obscure and underappreciated dwarrow

https://archiveofourown.org/works/73847056/chapters/239741766

𐂃 ── Tolkien Disability Spotlight: Éothain.

Drawn for me by @eliounora

Éothain is a Rider of Rohan turned Éomer's secretary after he sustained an injury and lost his leg in the Battle of Pelennor Fields. Éothain is exacting, hard-working, loyal and at times persnickety, in the best tradition of disgruntled civil servants. In Éomer's words, he wields his pen as enthusiastically as he once swung a sword, and was perhaps more suited to the former all along.

Follow Éothain's story across three of my fics:

The Poet, the Lady, and the Missing Leg, the story of Éothain's injury, the aftermath, and how he became Royal Secretary.

The Secret, the story of Éothain's unrequired love.

And finally, Folca, where he finds love after all.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kíli (Tolkien)/Sigrid (Hobbit Movies) Characters: Sigrid (Hobbit Movies), Kíli (Tolkien), Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien) Additional Tags: POV Sigrid (Hobbit movies), POV Female Character, Past Relationship(s), Past Fíli/Sigrid - Freeform, Getting Together, Sweet Kíli (Tolkien), Light Angst, Tenderness, Mention of past internalized homophobia (On Fíli’s part), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Modern Era, Singing, Sigrid deserves to be happy and Kíli makes that happen by cooking her pasta and more., Making Out, Cunnilingus, Vaginal Sex, Penis in Vagina Sex, Condoms, Kíli Has ADHD (Tolkien), Protective Kíli (Tolkien), Minor Fíli/Ori (Tolkien), All Characters Are Adults, Eventually talking things out like the 30-year-olds that they are., Bisexual Kíli (Tolkien) Summary:

In which Sigrid and Kíli begin a dance for two, after finding each other many years later again by happenstance, following her break up with Fíli.

However, despite the past being what it is, they discover a way forward that is entirely their own.

The premise: it's a few years after Thranduil got injured by the dragon and the Woodland elves are a little out of their depth when it comes to such severe injuries and their consequences. They instated Legolas as Prince Regent and he's constantly torn between having to rule the kingdom and being by his dad's side. That's when Galadriel has the idea that maybe it would help Thranduil get back on his feet again if he had someone to talk to who knows a thing or two about disability in a society that rarely has that - Adar. She saved him from being killed, and he's lived in Lothlórien ever since so she simply goes and asks him. And he agrees to go to Mirkwood to see if he can help because the idea of someone else suffering alone is not something he can stand.

Here's a little snippet from the story. It contains a brief description of one of Thranduil's injuries, scars, and he's fully blind in this universe.

Also, English is not my native language so this is all in its raw, unbeta-ed glory xD

I think my current work-in-progress, 'On the Bright Western Shore', is the most detailed re disability.

It is rated Mature for Adar's memories of Utumno and Angband (PLEASE READ THE WARNINGS!!!), but the 'present' of this story is mostly Adar and Cirdan pottering around in the garden like Frog and Toad, drinking tea and talking to hedgehogs.

Adar (barely) survives his assassination at Eregion, and is given asylum by Cirdan in the Grey Havens. Cirdan has long been concerned about the fate of the moriondor and their persecuted children, so this is an opportunity for elves and uruks to move forward. Also, he has a massive crush on Adar personally...

This fic has some details about Adar's gauntlet as an accessibility device, the effects of millenia of torture, the sensory & communication differences among uruks, and confronting elvish assumptions about health, 'purity', independence, and ability.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/73847056/chapters/192597091

The most mortal God for Disability Pride Month! (Further detail below cut)

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Dread Lieutenant false eye

Chapters: 67/100 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Fíli/Ori (Tolkien), Dwalin/Nori (Tolkien), Kíli (Tolkien)/Tauriel (Hobbit Movies), Dori & Nori & Ori (Tolkien), Fíli & Kíli (Tolkien), Dís/Dís’s Husband (Tolkien), Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield Characters: Ori (Tolkien), Nori (Tolkien), Fíli (Tolkien), Dwalin (Tolkien), Óin (Tolkien), Thráin II | Father of Thorin Oakenshield, Kíli (Tolkien), Thorin Oakenshield, Frerin (Tolkien), Dís (Tolkien), Gandalf (Tolkien), Tauriel (Hobbit Movies), Original Fíli-Ori Children (Tolkien), Dori (Tolkien), Bilbo Baggins, Gimli (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Erebor Never Fell, Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting, Strangers to Lovers, Flirting, Fíli and Kíli are Little Shits (Tolkien), Protective Fíli and Kíli (Tolkien), Fíli and Kíli Brotherly Love, Prince Fíli (Tolkien), Thráin II | Father of Thorin Oakenshield Being an Asshole, Regicide, Secret Relationship, Falling In Love, Eventual Relationships, Frerin Lives (Tolkien), Prince Kíli (Tolkien), Prince Thorin Oakenshield, Tenderness, Family Dynamics, Dysfunctional Family, Trans Ori (Tolkien), Trans Mpreg | Trans Male Pregnancy, Reshirement | Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield Retire in The Shire, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Major Character Injury, BAMF Ori, Shy Ori (Tolkien), Fluff and Humor, Protective Siblings, Nori Being Nori (Tolkien), Demisexual Fíli, Canon-Typical Violence, Physical Abuse, Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence, AuDHD Fili (Tolkien), Autistic Ori (Tolkien), Kíli Has ADHD (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - No One Ring, King Kíli (Tolkien), Queen Dís, Fíli Has PTSD (Tolkien), Sweet Fíli (Tolkien), Minor Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Durin Family (Tolkien), Ri Family Feels (Tolkien), Main character death is for Thráin because he deserves it I promise, Durin Family Feels (Tolkien), Fíli in Love (Tolkien), Parent Fíli (Tolkien), Parent Ori (Tolkien) Series: Part 1 of Threads of Fate Chapter 67 Summary:

Fíli chooses a new trajectory for his life once more, though this time it pertains to his professional future rather than his interpersonal relationships with various individuals.

