#ace boromir

[modernincorrectlotrhobbit]

Boromir: Aragorn, I have a weird question for you.

Aragorn: What's up?

Boromir: You describe yourself as bisexual, right?

Aragorn: Uh, yes, I do.

Boromir: And you also like frogs.

Aragorn: Yeah, I fucking love frogs.

Boromir:

Boromir: Are those two things related?

[sotwk]

Hello! I was just wondering which you find easier to write - Boromir or Éomer - and why?

Hope you're having a great week btw!

Ooh what a great question! :) I thought this would be hard one to answer, because often for me, the difficulty level of a fic depends more on the story/plot, rather than the featured character.

But then I realize that generally, Boromir is the easier one for me to write for, because his steady, stern, but also gentle demeanor is one I am very practiced at. I love creating and writing about that kind of character!

Éomer on the other hand, is more fiery in his passion. The tricky part for me is conveying that passion, especially in heated or stressful situations, without going overboard or turning caricature. I never want to make Éomer into some kind of Drama King, because he isn't some irrational brute in my eyes; I also want to show his intelligence. XD So I take care to be more thoughtful about his actions, reactions, and dialogue. So far I've gotten positive feedback about the voice I give him, so that's promising! It just takes some effort. :)

I hope you're doing well too, Ace! <3 I know you've been busy, but I'm so looking forward to your next published fic. (I still owe you a comment on that Boromir fic--I just have too many thoughts about all the goodness you packed into there! XD)

[echo-bleu]

Hi, if you still take suggestions for Ace week, I headcanon Faramir as demisexual and Boromir as aro-ace.

Yessss I love these headcanons!

This is more of a coloured sketch than a full painting, but that's what I had time for today. And it's my first book!Boromir design, too.

They're judging you.

[your-blorbos-are-queer]

boromir from the lord of the rings is aroace (headcanon)

submitted by anonymous

[herbirdglitter]

Alright kids, prayers have been offered, the sacrifices have been made, it's the first day of ace week, and the self indugent Boromir fic has been posted.

well chapter 1 anyway, (Edit: it's all out now) but the others have been written and just need some light editing. They will likely go up later tonight.

my beta reader is finishing her phd, so unless she speaks now, she must forever hold her piece. Specifically the piece she keeps in her glove compartment for shooting me when I don't add enough commas.

here's chapter 1

and the people who wanted to be tagged: @nerdcousin @wind-in-the-sky and @theshakespearetrash (I think you wanted to be tagged but if not, oops)

[thelien-art]

I wanted to try an artist vs art meme this year so here it is!

Some of my favorite drawings for this year god it was hard to choose + me

[k-phoenix]

I'm gonna kill that rat bastard (fictional character) for hurting me, specifically (killing a beloved character)

[mobydyke]

he (boromir's death scene) got me acting unwise (inconsolable) in the club (alone on my couch in the dark at 8pm on a tuesday)

he got me acting unwise in the club

[astriiformes]

Okay, fun question time. One of the various multimedia elements of the LotR Road Trip AU story is that I am planning on making playlists for each member of the Fellowship, the idea being that they're supposed to be snapshots into everyone's music libraries for when they have the aux cord in the car.

My music taste is pretty all over the place, which helps with a project like this, but I can't claim it's as broad as I would like when trying to represent the music tastes of nine different people. So I would love to solicit some ideas from people--genres, artists, even specific songs. You name it.

Here's generally the vibes I've been curating so far, though I'm not entirely married to all of them:

Frodo -- Indie, acoustic, folk? Probably some instrumentals. Chill beats to carry a cursed artifact to.

Sam -- Generally pretty upbeat. For sure some really traditional folk influences but also like. Folk rock. Should be an extremely feel-good playlist.

Merry -- Nerd music, to put it simply. Folk and filk, as well as some of the found-filk folks out there like Hank Green, probably.

Pippin -- Pop music! He's here to have a good time. Would especially love some input from the Gen Z crowd here since my pop knowledge is a little dated for the youngest member of the Fellowship. What Chappell Roan song would be his favorite.

Boromir -- He is puzzling me. I am keeping in mind that he should have some like. Elder millennial vibes. Currently have Green Day, etc on there but I'm trying to decide if that works.

Aragorn -- Dad rock, plus some modern rock. Think about your dad's road trip playlist (I know mine has several) and you're getting the right picture.

Legolas -- Pop and some indie/acoustic songs. Also a little musical theater. I'll be honest I'm making his eclectic on purpose. Definitely a little cheesy, aro/ace jams encouraged.

Gimli -- Metal, industrial, classical. There is no bigger Trans-Siberian Orchestra fan. Possibly also some labor songs, though I'm thinking more like metal/rock covers.

Gandalf -- Prog rock and other wizard music. I am doing something very dumb and silly and putting classic rock songs with meta references to LotR on his (ex: Led Zeppelin's Misty Mountain Hop), but other suggestions are good too.

