To think that Frodo will find the Shire in ruin when he comes home... The power of hindsight is sometimes a curse, eh? That brought so much more meaning to the significance of Frodo's refuge. A bitter meaning...

The story was a gentle Hurt/Comfort piece. I love it. People's care towards Frodo was warming, and real, and comforting even to me, a reader. You created the atmosphere rather well. Perhaps you might want to do something with the separators, as sometimes the first line of the next paragraph were incorporate to them (I nearly missed them, as I hate to listen "star star star..." read by the screen reader over and over, LOL). Just a suggestion. And I found the story otherwise perfect and great. The images, while often conveyed by a little amount of words, were somehow vidid and contributed well to the atmosphere.

A great one-shot overall! :) And merry Christmas and happy New Year to you.

- Rey

Wow! That was lovely! I have read plenty of Tolkien fanfics, but yours is one of the most touching. I think you captured the mood very well without making it seem too dark or depressing. I especially liked two lines.
"I don't feel right. Although I believe I have forgotten what, exactly, 'right' feels like." It sums up Frodo's thoughts in The Return of the King so well!
"If loyalty were defined by a person it would be Samwise Gamgee." So true. and beautifully worded.
As I've said, it was a wonderful read! Normally, I don't gush like this in my reviews. Well done!

WHAT CAN I SAY ONLY BRILL BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE

BRAVO !

I love this story!! But of course I love all your Stories-so why should this be any different?? Thanks for sharing it with us!

Very good! I liked that a lot! Speshual! ;)

*smiles* Good vignette. It really shows how much Frodo suffered even after destroying the Ring, and gives a new look on just *why* he needed to go to Valinor to heal.

Nice... I love when vignettes are cosily wrapped up. I love the idea of Arwen giving Frodo her place on the boat. Only gramatical error I found was hers instead of her's. Also twice you don't have a space between the *~*~*~ and text. Other than that a nice, heartwarming piece.

That was so bittersweet and lovely. What am I going to do when I have caught up with all of your stories? Die of boredom and lack of material, I suppose. I'll check your favorites list.
Lily

Beautiful!

Greetings from Holland.

First, thank you so much for the review! I too was a little doubtful about writing any movie-verse, but I hope and think it turned out ok. There's just so little to go on in the books as far as Aragorn is concerned; he seems only to be living for the day when he can claim his heritage and marry Arwen, but his relationships with the others are very vague.

Ok, enough about me :) This is a very sweet story. I always love Aragorn-comforting-Frodo stories, and this is very well done. I had hoped for a little more Elrond or else some Gandalf when you mentioned "the wise," but that's all I have to critique. I realize they are both difficult characters to write. And you did Galadriel very well, who is also an extremely difficult, if not the most difficult, one to write, since we rarely if ever see her with her guard down. Good job!
~Sirabella (aka Siri)

very, very, very good!! i'm stalking you!! muahahahaah! no i wanted to see if you had written anymore stories...and there this was so i read it
very cute!! poor leggy wasn't really in it :(

This story was beautifully insightful. Thank you for writing:)

This is just so sensitively written...

"His heart and soul were so deeply violated by the evil of the ring; the evil so entwined within him, that the destruction of the ring tore him as marrow from bone and left him so shredded that not even the finest of thread in the most skilled surgeon's hand could close the wound."
Wonderfully insightful...

And I really admired the way you wrote Galadriel. She seems to be a hard character to write well, but I really feel that you got her beautifully right with just a few paragraphs.

This is very touching! I have always enjoyed reading of Frodo after the Quest. You wrote it eloquently - I applaud.

I had to laugh at your disclaimer. If Lord Elrond tells you anything then it must be true. :)

Wow! This is truly amazing! What a wondrous picture you have painted right from the first words. His mental refuge "in" the Shire is marvelous. He must miss his beloved home so very much, and he has been away from it for such a long time, that his longing really speaks out so. As does his wish for life to be "right" again. But what is right. Too much has happened for things to be the same as they were. The Ring has worked its Evil on him, poor thing. I really love the tender care and concern shown by Arwen and Aragorn. It would be a fine line between caring and smothering.

Oh! And his dream really tore at my heart. His dearest desire before him, yet eternally out of reach. And the dream becomes a nightmare. He can't escape it, can he? Everyone wants him to be well, and to recover, but it is with great sorrow that they realize that he never will. The wounds have been too deep, and he has given so much of himself that he will never be whole again.

Galadriel was right. He needed to see his home restored and everything as it was before he would consider leaving for good. He needed to see that the nightmare was now just a passing dream.

It was a very wondrous gift that Arwen gives to him. And you have woven the end of your tale with what happens in ROTK that it is seamless.

This was great! Absolutely stunning. Thank you so much!

Elenath sila erin le! (Stars shine on you!)