DARNIT ALL TO HECK! *hugs gently* gdi Nonnie, that blows…! I hope you find her, and that you two are deliriously happy. And that every girl you flirt with is lesbian or bi/pan from this day on.
hey Nonnie, believe me I am super, super glad that your experience has been such a great one. I hope it stays chill and discourse-free for you!
I’ve been kicking around in the lotr/hobbit fandom long enough to know that there is indeed wank aplenty – but it is blockable! And the vast, vast majority of folks here are A++++ people, which makes things much nicer on the whole.
I wouldn’t call myself fandom den mum, honestly. More like unreliable fandom auntie. 😉
i wanted to redraw one my fav scenes from sansukh however i wasn’t able to finish it
the quality is bad bc manga studio crashed but i managed to somewhat salvage it @determamfidd
SQUEALING AND ALSO WEEPING
oh FISHY THAT IS BRILLIANT – holy heck, i am amazed you did such incredible detailed work with a program that was borking on you! oh god THEIR HANDS, watch me weep hot tears now arrrrgh
YOU ARE AMAZING, lsakjdfhlsdjhsa *blubbers all over you* THANK YOU OMFG THANK YOU SO SO MUCHHHHH
Aries: unreasonably angry/stubborn/misogynistic thorin
Taurus: ponies get lost in the river scene
Gemini: post-Carrock bathing scene
Cancer: overly detailed description of the Arkenstone
Leo: Dain is evil for some reason
Virgo: putting all the lyrics to the songs
Libra: the OC is conveniently short enough to walk around bag end with no problem
Scorpio: unnecessary comment about bombur’s weight
Sagittarius: the OC shoots an arrow into smaug’s eye
Capricorn: making Bilbo female just to make Bagginshield a het ship
Aquarius: the title contains “An Unexpected _____”
Pisces: constantly referring to Thorin as “the king under the mountain,” “the dwarf king,” “the king in exile,” etc
U: Share three of your favorite fic writers and why you like them so much.
hello!!!! gosh whenever i’m asked this i have such trouble bc i’ve been in fandom forever!
i’m just gonna awkwardly plug @esselley for the nth time, because although i haven’t been in the HQ fandom long, it’s been undeniable from the start how affecting her stories are! AND SHE KEEPS GETTING BETTER!!!?? the last couple stories/chapters i’ve read of hers blew my mind because they were noticeably more, like… emotionally immersive than when i had first started getting into fandom and, obv, reading her must-reads (Hunger, for example – ALTHOUGH I REALLY RECOMMEND HER KAGESUGAHINA SERIES OK JUST DO IT), not that that her must-reads aren’t already incredible romances and adventures in and of themselves! also she’s so nice??? what’s that ABOUT HUH?!?!??
throwing in @determamfidd who in her 518,318 (and counting!) fic, Sansukh, has essentially rewritten the hobbit and lord of the rings trilogy featuring a tremendously diverse group of characters and FOCUSING on them – queer folks, people of color, women – exploring the themes that lotr and high fantasy are known for but updating/refocusing the story so it’s groundbreaking for 2017. she has truly developed the world tolkien created to be much more interesting and nuanced and “reachable” than the original books really were. she obviously has tremendous knowledge, and tremendous dedication, and tremendous ways of weaving a story. i have to catch up on her epic, but she has plenty of other wonderful fics as well.
one person whom i’ve followed forever is @emmagrant01. she’s been around since i joined fandom (Harry Potter), and i’ve always looked up to her as a writer for her genuine, engaging story-telling, and somehow we always happen to share at least one fandom even if we’ve not interacted at all. recently she wrote an epic canon divergent story for Check Please! with Jack Zimmermann POV and i lost my mind over it. it really helped me understand myself as a demi person – i rarely connect with characters the way i did with Jack. and she also developed OCs within that story who were so compelling, too! i haven’t caught up with what she’s writing right now but i look forward to reading literally anything she makes for the rest of existence.
otherwise, check out my fic recs tags for my fave authors (bc if i’m reccing then i definitely admire them)!! and i will always reply with a ‘currently reading’ plug if anyone asks!
Aw Yiss 