Oh, man, who doesn’t love some really good lore? Thanks for the suggestion, @voxmyriad!
It looks like @determamfidd’s crowning achievement is a WIP Bagginshield and Gimli/Legolas fic called Sansûkh, currently weighing in at over half a million words. There’s even a separate masterpost on her Tumblr with extras and goodies for the fic! She’s also got a classic (E-rated) Marvel Science Boyfriends fic called Irreconcilable Differences that’s over 130k. Those are some serious writing chops!
Sansûkh bydetermamfidd(WIP but close to finished and worth it, 533k, T) – So I’m assuming you HAVE read this because you like gigolas so of course you’ve read this but on the off chance that you haven’t, drop this list like a tonne of bricks and go read it now. I don’t care if you think it’s too long, I don’t care if you don’t read WIP’s, I don’t care what your problem is with this fic. If you enjoy LOTR and The Hobbit, if you like gigolas, go read this now. This is my favourite fic of all time and I would recommend anyone reading this list, regardless of your opinion on lotr to read this fic.
It starts off immediately after The Hobbit and spans through to the war of the ring and a little bit beyond and is completely canon compliant. Also Thorin Oakenshield is the main character. “How?” I hear you ask, “Thorin died in The Hobbit and if it’s completely canon compliant…?” Well the premise of the story is that when Thorin died, he went to the halls of waiting, the Dwarven afterlife. There he met his Maker and got so annoyed that he agreed to give Thorin the ability to somewhat reach the land of the living by talking to people’s subconscious. He does this by talking to living people that he observes in this star pool thing that allows dead dwarfs to hang out invisibly amongst the living.
Now the problem with his method of communication is that people hear him to different degrees. Some can’t hear him at all, some hear him and think it’s a subconscious thought. The person who hears him the BEST happens to be his little cousin, Gimli son of Gloin.
It’s honestly the best and I could gush forever, the world building is phenomenal, the writing is superb. Sometimes I am honestly sad that determamfidd isn’t paid for it because it is that good.
Nothing Gold Can Stay byTAFKAB (WIP, 149k, E) – So I’m not actually up to date on this one. However TAFKAB is HONESTLY a brilliant writer and the premise of the story is so interesting! Basically Thorin is alive but never got over his gold sickness so he’s a royal prick. The dwarves got into trouble their first winter and because Thranduil is a royal prick he demanded a slave for 60 years in exchange for help. He did this because giving yourself willingly into slavery in this fic is an ENORMOUS dwarf taboo that makes you basically dead to your society.
Cue Gimli, SUPER YOUNG, agreeing to be Thranduil’s slave and ostracise himself from his society FOR his society. Thraduil doesn’t really want a slave, so he foists him off to Legolas. The two clash culturally but Legolas isn’t really interested in any slave stuff either so he’s treated relatively fairly. Shit happens, the war of the ring starts early because of thorin’s aforementioned royal prickishness, and Legolas and Gimli fall in love on a fun adventure 🙂
Comes Around Again by scarletjedi(Complete, 205k, T) – OK so this story is one of the quite a few character-dies-and-goes-back-in-time fics in the LOTR/Hobbit fandom. Now there are two of these that are very similar in premise so I’m hoping I’m getting the right one. Basically Gimli dies an old dwarf with Legolas, his husband, by his side and both Gimli and Legolas are sent back to their bodies just before the events of The Hobbit. Gimli joins The Party of Thorin Oakenshield and shenanigans ensue. It’s a marvellous story, great to sink one’s teeth into.
Lumelle(Complete) – A series of three stories where the cast of the hobbit and lotr have been reincarnated into modern day. It’s nice 🙂
Honestly I have more, so much more, but these are the only ones I’ve bookmarked on AO3.
aaaaaah thank you! (and hot dAMN do I wholeheartedly second that rec for Comes Around Again – amazing fic!)
I’m a Hobbit of great sensitivity, I am.”
“And I’m the Queen of Harad,” muttered Merry.
