#nofur

Take, for example, Arwen and Aragorn. He was willing to give up the woman he's loved for over 40 years because he naturally thought she'd be happier and safer in Valinor, with her family and loved ones. Meanwhile she was willing to give up her immortality, her father and everyone she knew and loved for him and their (future) son.

Also, I have not read the Silmarillion, but I heard there’s some good ships there too. I’ll update it when I get around to actually reading it

Aralas (Aragorn/Legolas): It took me many years to actually consume any Lotr media because I was so stubborn with it until I was like 15, so that’s a bit of a whoops. But when I was a kid, I walked in on my parents watching one of the many endings of ROTK, the coronation one, and I saw the bit where Aragorn goes up to Legolas, and you know as like a seven year old I thought Legolas was a princess, and that the two of them were getting married, and believed that for many many years, and I kinda still do tbh. But also I just like the dynamic, they silly :)

Samfro (Frodo/Sam): The utter devotion my guy, like jeeeesus. This can be read as platonic if you want to, but like I struggle to do so because my goodness

Brandytook (Merry/Pippin): Dumbass 1 X Dumbass 2, what more can I say. Also, the scene where they find each other after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. Also if anyone comes after me saying that they’re cousins, cousins marrying each other seems to be very common and wildly acceptable in Hobbit culture, and also I don’t care they’re fictional characters.

Bagginshield (Thorin/Bilbo): I’m not explaining this one, watch the Hobbit

Barduil (Thranduil/Bard): Single parent AU. No but fr, the two of them have such a great dynamic of “The most eccentric and dramatic man you’ve ever seen” and “Normal fucking dude”. It’s funny. Also they have good chemistry, but yeah it’s mainly cause I want Legolas and The Bardlings to be siblings lol

Tildamir (Tilda/Boromir): This one actually started way back when I made a “What if Tilda was in the fellowship AU”, where I had her save his life after the three arrows to the chest, but also just in general bond and become friends. Things quickly evolved. Man who’s willing to die to save those he loves X Woman who’s willing to die for fun. Girlboss X Malewife, the roles are interchangeable. Tragedy hidden behind a thin veil of crack. It's lovely, idk what to tell ya

Èowynstar (Èowyn/Arwen): It’s mainly cause I headcanon Arwen as a lesbian and there’s like four female characters. Sigh. But it’s also like, butch lesbian x femme lesbian, smug lesbian x himbo lesbian, even tho I headcanon Wyn to be bi. I fully don’t remember if they interacted in the books at all, I know they didn’t interact in the movies cause I watched them yesterday, but like the potential

Éomir/Faramer (Éomer/Faramir): I never actually settled on a shipname there. This one settled in kinda because I was already shipping Éowynstar, but like I still wanted to ship Faramir with someone, so boom here’s her brother lol. It’s still kinda fun tho, I like em

Nofur/Stolen Hats (Nori/Bofur): SILLIIIIIIIIIES. Bofur is one of my fave guys in The Hobbit, and I really love Nori too, so it’s only natural. But yeah this one’s just for the vibes

Elrondir (Elrond/Lindir aka Figwit): I just think Lindir is very funny man, like shout out to him. But yeah I like Elrond, I think he deserves a nice twink husband, and like I’m not against some power dynamics in my ships

Sigriel (Sigrid/Tauriel): Both of them just deserve a wife. It’s funny, cause like unlike the other two bardling ships, Sigriel is semi popular in the fandom, but I’m out here shipping them very differently than everyone else since my Sigrid is so different. Free spirited elf lady X Woman with the entire world on her shoulders, and it shows. They’re just meant for each other, I can’t explain it

Vivainmarind (Vivian/Bain/Kamarind) Yes I’m including XOC ships, the Bardlings are pretty much ocs at this point so like screw you. Genuinely, I just kinda needed someone for Bain to get together with to have his son, Brand, so I just pulled two characters from the oc jar, cause I also really wanted it to be a polyam ship. Genuinely though, they’re very cute and supportive, no angst to be found (except for the fact that Bain will definitely die before them, but shhhhhhh)

Saruman/Gandalf: I don’t ship them as a couple, I ship them as divorced. Saruman fumbled hard

I think I failed at this actually cause half of them time my explanation is just “It’s just vibes man!” which honestly thats fair enough of an answer, and I don’t think I should have to apologise for that

Hi there! I assume this is for the WIP game, though (finally!) my fic for THAUC is no longer a WIP! You can find my project partner's post on it here.

I'll very gladly provide you some info anyway, as the fic drops the day after tomorrow (ahhhh!) as part of THAUC 2024 run by @fellowshipofthefics. I had the amazing privilege of collaborating with @mrmrbaggins on this project, all 15k of it (and as they very aptly put, we could have written 50k on this if not for the need to meet the deadline, lol!).

Our prompt was "In order to stay in Erebor, Bilbo must be adopted into a dwarven family, but not every dwarf is keen on that idea." We thought about going really angsty as the most obvious choice, but we actually decided pretty quickly instead to lean into humor, adding the follow-up: "Oh, but not because they're xenophobic, quite the opposite: Everyone wants to claim their favorite hobbit burglar as their brother!"

While writing we both laughed out loud at our own hilarity several times, though a little true feeling snuck in and (flatteringly!) made @mrmrbaggins tear up as well. If you like found family, I think you'll really enjoy the fic, anon!

You can read Of Kin and Courtships on or after Dec. 15th :)

Snippet below the cut as part of the WIP ask game (and thanks again for asking; send another if you like!).

Title: Stealing Crumbs Author: HSavinien Canon: The Hobbit Pairing: Nori/Bofur Rating: General [G] Word Count: 3,501 Summary: Nori buys Ori a present from the quiet toymaker and somehow keeps running into the toymaker’s friendly cousin.

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Bofur: *hits send button*

Nori: *1 new message*

Nori: *reads*

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Chapter 307: The Royal Tour, part 71.