A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (5)

[clodia_metelli]

Title: A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (5): The Gingerbread Cave
Author: clodia_metelli 
Rating: K+
Summary/Prompt: Trolls, tea parties and a touch of literary theory.
Note/Warnings: references to trollish dining habits; a/n below. MEFA 2010 Honorable Mention in Genres: Drama: Incomplete (for chapters 1 ~ 8).

Comments

[someplacetobe]

Now I know where those horse thieves went!

I liked this but I also quite like Pratchett and fell into the story for that reason as well as the fact it was Tolkien and I had a good laugh while reading! I also shared this with a friend, knowing they’d like the Pratchett influence, and, when they recovered from the snickerfit of the beginning, they fell into the story as well and quite liked it.

And now, I feel, I should read Pyramids and re-read Small Gods; it's been a while since I've had the pleasure of the latter and I can't ever remember reading the former.

[clodia_metelli]

//Now I know where those horse thieves went!//

What comes around, goes around...

//I liked this but I also quite like Pratchett and fell into the story for that reason//

Fantastic, I rather love Pratchett myself! There's never a bad time to reread Small Gods, which may just be my favourite, and Pyramids is a lot of fun. (It was completely random that those were the ones I used here: they were the only ones I could find in the library.) I'm so glad you and your friend enjoyed this!

[someplacetobe]

Without reading the first part (the bit mentioning foreshadowing) to someone 8 years of age today - I thought they might like the general story.

Which they did.

And they had no sympathy for Erestor getting caught at all.

[clodia_metelli]

Aw, that's lovely to know! Thank you so much for telling me. And Erestor deserves no sympathy, so clearly they read the story correctly. :D

[shadowbrides]

Hee, this was lovely. "those of her children that survive are the stuff of a poor psychiatrist’s avaricious dreams."*gigglesnort*

Also the glow-in-the-dark elves and the thing about pink curtains and cushions was hilarious. I always liked the trolls from the Hobbit: it struck me as slightly unfair they were turned to stone, being dumb but not really all that bad. William in particular seemed like a nice guy, plus they went for free range meat, which is more than most KFC visitors can say. :P

[clodia_metelli]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I certainly had fun writing it. :'D I do agree about the Hobbit trolls; they're pretty humanised, really, apart from their dietary habits. And Bilbo was embarking unwisely on his burgling career at that point...