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Love Endures  by Antane 4 Review(s)
Queen GaladrielReviewed Chapter: 13 on 11/14/2006
Gandalf's touched the right chord now! Ah, Frodo, don't you see you're doing just what you don't want Bilbo to do? :)

harrowcatReviewed Chapter: 13 on 11/9/2006
Great Antane and very true. Seeking reconciliation with those that know us and love us best can be the hardest thing of all.

ElemmírëReviewed Chapter: 13 on 11/8/2006
Wow, you sure got this one up pretty quick! Jump start indeed! LOL!

How very poignant in its own way that the Gamgees have little to say to Gandalf now ... and in a way, I can't blame them. If only they truly understood what the wizard did by urging Frodo on his journey, would they be able to forgive him as well. Maybe Sam will urge them to do so at his bequest.

They took many long walks, the hobbit’s hand in his friend’s as trusting as a child, in which they had talks that continued to help heal the tortured Ring-bearer,

I love that image. *sighs happily*

“It’s such a long way and I think it would be harder to tell him then anyone. He’s always been so proud of me, loved me so much. That I did such a monstrous thing as to murder someone we both loved, I think would be more than I can bear to tell him. I fear how he would look at me then, not with cheer and love, but with fear and revulsion, like...like I looked at him when he tried to take the Ring away from me.”

That's such a great analogy there, Antane ... that Frodo would be just as frightened of Bilbo's reaction and look as he himself did when his adoptive guardian once tried to take the Ring from him. However, it's also ironic in a way because Frodo knows that Bilbo reacted the way he did due to the evil influence of the Ring.

And I also very much liked how you had Bilbo confiding his fears to Gandalf. I can see him only saying such to the wizard or Elrond, as they have both known him for a very long time.

I can't wait to see where you take this next, Antane ... I mean, I have an idea where're you're headed, but it's the journey there that I eagerly anticipate.

Namarie

~Elemmírë~




Author Reply: Hannon le, my dear! Glad you approve!

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 13 on 11/7/2006
Yes, this is forgiveness he needs.

Author Reply: I think it may be the one that will get him over the hump and show him the way to forgive himself. We shall see...

Namarie, God bless, Antane :)

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