Updates: 1-2x per week, until complete.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fíli/Ori (Tolkien) Characters: Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Fíli-centric (Tolkien), Erebor | The Lonely Mountain Reclaimed from Smaug (Tolkien), Post-Quest of Erebor (Tolkien), Fíli in Love (Tolkien), Chronic Pain, Tenderness, Friends to Lovers, Romantic Fluff, Autistic Ori (Tolkien), Surprise Kissing, Kissing, Hand Kisses, Prince Fíli (Tolkien), Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Dwarves DO know how to garden on their own., Holding Hands, Sweet Fíli (Tolkien), Awesome Ori (Tolkien), Dorks in Love, KnittedLion, Fíli & Kíli & Thorin Oakenshield Live, Fíli Lives (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Battle of Five Armies - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies Series: Part 1 of Room For Growth Summary:

Following the brutal Battle of the Five Armies, the Company and those who remain within Erebor alongside them begin the task of rebuilding the broken kingdom.

Amidst the darkness, Fíli and Ori discover light sources of all sorts; both metaphorical and physical ones, which brightens their time together and apart.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aragorn/Boromir (Tolkien) Characters: Aragorn (Tolkien), Boromir (Tolkien) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Boromir Lives (Tolkien), Developing Relationship, Romantic Tension, Chronic Pain, Boromir Needs a Hug (Tolkien), King Aragorn (Tolkien), Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Cuddling & Snuggling Summary:

Boromir resigns his position as Steward. It’s not for the reasons that Aragorn might be imagining.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Fíli/Ori (Tolkien) Characters: Fíli (Tolkien), Ori (Tolkien) Additional Tags: POV Fíli (Tolkien), Fíli-centric (Tolkien), King Fíli (Tolkien), Fíli in Love (Tolkien), Tenderness, Physical Disability, Sweet Ori (Tolkien), Sweet Fíli (Tolkien), Consort Ori (Tolkien), Kissing, Cuddling & Snuggling, Wrestling, Singing, Massage, Domestic Fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Stimming, Slice of Life, Married Couple, Domestic Bliss, Love, True Love, KnittedLion, Fíli Lives (Tolkien), Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Erebor | The Lonely Mountain (Tolkien) Series: Part 5 of To Love a King Summary:

Fíli and Ori spend the rest of their night together, after both having a long day away from each other’s sides, owing to their separate duties.

(Though this is part of a series, it CAN be read as a standalone fic as well.)

Just like that Under Agate Skies is all wrapped up. It's been a pleasure to write and I hope you've enjoyed reading along :)

Chapter 4: In which Rivendell prepares for change, and Erestor shares moments with Elrond and Galadriel before their departure.

The spring morning is wild with motion. The sharp bite of sweet, cool air in his lungs invigorates even Erestor’s beleaguered body. He sits beside Elrond on a carven bench where the garden opens to woodland, a shawl wrapped about his shoulders. Bird-calls sound above the distant chatter of the Bruinen and the shushing of wind as it upsets the leaves of gnarled beeches and stately oaks. On the forest floor serpentine-hued greenfinches forage in the company of bramblings with their brindled backs and carnelian breasts. Erestor savours their high, vibrato calls and is glad of his choice, even though the bathhouse would have been a sensible one; a sheen of sweat and oil has settled, rancid and uncomfortable, over his skin. His scalp prickles and his skin has begun to itch. A pity both needs could not be satisfied this day. “Come with me,” Elrond says. Into the West, he means, having made no secret of his firming resolve to sail. Only one question now remains. “When will you go?” Erestor asks.

Click for better quality, zoom in please I spent way too long on these.

I'm a cane user, and most fictional or antique canes really annoy me, because they're rarely actually usable or practical. So this is my attempt to design usable but still interesting canes for characters I have somewhat arbitrarily projected disability onto. For example, they all have padded handles and most have wrist straps.

Individual design ramblings below!

Chapter 3: In which Erestor recovers and, still weary and sore, journeys on to Minas Tirith.

Summer creeps steadily toward the land as Erestor stands at the threshold between Lothlórien’s bounds and the wide world, gazing across the polished-sheen waters of the Limlight to the weary miles ahead as the large company begins to ford the river. Gone are misty, chill mornings of spring, replaced by balmy warmth, like to a workshop with kindled forge. The sky shining jubilantly above is fluorite-clear and very bright. Minas Tirith seems impossibly far. “Strange,” Celeborn muses beside him, “to bask in the first blush of summer when in my heart it is Winter that approaches, for Lothlórien, my home.” Plagued, already, by sour awareness of the dread days of exhaustion yet to come, and sympathetic to the dissonance of bleakness set against warmth, Erestor offers a grim smile in solidarity. “You put on a stoic face, Erestor, yet I think you are not quite so recovered as you wish to seem. This journey is a sore trial, I believe.” “I have no wish to bemoan that which I have, of my own free will, chosen.” “No, and yet, if I am not mistaken, you teeter on the edge of despair at the thought of the road stretching before your feet. I am well acquainted with failing hope, Counsellor. I was there when Eregion fell, and Doriath long before. Too many times have I seen the look you presently wear on the faces of others.” “And yet, walk this road I will.”