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| All Work and No Play by Lindelea | 2 Review(s) |
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| Krackenmire | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 9/1/2025 |
| Nice! They'll reach Rivendell in a chapter or two, right? They're time in Rivendell ought to be certainly interesting. Will you write some chapters for Jewels about Pippin's time in Gondor? That should be entertaining. In Pearl Took's story "The Singer", it was mentioned that Aragorn knew of the magic in Tooks' eyes. Can you write a drabble story set in Pearl Took's universe about when Aragorn learned about the magic? Maybe a story in which the Big Folk got in trouble and Pippin used his magic to free them all? Ooooh, that would be funny. And very shocking for the big folk. *snicker* Author Reply: It may take rather more than a chapter or two to reach Rivendell (there's a key event that happens in this part of the story that did *not* happen during the original Travellers' journey), but hopefully those intervening chapters will be interesting in themselves. For its part, Rivendell was a challenge to imagine, considering how much has changed since Frodo was there with Sam and Merry and Pippin and Bilbo. But hopefully it'll ring true. And, of course, new characters will be added to the travelling party at that point. I can't promise to write a story set in someone else's universe (it's hard enough to fulfill my desire to be true to Tolkien's vision), but I will think about it. Your story idea sounds intriguing (and potentially humorous). Author Reply: I forgot to answer your question about Jewels... Actually, Pippin's time in Gondor is a separate short story that I'm hoping to post on September 22 in honor of Ring Day. (I just have to finish it, first...) So while Jewels will mention in passing the holiday in Gondor, the details of the journey will be found in a separate story so as not to swell Jewels to unwieldy proportions. Thanks! | |
| Fimbrethil | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 8/30/2025 |
| 'If that is your wish, then I will not tell you such a thing,' young Pippin Gamgee replied with a straight face, but at Faramir's snicker, he covered his mouth with his hands and chortled.” lol. Yet so many of the jests I've overheard from Bilbo, years ago, or your cousin the Thain, more recently, might as well have been spoken around a table filled with Guardsmen...' Oh dear, you are probably right, especially from Peregrin. But then,' Ferdi put in quietly, 'I've no doubt they would have been at pains to offer such banter as Men would easily understand so as not to offend their listeners.' Oh. “Mister Frodo did not describe the country they travelled through in glowing terms,' Pip-lad said, causing the Man to look sharply at him in renewed surprise. The Mayor's son continued to remind him more of a scholar than a careless young Hobbit, especially when he shared insights he'd gleaned from hearing his father read aloud and discuss the account in the Red Book. As a matter of fact, Elessar himself had not described this part of the journey in glowing terms, either, when he had gone over the maps with Haldoron. Nevertheless, the Ranger-guide held his tongue and left the talking to the Gamgee teen, curious to hear what the lad might say. 'What sort of terms did my cousin use, then?' Ferdi asked. 'Forbidding was one,' Pip-lad admitted, but then amended, 'No, not forbidding... Let me think... Threatening, he wrote.' 'Somehow threatening sounds worse than merely forbidding,' Ferdi murmured to Haldoron. But Pip-lad hadn't quite finished. 'Sombre...' he said, tilting his head in thought. 'And sullen... even unfriendly! Ominous... I think that's what made me think of forbidding.' 'Lovely,' Ferdi said under his breath, but the Gamgee lad heard him and chortled again. 'No,' Pip-lad said cheerily. 'I'm quite sure that Mister Frodo did not use the word lovely, not at this point in the journey!' Pathless, as well as wet and cheerless, or so Elessar said, Haldoron thought to himself.” heehee. “Not at all,' Farry said, but he was not playing the game the other teen had initiated. Instead, he turned and gestured to Haldoron, saying, 'If you wouldn't mind, Haldor... I should think that Aragorn took the lead here. It was, after all, his short-cut.' Lol and heehee. “Thainly was his tone and bearing – unconsciously so, but in that moment, the Man could hear the echo of Thain Peregrin's voice speaking through his son's simple-seeming request. Though only a teen, Faramir had his father's knack of conveying an order with such grace and tact that he might have been conferring an honour or asking a simple favour.” humhum. This adventure will change the Walkers, but especially those four hobbits, much too. They are going to go to the trolls! And maybe a sing a song? Happy Labor Day and/or Last August Weekend! Author Reply: Happy Labor Day to you, as well! I am spending my Labor Day very pleasantly – reading fanfic and writing reviews, along with writing replies to reviews of my own chapters. Thanks so much for hitting the highlights in your review! I think you're right – this journey will be life-changing for everyone, with lots of opportunities for growth and learning. What would a visit to the Stone Trolls be without a song, indeed? Again, thanks for reading and pausing to share your thoughts. I do appreciate it. | |