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| A Place for Gandalf by Dreamflower | 75 Review(s) |
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| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/15/2004 |
| Merry's so brave, even at that early age, already protecting "his" Frodo. If Lotho didn't know who Merry was before, he will once Sara gets through with him. Frodo doesn't attack very often, but he won't hesitate to protect those he cares about. Interesting how you ended the chapter, with Frodo thinking he could never feel pity for Lotho, when we know in the very end he does do just that. Author Reply: Merry would always protect his Frodo. Even as a baby, he protected him from his own dark moods. And Frodo is going to be just as protective of his precious little cousin, just as they both will when Pippin finally comes along. Sara will not be amused. Yes, I kind of put that in on purpose. Learning to feel sorry for the bad guy was a lesson that Frodo could not have known until the Quest. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 8 on 6/15/2004 |
| Merry is such a gallant little mite - even at this size he will fight to protect his cousin. And Frodo will fight for Merry, but not for himself. Lotho deserves everything he gets in later life. Nasty hobbit Author Reply: I think Merry's protectiveness started very early on indeed, maybe before he was even a faunt--I think he always knew how vulnerable Frodo was. And of course Frodo will protect his Merry. Nasty hobbit does not even begin to describe how loathsome Lotho S.-B. was. All the other villians in LOTR--even Sauron himself, had the Ring to factor in as part of a reason for their vileness. But Lotho and Sandyman had no such excuse--they were just evil hobbits, an abomination of nature. | |
| Auntiemeesh | Reviewed Chapter: 7 on 6/15/2004 |
| You've done a wonderful job with Frodo's and Merry's reactions to the big folk. If I was Merry, encountering such big people for the first time, I'd be a little scared too. Author Reply: Thank you. I try to keep in mind just how small a hobbit child would be. I mean, if the *adults* are halflings, then the children must be truly tiny. And meeting a full grown Man must have been intimidating, even if he was nice. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/13/2004 |
| I thought it was so like Bilbo to forget the bed linen and curtains. I am glad that he had help with that part of his new room. He is going to need to build lots more rooms if Merry is ever put in charge of Bilbo's guest list! LOL Author Reply: I thought it was like him, too, LOL! Merry was just being a logical seven year old--after all, as he said, Bilbo has "loads of rooms". 8-) | |
| GamgeeFest | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/13/2004 |
| Hey, Merry, why don't you just invite all of Great Smials while you're at it! hehe That was cute. Not a bad idea though, but a bit too much for Bilbo to take on with all he has going right now. Good thing Tina and Esme came when they did though; guys just aren't very good about thinking of things like linens are they? I'm sure he would have figured it out eventually, like when the bed arrived. Author Reply: Little ones usually go for the solution that suits them best: he didn't want to leave, so let everyone come to him! Fortunately it provided Esme with the chance of a little ettiquette lesson. Yes, I think he would have caught on eventually, but maybe not in time. I'm sure that Tina and Esme will have a chuckle about it on the drive home. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/13/2004 |
| It's such a feeling of loss when your little ones start to grow up and don't need you so much any more. Especially when it's either your last-born, or with Merry, your only. (Then, of course, they hit teenage years and become surgically attached to your wallet and your car.) Good thing the females turned up and pointed out that beds need bedding. Bilbo would have been embarrassed to discover that just as he went in to tuck Gandalf up. Author Reply: I know. I think the teenage years are nature's way of making you regret the flying of the nest less! ( You go from "Aww, my baby's growing up" to "Good grief, I can't wait to get the house to ourselves" ) LOL! Yes, I can imagine *that* scenario. Probably would have given Gandalf a chuckle, anyway. | |
| RogerGamgee | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/13/2004 |
| Dreamflower, This was a great chapter. I thought it was funny the way Bilbo got so caught up in the building of Gandalf's room that he completely forgot about the linens. I can just picture Gandalf trying to sleep with hobbit size bedsheets. They would probably look more like bath towels to him. Author Reply: Just seemed like a "Bilbo kind of thing". I could imagine him being that absent-minded. 8-) | |
| Auntiemeesh | Reviewed Chapter: 6 on 6/13/2004 |
| Bilbo looked thunderstruck. It was clear that this particular aspect of furnishing the room had never occurred to him. How like an old bachelor to think of the furniture but not the linens...lol. I love the interweaving of all the elements in this story...Bilbo's preparations for Gandalf, his decision to adopt Frodo, and Frodo and Merry's bond. Author Reply: Just seemed like Bilbo, if you know what I mean. I'm glad you are enjoying the story. We know that this is the year he adopts Frodo, and there are hints in the chapter on Moria that Balin visited the Shire before he went to Moria, and I'm sure if he did, Gandalf would have gone with him. Just seemed logical to me. And I always like exploring the relationships of the cousins. | |
| Grey Wonderer | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/12/2004 |
| I like the idea that Sam is proper enough and serious enough even at nine to watch out for another child. I love this so far and am thinking I may want to stay in Gandalf's room when he isn't using it. As to the nomination for MEFA, I am glad you didn't mind that I did that. I just enjoyed that story so much, I thought others who don't visit this site much but read fan fiction should read it. I have my fingers crossed that it wins. Author Reply: I think he would have been. I would imagine he probably watched out for Marigold a lot as well, though with her being a lass, it would not have been as much fun. It's too bad we can't. Visit in Gandalf's room, I mean. Mean old Aragorn banning us and all. 8-) And no, I don't mind a bit. I visited the website and saw the nominations. There are some *great* stories nominated there. I hope I can fix my yahoo problem and take part in the process. And considering the competition, it's an honor to be among them, win or not. | |
| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 5 on 6/12/2004 |
| This obsession with 'proper' is very much a class thing, isn't it? Frodo and his extended family can decide to ignore it if they want to, because they are socially exalted - but the decision is theirs. They can accept Sam into their inner circles, but, certainly until after the Quest, the advances have to come from them. Sam and the Gaffer are there to serve, in the way that seems best to their employers - and the Gaffer, at least, never forgets that - and he is aware that what is given can also be taken away. I wonder if he was hurt in his youth: if a friend from the upper classes of hobbits dropped him when they got old enough for the differences in their status to show. Author Reply: You are absolutely 100% correct. The problem is, that this is clear to Sam (and to his Gaffer) but not completely clear to the cousins. Of course, Frodo at least, knows all this intellectually, but emotionally it must still be a bit hurtful to have Sam hold his friendship at a distance. Of course the dynamic of it does change after the Quest, but lifelong habits are harder to break. I would imagine that Frodo was still "Mr. Frodo" even to the Blessed Realm, though I hope and believe Merry and Pippin finally broke him of it as far as they were concerned. You know, you might want to write a story about the Gaffer. That's a nice little scenario you came up with. | |