#barduil fandom meetup

[dervampireprince]

There's no shame in that, little prince, I'm not going anywhere, we will get another day when we are both feeling less tired and more inspired.

No, no no, none of that. I'm sure that just from the enthusiasm you put into it and how much you like it you look lovely dancing. I'd even go as far as trying to dance with you if that makes you more at ease, hm? I'm sure you will get time to post those photos in another moment, don't worry darling 💕

Oh, I know you wouldn't, I trust you, love, always have. I'd just love to tuck my head under yours, drift off feeling you close. I hope you can rest easy tonight too, gonna add my chonky shark and my little childhood penguin to the plushie pile taking care of you, I'm sure they'll make it a bit easier. And if that doesn't work maybe a little kiss in your sweet lips will do 💙

aa well okay truth is that i learn kpop choreography even though i'm not super into kpop anymore (never been in the fandom just like some of the music) cos they're easy to find tutorials too and its a decent bit of cardio, but i have to do it with the curtains closed. and im sure its like,,, old comments from my mum in my brain. but i know even if i look terrible when i dance it doesn't matter because i'm on my own in my room just doing it for fun and to stay a bit fitter.

MORE STUFFIES?! i'm getting so spoiled. i'll riot if i have nightmares tonight with this army of fluffy creatures protecting me. i'm going to cuddle you so fucking hard

[dorwiniondreams]

Everyone in the barduil/Tolkien fandom is so cool and interesting and artistic and talented and lovely!? I'm sort of overwhelmed. I want to marry everyone and go live in a beautiful woodland paradise.

[bangnine]

this fandom is so eloquent and then there’s me who couldn’t manage a proper about me page since i made an account :’D anyhow onto the point i’m bangnine, an eastern european twenty-something illustration student currently living in the uk.

tolkien had been part of my life pretty much since i was 5, but i only discovered this ship after watching botfa. ever since i had a soft spot for it not in small part because of the amazing fandom (so much great art, fic and edits, and so little drama:). lately i haven’t been very active due to some real life issues, and my current main obsession, black sails, but when i am, i draw fanart (and when i don’t, i procrastinate on my sideblog come talk to me).

now onto the cheez: thank you @barduil for organizing all these lovely events, @northerntrash for writing some of my favourite barduil fics and being an all around lovely person, and @allfatherthor for writing an amazing fic for me for the previous barduil gift exchange (i so owe you a lengthy thank you comment for it 💙💙💙), if you guys haven’t read it yet do it now: The Wounds We Share

[ofplanet-earth]

hello! I didn’t get the chance to participate in the Barduil fandom meetup last time around, so here I am! as it turns out, I did in fact post about myself last year. oops! thanks to @barduil for constantly bringing us all together! 

my name is megan, I’m a 26-year-old lab tech(!!!) and I live in New England with my two cats, Willow and Astrid. I’m introverted, ace, and I love to write fiction for this little fandom of ours!

I saw @northerntrash include a photo of her Smaug tattoo, so I thought I’d share my Tolkien tree (with Elvish) too :)

my stories include Inexplicable, 30 days of Barduil, and When the Smoke Clears. 

you can find all my work on AO3, and you can find a whole bunch of my favourite fics under my fic recs tag! 

please feel free to say hi, and maybe leave some feedback or send me a request (because I’m always looking for more inspiration)! 

[northerntrash]

I have not contributed enough to this lovely little fandom to really justify myself, but I’m here anyway Woo barduil fandom meetup! It’s so nice to see so many lovely faces today, and to meet more of you! I’m northerntrash here and on ao3, and I’m the one who writes anything-other-than-middle-earth-aus and makes sub-par edits. I’m from Britain, am doing a PhD in ancient Greek history, and spend my free time writing historical and mythological AUs and some original fiction. 

I’ve been into Tolkien’s world for decades, and I started low-key shipping these loser dads after a combination of BOTFA and @barduil ‘s influence. I love this little fandom for its chill factor and the fact that people just seem to have fun in this tag. Also, let’s all cheer for @barduil for continuing to organise so much for us <3

[huacheng-zhu]

okay well, today is the Barduil Fandom Meetup, so let’s do this again!

Some of you might know me from back when I had a barduil blog called breathingbarduil, then acebarduil! but I’m going to introduce myself a little anyway :3

My name’s Bérénice, and I was born on November 9th in Brussels, where I still live! I’m studying French and English language and literature this year. I have a younger sister named Eléonore who has to endure my obsession with Barduil, and three cats–Eliott, Liam and Gabriel (there are some pics of them on my Instagram). Ah and I love baking, and (cosplaying) Bard!!

I’m also a fic writer, and I’m working on an original story as well. You can find me on AO3 as bereniceofdale, but I used to be breathingbarduil there, too. I’d be forever grateful if you could check out my stories, particularly Somewhere Only We Know! :D I’ve organized a few events for the ship (check out the Barduil Secret Santa, sign-ups are still open!) and contributed in other ways than writing but I’m just gonna share my stupid barduil powerpoint with you all!

Barduil is my very first OTP and I fell into it quite early (I fully accepted my fate on December 29, 2014, and created my Barduil blog a few days later) and, almost two years, 250k of fanfiction and a tattoo later, I’m still there and not planning on going anywhere. This is such a lovely fandom full of even lovelier people!

I’ve made amazing friends (who have to deal with neverending snaps of my cats, but I’m not really sorry. for those who don’t have me on snapchat, I’m terrible at keeping in touch but I think of you I swear ;v;), met amazing fellow shippers and started writing thanks to this ship, and I’m very, very thankful for all that. <3

Most of my fave fics were written by @meludir who is fab (and made the little doodle of me!!) You can find his stories here. I’m also in love with @northerntrash‘s stories! You can find a few more of my recs here. :3 also we have the best artists!! I love you all so much alright ;w;

also I headcanon Thranduil as ace and Bard as demi (but my guilty pleasure is the both of them as ace) preferably not interested in (having) sex so if you share this headcanon pls come talk to me we can be buddies

I’ll end this with my daily reminder to leave comments on the fics/chapters you’ve enjoyed. the fandom is really quiet now so please give your writers love, let them know you’re still there and reading!

[huacheng-zhu]

I recently got an ask suggesting to organize another barduil fandom meetup, and since it’s been about a year and a half since the first one, many people who got into the ship later missed it, so... why not! :3

The concept is simple (and was all @kenaiskoda‘s idea!) - on September 17th, you’re all invited to post selfies (or something else if you’re not comfortable with posting pics of yourself) in the ‘barduil fandom meetup’ tag, and talk about yourself (as much as you want!)

You’re also welcome to share your headcanons, tell us about how you got into barduil, what are your favourite fics/fanarts, promote whatever you’ve created for the ship... anything you want!

The point is to get to know each other a little better and share some love and positivity by reblogging/replying to/liking each other’s posts. (by the way, please, only one post per person!) The first meetup really was a lovely and successful event, so let’s do this again and have fun, shall we? :D

Please reblog this post to spread the word!