Ragnelle · 26 November 2011 · Chapter 18: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 18 - Feast
This was hilarious! Poor Frodo, maybe that is why he did not mind that the hobbits reserved their admiration for Pippin and Merry?
Thirty Drabbles Hath November 2011 by Rhyselle
Reviews (29)
shirebound · 20 November 2011 · Chapter 18: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 18 - Feast
And that pub will boast for all time that they served the Ring-bearer their finest cheese. :)
eiluj · 20 November 2011 · Chapter 20: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 20 - So, Where Were You?
So now we know! About the mushroom argument, anyway. There's still the question of why Merry was hiding from Ioreth....
shirebound · 18 November 2011 · Chapter 17: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 17, 2011 - The Great Western Road
I like getting little glimpses into Frodo and Bilbo's lives together.
eiluj · 18 November 2011 · Chapter 17: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 17, 2011 - The Great Western Road
Trust Bilbo to mention the Elves! And his Adventure. And always teaching. While Frodo is young, rather incurious, and more of a typical hobbit than he will be when he is older. Then you add a bit of foreshadowing to end the drabble: very nice! The quotation you want is from the bottom of the first page of A Long-Expected Party: "The eldest of these, and Bilbo's favourite, was young Frodo Baggins. When Bilbo was ninety-nine he adopted Frodo as his heir, and brought him to live at Bag End; and the hopes of the Sackville-Bagginses were finally dashed." So the adoption was sometime between September 22, 2989, and September 21, 2990: the year Frodo was 21. I always imagined the Road had been paved during the early days of the Third Age -- and the Númenoreans were master engineers, with technology sometimes better than our own. So, definitely dirt-covered, but not much growing atop it except an occasional bit of grass, particularly in the low spots; stone showing through at the top of the crests. Still perceptible as the Roman roads were in Britain: though unlike them, in continual use since hobbits moved in to the Shire. Psst -- Michel Delving. Related to the old words mickle/muckle. The E of A cites the OE micel.
eiluj · 17 November 2011 · Chapter 16: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 16, 2011 - Lamentable Tidings III
So sad. (Okay: I hate to think of any hobbit dying under any circumstances.) At least half the relevant fics I've read over the years have Merry and Pippin dying the same day; one I remember was 24 hours apart. Most fans just can't bear to separate them. I am so sorry about your friend's passing.
Author's reply
I think that Merry lay in state for at least a day or two, if not longer, and so this would likely be the day after his death, at the very earliest, and I think that Pippin wrote to Faramir very late at night of the day that Merry died. I don't think that I could bring myself to write more than these three drabbles about their passings, so the details of those days will probably remain unexplored by me. Thanks so much for commenting on my drabbly offerings. I really appreciate it.
shirebound · 16 November 2011 · Chapter 15: Nov 15 - Lamentable Tidings II
clothed...also with my love That's lovely. *sniff*
eiluj · 13 November 2011 · Chapter 12: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 12 - At the Prancing Pony
This is intriguing, and an idea I think I've only seen once very briefly before (the Grey Company before Rohan). Fourteen Rangers together in the taproom would surely have unnerved all of Butterbur's guests -- and ruined custom for the evening as much as Frodo's regrettable incident did. Perhaps Butterbur was only asking out of habit, or to be polite? Or maybe to be prepared! It would make a wonderful longer fic, even if only confined to the Rangers' time at the Pony. Though they didn't join the other customers in the taproom, they would still have been seen outside, and entering the inn. This is early 3019; there are strangers and refugees in Bree, too many of them ominous. Evil, unnatural things have begun to roam the vicinity already; these Rangers probably encountered some on their way. Such an unprecedentedly large host of Rangers in Bree would be regarded as just one more alarming and unwelcome intrusion into Bree's expected daily routine. Did the Rangers all enter the Pony at once? I'm assuming they would have come from different directions, and so wouldn't all have ridden into Bree together. If not, did the latecomers know to go directly to the parlor (did they perhaps ask Butterbur if other Rangers were there?) or did a few find their way to the taproom and look around, alarming the patronage?
shirebound · 13 November 2011 · Chapter 12: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 12 - At the Prancing Pony
For all that they didn’t startle when he’d opened the door, he could tell that they were well aware of him. He's learned to appraise Rangers quite well over the years.
Linda Hoyland · 13 November 2011 · Chapter 12: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 12 - At the Prancing Pony
These are most enjoyable.
Fiondil · 12 November 2011 · Chapter 9: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 9 - Larger Than Life
Oh dear! Now that would be beyond embarrassing. And I remember some of the codpieces certain lords wore in the SCA. LOL! I wonder what Aragorn would've said if he'd been there? Or Eownyn and Arwen? *sly snicker*
shirebound · 12 November 2011 · Chapter 11: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 11 - Remembrance
Ohhh, that's wonderful. What a perfect tribute for this day.
shirebound · 11 November 2011 · Chapter 10: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 10 - Let There Be Light
A very realistic scene for these two. What a moment that must have been.
Antane · 9 November 2011 · Chapter 6: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 6 - Readiness
This is such a stirring part in the movies to see those beacons lit, and seeing those men who stayed in readiness in such isolated, forbidding places for so long. I love the little stories that are celebrated there. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Antane · 9 November 2011 · Chapter 7: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 7 - Memorial
A sad day for Aragorn. I love the words he had for his worthy Steward. Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Itarille1 · 9 November 2011 · Chapter 8: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 8 - Hiding
this is delightful! it cheers my morning. may I ask why Faramir hesitated to sit beside Eowyn? is it because our Steward thought about propriety?
Fiondil · 8 November 2011 · Chapter 5: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 5 - Pub Crawl
Obviously, your other readers are unaware of the time-honored custom of pub-crawling. *grin* Not that I've ever indulged, but I know some who have. I wonder how hung over Pippin will be at his own wedding. Esmeralda won't be happy, that's for sure. Hopefully, Estella will show her the proper use of a towel on her husband to keep him in line. LOL! Am enjoying this series very much, Rhyselle. Thanks for sharing.
shirebound · 8 November 2011 · Chapter 7: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 7 - Memorial
*sniff* That's beautiful.
curiouswombat · 8 November 2011 · Chapter 7: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 7 - Memorial
What a thoughtful and poignant drabble - lovely.
Raksha The Demon · 8 November 2011 · Chapter 7: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 7 - Memorial
Excuse me if I just sit here and cry...A beautiful and sad drabble; Aragorn missing Faramir, Faramir's body lying in state, the sense of great accomplishment and Faramir's work being carried on by his son...Very well done! I do think Faramir would lie in state and be given a great funeral; and that Aragorn would miss his friend and highest 'servant' very much.
Linda Hoyland · 8 November 2011 · Chapter 7: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 7 - Memorial
This was very sad and moving.
shirebound · 7 November 2011 · Chapter 6: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 6 - Readiness
That's quite creative. I like these gap fillers.
curiouswombat · 6 November 2011 · Chapter 3: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 3 - Longing
What an interesting idea - I rather like to think his father was waiting for him.
shirebound · 5 November 2011 · Chapter 4: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 4 - New-Fangled
I have difficulties adapting to new-fangled devices, myself. :)
Antane · 4 November 2011 · Chapter 3: NaQuaWriMo - Nov 3 - Longing
He and Sam would have this in common - indeed I thought it was first Frodo and then Sam, but I like this take too. :) Namarie, God bless, Antane :)