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| A Question of Trolls by Dreamflower | 13 Review(s) |
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| Snowballjane | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/24/2004 |
| I liked that! A clever way of resolving a canon quibble and an interesting perspective on the impotance of stories and the choices made in telling them. Author Reply: It seemed to me that Bilbo had probably glossed over a lot of unpleasantness telling his stories. His prime audience would have been the children, since most of the adults wouldn't even want to hear about it. And Pippin, having grown up on that story in particular, would, I think have been shocked to discover that Bilbo had not been as forthcoming as he could have been. And of course, he had a lot of time after that last battle to think about it, which might have made him a tad resentful. I'm glad you liked it; thank you for the kind review. | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/22/2004 |
| Very creative! Pippin-Bilbo scenes are so rare, and it makes so much sense that Pippin would need to get this question cleared up. What stories will *he* tell the children, someday, I wonder? Very insightful! Author Reply: Thank you. I thought it would be rather a burning question for him. As the youngest, he probably had the most belief in Bilbo's stories, and it must have been a shock to find this detail was wrong. And yes, that's why Bilbo told him to think about what he would say when he got home. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/22/2004 |
| Very sweet! I had never thought about the trolls talking in the hobbit! Funny I have read it a thousand times but never considered it until I read this. Thank you for making me think and for the wonderful story. I always enjoy it, when Bilbo is involved. Author Reply: This was another story inspired by threads in r.a.b.t./a.f.t. There are so many points made in different discussions there that spark off ideas for me. Why *were* the trolls in The Hobbit so different from the trolls in LOTR? This is *my* explanation. Also, I could imagine Pippin, especially, being a bit peeved with Bilbo for "misleading" them about trolls. After all, not only the three who were turned to stone, but there were a couple of comic poems about trolls, such as "Perry-the-Winkle". Sam obviously was influenced by that when he made *his* troll poem. It must have been very disconcerting to discover that trolls were nothing like that. But then Bilbo, I'm sure, never expected anyone who heard his stories to actually *encounter* a troll! | |