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GamgeeFest's Keepsakes  by GamgeeFest 6 Review(s)
LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 47 on 10/26/2010
Lovely story! I love your vivid imagery, and the conversations sound so real and natural. You have a real gift for dialogue.

Author Reply: Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this! It was an interesting topic to think about. I'm more comfortable writing Elves now than I used to be, but I do still worry about it. Glad it sounded authentic to you!

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 47 on 10/7/2010
I am glad that both Hobbits had this one as a friend here, then! Thank you. And love to see the Light of Being in both of the Hobbits, made clearer by Varda's care for both.

Author Reply: The hobbits were lucky indeed when they crossed paths with Gildor's group. I've always thought Sam should have his own light, for surely he is just as special and unique as Frodo. I'm glad you enjoyed this!

harrowcatReviewed Chapter: 47 on 10/3/2010
This is lovely GF. Would love to hear more of Faeglin. Catching up with slow SOA updates.

Author Reply: Thank you, dear! Faeglin is a most observant elf and certainly realized that Sam was capable of more than being "just a servant". Glad you enjoyed this!

Grey WondererReviewed Chapter: 47 on 9/26/2010
A lovely story! And I think it's true. (Elbereth smiled upon him still)

Author Reply: Thank you, GW! I do think she would have gifted our little gardener with clearer sight. :)

AndreaReviewed Chapter: 47 on 9/25/2010
Beautiful!

Elbereth smiled upon him still.

Faeglin is right. Sam is too humble to see that he did many great deeds during and after the quest.

His greatest deed was the constant help he was to Frodo by never leaving his side (except one time and that was when he thought him dead)!

But Elbereth did not change his character. She sharpened his senses instead. And so it is still the same little gardener who greets Faeglin on Tol Erresėa.


Author Reply: Sam's humbleness is one of his many fine qualities, and is what makes him worthy of this gift. It would have served him well long beyond the Quest. It would not have changed him, just made him more aware of his surroundings.

Thanks for reading!

AntaneReviewed Chapter: 47 on 9/25/2010
A lovely sweet story! The quote from Ithilien is my favorite from Book IV. Sam was given different grace than Frodo was, in keeping with his vocation of looking after his beloved treasure, and his openness to the spiritual realm is seen in the visions he had of his master throughout the Quest. Frodo was just as attuned but differently.

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

Author Reply: Sam certainly did need to see more than the average hobbit, and he proved he was more than capable of using the gift given him, just as Frodo was.

Thanks for reading!

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