Please feel free to totally contradict some of these vibes though. Ideally some of these playlists with be a little more all over the place than I would usually lean towards, since the idea is to represent someone's music taste, not make a true character playlist.

So! Help me out here. What do you all think each Fellowship member would listen to?

[da-millerrrrr]

Rules: make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favourite!

@beantothemax @selfdiagnosedeyemotif @these-detestable-hands @justagingerwithredhair @lesbian-empress-nero

[spinningalbinoturtle]

The fellowship of the Kinsey scale aka LoTR characters ranked from most to least fruity

Btw this is a joke (well sort of) so don’t take any of my stereotype arguments too seriously. Although I do genuinely think most of these characters are gay.

1. Frodo- Frodo is gayest the character. He’s constantly described as queer, his deepest connection is with Sam and their relationship is incredibly romance coded. Plus he reads poetry all the time, wears his sparkly elvish top and that fall in Return of the King movie? Homosexual. Not to mention he has THE gay haircut. Man looks like a starbucks barista. Galadriel is his gay icon.

Sam- although more masculine than Frodo and also bi Sam has the second most Gay EnergyTM. He’s a bit overemotional he spends the entire series simping over Frodo and is obsessed with flowers and poetry. When his wife dies he leaves his kids to spend eternity with his husband and the elves. Gay behavior

Legolas- Legolas is a petty drama queen and I love that for him. Loves his dwarf husband. Just look at his hair-no straight man cares that much about their hair. Gay gay gay.

Gimli-a bear but in the dwarf way. Galadriel is also his gay icon. Loves his elf husband. Loves some sparkly diamonds and jewels. Lord of the GLITTERING CAVES you say? Sounds kinda fruity

Gandalf-he’s basically a minor god and thus does not conform to human ideas of sexuality and gender. Literally all the LGBTQIAs. Gandalf Big Naturals , Gandalf the Gay are just a few of this bitch’s many names.

Pippin-Y’all on this app have convinced me Pippin is not cis gender. I don’t know in what form trans, non binary, gender fluid? Honestly could be any one.

Merry-pansexual and very open about it. Just seems like a chill queer dude who smokes a ton of weed and is open to a relationship with anybody

Boromir-excessively emphasizes his straightness but has homoerotic battle moments and after battle showers with his comrades in Gondor. Very repressed bisexual

Aragorn- I think its funny if he’s the token straight but THE BIGGEST ALLY YOU WILL FIND. Literal king passes a bunch of laws enshrining LGBTQ rights cause all his friends are gay

Bonus

Faramir- is transfem and you can’t change my mind. Lesbian with her wife Eowyn. Has bi-to drag queen-to trans character arc.

Eowyn-butch lesbian horse girl and ya know what? We absolutely love her for it. After the war she has a buzzcut.

Bilbo-ace icon. I’M SORRY if you ship Bagginshield but I headcanon him as ace/aro. Hates the idea of sex but wanted kids so he adopted his gay little nephew.

[stvnszlr]

my favorite thing about the tolkien universe is that i can hc almost any character as aspec and it will always make sense

fili? aromantic asexual. frodo and sam? both ace. boromir? aroace too! aragorn? ABSOLUTELY asexual. thorin? probably on both spectrums somewhere. eomer? ace and arospec. bard? aromantic, duh.

[spacerockfloater]

Game: Post a poll with 5 favourite characters and let others decide which is their favourite!

Thanks for the tag beloved! @themoonofthesun

No pressure tags:

@ace-lynir @minisa-whent @miniaturewizardstudentsworld @pterodactylterrace @viiisenyas @montyluvsjasper @shi-daisy @vipervixxen @tamlindair @wingsdippedingold @peter-is-a-bean @thesunfyre4446 @lysteriaposts @witchy-v1xen and anyone else who’d like to participate!

[eldest-sibling-tournament]

eldest sibling tournament

here is the bracket for the eldest sibling tournament!

since round one contains 32 matches, it will be split into two parts. the polls for round 1, part 1 will begin tomorrow, march 17th, at 11am EDT.

this post will be updated throughout the tournament with links to the polls! feel free to submit propaganda through asks/submissions/reblogs/tags; i'll try to post/rb all of it.

all polls can be found at #tournament poll

round 1, part 1 | round 1, part 2 | round 2 | round 3 | quarterfinals | semifinals | final round | bonus polls

full list of original matchups under the cut!

left side of bracket, top to bottom:

Sokka (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Kate Sharma (Bridgerton)

Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov (The Brothers Karamazov) vs Tina Belcher (Bob's Burgers)

Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice) vs Robb Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones)

Raphael Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs Wendy Darling (Peter Pan)

Nani Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) vs Meg Murry (A Wrinkle in Time)

Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) vs Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)

Meg March (Little Women) vs Jesse Cosay (Infinity Train)

