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Family Matters by Lindelea | 36 Review(s) |
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Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 15 on 7/1/2025 |
"What ever shall we do if you use up all of your none-of-your-nonsenses before the day is over?" LOL Author Reply: I have this mental image of Regi allowing himself something like three none-of-your-nonsenses per day... and Pippin has caught on to the fact! At this point on the timeline, he (unfortunately) takes out some of his frustrations on the people around him, like the way he baits Regi in this chapter. But Regi also knows that when he puts his foot down, Pippin will pay attention, so that helps. I am enjoying your reviews and seeing what jumped out at you when you read a particular chapter! They help me to see the story from a different perspective. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts. | |
Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 10 on 7/1/2025 |
Rusty is amazing. If I ever need a servant, I'll want to know where I can get one just like him. Author Reply: Oh man, I know. I could use a Rusty or a Sandy (or a Samwise!) myself, for sure. The next best thing I can think of is to allow some of my favourite hobbits to benefit from their love and loyalty and dedication. Thanks so much for reading and pausing to share your thoughts! | |
Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 9 on 7/1/2025 |
I'm wondering why it doesn't occur to Gorbyl that the injured hobbit his family is caring for might be the one they're looking for? Author Reply: The old hobbit never gave up hope that his wandering son would return. Of course, Gorbyl's longing for Wallas made him all too susceptible to seeing Tolly as Wallas due to the physical resemblance between the two and the fact that Tolly didn't know who he was or where he'd come from. Coincidences helped, such as Tolly and Wallas both disliking tea, and the fact that both of them fletched their arrows with blue feathers. Other factors: Gorbyl has lived a relatively isolated life. He's never been more than a mile or two from the edge of Bindbole Wood. He doesn't even know what a Took looks like, as he tells the Shirriff. Hawfinch also told him that the Southerner was lost in the bog or in the southern part of the Wood, five miles or more from Gorbyl's home. The hobbit in the bramble patch was in no condition to travel five miles – or so it appeared. Though, of course, an injured Wallas, knowing he was so close to home, might be imagined dragging himself that far. He wants so badly to believe that Wallas has come home that he holds onto the idea as hard as he can and tries his best to dismiss his doubts as he begins to notice discrepancies. And by the time the situation has become obvious to him, he doesn't know what to do. There doesn't seem to be any way to achieve a happy outcome by that point. So hopefully that answers your question? | |
Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 6/29/2025 |
"It was rather inconvenient for anyone who might want to put something past the hobbit, however." “It was considered eccentric for a hobbit not to like the taste of tea,” (or of anything else, I would suppose.) “Tripping over his tongue would quickly solve this dilemma he found himself in, wouldn’t it?” This chapter is just full of quotable quotes. Bolham sounds like the Shire version of Robin Hood. Author Reply: Bolham sounds like the Shire version of Robin Hood. There's actually a story behind that! At the time Bolham's raiders became a part of my Shire timeline in the early 2000s, the wee hobbits and I were reading aloud from Howard Pyle's The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. We also watched Errol Flynn's Robin Hood movie and binged all the episodes of an old Robin Hood television series, probably the Richard Greene version, that we were able to find at the library in DVD format (I looked it up just now, and you can actually stream the series for free on several platforms right now!). I also watched some Great Course lectures about the origins behind certain stories including Robin Hood and King Arthur. About the time we were immersing ourselves in Robin Hoodish ideas, I noticed Bindbole Wood on a map of the Shire... So there's a connection, as you noticed. Thanks so much for reading and pausing to share your thoughts! | |
Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 6/29/2025 |
So anything that disappears in the Shire gets named after Bilbo LOL Author Reply: That seems quite logical to me somehow... sort of along the lines of anyone who displays any kind of eccentricity is compared to "a mad Baggins". LOL! I'm glad to have you along for the ride, and thank you so much for pausing to share your thoughts! | |
PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 28 on 6/28/2025 |
Yay! What a happy ending! And I am glad to see the links, for I will have to check out the story of the hard winter and the wolves…. So happy all worked out for them, and that everyone is now settled and comfortable in their family. Thanks so much for your work on this story - I have enjoyed it! Author Reply: You're very welcome! And let me thank you in turn for your steady stream of reviews, which were so encouraging. I'm glad you enjoyed the story. I'm also glad to have explained that rather large plot hole satisfactorily at last. I hope you'll enjoy reading more about the hobbits who've captured my attention and refuse to let me go! | |
PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 26 on 6/24/2025 |
Yay! All the sad things are coming untrue! What a happy chapter - I so enjoyed it. And how convenient, if they wanted to have a flock of songbirds, that Lark already fits the mold! :-) Love it! Author Reply: Yay! And Whew! It's such a relief to bring this one in for a landing. (The Epilogue is scheduled to post on Friday.) Thanks so much for coming along for the ride and pausing to share all your lovely comments. I really appreciate your encouragement. | |
PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 25 on 6/21/2025 |
So, a houseless spirit of sorts? Interesting…. Loved the reunion with Mardi!! ❤️ Another big one still to come, but hopefully now we know all will be well. Author Reply: Exactly, a houseless spirit of sorts, caught between worlds. He wasn't in the original outline but popped quite unexpectedly into the story somewhere during the process of converting the draft chapters to final form. And yet it made a weird kind of sense, forming a pair of bookends from this chapter and the earlier chapter where Pippin told Diamond that "dead is dead!" in no uncertain terms. So I suppose the Muse knew what she was doing all along, even though it came as a surprise to me during the process of finalizing the story. I'm so glad the reunion with Mardi works! You're right, one more big one to come in the next chapter, and after that, the Epilogue (still undergoing beta-reading, but it makes me smile all the same). And then another story will be complete! Thanks so much for reading and generously pausing to share your thoughts! | |
PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 24 on 6/21/2025 |
Wow! I don’t blame Pippin for being tired and stressed - this *is* a lot of hard work! But hopefully they’ll get through it and things will start to settle for Tolly… Author Reply: It is definitely hard work! I can only hope it is not hard work to read about it... Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts! | |
PSW | Reviewed Chapter: 23 on 6/14/2025 |
Good grief! Such a stressful decision! And what consequences if all fails. But I suspect if he chose to just stay that Tolly, being the extra-dutiful sort that he is, could never in the end be easy with the idea of all those he had left behind…. Author Reply: Geez, I hadn't even thought of that! (That's one reason why I love reviews.) You're right, he probably wouldn't be able to easily accept the idea of forgetting those he'd reconnected with (as well as those he hadn't) and leaving them all behind. Thankfully, we're almost to the happy (and the Epilogue might even be called joyous) ending. Whew. | |