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| With Their Heads Full of Dreams by GamgeeFest | 4 Review(s) |
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| Andrea | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/19/2006 |
| “My father used to call me that,” he said now. “I was his little ‘acorn’. I was his promise?” “No sir,” Sam said and gently placed his hand over Frodo’s. “You’re the tree.” That's a beautiful image! I like it very much! So, Odo is the name of the Gaffer's neighbour? Well, well, sometimes interpretation leads us to totally different results! I was thinking of the first drafts of "The Lord of the Rings" in HOME, where the Ringbearer was still called Bingo, and he was accompanied by his cousins, whose names were Frodo, Odo and Marmaduke ;-) Thank you for this story, I enjoyed reading and interpreting it very much :) Author Reply: That scene under the oak tree was in my mind pretty much since I first started writing this story. I checked on the web to see if my own perceptions of what 'oak' and 'acorn' symbolize were correct, and not only did I find that they were, but that Aristotle had said that the acorn was the greastest symbol of potential. Aristotle! Odo - I thought of that the other night and had a little chuckle over it. It gives the dream a different sort of twist when you read it with *that* Odo in mind. I don't know about you, but I'm very glad that Tolkien changed the names of the hobbits. I just can't imagine that moment in the movie when the Ring is destroyed and the Mt. Doom and Mordor start to collapse, and everyone shouting "BINGO!" That would rather ruin the moment, because someone would either have to win a prize, or they'd had to follow it up with "B-I-N-G-O!" And all I can think about when I read "Marmaduke" is the black lab from the comic strip! And now that I've wondered completely off topic... I'm glad you enjoyed this and I really loved getting your reviews! Thanks for reading. :) | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/19/2006 |
| Love Sam's way of looking at things. I also liked the bits of Primula's journal that were included in the story. Looks like Frodo and Sam both have a great deal to think over. The Dwarves may not have started things but their cooking brought things into a weird sort of focus for everyone. LOL Author Reply: Sam's simple approach to life certainly isn't lacking in wisdom, for all that his name would imply that it is. And who better than a gardener to finally answer Frodo's question? Even the Gaffer would have given him a similar response, though it would be lacking Sam's poetical viewpoint. The journal entries were a last minute addition. I thought it would be interesting if there really was a journal, and since the one in Frodo's dream featured Prima's handwriting, it was a small step to decide that the journal would be hers. In this way, Frodo gets to have a little bit of his mother (and his father) back in his life. They all have a great deal to think over, but none of them will really have the time to analyze these dreams for long. Hamfast was never a hobbit to sit and stew when there are things to be done, and Bilbo needs to finish planning for the party and start planning for his journey. Frodo will soon be bombarded with his new position as Master and Sam will be busy worrying about Frodo. I fiddled with the idea that the Dwarves knew exactly what their cooking would do to the hobbits, but I just couldn't make it work and it made the Dwarves seem callous and conniving, which I didn't want to do. It works better if they remain innocently unaware of what effects their cooking has. ^_^ Thanks for reading! | |
| Queen Galadriel | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/18/2006 |
| *glares* I *hate* class distinctions! Goodness knows I love Hamfast, but something like that *can* make me very cross with him. Oh, well, it didn't matter in the end, and it's good the the Gaffer is going to spend some time with his youngest children...and that May is going to have her sister to look after her. :) I loved this chapter! I would love to see Prim's journal in full sometime...:) It sounds as if she had a delightful childhood. And the end was just beautiful. God bless, Galadriel Author Reply: Hamfast is only trying to protect his son and teach him how to play by the rules. While Sam understands and agrees with most of what his father tells him, he is merely appeasing his father here. Sam's statement that he knows where his place is not a deferment to his father's POV, though Sam allows the Gaffer to think that it is. Primula had the childhood she would have wanted Frodo to have - happy, carefree and full of family and love. By reading her journal, Frodo will be finally be able to experience a little bit of that - and possibly get some dirt on his aunts and uncles. ;) I'm so glad you enjoyed the story! Thanks for reading. | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 4/18/2006 |
| What a wonderful ending! It's such a shame, however, that the Gaffer could not get beyond his own notions of "proper". I especially enjoyed the scene of Bilbo and the Dwarves planning their journey, and Bilbo's acknowledgement to Frodo that he would try to keep in touch. I am one of those who believe that Frodo's remark about "last letter" indicates that they did so. And I really enjoyed the moment at the end. Frodo was an oak, indeed! Author Reply: Hamfast is rather stuck in his ways and that won't change easily. Sam did not necessarily agree with his father, though he certainly made it sound like he was. I wouldn't be surprised if he finds some way out of that visit to Fred's. ~_^ I think Bilbo might have tried to send letters home at first, but that "last letter" must have been received quite some time before the Quest (if not immediately upon Bilbo's departure) for Frodo to have "always" kept the Ring on its chain. There's certainly room for interpretation here. Drogo couldn't have come up with a more suiting nickname for his son. No one could have had any idea just how strong and enduring Frodo would become. :) Thanks so much for reading! | |