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| A New Reckoning by Dreamflower | 13 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 49 on 6/23/2004 |
| That's it, Sam. You say proper about 1,000,000 times today, just to show them - and then abandon the word for ever. Sweet little Pippin - all that he has been through, with orcs and evil wizards and Dark Lords, and he can still lose sleep because his cousins are nasty - which he knew already. Shows some of his innocence survived intact. I think the older hobbits need to have a word with Merry about discretion - not so much what he did or why, as when and where. Poor Viola - what a horrible experience for her, but she seems to be dealing with it well. Opal is definitely getting the sympathy vote from the hobbit population, which should help her a bit. Poor Men, being landed with the problem of the Bankses. Still they're diplomats - they will be able to come up with a satisfactory solution, even if it keeps them up all night. Author Reply: I don't know that he will abandon it forever, but he will, perhaps not be quite so automatic in his use of it in the future. He'll at least consider if it's the best word to use in a given situation, which is probably all Frodo was hoping for. Orcs, evil wizards and Dark Lords are not *supposed* to care about you. Your kinfolk supposedly *are*. I don't know how much of it is innocence, and how much the fact that Pippin really does care unless there is a reason he shouldn't, and he finds it difficult to understand people who don't. Well, as you can see, Frodo and Pippin already remonstrated with him, and it looks as though his father is planning to. Yet would it have been better if he had taken them off in a hidden corner and done it? Perhaps, but somehow I can't see him doing that, either. But he will be learning that there are consequences to his action. Viola knows that if she wants to be a healer, she will have to learn to deal with things like that. But it doesn't make it easier, which it shouldn't. Opal is getting sympathy from everyone, which may come as a surprise to her--do you suppose anyone has ever sympathized with her before? Targon and Eothain are very quickly learning diplomacy. I know the solution, even if they haven't thought of it yet. | |
| Lyta Padfoot | Reviewed Chapter: 49 on 6/23/2004 |
| Sam was aborable! Pippin's reaction was understandable - hes been twice burned by relatives in the course of one evening. Viola was brave; I can't imagine the Shire has many amputations. Author Reply: Yes, Sam's glad the "proper challenge" is over! Pippin wants to like everyone, he's just naturally that way. Finding people in his own family who do not feel the same about him has to hurt. No, I don't imagine that they come up very often, maybe the occasional farming accident. But without all the modern methods, it had to be a rough and grisly procedure. | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 49 on 6/23/2004 |
| LOL, didn't take Sam very long to start saying proper again, did it! It was a good try on Frodo's part, but that is one word that's never coming out of Sam's vocabulary. Nice conversation between Sara and Frodo. Frodo at least is able to see that some things were out of his control (too bad he can't see that pretty much everything was out of his control, and therefore not his fault). Great hearted is the perfect way to describe Pippin. I love the way you characterize him. Exactly how I think he would have been after the war and his return home. Still innocent (in always wanting to see the best in everyone) but wise from all his experiences. Author Reply: Nope, not long at all. But maybe now he will think about it a little, and not just say it automatically. I did want to end on a lighter note. Things had been getting a little rough. With Sara and Frodo, it's almost like a father/son talk; Sara knows him pretty well from before, but he's still getting used to the Frodo who returned from the Quest, wiser but sadder. I think that Frodo *does* see a lot of that with his *head*, it's convincing his *heart* that is the difficult thing. Yes, I think Pippin grew a lot from his experiences, but one thing he did not grow out of was his great capacity to give and recieve love. He is always willing to give someone a chance to be a friend. | |