#pomgore

[canisalbus]

hello, is it alright if i use vasco and machete as muses for an assignment in my queer studies class? the assignment is to write a queer love letter, and i think of vasco and machete as really interesting queer muses for the way you treat the intersection of their lives and motivations--if this is something that would bother you though, that's totally fine, i figured it would be more polite to ask than to go ahead and write it.

Hi! If you feel like they're a good fit for your assignment, sure! I'm flattered you find them inspiring.

[mithrilhearts]

hey happy birthday!! here's to an uneventful and agreeable year <3 have a good day raz

THANK YOU, POM!!! I hope you’re doing well, my friend! 💖

[peitalo]

is it alright if i make an oc based on the look of your very lovely arcane trickster hummingbird? looking at your oc tag, particularly the high-saturation, expressive doodles of hummingbird has been very inspiring! (completely understand if no btw, i just thought i'd ask before i started developing my ideas)

hello!! yes, that’s alright, as long as the character is visually inspired by and not designed the same i’m alright with it! :-) & i appreciate you checking beforehand, go have fun!!

[abyssal-glory]

When you get this, you have to put 5 songs you actually listen to and publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)

Troope & Jay cursed me with Pathological Facade by GHOST, it’s SUCH a bop

aside from that:

Cotard’s Solution (Anatta, Dukkha, Anicca) - 2020 Remastered Version by Will Wood and the Tapeworms

onion boy by Isaac Dunbar

Raging on a Sunday by Bohnes

Fly in My Room by Kerrin Connolly

all of these songs want to become animatics at some point, the only caveats being that a) i’m a 3rd year college student with no time and b) i have never made an animatic before :p

[jay-borb]

funniest fic passage

thanks @pomgore for the tag!

rule: quote a passage from a completed work or wip that made you laugh as you wrote it

“Wonderful to have found you, darling-” Mr. Afton said theatrically, leaning against his cane to lower himself to Vanny’s eye level. His voice dropped to a low grumble, “this place is a fucking neon nightmare, these signs are going to be emblazoned on my eyelids for weeks, and I don’t even bloody have any-”  Vanny snorted and booped him on the nose (she still couldn’t get over the noise it made. Yippee), “You’re lost, aren’tcha, funny bunny?” Mr. Afton stood up straight, nose ruefully out of booping range, and gave her a withering glare. So, yes, he was very lost. Why he refused to just get Boss’s help was beyond her- HAH, LOST, what a LOSER! -no. Nevermind. She got it now.

we have here a perma-wip, it seems, though i love it dearly. i love the fnaf murder bunnies they are my friends . i love this evil gaslighty found family they suck so much

anyway, like in my last post, idk who to tag, so if you see this, feel free to take part!

[hms-tardimpala]

Goldsickness collection

So I bound a collection of goldsickness-centered fics and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. This post is about the binding, and I'll do the fic recs in another post so they can be found separately later, but I'll still say a huge THANK YOU to the authors here for writing these and replying when I reached out!

A list of the fics:

As Befits a King by @ladysisyphus

Chains of Gold by Plooby

What was promised by @stillparanoidnolongerafridge

Lay your troubles down by @avelera

Covet by @pomgore

Red Lines in Dark Stone by @elenothar

Of Monsters and Men by MsThunderFrost

Burning with a magnificent madness by EmilianaDarling

My intention with this binding was to make a book that could look like a jewel in Thrór's treasure hoard. I wanted it to evoke opulence, so it's voluntarily very busy for the eye. The fabric is holographic golden pleather (which is so hard to take a picture of, the book actually looks darker and truly gold, but the camera shows reflections from every angle), it looks like it's shifting in the light (and it gives me a headache if I stare at it too long, but I want to stare at it, which echoes the gold getting to Thorin's head nicely). The endpapers are sparkly like silver and diamond dust, and I gilded the edges for the first time. Notice the black headbands and blue ribbon as a callback to Thorin's hair and eyes.

This fantastic fanart and its colors were part of my inspiration.

Mistakes What I learned this time

The book has flaws, of course. The main problem is that I did a straight spine instead of a round one as I usally do: I misjudged the size difference between the text block and the cover, it should have been bigger because of the added thickness of the spine. I used a fabric that's very thick and unwieldy and not made for bookbinding, so I have big prominent corners. And since this is the first time I use a guillotine, I need to loose some habits I had when typesetting to get my margins to look good without cutting. This time, I actually could cut, and it was too tight. The acrylic paint gilding isn't great either.

