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| The Tenth Walker by Lindelea | 830 Review(s) |
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| Virtuella | Reviewed Chapter: 79 on 4/17/2025 |
| [It is near dawning, or at least dawn-smell is in the air, though there are few birds to sing at this time of the year, in this wild place where we wend our cautious way. Sometimes in that dark hour before the dawning, before the sky begins to lighten, the wind will drop to stillness, as if every creature in the world, even the air itself, holds its breath in anticipation.] This is a lovely description, and I have known mornings like this. | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 109 on 4/16/2025 |
| Yes, Gandalf can bestow warmth and courage. A much better power than turning people into toads :) Author Reply: Thank you for your thoughtful reviews! I just saw them as I was stumbling off to bed. Will come back tomorrow to read/say more. (((hugs))) | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 74 on 4/16/2025 |
| He keeps saying he's "only a pony," and usually after he's come up with a unique perspective or something very insightful. Author Reply: This observation makes me smile. Thanks for sharing your insight! | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 73 on 4/15/2025 |
| "How fearsome They would be, if they rode upon winged creatures!" Famous last words. Author Reply: Oh that awful thing called foreshadowing! Perhaps it ought to be outlawed... | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 66 on 4/15/2025 |
| It's heartwarming that he's progressed from "my Sam" to "my hobbits." Author Reply: Bill has a big heart, for sure! And being a pony, I think he relates well to hobbits as opposed to taller people. | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 65 on 4/15/2025 |
| So here we see him actually going through the process of thinking up one of his names for someone. The rest of them seem to have come so easy... Author Reply: Bill is not quite as comfortable around Men as he is around his Hobbits. That could make him more tentative. (On a personal note, I had trouble telling the difference between Aragorn and Boromir when I first saw FOTR in the theater. I don't know why they looked so indistinguishable to me at first, but they did. I could instantly distinguish one hobbit from another, and of course Gandalf and Legolas and Gimli are completely different from each other and the rest of the Fellowship. But the two Men? They looked alike to me for the longest time.) | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 64 on 4/15/2025 |
| Your parting words between Bilbo and Sam seem very plausible to me too. Author Reply: Oh, good, I appreciate hearing that. Thanks! | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 59 on 4/15/2025 |
| If Bill only knew what he was getting himself into, he wouldn't be so eager to go with them. PS I still get a kick out of his names for people. Author Reply: Poor Bill. And yet, horses have been known to run back into burning buildings. Maybe in the same way, going with them carries with it a level of familiarity that's more attractive to him than staying behind. Thanks! | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 31 on 4/15/2025 |
| I love the way the horses talk to each other, and the way Bill refers to Sam as "mine." Author Reply: I have read at least one fanfic (maybe two?) that had Asfaloth acting insufferably superior. And I have seen horses in real life establishing and enforcing a pecking order when they're in a field. Still, it makes sense to me that Glorfindel (who is written as kind, gracious, courageous, practical, and a host of other positive qualities) would rub off on his horse, or else he'd choose a horse with a similar outlook. Asfaloth has nothing to prove, and so he can afford to be kind and gracious to poor Bill. Since his Rider is one of the few who can ride openly against the Nazgūl, Asfaloth also has a pretty good idea of what Bill has been up against, and so there's no need for Bill to prove himself the pony already has done that, all things considered. Thanks for reading and pausing to share your thoughts! | |
| Lady Forlong | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 4/15/2025 |
| "natters away in his best brainless manner" LOL He's got Pippin figured out. Author Reply: Ah, Pippin. Gotta love that hobbit... | |