#aramir au

[anghraine]

this is entirely unprompted on your end, but i love your darcy and faramir takes and wanted to get your opinion on aragorn/faramir as a ship.

i'm salivating over it and nobody. cares. but i just love how it can show the possibilities of book faramir being a "threat" to aragorn's kingship in a way that nobody else is...how they can relate through their shared ancestry but the entirely different ways it impacted them in their respective lives - something about aragorn being the heir of isildur, growing up surrounded by elves, arnor. something about faramir being distinctly aware of the legacy of the stewards, his numenorean heritage and how it's fading away in the world of men, gondor (my fav world in lotr, you are so under-appreciated, gondor.) i personally adhere to the stewards-were-most-likely-also-royalty headcanon because of that extra juicy tension. throw in the i-knew-your-father-as-a-young-man aspect, the whole steward-quite-literally-serving-in-wait-of-the-true-king aspect? it's everything.

i dunno. the natural cause and effect of "return of the king" & "departure of the steward" is so interesting to play with in a romantic context, especially if it keeps both of them in the limelight when naturally, it should only be one of them? i think it's the aragorn ship that pushes his character and ambition the most, and in the same way, it can push faramir to show more machiavellian traits, more of him utilizing his political power and/or personal strengths. especially since his canonical fate is extremely satisfying but also...very conclusively an *ending* if that makes sense.

i might just want to see faramir clashing with aragorn wanting to wage more war. let him cook! let the man speak about "queen among other queens: not a mistress of many slaves"!!!!

also must admit that it's my contrarian ass wanting to rebel against the fanon "aragorn never ever wanted to be king" + "faramir is a pathetic meow meow" headcanons. the existing faramir x aragorn fics i've read all adhere to it which is frustrating.

anyways, any thoughts on this ship i randomly latched on to?

Anon, this is my #1 Tolkien ship and actually one of the only m/m ships I've ever been super into. I used to guiltily sneak-read Aragorn/Faramir as a teenager because I grew up in a conservative community and hadn't come to terms with my own queerness at the time, and was still figuring out how to get by in that community just as a Democrat, much less a lesbian.

Anyway, I got a huge kick out of your ask because it's basically point-for-point my own feelings about them. If you haven't seen it, I even wrote a ship manifesto for them over ten years ago.

And unfortunately I do also agree that the (very PJ film-inflected) fanons around both characters have made it very difficult to find fic for the ship that isn't deeply OOC for the original versions of the characters (tbh the last time I looked, it was hard enough to even find F/A fics where Faramir had black hair, much less his deeper canon characteristics). Add in the fanon depictions of Gondor and the Stewardship, and a lot of what appeals about the pairing is lost for me. I read some good ones a longggg time ago, but wouldn't begin to know where to find them now.

(I know I should be the change I want to see and write some myself, but apart from the AU f/f and m/f/f versions, I think the closest I ever came to it was this post about a mostly-the-same-as-LOTR AU only with Faramir/Aragorn and this feeling explosion about "Faramir actually does accepts the dream-visions obviously intending him to be the one going to Rivendell but also it's Faramir/Aragorn.")

And if you haven't found it yet, my ship tag is #otp: love was kindled.

I hope you enjoy <3

[nihilizzzm]

university modern au aragorn x boromir & legolas x gimli headcanons

mostly bc i can and i rly need to

Aragorn and Boromir are renting together a small and kinda shitty flat

Faramir lives with them like 5 out of 7 days a week or more, sometimes at Theoden’s place as well with Eomer and Eowyn

Let’s just say the brothers don’t like Denethor and it’s a shitty life but at least they love each other right?

Boromir works at a coffee shop after classes, and sometimes does nights at Gimli’s bar

Btw Gimli is a drop out who opened a bar and is dating Aragorn’s uni friend Legolas

Elrond is the one renting them the shitty flat

So it’s not rly shitty, it’s nice they are just broke

Elrond is still Aragorn’s foster dad, and Arwen lives near them and is absolutely purest best soul alive

Aragorn smokes weed

Boromir doesn’t

Until he does one time, he says it was weird but also would do it again with Aragorn

He smokes regular cigarettes tho, like a lot

Boromir is a whiskey person, Aragorn is a wine person

Gimli is a beer person

Legolas just likes to drink (also wine person)

Legolas and Aragorn like to do sleepovers with a lot of wine and gossips, they paint each others nails and watch stupid shit on tv

And Gimli and Boromir drink together after the bar is close

The bar has a name and it’s Moria

I am gonna definitely do more of those bc this is my fav modern au i’ve ever made and i don’t have time to write it properly but if u do PLS SEND IT TO ME I RLY WANT TO READ IT😭

I am a whore for boromir and aragorn so let me just enjoy this little world in my mind in which all of them live and are just uni students like me and have struggles like me and shit

[electracution]

Hi!

Finally posting my Boromir!lives fanfic "When the light of life has gone"! First chapter is out 🩷

Before you freak out, yes, it's slash (Boromir/Aragorn with past Boromir/Theodred), but nothing explicit happens AND it focuses a lot on Boromir's declining mental health.

I'll try to stay consistent and post weekly, every Monday, but this is over 60k words to edit right now so it might take more. It's not easy fam.

Anyway, I hope you like it! 💜 Have fun!

[yumeneko-hb]

バレンタインのアラボロ♥️(2023.2.1)

[borom1r]

❄️🌧️🌈 ☔ from the WIP asks 🫡

this is good motivation to get back into the text game skfhjskjf damn

❄️Share a snippet from a WIP of your choosing.