But!

It's fine. It's a small book, but all the text I wanted to preserve is there, it's beautiful to me, and I'm very proud!

Materials:

Holographic pleather, 30x20 cm, amazon

Clairefontaine A4 paper, ivory color, 80g/m², bought in store

Acrylic paint Créalia, "matt silver pearl", cultura

Gray cardboard, 2mm thick, apg reliure

Ribbon, 6mm, amazon

Headband, amazon

[bagginshieldlibrary]

Canonverse list!

GIF by itscrochetnotknit

We're starting off with Oak and Mistletoe by HildyJ.

Summary: After a life dominated by a strange form of sickness, Thorin is sent to the Shire to seek a cure only Bilbo Baggins can offer.

Rating: Teen and Up

Word count: 55,643

This is not really your traditional Canonverse fic. Erebor never fell but Thorin is "cursed" and Bilbo is their last hope for a cure, due to his skills. Its a really good exploration of emotions and senses and how sometimes all we really ever need is a change of perspective.

There is a second Explicit part that is not linked to the fic so I've put it here.

Our next fic is Roses of Iron by Porphyrios

Summary: Two years after Bilbo returned from his adventures, he's made his peace with being back in the Shire. He still wonders what might have happened if things were different, but figures all that is behind him now. A mysterious visitor turns out to be someone he never thought he'd see again, and he's shocked by the news he hears.

Rating: Mature

Word count: 152,426

This fic is a work of art. The added lore, the explorations of both Bilbo and Thorin's character, the exploration of the dwarrow culture, and how how the story flows. Its a long fic but it's not a slow burn, in my humble opinion.

Here we have The Age of Miscommunication by SilverSkiesAtMidnight

Summary: “It’s got such a presence to it, even from a distance,” Bilbo says softly, and there’s a general murmur of awed agreement from the others. “Why, in all my fifty years, I never thought I’d see such a thing, and we haven’t even arrived yet!”

Thorin’s sword hits the ground with a clatter, and Balin chokes on his pipe.

The hobbit doesn’t look at Thorin, too busy thumping Balin on the back. Once the dwarf seems able to breathe again, he looks up, to find thirteen wide pairs of eyes fixed on him.

“What?” he says defensively, though he’s not sure what he’s defending.

“You’re how old?” Kíli squeaks.

Bilbo frowns at the young dwarf. “I’m fifty years old. Well, fifty-one, come springtime. Though it is not very polite to ask someone their age so bluntly,” he tells him primly.

Fíli makes a choked sound, and Nori lets out a vicious string of swears in Khuzdul."

Rating: Teen and Up

Word Count: 6,683

A comedy and a half. The company reacts drastically to finding out the age difference between hobbits and dwarves. I laughed, giggled and eye rolled at the theatrics.

Our first explicit fic rec is young savage things/ barely worth remembering by pomgore

Summary: For a moment, Thorin looks winded, his eyes wide and his jaw set tightly like Bilbo has wrung him out to dry. He seems out of his depth—it’s written all over his face, really—and Bilbo would be moved to sympathy if he didn’t know that somehow, this warranted Thorin seeking him out in the middle of the night. He remains guarded for both of their sakes.

“I have never courted anyone before, and I was not educated in the art before the dragon came.”

“Alright.”

“If I remember correctly, you have been- involved, with other hobbits before.”

“... I have.”

“Please teach me how to kiss.”

Rating: Explicit

Word count: 8,649

This fic ripped my heart out and then healed me. Its written in away that makes you want more and more, just like Bilbo and Thorin.

And last but certainly not list we have Songs in the Dark by Leoandlancer

Summary: After the resolution of the Battle of Five Armies and the beginning of the restoration of Erebor, Thorin and Bilbo are still carefully, and respectfully, distant to each other. Each certain the other wants nothing to do with them after the betrayals they've committed. However, trapped by a cave-in while exploring the lower halls, Thorin and Bilbo are suddenly, and unavoidably thrown together and slowly they begin to sort things out.

Rating: Teen and up

Word count: 13,400

Close quarters apologies and reconciliation, angst and fluff. Thorin singing. Really this fic hits all the delightfully good spots for one so short.

Also this fic is locked so you need an account to read.

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[fantasyinallforms]

Would you happen to have fic recs (or maybe existing collections on ao3) for Bilbo and Thorin parenting Frodo ? 🩷 I don't know if it's a trope you like or not

OK, let me start by saying I am SO sorry for taking like a week to respond. I have 4 projects/ events going at the same time right now.

