Smaug: You're Too Late! You'll Never Stop Me Now. Bilbo: That's Where You're Wrong, Evil-doer! We Will

YES

I had such an experience of swimming with giant sea creatures and they are so GENTLE while you tiny funny thing are around

and the feeling they produce in you with their presence, the calmness and imperturbability especially when above water it is stormy and restlessly

this is unforgettable

Every duo be like : an ice cube on legs, and a volcano

me mentally: these characters have a relationship that cannot be defined by any one thing and reaches throughout the narrative and is so woven into their characters that trying to force it under one label would be inaccurate and doing it a disservice.

me out loud: idk man they're fuckin gay

Thorin Oakenshield stimboard

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hot take: Pippin is the only one of the hobbits who is ‘team Arwen’ in the ‘who is the most beautiful woman in the world’ argument

Talking about Sam Gamgee just reminded me that if we’re going to look at LotR/Hobbit parallels that Bilbo is actually Sam, with Thorin as Frodo. 

Bilbo/Sam parallels:

- Both were brought along as an afterthought because Gandalf had a nagging feeling that the Quest would fail without him.

- It’s not “their” quest, they’re mostly observers of someone else’s nobility and drive, but when disaster strikes they take charge and are ultimately responsible for the quest succeeding at all. 

- Both see themselves as “just” hobbits, somewhat pastoral and “average” compared to the epic heroism they’re witnessing. 

- Both bear a great deal of affection for a certain dark haired, blue-eyed person who is the focus of the quest, sob at the thought of losing them, and are generally in awe of their nobility (yeah of course I included Bagginshield and we are absoLUTELY treading into movie canon now because book Bilbo has no awe for Thorin at all, lol, not to mention the Thorin/Frodo parallels are visually striking only in the movie)

- Both are incredibly resilient against the Ring, able to take bear it and cast it off with barely any resistance (Frodo couldn’t even throw the ring into his own fireplace before the quest even began). 

- Both followed their companion across the world, with only mild complaining ;)

My contribution to the @bbcmerlin-reversebang this year! I had the pleasure of working alongside the lovely @remaymberme and their story a single thread of fate(tied me to you) <3

Also a shoutout to the ever amazing @feuxx for betaing and helping me through the fest ^_^

I love the hair braiding trope, but there is some serious debate about whether it's dwarves who have the hair-braiding customs or elves, so I'm here to settle that once and for all.

Legolas, hoping they just seem friendly and doesn't know dwarves have the same hair customs: Hey Gimli, could I help with your hair?

Gimli, hoping he just seems friendly and doesn't know elves have the same hair customs: Uh, sure!

Aragorn, who knows that hair braiding is romantic for both elves and dwarves: ......... WHat

Movie only fans lose out on the narration calling Thorin “important”, “enormously important”, so many times that it reads like ribbing when the book repeatedly humbles him. More Bilbo sarcastically calling Thorin “important” in Bagginshield fics, please!