You press the back of your hand to your forehead and swoon again, to really prove your point. Éomer rolls his eyes at your antics, though he still scoops you up into his arms with a grunt. Like a complete gentleman, he carries you the entire way back to your guest quarters.

You rest your head on his shoulder, content to watch the sunlight catch his hair as the subtle breeze lifts it. He flashes you a warm smile when he catches you looking, and you blush.

🌧️Share something angsty from your WIP.

"…I could run away to Eriador." he murmurs against your skin. You can feel your heart shatter in your chest as you gently squeeze his hand, shaking your head.

"You cannot, for you would regret it."

Boromir makes an indignant noise at the suggestion and you shush him.

"You know I am right. You love Gondor, and for good reason. We might be happy, but some part of you would always regret your choice to turn away from your homeland. Perhaps, in time, you might even come to resent me for luring you astray. I would have you remember me fondly, love, though we met only briefly."

🌈 Share something soft/fluffy from your WIP.

Sitting as you are, you’re gifted a clear view of his profile. Had you been raised in polite Gondorian society, and spent less of your years on the road, you might not chance being so forward.

Fortunately for you, you were raised in the North Downs. You catch Faramir’s chin, turning his face towards you so you might press a quick kiss to the curve of his nose.

“What was that for?” Faramir asks, cheeks dusted pink.

“I find you handsome.” you answer, glad to see Faramir’s expression relax into a smile to match your own.

☔Is there a fic concept you have that you'd like to just explain and share because you're not sure you'll ever write it? If so, what is it?

HM. hmmmm ive got one (1) thing in th drafts that'll go on the burner ao3 if i ever finish it, so im not sharin That publicly lol

sth im not sure ill ever write......

YOU KNOW WHAT. im a weak bitch for soulmate AUs + idk that id ever write one BUT. just know that "soulmate au" is sitting on a list on my phone of shit i think wld be fun to write for Aramir that i just. haven't. + likely will not.

sth sth overcoming cringe, i get one cringe fic at a time + that slot is currently occupied

[sys-garden]

Aramir corpse bride au

I think some characters in this are just gonna be unexplained dead cause i need merry and pippin replacing the maggot and black widow as boromirs besties, i need them to sing that one song u know the one

also i think this would be still set in middle earth but without the war of the ring happening

[electracution]

Hi! A 3rd chapter of my Boromir!lives fic dropped!

I hope you enjoy. I edited it half sober in the middle of a beach, so yeah, again if you see mistakes, point them out!

[nihilizzzm]

Random aragorn x boromir headcanons

that live in my head rent free rn, mostly modern au

Boromir is secretly a great artist, especially great with paints

Aragorn plays acoustic guitar

And he let Boromir paint something on it

He also plays ukulele

They never bought a proper bed, they sleep on the mattress on the floor and refuse to have it any other way

Aragorn has a lot of plants

Boromir has one, he almost killed it like a hundred times

Aragorn smokes cigarettes that he rolls himself

Aragorn can never get enough sleep, and Boromir is basically forcing him to go to sleep and not sit on the balcony with a book and a cigarette until morning

Also Aragorn talks in his sleep in every language he speaks

Boromir finds it hilarious

Okay that’s it for now, i’m planning to put some of those into my ff. K, bye🫣

[nihilizzzm]

aragorn x boromir prompt | university au

Okay but just imagine university au aragorn x boromir but it is something like

Aragorn: straight a student without even trying that much, wears this hippie aesthetic, reads poetry but in this very chaotic way, plays guitar and writes his own songs

Boromir: the struggle is real and it’s there and oh fuck this handsome guitar guy, so flawless it hurts physically at this point

And in my mind they both study history and both do some kind of sport idk what yet. And they meet just by accident in library for example and boromir is like yeah he’s not that bad, still very hot. And then they talk and turns out aragorn actually thought boromir might be cool but he just couldn’t be bothered enough to talk to him, u know he was busy AND THEN we get my fav strangers to friends to friends with benefits to lovers scheme and I AM LIVING FOR IT.

And I would be very happy to elaborate on that and yes I am writing this shit tonight 😭

[nihilizzzm]

I can’t possibly explain my pure love for boromir, i mean he is absolutely adorable man with so many issues i just want to hug him and give him a kiss godnight because he damn deserves one

Also i’ve stared working on my aramir university au and i think about translating it later to english. I also have like a 1500 words long aralas steampunk coffee shop au which is going well. I’m using it as a run test for the steampunk world i am currently working on and the thing that i am stuck with is the political system and how should it work, but fortunately it isn’t important when the whole point of ff is an elf and a man eye fucking each other

[yumeneko-hb]

【アラボロ現代AU】 シガーキス(2022.12.21)

Boromir got annoyed with snobbish stranger and offered him a cigar kiss. Boromir meant that as a joke, but the stranger complied, which upset Boromir and put out his cigarette.

[sys-garden]

Corpse bride lotr au

yes im still thinking about this aramir au i keep on thinking of the scene with gertrude and her dead husband but its bagginshield

Thorin wanted to see his still alive husband while he is in the world of the living only for bilbo to hit him with his walking stick a bunch of times cause bilbo is now almost blind and the dead walk the earth

Thorin: amralime! *smack* ghivsval! *thwomp* Burglar!

Bilbo: :0 thorin? *adjusts glasses* but you’ve been dead for 60 years?

Thorin: *dips bilbo* frankly my dear, i don’t give a damn

Then big smooch