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[rabidsamfan]

Galadrim

They came across the fields by starlight, but small babies care little about the time and she was often wakeful. Soft shimmers in the grass were all she could see till she learned how to find the tall, bright figures amid the shadows. Up to the tree in the Party Field they went, every one, and most never passed the green door again.

But now and then a youth with ancient eyes would be caught between two longings and morning would find him in the garden, bewildered, until breakfast and babies and a dose of hobbitsense would send him Home.



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Re: Galadrim

[eykar.livejournal.com]

> but why not any other descendant who is up late with a fussy baby

I doubt that most hobbits, even Sam's other descendants, can see Elves, except the few who might want to be seen. The ones who pass through the Shire in your story don't sing, which is the usual way that they reveal their presence. They come to see, not be seen. Therefore I think that detecting them requires a gift.

Based on their usual migration habits, Elves heading west would not pass through the Shire at all unless they wanted to either visit the mallorn or know more about hobbits -- both interesting reasons. Maybe they come to see hobbits and some few get caught by the mallorn?

Re: Galadrim

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I think they come to see the mallorn and get caught by the hobbits. *grin* It solves the paradox Tolkien gave us of people coming from far away to see the Mallorn and Elessar closing the borders of the Shire to Men, doesn't it?

And I never let myself be surprised by the unexpected qualities of hobbits...