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| Moments in Time by Larner | 24 Review(s) |
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| Bodkin | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/12/2005 |
| I like the glimpse of the Valar at the end - and hope they realise that the traffic in toy boats and bottles is likely to increase! It is such a Pippinish thing to do - and a delight to see. I liked the way everything is wound in with your other stories too. And I'm guessing that Gandalf told Frodo that he wasn't to reveal anything about the West, so that he confined himself to pictures rather than writing. A sweet link between hobbits. Author Reply: It's one thing to share moments of awareness via the White Tree, and quite another to have something tangible and which will remain in ones hand, as these pictures would. I doubt that Gandalf would have warned Frodo not to write about his life in Aman so much as Frodo found that in this case a picture indeed was more than a thousand words. He'd have had to write reams to express his love for them, his appreciation for their sacrifice in letting him go, his realization of their ongoing love for him, his ongoing love for them.... He had but a bottle to send his reply back in, and perhaps it might never reach them. What would someone who might have found the bottle elsewhere have thought about its contents? Words of love are all too commonplace and are often empty; but the pictures of what are obviously real individuals, obviously created out of love for them, would have stood as a testament to his feelings far more than a couple sheets of tightly packed words. So he captured the image of Bilbo sufficiently recovered to enjoy the last of his life before he went on; and the image of the moment when he and they expressed through a mutual gaze their mixed grief and joy that he would again be able to know healing and delight after all. It was his reassurance to them, I think, that they did indeed do the right thing and that his decision was the right one for what he needed. Thanks so much for appreciating this story. I almost didn't post it, for it took me days to get the ending right. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/11/2005 |
| A beautiful story! The exchange of love from across the Sea to the Shire is wonderful. I especially liked the notion of different people and creatures encountering Pippin's bottle and speeding it along its journey to the Straight Path, and Ulmo's complicity. Author Reply: The idea of a message in a bottle going between the mortal and undying lands has literally been nagging me for months, and finally today the last little bits fell into place with it. And I think all within Arda would have watched with interest what happened with this particular bottle; and it would definitely have taken Ulmo's aid to reach its destinations. So glad you enjoyed it. | |
| Breon Briarwood | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/11/2005 |
| *happy tears* You've done it again... Author Reply: Thank you Breon, for the response. Glad it pleased you so much. | |
| lindahoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 4 on 10/11/2005 |
| What a lovely idea to send a message ina bottle to Frodo and receive one back.Also nice to see Pippin's thoughts on their trip and the link with "Lesser Rings." Author Reply: Yes, a link to the story just finished and to The King's Commission as well, I think. And the idea of a message in a bottle has been nagging me for months, Glad you like it, Linda. Enjoyed your latest chapter, and the attempt with the palantir. Poor Faramir. | |