The First Lines Meme thingy

I got tagged by the wonderful, generous, kind, phenomenally talented and delightful @notanightlight! I adore you, lovely.

I have to give first lines of 10 of my fics. Okie doke! I do get a little over-enthusiastic at times, and so you get an opening paragraph instead 🙂 Links after each quote!

1. 

“What’s this?”

(Irreconcilable Differences, Explicit, 133K, Avengers, Science Boyfriends)

2. 

When Legolas returned to Eryn Lasgalen, he was much changed. His father embraced him gladly, and then pulled back to study his face. His eyes were deeper, and filled with the joy and sorrow and yearning of the Eldar who have walked too closely to mortality.

(From One Age to Another, Gen, 12K, LOTR, Gigolas)

3. "What are you doing? That logo – Tony, that looks like…“

"Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no uncomfortable truths that make you stay up at night tossing and turning in your star-spangled onesie, Cap.”

(Red Against White, Mature, 8K, Avengers, Science Boyfriends)

4. 

The first month is the hardest one.

(Twelve Months and Fifty Years, Gen, 3K, The Hobbit)

5. 

The first time Gimli sets eyes upon the Elf, he is less than impressed. He looks exactly like the rest of them: tall, pale and inscrutable. Not a whisker on his chin nor a line on his face. He is blank, a white unwritten canvas, with no distinguishing features or marks upon him to denote a personality at all.

(Some Other Beginning’s End, 5K, Mature, LOTR, Gigolas)

6. 

So strange. And. Yeah, Bruce can’t quite get his head around it yet. Something actually affected the Hulk, scared him, scared him so badly he hid inside, so deep and dark inside their head that Bruce can hardly feel his usual presence. God, the strangeness of it all. He’d almost become used to being invulnerable, invincible.

(They Know, 9.5K, Explicit, Avengers, Multi-pairings)

7. The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.

All that once was is lost, and I alone still live to remember it.

(The Long Road, Teen, 6K, LOTR, Gigolas)

8. 

The water was going to be cold.

(Snowmelt, 8.8K, Explicit, LOTR, Gigolas)

9. 

To Dáin son of Náin, heir of the Lordship of the Iron Hills, from his cousin Thorin son of Thráin, Prince of Erebor, greetings.

(Yours Faithfully, 10.5K, Gen, The Hobbit)

Aaaaand last of all, a sneak-peek of the opening of the next chapter of the behemoth itself…

10. Ori stared at the massive sheet of parchment. It was covered
in crossings-out, and small notes were scattered all through the margins in an
assortment of different hands. He could just make out the blocky script of Thrór, the cramped chicken-scratch
that was Óin, and Frís’ graceful loops. All in all, it was an unrecognisable, unreadable
mess. A hot, sinking feeling began somewhere in his belly.

(Sansukh Chapter 40, second draft, 405K, Teen, LOTR/The Hobbit, Gigolas, Bagginshield, etc.)


I tag… uh, I am not sure who has and has not done this thing? Anyway, I will tag a few people, but anyone can do it if you would like to! @avelera, @linddzz, @bead-bead@yubiwamonogatari, @scarletjedi, @baggvinshield, @fishfingersandscarves, @bubbysbub@culumacilinte, @diemarysues and @alkjira!

If you get this, you have to rec your favourite fanfiction(s), and then send this message to five other people. Let’s spread some love, writers deserve it!

lesbianetux:

aww yes i waiting for someone to send me this, i’ve been meaning to rec my fave fanfics for a long time now !! and maybe one day i’ll make a better list cos im sure i forgot some of my faves 
because im multifandom trash, there will be fics from other than tolkien fadom as well

first, tolkien fics:

Candid by norterntrash
Modern AU Bagginshield with photographer Bilbo and accidental model Thorin. The rom-com AU you need. Pain free and teeth-rottingly sweet. Quite possibly my favourite fanfic of all time.

From northerntrash, also check:
One-sided Conversations (bagginshield modern au)
Wasteful (bagginshield coffee shop au)
Colour-struck (bagginshield soulmate au)

Nothing Gold Can Stay by perkynurples
Modern Royalty AU Bagginshield with Bilbo as an over-glorified nanny and Thorin as the King of an isolated European monarch. I know, everybody always recs this and you all most likely have already read it. But if you haven’t, go do it now. There is a reason why it’s so popular.

From perkynurples, also check:
The Ghost And Mr Baggins (bagginshield haunted house au)
Love-In-Idleness (bagginshield theatre au)

Sansûkh by determamfidd
Canon compliant Bagginshield and Gigolas that makes you forget what happened in the books or the movies, and what was written by dets. Full of epicness. And so many dwarves. I didn’t want to rec WIP’s, but the list of my favourite fanfics wouldn’t be complete without Sansûkh.

