#and that is to my mind the only one integral element in a gimleaf (romantic or platonic) fic: that they must be each other's chief comfort | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

tathrin · 7 months ago

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#i dont ship them but #LITERALLY THIS #gimli is so calm and collected about that kind of thing while legolas wears his heart on his sleeve

@cheriboms honestly my favorite thing about this relationship is that it's the same relationship whether it's romantic or platonic or who-the-heck-knows-what: they're just like this, no matter what. And I love that about them so, so much. It is absolutely the chief thing that makes them so wonderful and fascinating, to me!

With pretty much every other fictional relationship out there, the way they're written changes, at least a little bit, depending on if the characters are romantically involved in each particular story or not—but not them. They're just them, full stop. Always.

And they're sailing to Valinor and nobody can stop them.

I see a lot of stuff with Gimli losing his temper and Legolas having to hold him back from charging in axe-first at whatever has angered him (sometimes even picking him up to stop him) and admittedly I love this!

But also consider: almost every time somebody offends or insults Gimli in the books, his reaction is along the lines of declaring “I would take offense at your words, save that you are too ignorant to know how wrong they are” in I assume just the most refined, lofty voice you can imagine.

Whereas Éomer threatens Gimli one (1) time in front of Legolas and our Mirkwood madlad is immediately ready to throw-down with half* of Rohan’s army.

I’m saying what I would like to see more of is Legolas losing his temper, and Gimli being the cool-headed half of the pair that has to hold his lanky longshanks boyfriend back from doing a murder.

How about some more of that please, fandom?

#honestly i think the biggest part of why i'm so committed to SHIPPING them romantically now #is because you can be reasonably sure that if you're reading a fic that has them tagged as gimli/legolas instead of gimli & legolas #then they're going to be each other's most important person #whereas if one of them (or both) ends up shipped with someone else inevitably THAT relationship ends up taking precedence #and THAT is just WRONG #they don't have to be romantically linked to me; but they DO have to be each other's Number One Person #even if they're in love with someone else romantically! that's fine! but nobody seems able to do that without diminishing the importance #of the other one of them #and that is to my mind the only one integral element in a gimleaf (romantic or platonic) fic: that they must be each other's chief comfort #and dearest friend #and since ''most important relationship'' seems to require/indicate romance to most folks that's the tag i read #because i simply cannot bear to see one of them discounted or diminished in their relationship with each other for any reason #(also i do genuinely enjoy writing and reading romantic elements with the two of them to be fair)#(but that's not an integral part of their relationship to me)#(and i don't think it is to them either; and THAT i fucking love)#(whether or not they're kissing is SO far down on the list of important elements of their relationship; and that's just beautiful)#anyway sorry for rambling at you (no i'm not; i love rambling about these two dorks so much i can't/won't stop myself lmao)#gimleaf #gimli #legolas #favorite characters #lotr meta #shipping #lotr

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