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| A New Reckoning by Dreamflower | 517 Review(s) |
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| Claudia | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 1/27/2007 |
| I really love the friendship between the four hobbits here. Also how many ways that they have changed. THe little things, like Frodo waking so easily or them just setting a watch. Author Reply: It's in the little things that the changes are going to be more profound, I think. | |
| Claudia | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 1/27/2007 |
| Be prepared to be spammed by me, lol! Okay, I adore how you've set this up. It would never have occurred to me that Merry, too, might get anniversary illnesses! Makes total sense. Poor thing! Author Reply: I like being spammed, don't worry! It just seemed to me that his reaction to contact with the W-k might have had a similar effect to that of Frodo, though not as severe. I'm glad you think it makes sense. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 72 on 10/4/2006 |
| And the end of the visit is come, and the goodbyes said, and Frodo begins to know that in the end he will be taken by the sea longing himself. Author Reply: Yes, the visit is over for those who remain in the Shire. Frodo is still at *this* point in time striving to deny his sea-longing, not yet ready to admit defeat, and at the same time, in his heart he is also beginning to prepare for that last goodbye. He is starting to understand that striving to stay in the Shire may be a losing battle. And at least, to Legolas, he can admit his fears, for Legolas does understand that part of it at least. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 71 on 10/4/2006 |
| And the goodbyes are begun, and the former Banks deflated as is deserved. Author Reply: Yes, the farewells are being said. Of course, for *these* Travellers, is the assurance of protection by doughty Men, and a time set for the return home! And the Banks is about to realize that his life as he knew it is well and truly *over*, and he will deflate very rapidly. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 70 on 10/4/2006 |
| A lovely wedding celebration, and then the perfect ending, with Frodo's eyes shining with love as he sees his Sam finally complete for his coming life in Middle Earth. Author Reply: Yes, for Frodo, this is his true delight: to see those he loves happy and fulfilled as he himself will never be on this side of the Sundering Sea. I think that is what shows his greatness of heart--that he can still appreciate happiness for others that he cannot experience for himself. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 69 on 10/4/2006 |
| Lovely choice of songs. Just right for this wedding! Author Reply: I'm glad you liked them. That one song, "Love Will Find Out the Way" struck me as so *very* Middle-earthy when I saw it; yet, I knew, with all the references to death that it was not an Elven song. But it seemed just the right sort of sad love song the Dunedain might enjoy. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 68 on 10/4/2006 |
| And so Elanor's coming is foretold by the cake! First time for everything, Lily! Author Reply: *grin* I just could not resist letting Sam find the penny, LOL! And after all, Frodo *had* been invoking blessings on them... | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 67 on 10/4/2006 |
| At last--it has come--THE wedding! Hooray! Author Reply: Yes! At last! | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 66 on 10/3/2006 |
| And trust the Gaffer to face openly what the others still hope to deny, that Frodo won't linger all that long. It's a time of joy, but with the hint of the grief to come. And I do love Poppy and her attitude. Author Reply: The Gaffer is old enough to be able to see clearly, and his nature is less optimistic. He also has a bit more distance--true, he does love Frodo also in his own way, but he does not have quite so much of his heart invested as the others, and denial is not really his way. As with all of Middle-earth, joy and pain mingled. And I'm quite fond of Poppy myself. | |
| Larner | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 10/3/2006 |
| Yes, Frodo needs to be gotten out once in a while. And life wasn't fair to Frodo--not at all. As for the thought the Creator was especially preparing Hobbits to bring forth Frodo Baggins, I certainly understand that. Author Reply: No, it wasn't fair at all, really, that he bore the brunt of everything and got nothing out of it himself. It's a thought that is both comforting and troubling at one and the same time. | |