From determamfidd, also check:
Sansûkh: The Appendices
So Cloaked and So Crowned (gigolas)

Mr. Baggins Builds His Dream House by myrtlebroadbelt
Bungo/Belladonna Sweet and funny story of how Bag End was built. I don’t often read anything about Bungo and Belladonna, but this one? Perfection. All the characters, and all the interactions are on spot.

From myrtlebroadbelt, also check:
Bagshot Row (bungo/belladonna)
A True Story (bungo/belladonna)

Oak and Mistletoe by HildyJ
AU Bagginshield where Thorin suffers from a strange sickness, and is sent to the Shire to be healed by Bilbo. This fic describes both Bilbo and Thorin falling in love so beautifully, I can’t even comprehend it. This story haunted me for days after reading it, it’s just so beautiful and brilliant.

Prayers to Broken Stone by Avelera
Bagginshield with a bit more literal dragon sickness. Another fic that haunted me for a long time after reading it. I don’t think I even have words to describe this fic? It’s just… One of a kind. Beautiful and dark and just so, so perfect.

From Alevera, also check:
Tea and Scones (bagginshield shire au)

Something Blue by Lapin
Bagginshield with consort Bilbo and a marriage of convenience that truly isn’t a marriage of only convenience. Thorin and Bilbo being pining dorks, dwarven politics, and a garden in a mountain. What else do you need? The answer is nothing, This fic is the answer to your botfa pain.

Touch by Thorinsmut
This is the first Nwalin fic I ever read. And to this day, it’s still my favourite. For this fic, I really don’t have any words. Nori is so perfectly written in it, and Dwalin’s character is so good too. God, I love this fic.

then, the other fics:

Now You’re a Man by Gorgeous Nerd
Supernatural fic, no pairing. Canon compliant Trans!Dean is my weakness, and this fic is brilliant. 

How many slams in an old screen door? by dandelioness
Supernatural fic, Destiel. Modern AU with asexual Castiel and  university theatre group in the middle of the production of Les Mis. Cute, cute and brilliant.

Sun ‘Verse by enigmaticblue
Supernatural fic, Destiel. AU where it was already too late when Dean stops Lucifer. Post-apocalyptic dadstiel with perfect family dynamics. Over 180k words of perfection.

El Tango de Amor by literaryoblivion
Supernatural fic, Destiel. Modern AU with dancing. I don’t even know how many times I’ve read this one anymore. And I’m still always up for a re-read.

Stop, Swing by frogy
HSM fic, Chyan. Don’t think I can rec my fave fics without reccing some high school musical as well. This body swap fic is the one that makes HSM2 make even more sense. Just. Perfection.

Wisteria by butterflychansan
SNK fic, Jeanmarco. I’m not reading Attack on Titan fics very often anymore, but this series? I still think of it some days. Almost too good to be true. And very heartbreaking.

I’ll be the frosting to your cupcake, wench by janie_tangerine
GoT fic, Jaime/Brienne. Modern AU with cupcakes and boxing and my favourite heteros. Just so good.

Meet-Cute AU’s by 74days
MCU fics, Stucky. What it says in the title of the series. Collection of the most perfect AU oneshots of my favourite supersoldiers.¨

just say you do by biblionerd07
MCU fic, Stucky. Modern AU with fake marriage that turns into… well, you know how it goes. This is a fanfic after all.

For I Mean to Conquer Troy by twelve_pastels
X-Men fic, Cherik. Canon divergence. This is the cherik fic for me, okay? It has everything I ever wanted and more.

Oh wow – thank you, thank you so very much! *big smishy hugs* AHHH THANK YOU

sansukh:

so, the incredible @nasturtian has been re-reading Sansukh, and has done the best god-diddly darned thing ever.

Anyone here read the Moist Von Lipwig discworld books (what am I saying, of course you have)… anyway, you know how there are those little chapter summary notes/titles at the beginning of the chapter? Yeah. Nas has done that. Up to Ch 31 of Sansukh.

And they are brilliant.

Nas, I love you. Thank you. It’s just – god, your original comments were amazing and made me shriek an unholy amount, blush and stammer and tear up. This though – ahh, this is just the next level, it’s the highest compliment ever. I can’t thank you enough. You are a gem beyond measure. They capture whole swathes of this thing – with a couple of lines or a sentence, I am brought back to how I felt when I wrote that bit, or remember that scene, and it is amazing. You are amazing. These are amazing.

And because they are genius, I asked if I could share them! AND NAS SAID YES. Under the cut for sheer gobsmacking brilliance:

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The Official Full Prompt List! December 1st -9th!

gigolasweek:

I’ve gotten a lot of prompts, so I’ve arranged things to fit them all!

Day 1: Crackfic and Crossovers

Day 2: Outsider POV

Day 3: Languages and Writing

Day 4: Food/Cuisine

Day 5: Pets or Animals

Day 6: Rain and/or Ocean

Day 7: Aman

BONUS DAYS!

Day 8: “I always thought I was supposed to go first” 

Day 9: Retro Revisit! Choose from: Braiding, Genderbend, or AU!