Pippin and Merry (chp. 13)
Sansûkh by determamfidd
(AO3) The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit – Teen/Mature – Bilbo
Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield, Gimli/Legolas Greenleaf #Canon Add-on #Angst #Slow Build #Happy Ending #Dead Peanut
Gallery #Thorin POV #Neurodiversity #Epic #Incomplete
From a Hobbitkink prompt:
The battle was over, and Thorin Oakenshield awoke, naked and
shivering, in the Halls of his Ancestors.
The novelty of being dead fades quickly, and watching over
his companions soon fills him with grief and guilt. Oddly, a faint flicker of
hope arises in the form of his youngest kinsman, a Dwarf of Durin’s line with
bright red hair.
(Follows the story of the War of the Ring).
(Bagginshield, Gimli/Legolas) In which recovery takes
time, the dead members of the Company take to watching Gimli as though he’s a
soap opera, the living struggle with being left behind, Legolas is confused,
Khuzdul is abused, and Thorin is four feet and ten inches of guilt and anger.
I feel like I made her too tiny??? But she’s so fun to draw!
*SCREECHES*
HOLY HECK, SHE IS PERFECTION I LOVE HER!!! AKLSDHGLAJHDFLAJ I LOVE THAT TUNIC, HER BEARD, HER FAB LEGS THOSE BOOTS!! LAKDSJHGLLSAKHD OH JMY GOSHSKSDHG THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit – All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings – All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Thrór (Tolkien), Thrór’s Wife, Grór (Tolkien), Frór (Tolkien), Thráin II, Thráin II’s Wife, Thorin Oakenshield, Frerin (Tolkien), Dís (Tolkien) Summary:
Thrain panics over the birth of his children. His family laughs at him.
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LOOK WHAT THIS AMAZING PERSON WROTE, W FRIS AND HRERA AND MY OCS (!!!!!) AND I AM SUCH A HAPPY PERSON RN
I’ve read a lot of really good fic this year and I just thought the best of the best deserved some recognition. I tried to weed out the super popular fics, but some still show up because I love them that much. Also, the ships are numerous and varied.
Running on Air–eleventy7; Drarry Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects. *I would murder people to protect this fic. It’s beautifully written, well-plotted, original, and it reuses certain sentences, making them more poignant the later in the story they’re used. Like, fuck me up*
the ghost of you–kissmesexybatman; Klance When Keith goes missing without a trace, all his family and friends are able to do is move on with their lives. When he shows back up after a year, they have to convince him they still want him back. *I may be slightly biased because the coolest person in the world wrote this, but let me tell you, it’s emotionally heartwrenching, wonderfully written, and gives you a happy ending without sacrificing the needs of the characters*
My soul is an empty carousel at sunset.–dawnstruck; Otayuri Yuri grows up and grows older and grows into himself. Otabek helps. It just takes a while to get there. *I’m demi and this fic described exactly what that experience has been like for me, as it features a demi!Yuri. Beyond that, it was sweet and genuine and I adored it*
you ever have that one fanfic author that’s so good, you’ll read any of their stories without even knowing what it’s about? like they could make a mcnugget au and you’d still read that shit cause you trust them and everything they do
Let’s talk about BrendaHoward for a sec because I feel like all of the people shouting that “het”-partnered bisexuals don’t belong at Pride are missing a good chunk of their Pride history.
Brenda was:
A bisexual, polyamorous woman and activist
In a “het” relationship with partner Larry Nelson
Known as the Mother of Pride for her work in organizing the first LGBT Pride events
A participant in the Stonewall Riots
An active member of the Gay Liberation Front, Gay Activists Alliance, Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights, BiPAC, and BiNET USA, among others
Co-founder of the New York Area Bisexual Network
Founder of the first Alcoholics Anonymous chapter for bisexuals
An incredibly important figure in the LGBT community, who paved the way for Pride and LGBT activism as we know it today
“Het”-partnered bisexuals don’t just belong at Pride, they were integral to its creation.
(Bonus facts: Brenda was also Jewish, a sex worker, and an outspoken feminist. I highly recommend learning about her because she was seriously an amazing woman.)
Aw Yiss 