Merry had a huge crush on Eowyn the moment he saw her, and an equally big one on Faramir when they met. He wrote to them for years after everything that happened, and the couple slowly realized they both loved him as well as each other. Eventually they all decide to move in together, and Merry drags Pippin with him because 1-he’s nervous and 2-he worries about Pip raising a kid on his own. But he needn’t have worried, no three people—woman, man, or hobbit—could have loved each other more.

Legolas really loving braiding Gimli’s hair and beard, but the braids always coming out a little silly looking because he always makes little braids instead of the big bulky braids that dwarves usually put in their hair/beards, but Gimli loves it anyway.

Panromantic Bifur and agender Oin fall in love when Bifur makes toys to Gimli’s first birthday, and very quickly become the happy married couple all their nieces and nephews and young cousins adore.

Now that the entwives are gone, the ents get very lonely and so they tend to cuddle all the time with each other. U///U

genderqueer dwarves

and the style of their beard braids lets other dwarves know what pronouns to use

you’re hired

The Valar just being one great big asexual polyromantic cuddle pile when they’re not busy worrying about all the crazy going on in Middle Earth.

After the War of the Ring, Eomer setting up groups for all manner of queer folk across Rohan. One group in Edoras referring to themselves as the “Shield Queers of the Ridermark” and focusing on teaching all kinds of people to ride and care for horses and how to be able to defend themselves if they need to.

Trans*woman Bombur has practically never been misgendered by another dwarf because she is the peak of beauty, elegance, and femininity.

Biromantic Elrond who increases his platonic cuddles with Glorfindel after his wife leaves.

Queer hobbit lasses spending evenings sitting on the bank of the Water braiding flowers into each other’s hair and kissing under the stars.

Gimli thinking Aragorn is a girl because of his short beard and having a HUGE crush. Gimli learning that the race of men are just awful at growing beards and that Aragorn is a male and having a HUGE crush anyway. Gimli learning that Aragorn is Agender and STILL having a HUGE crush.