Kendall Roy (Succession) vs Anthony Bridgerton (Bridgerton)

Declan Lynch (The Raven Cycle/The Dreamer Trilogy) vs Elphaba Thropp (Wicked)

Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things) vs Franziska von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Candace Flynn (Phineas and Ferb) vs Gawain of Orkney (Arthuriana)

Shigeo "Mob" Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Jiang Yanli (Mo Dao Zu Shi/The Untamed) vs Violet Parr (The Incredibles)

Boromir (Lord of the Rings) vs Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes) vs Elsa (Frozen)

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Tzeitl (Fiddler on the Roof)

right side of bracket, top to bottom:

Maedhros (The Silmarillion) vs Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Elektra (Oresteia) vs Louis de Pointe du Lac (Interview with the Vampire)

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs Kai Smith (Ninjago)

Connor Roy (Succession) vs Callum (The Dragon Prince)

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) vs Mia Fey (Ace Attorney)

Sophie Hatter (Howl's Moving Castle) vs Cain (The Book of Genesis)

Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) vs Jazz Fenton (Danny Phantom)

Violet Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs Isabela Madrigal (Encanto)

Dean Winchester (Supernatural) vs Rodya Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment)

Thor Odinson (The Marvel Cinematic Universe) vs Éponine Thénardier (Les Misérables)

Edyn Tidestrider (Just Roll With It) vs Maddie Buckley (9-1-1)

Fiona Gallagher (Shameless) vs Gregor Samsa (The Metamorphosis)

Vi (Arcane) vs Tadashi Hamada (Big Hero 6)

Peter Pevensie (The Chronicles of Narnia) vs Vera Rostova (War and Peace)

Mako (The Legend of Korra) vs Sarah Williams (Labyrinth)

Dick Grayson (DC Comics) vs Julie Molina (Julie and the Phantoms)

[herbirdglitter]

I’m turning 21 on Sunday. 21. That’s big. Huge!

I should be out with people I like having the time of my life. Instead, the one fun thing I was doing has been moved to a different date and now I will once again be sitting alone on a massive birthday and doing nothing.

Because it’s on a Sunday, and my mother wants to go to church.

Didn’t do anything for my sixteenth because all my friends were sporty and it was soccer season. I didn’t even tell them it was happening because poor teenage me had self worth issues and didn’t think they’d care to come.

Didnt do anything for my 20th, because my parents decided to move us to the middle of nowhere so they could be closer to a monastery.

Now once again I’m not doing anything and I’m going to be surrounded by people who do not spark joy.

I got one thing planned that day and it’s publishing a Boromir fanfic for the beginning of ace week. I’m going to really trying to hype myself up for that. Also we’re roasting lamb. That should be good.

anyway this sucks.

To be fair I did have the option of going out to dinner but I didn’t want to do dinner with a bunch of people who don’t bother to ask me questions about myself. At all. I’ve spent every birthday with them and they just talk about themselves.

Anyway my birthday plans just got rearranged and I’m sad. Little teenage neglected me thought I’d be living my best life by now

[sotwk]

🌞 reading your works cheers me up and makes me feel better

I consistently come back to your Boromir ones in particular because they give me this warm, sunny, yellow feeling (you get what i mean) and rereading them is like opening your cupboard and discovering that you've got a cupcake left to enjoy <3

(this is from this ask game if anyone is interested in sending more of these to sotwk)

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am so glad that people corelate my fics with joy and comfort, because that's what I always hope to bring to the table.

Yes, angst and drama is compelling. In my 20s, I was lathering myself in hurt fics and the highest levels of character ANGST that you've ever seen. I liked bringing on pain and tears to my characters, myself, and my Readers! It was delicious fun!

But I've grown old. I've realized that real life is hard enough and I've been through magnificently shitty times, so my attitude now leans more towards, "Well, how about we make ourselves feel brighter, hopeful, and uplifted today?"

So I usually write about the beauty of family. Brotherhood. Friendship. Growing up and learning. Tender, requited love. Sacrifices made FOR love. Hope.

If you'll notice in the histories and headcanons I've written for Thranduil and his family, there's an awful lot of doom and drama. Canonically, the Elvenking's kingdom does fall into darkness, at least temporarily. Thranduil does suffer through so many losses. BUT.

Not only does a happy ending occur (i.e. the cleansing of Mirkwood), but Thranduil also experiences more years of joy than he does suffering, which people don't realize. That's why the "Golden Age of Eryn Galen", which I mention frequently in my AU writings, means so much to me. I want to write more about Eryn Galen when the kingdom was bright and prosperous, rather than when it became Mirkwood. And honestly, seeing Thranduil portrayed constantly as the Emo King of ANGST gets a little tiring.

Which isn't to say that I will never write about the tragedies and deaths. I'm just in no rush to do so. I'll sprinkle that in eventually. ;)

Thank you again for such a high compliment, @hobbitwrangler Ace!