yalie--but she's learning there are wonderful compensations for being in effect banished to Bree; and I suspect that Daisy's meals have served more than once to please the future King of Arnor and Gondor. So, she sees the possibility of marriage as endangering her freedom? Yes, I can see such a woman as being afraid of that kind of commitment.
Author's reply
I guess that Yalie - given the difficult experiences in her family - developed a kind of "So-what"-philosophy, which showed clearly in her relationships with men... a fiery, sensual woman with enough knowledge about lust and and physical pleasure to know her own needs well - and to satisfy those of Thalguron. This, paired with a certain, distrustful cynism, would make it very difficult for her to give real trust and to bind herself to a man (well, this is my interpretation, anyway, but it was interesting enough to make me write her a tale. *smiles*) Thank you very much! Cúthalion
Lindelea · 22 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Marvellously done! You are so good at setting scenes, in just a few words, so that I can smell the smells as well as see the surroundings and feel the textures. A fierce, almost protective love of the hobbits, indeed. Well put. Thanks!
Author's reply
Thank you, dear. I'm very glad that you like this! Cúthalion
obsidianj · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Poor Yalie. I thought she earned her exile. But now I feel sorry for her again. But may be her time in Bree will help her find out what she really wants. I think she has some issues with herself to figure out before she can be happy. Maybe some good old plain hobbit sense will set her straight.
Author's reply
Good old hobbit sense is a marvelous thing. *smiles* Thank you! Cúthalion
Andrea · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Oh yes! Bree is a fascinating place, where hobbits and men live as close together as nowhere else. And only in Bree a story like this could have happened, not in the Shire, not in Gondor. Yalië needed that distraction and the reassurance that she is a good healer after all. It only needed some plain hobbit sense to find it out. Daisy Mugwort is a fine hobbitess and I think she made a friend that day! Dankeschön!
Author's reply
Bittesehr! *verbeugt sich* Cúthalion
Pearl Took · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
This is delightful, Cuthalion! You handle Yalië very well indeed, and you hobbits are charming. Well done :-)
Author's reply
Thank you! *beams*
Bodkin · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Yalie is a good healer and a down-to-earth person. It'll do her good to be somewhere she isn't judged for her mother's profession. I hope she settles down in Bree and finds herself. (While Thalguron, I'm afraid, leaves me cold. Untrustworthy skunk at the best of times. I almost weakened when he was treating Yalie as if she mattered to him - but it couldn't last.)
Author's reply
Well, I must admit that I like Thalguron's behavior and understanding of his own faults; it seems as if he slowly develops some kind of mature brain, and this time actually between his ears. *grins* But at the same time I am sure that Yalie is completely able to cherish this change, for in her eyes this must be a cruel betrayal. And I somehow could understand her helpless anger... which made me write this. Thank you - I'm glad that you like it! Cúthalion Author Reply: Oh and of course Yalie is completely unable to cherish Thalguron's change of mind. Note: *better switch on brain before pressing any buttons*
harrowcat · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Oh drat! I am beginning to feel sympathy for Yalie again. She has put me through so many emotions! But I am so glad that she is getting over the self-pity and opening up to the charms of the Hobbits with honesty. Well it is a good start anyway.
Author's reply
To be honest, I began feeling more and more sympathy for her while most readers despised her behavior. *grins* Sometimes it is terribly exhausting to be different, unregenerate, hurt and angry. Hopefully she will find her place in Bree, and this was exactly the start I hoped her to have. Cúthalion Author Reply: To be honest, I began feeling more and more sympathy for her while most readers despised her behavior. *grins* Sometimes it is terribly exhausting to be different, unregenerate, hurt and angry. Hopefully she will find her place in Bree, and this was exactly the start I hoped her to have. Cúthalion
Dreamflower · 21 January 2007 · Chapter 1: A Chicken for the Healer
Oh this is wonderful! I am sure that SS *loved* this--you really have Yalie's character down! And perhaps she may find Bree a far better place to have ended up in after all!
Author's reply
I was somehow drawn to her when I read Rabidsamfan's gorgeous drabble "Exile". I can understand her feeling of being lost and betrayed; maybe a big part of this mess is entirely her fault, but that doesn't help to feel better, not really. I am glad that you like this! Cúthalion