New fic

[dreamflower]

I meant to post this, this morning, but my 'net was down untill this afternoon!

Anyway, I have a new fic at this month's lotr_community

Roast Mutton Revisited by Dreamflower
What really happened when Bilbo encountered those three trolls?

There are several other stories posted there. You can find the links here:
October Halloween/Harvest Stories

Comments

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading this last night. Although it's AU, I think it's a highly likely rendition. You merged quotes and new material beautifully.

You'll be relieved to know that although your story did remind me of the scary-looking movie-verse trolls, it did not give me nightmares. ;-)

Well done, and thanks for sharing!

[dreamflower]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

I always thought that the discrepencies between The Hobbit and LotR could be explained by the differing tones of the stories: clearly TH was written with the children in mind, and obviously Bilbo would not have wished to either frighten the little ones, nor anger their parents. By making the stories less scary, and more comic and entertaining, he was able to do that. Which, if you think of it that way, makes you realize just how *much* darker the story would have been!

I'm glad I didn't disturb your night's rest! *grin*