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| Drabbles by Lindelea | 3 Review(s) |
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| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 53 on 4/7/2025 |
| Lovely! In my-verse Bilbo remains but a few years on Tol Eressea, but it's wonderful to think he might have lingered to see Sam come to be reunited with Frodo. Author Reply: Someone told me in a long-ago discussion of Frodo's sailing to the West that in the land where the Ring-bearers lived for a time before going on, they were given the grace of laying down their lives at will. Sort of like Elessar's ability to choose his time? I think they were quoting from a letter Tolkien wrote, but it is just a dim memory to me now. (And so I took the liberty of Frodo being able to interact with his cousins in dreams during times of great distress, perhaps with a little Istari or FirstBorn help... I tried not to do it too often, of course. It had to be a very special occasion, like helping Merry solve the famine problem when the leaders of the Shire were all at a loss, or guiding Faramir back to his body when he'd "wandered too soon".) Sort of like the idea that tweens are always eating, and they eat so much, they put a strain on their family's larder, and so families encourage their tweens to walk about the Shire and visit relatives. But I haven't been able to find that information anywhere since returning to fanfic. I was sure it came from Tolkien himself, maybe one of his letters (because I haven't been able to find any mention of it in LOTR), but then, again, I could be remembering wrong and it was actually something I read in a fanfic. Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you! Author Reply: Anyhow, in that discussion of when Bilbo died, I think part of the discussion was whether Bilbo would choose to hang around until Sam sailed so that Frodo wouldn't be the only hobbit there. In Small and Passing Thing, I think I envisioned Bilbo having left only a short time before Sam arrived. (Since I don't think he appears in the final chapter of that story, that's probably what I was thinking.) Sadly, I've lost many of the notes I had from writing those early stories – everything before 2010, sadly, although I managed to recover some notes, including beta-readers' comments, from WIPs like Thain and Jewels. But at least the Muse is still speaking to me these days and deigning to keep track of plot threads. For the most part. She's grown very rambling with the passing of the years. Rather like me, actually. I seem to ramble a little more every day. I can think of worse things, though. | |
| Reviewed Chapter: 53 on 3/20/2025 | |
| Thank you Author Reply: You're welcome! Thank you for the suggestion! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 53 on 3/19/2025 |
| Ohhhh, this is a very loving -- and moving -- series. *sniff* Author Reply: Thank you, dear friend. I hope this reply finds you well. (((hugs))) | |