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Seven Names  by Mariposa 3 Review(s)
pipspebbleReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 9/26/2004
Very nice. I really like your version of how Sam was named Frodo's heir. And the bickering with Merry and Pippin in the beginning? Much fun, and soooo in character! :-)

Author Reply: Thank you! I am glad you liked the characterizations. :-)

esamenReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 9/26/2004
"I believe you, Master Hamfast," said Frodo fondly. "Not that the description might not fit."

Oh, this is lovely--so imaginative and full of love! Your Frodo comes through absolutely gorgeously. And all the rest of the characters, too . . . this is sheer delight to read.

Author Reply: Thank you! I feel so bad for Frodo after the Quest, but it's important to remember that his whole life could not have been angst. :-)

LiannaReviewed Chapter: Prologue on 9/26/2004
What an interesting idea!

I think I agree with your implication that Frodo would have given Rosie some kind of warning before departing for the Havens. He would want her to know what Sam would be facing.

I'm not exactly thrilled, though, that hobbits have to share their most private legal business with seven people besides the lawyer. I suppose it makes sense in their culture, but I would certainly resent it.

Author Reply: The idea of needing seven signatures in red ink comes from "The Fellowship of the Ring", when, after Bilbo vanishes at his eleventy-first birthday party, Lobelia and Lotho Sackville-Baggins come to interrogate Frodo about the legality of his inheritance. He shows them the will, and Tolkien says, "It was, unfortunately, very clear and correct (according to the legal customs of hobbits, which demand among other things seven signatures of witnesses in red ink)." The plot bunny was shirebound's, and she generously allowed me to adopt it. :-) Thank you for the review, and for reading. :-)

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