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Shire: Beginnings  by Lindelea 2 Review(s)
InklingReviewed Chapter: 16 on 2/7/2005
Hi Lin, here are my random musings on Chapters 11-16:

"And if there are no more sips in the cup for me, who am I to complain? All I can do is make the best use of the time I have, Beech." Very moving, Thorn’s humble fatalism…and a nice twist on Gandalf’s words to Frodo.

Just read your chronological and geographical notes…thank you, very useful. BTW also looked up the birth of Elrond’s sons: 130 T.A. So they were about 900 years old at the time of your story…still wet behind the ears, for Elves! ;)

A question: Where are all these orcs coming from?

So the hobbits’ woodcraft seems better than the Elves’…interesting and a bit surprising, though I must remember that these are not, after all, Wood Elves…perhaps the High Elves of Rivendell are, relatively speaking, “city folk”?

“It is time for us to assume the cloak of adulthood.” This was such a touching moment, as the hobbits weep knowing they must leave the Lady behind at last.

Well either Gran-dad’s confused or I am…at the end of chapter 12 it says “It took them more than a day to reach the open fields leading to the ford, what with the need for caution.” Then chapter 13 opens with “After ten days of travel the wandering hobbits came to the edge of the wood, looking out over a grassy plain that sloped downwards towards a distant sparkle—the River!” Can both these statements be true?

“brother in love” is a beautiful phrase…

C. 16 – Oh, this is heartbreaking…Thorn reminds me a little of Frodo, so brave and noble, and with the gift of foresight that Frodo reveals in his speech at the end of LOTR. I was afraid we were going to lost Thorn sooner, but I know this is it. And Another has spoken to him! Who, I wonder?

You know, somehow I thought we hadn’t seen the last of Pick…mistaken for a rabbit, eh? So Bilbo wasn’t the first, hehe…


DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 16 on 10/1/2004
Oh my, I'm sorry to see that we will lose Thorn, but very glad to see that Pick is all right! Eagles? Ancestors of Gwaihir? Of course they won't eat him once they realize he is a person, and not just an animal--I hope!

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