This is not a trope I usually read, but every once in a while, I get a kick for it. Since I got this ask, I've added a few new ones to my TBR. I have a few recommendations, and I encourage others to add more recommendations to the comments (Self plugs are loved and welcome) ~~~~~~

The Shire’s Gems  by awkwarng3 {G}

Right As Snow  and Concerning Dwobbits by @lordoftherazzles both {G}

Notices in the Paper by YamBits {T}

The Longest Time by dddeaky {E}

in our bedroom, after the war by UnfortunatelyObsessed {T}

strange things happen for no reason by @pomgore {G}

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I didn't know how you felt about Mprg, so I tried to leave out ones with that element. If that is something you are interested in, I can't recommend it enough.

One of a King by @domesticgoddesswriter {E} it has mild mpreg/ past Mpreg elements, and Bilbo's child is an OC named Dahlia (She is so so cute). Do mind the tags before reading. It's not raising Frodo, but it is co-parenting in a way (It's hard to explain it's brilliance)

[ezlo-x]

@pomgore I was planning to originally reply to where u posted this but I feel like im going to say A LOT so hope u dont mind :]

so how to kill gloom hands/phantom ganon even when you are at pretty low hearts/stamina (this is mostly for ppl who want to fight him at the beginning of the game when randomly encountering the Gloom Spawn NOT the final boss battle!!!)

to start off with foods and potions, you should have at least multiple plates that fully recover your hearts plus giving you extra hearts or an elixir that does the same effect. You should also stack up on gloom resistant foods, personally I did food plates than potions as I can also get partially healed when restoring your hearts from gloom effect. IF you haven't upgraded your armor at all I do recommend also making defense foods/potions. I recommend trying to make strong defense foods/potions like they gotta have that defense up to 2 or 3. Out of all of this I personally recommend to make a lot of foods that are gloom resistant and also just stock up on regular foods especially roasted food.

Armor! I don't have the strongest armor yet as I haven't done the Great Fairy sidequest yet. So I tried to make the most of it that is in Link's wardrobe, one armor set you definitely need the gloom resistant armor. Armor of the depths as it is called. At least wear one of the armor pieces but if you have all of them just use it tbh when it comes to fighting Phantom Ganon as he surrounds himself with gloom. Which makes it tricky when you want to walk up to him and attack.

Weapons! It all depends the Phantom Ganon you fight tbh, i dont know how it works on the other locations where you can encounter him but ik he has different weapons. The one I fought was in the cave that you encounter early in the game right next to the first dragon tear memory and the skyview tower. In that one he was wielding a sword. PERSONALLY FROM WHAT I REALIZED IS that spears are most effective in this fight especially if you dont want him near you KJDFNKJDNFG weapons that are above the 25+ attack points is good above 30 attk points is excellent the fight moves a lot more smoothly. Black Bokoblin horns are pretty good monster parts to fuse, if you have a polished weapon basically its not afflicted with gloom and it has a little sparkle icon next to the name of the weapon. When fusing those weapons with a material that does a lot of attack points with doubles the attack points by two making it pretty handy. From what I've seen the depths and through amiibos you are able to find polished weapons, I think a Rock Octoroc also helps you polish your weapon similar to botw basically.

How to kill Gloom Spawn 💥 you have the be the one to first spot it before it does. If you see one quickly try to climb somewhere high where they don't reach you, but you gotta be close enough where they don't despawn. The most effective way is to literally shoot arrows at it specifically bomb arrows make sure to keep your distance so you don't explode along with them. Idk if its effective but I also shot puffshrooms at them at it seems that it works to keep them distracted from the position where I'm at. And helps me keep a bit of distance when shooting bomb arrows at them. One thing for sure do not stop shooting, cause they will eventually leave. Just keep on shooting until every single arm is dead. Once you defeat the Gloom Spawn, Phantom Ganon should appear

How to kill Phantom Ganon ❤️ In this fight that I had he was wielding a sword. If you are an expert dodger at this game this will be a breeze since a lot of it is to just dodge his attacks. So very much learning how to dodge his attacks will make the fight easier. Phantom Ganon tends to jump back and charges at you, if his sword is swinging horizontally you dodge by doing a sick backflip, if his is swinging vertically you do a sidejump. HE ALSO DOES SPIN ATTACKS...I haven't really pin point when it happens during a fight I just run away when he does that

Once you kill him you'll get his bow (the bow's attack points depends at what state you are in the game progression wise) and his sword that is at a whopping 41 attack points. tbh I think the tedious part is to summon Phantom Ganon by killing the Gloom Spawn but overall its a very fun fight :]

[lyxthen]

tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

I just got tagged by @pomgore in this ask game. Thank you so much!!! :D I'm always exited to participate!!

