[Child of the 7th Age]

Birdland--I hope you go ahead and write that fanfic on Fallohide hobbits in the 4th Age. It sounds different which would be great. So much that is written is set in the 3rd Age or tying up "loose ends" with characters from that period already very familiar to us. I'm guilty of the same, but would like to see a wider range all the same. Also, thanks for the referral to Quinn's Ishmael off another thread.

Now, about Bingo, I'm quite sure I read somewhere that one of Tolkien's children had a teddy bear named Bingo and that's where the name came from. I wonder if there was also a teddy bear named Trotter? Anyways, I'm really glad the name Bingo didn't stick around. I just can't see Frodo as "Bingo". I guess all this was just part of the transition from the tone of the Hobbit to the LOTR. The information on the origin of Luthien and Beren is also quite incredible. I am just geting several of the middle-earth histories as a birthday present and I will look for this in Lost Tales, II. sharon, the 7th age hobbit