Ykuno:3

Have a safe and happy pride 🏳️‍🌈💖

“Do you think we ever would have met? If you weren’t a king and I wasn’t a smith. Regardless of the past and all the paths we have walked to get to where we are now, do you think there would have been other ways for us to meet? (…)

“I don’t know,” the Dwarf said wistfully. “Maybe, maybe not. But I would certainly hope so.” Bilbo chuckled. “Even if I’d been the Hobbit and you the Dwarf, I would hope we would have met.”

Fili:  *stares*  I can’t say I blame him.  Uncle Bilbo, you make a REALLY good looking Dwarf!

Kili:  *cackling*  OH MAHAL!  Thorin just went “Yep!” and fell over with a really silly grin on his face.  This is PRICELESS.

Dwalin:  I’m telling you lads, if you ever EVER wonder where Kili gets it from?  WATCH THORIN. 

Bilbo:  This is not fair!  I’m supposed to faint here because Thorin makes a VERY attractive Hobbit!

Dwalin:  *pokes Thorin with a boot*  No help for it then - give him about five minutes and then he’ll haul you off somewhere for a “private discussion.“  *leers*

Bilbo:  … *reaches up to twhap Dwalin upside the head*  *is blushing furiously*

So lately I was having those crazy Dark!Erebor AU plot-bunnies. Like, what if Thorin died in BoFA and Bilbo has instantly gone completely bonkers with grief, to the point that he actually summoned something REALLY BAD with his ring and force of will. Thorin is resurrected but it’s not a happy miracle but an act of Necromagic, so the dwarf king isn’t the same person he was before. Same goes for Bilbo who literally sold his soul to bring the dwarf from the dead and the price he must pay is to continue living as a vessel for the Dark Power he evoked.  That evil thing is cunning to act discreet enough so nobody notices the difference at first. Thorin is crowned as a King of Erebor and though he manages to revive the kingdom to its former glory, his policy borders on cruel and downright despotic. And not one of his brutal decisions made without the knowledge and lead of the Halfling who follows Thorin like a vicious shadow and instigates him to rule with an iron fist and violently punish everyone who goes against his will. I’d imagine Thorin chopping heads off while Bilbo, the sneaky fucker, cuts some bitches in dark corners when the insurgent dwarves keep attempting to kill them both or sabotage their ruling.

"sarcasm still runs in the belmont blood... trevor would be proud"