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Force of Nature  by shirebound 17 Review(s)
SlightlyTookishReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
This surely was a Merry Meeting! I love the premise of this story, and especially your little Merry - he's so smart and observant. I like the idea of the hobbits helping the Rangers, and I'm looking forward to seeing where this leads :)

DreamflowerReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Oh joy! I love this already!
Your little Merry is so fearless and smart. I love the way he immediately thinks a Ranger might be Frodo's Estel! And of course the greeting between Frodo and Estel is lovely and joyous. *sigh* Color me happy!

girlofringReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Uh-oh, I feel trouble lurking about!

Anso the HobbitReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Oh! A very promising start. I suppose I don`t need to tell you this but I love your little Merry! It`s nice to see a story with Bilbo adventuring too. Excitingly looking forward to more! :)

Lily the HobbitReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Another Quarantined-universe-story set in Buckland! *feels immediately at home since German story is taking place there for several years now*

Young Merry is characterised wonderfully. He doesn't seem to know any fear and he certainly has his eyes and ears everywhere they don't belong to :)

And the last look he and Frodo exchange... I can't wait to read more.

LindeleaReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
A promising beginning, indeed!

You know, I find myself wishing that this were *not* AU but that this friendly, easy relationship existed as you wrote it, and continue to write it.

But then, the hobbits' adventure would lose something, I suppose... at least a little bit, considering that they went into the Wild with a Man they didn't know (except for a letter from Gandalf), and the trust that grew between them.

Very well. I've talked myself back into my delight in the original version.

But I will certainly continue to delight in your version at the same time! *g*

The imagination is a wonderful thing.

And Halbarad! Hoorah! (How did you come up with the name for the other Ranger?)

Was the time when the Dunedain hid in the Old Forest the fall of the North Kingdom?

I have no time for reading or writing this week, so I'm glad I was able to sneak this in. Looking forward to more.

harrowcatReviewed Chapter: 1 on 4/20/2005
Yipee! Another story by Shirebound! It lifted my heart just seeing your name and the story promises delights to come. Your young Merry is just as great as toddler Pippin! *Wanders off to fetch fluff-buster for Computer screen.*

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