3 Ships: Sam/Frodo from Lord of the Rings (samfro, which is what I'm into the most right now), Selene/Lillie from Pokémon Sun and Moon (moonlilyshipping, my dearest lesbians) and Jay/Nya from Ninjago (Don't question me. I like what I like).

First Ever Ship: Probably Ash/Serena (amourshipping) from the Pokémon XY anime. I was obsessed. I guess, technically, I shipped Misty/Ash first, but I didn't know what a "ship" was back then so I am not counting it.

Last Song: Abstract by Windows 96 (their music is great for focusing while working)

Last Movie: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. It was great. Would recommend.

Currently Reading: Godless World 1: The Way to Sognum, by Benito Taibo (I don't know if there is an English translation, but that was my best attempt at adapting the title)

Currently Watching: I'm not currently watching anything, I take suggestions.

Currently Consuming: Cookies and milk.

Currently Craving: The blessing of the muses (please I need it)

Tagging (and of course I don't mean to bother you, don't feel obliged to participate if you don't want to):

@fishybehavior @master-of-fluff @hordraomin @uriahcantdraw @kos-ire @ye3honk @tengwar @ageblue and @iamsweden

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[canisalbus]

this is a kind of morbid question i guess, but have you thought about the details of machete's assassination? who did it, were they paid off by someone else, how did they kill him, so forth? i've mostly been imagining a julius caesar type situation but im curious if that part of the story took shape in your mind too

I monologued about it a bit in the tags of this post not too long ago (fair warning, it's morbid)

[mithrilhearts]

Send this to ten other bloggers that you think are wonderful. Keep the game going, make someone smile!!!

[dogblessyoutascha]

Happy Friday! Have the other place my brain went after reading the words “maid cafe Adar”. Thank you @pomgore for putting this in my brain.

[morningnoodles]

I was tagged by the ever wonderful @lola-theshowgrl many moons back, thank you lovely! ✿ sorry it took ages aaaa

feel free to join if you want!

Last song: Oh No! by MARINA

Last movie: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Currently watching: Bluey

Currently reading: Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet; and despite your good intentions by pomgore

Currently craving: Mie goreng

Last thing you researched for writing/drawing/creating purposes: reaching out pose

[jay-borb]

wip tag game

thanks @pomgore for the tag!!

rule: Post the last sentence/line from your WIP or wherever you left off in your art. Then tag as many people as there are words in the sentence/line. Please make a new post if you decide to join the game.

delightfully, this one comes from a silly little fnaf thing im writing, an analysis of glitchtrap, done by burntrap

As such, I have no way of determining when the change from merely stored data on a rotting hard-drive in my basement to sentient fourth-dimensional ooze happened. A pity.

i always feel bad being the dead-end in a tag game but i just genuinely NEVER know who to tag so uhhh if you see this and you want to play along go ahead!

[pomgore]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Thranduil (Tolkien) & Tilda (Hobbit Movies), Bard the Bowman & Thranduil, Bard the Bowman & Bard's Children, Future Bard the Bowman/Thranduil Characters: Thranduil (Tolkien), Bard the Bowman, Bard the Bowman's Children Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Post-Battle of Five Armies, Fluff without Plot, Aftermath of Violence, Being Lost, thranduil has to relearn how to interact with children, Digital Art Summary:

Of course, Thranduil is not on high alert for children when the battle in Erebor rages because battlefields are no place for children. Indeed, even a lofty being like a Doriath elf feels faint among all the death - darkness is dwelling strong here, and Thranduil feels dim and alone as he walks the war-torn streets of Dale.

He is untethered as he drifts among his fallen soldiers like a ghost. So, when a child turns a corner and runs directly into his leg, Thranduil almost doesn’t notice.

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Bard's youngest, a talkative creature named Tilda, is separated from her family. Thranduil knows something must be done, but it is a challenge to figure out exactly what.

here are my @officialtolkiensecretsanta​​ goods! giftee will be revealed on december 24th stay tuned