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Beneath the Ever-Bending Sky by leupagus. Teen and Up, 37,000+ words. Rule 63!Bilbo/Thorin, Tauriel/Kili, various LotR canon pairings, implied Gimli/Legolas.
I have very little to (coherently) say about this story. Nearly everything 'Gus writes makes me laugh out loud, cringe, and verge on tears. This fic comes with: my beloved Alternate Universe-Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies tag, a pregnant Bilbo happily flouting what little she learns of courtly manners, dwarves and elves in love (the bits with Gimli and Legolas had me laughing so hard I spilled soda all over my desk), and the full ensemble from the films given their fair share of 'screen-time.' I recommend setting aside enough time to read the whole thing at once, as I found it a bit of a nail-biter.
In other news, I think the majority of Yuletide assignments went out today, and I'm psyched for mine! The fandom is one I've always wanted to write for, but haven't mustered the motivation to sit down and plot a story in. The 'Dear Yuletide' letter for my assignment was incredibly sweet and gave me the go-ahead to do whatever I want. Their only request was that any AU be canon AU, which should be easily doable *jinxes self* So. Yes. Quite thrilled.
This final bit is basically a reminder to tell this story to a few friends coming to town for the Blackhawks/Coyotes game next month.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest meant no NHL team nearby. The only hockey fan in my family was an uncle who lived in Chicago. Said uncle is one of my favorite people, a dear, awkward kindred spirit who shares my love of science fiction and madmen wielding sticks while flying across ice with razors strapped to their feet. I spent my formative years wailing about our failure to win the Stanley Cup, and then 2010 happened and it became less scoff-worthy to be a 'Hawks fan.
At any rate, I grew up loving hockey. When I joined AO3 a few years back I was pleasantly surprised to discover a treasure trove of Hockey RPF. I now 'know' way more about the team than is remotely 'normal,' like their hometowns and relatives' names. It occasionally makes me feel like a bit of a stalker, but it came in quite handy this week!
I work front desk/audit at a hotel while going to school full-time. It's an easy job and I've been fortunate enough to have managers who let me study/do coursework when it's slow. I wouldn't want to do it forever, but it pays the bills and I occasionally get to meet awesome people.
Case in point: the father of a Blackhawks player recently stayed at my hotel. I saw the name and city on the reservation prior to his arrival and thought 'well, that's either an incredible coincidence or--' Normally I wouldn't say anything, but he walked in and looked like an older clone of his son so I had to ask. Before I'd finished asking, he pulled out his phone and showed me a picture ofheir whole family with the Cup, proudly proclaiming, 'He's my son.' He then happily chatted stats, conference realignment, and the oddity of hockey teams in warm cities for a good twenty minutes. Every time I saw him for the rest of his stay, he'd stop to say hello and thank me for being a fan and following his boy's team.
Sometimes people are just incredibly nice. It's a refreshing change of pace.
Beneath the Ever-Bending Sky by leupagus. Teen and Up, 37,000+ words. Rule 63!Bilbo/Thorin, Tauriel/Kili, various LotR canon pairings, implied Gimli/Legolas.
I have very little to (coherently) say about this story. Nearly everything 'Gus writes makes me laugh out loud, cringe, and verge on tears. This fic comes with: my beloved Alternate Universe-Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies tag, a pregnant Bilbo happily flouting what little she learns of courtly manners, dwarves and elves in love (the bits with Gimli and Legolas had me laughing so hard I spilled soda all over my desk), and the full ensemble from the films given their fair share of 'screen-time.' I recommend setting aside enough time to read the whole thing at once, as I found it a bit of a nail-biter.
"Thranduil's apparently as horrified as you are. The two of them come to visit me because she was ordered by her liege that she could only speak with Kili if she were chaperoned."
"Isn't she a thousand years old?"
"So speaks the dwarf who took a wife a hundred and fifty years his junior," Bilbo yawns. "But no, my dearest husband, you need not fear that in my final months of gestating the largest and most irritating children alive I have succumbed to the sexual wiles of an elf-maiden and agreed to run off with her to a tree house."
"A relief indeed," Thorin says.
"Isn't she a thousand years old?"
"So speaks the dwarf who took a wife a hundred and fifty years his junior," Bilbo yawns. "But no, my dearest husband, you need not fear that in my final months of gestating the largest and most irritating children alive I have succumbed to the sexual wiles of an elf-maiden and agreed to run off with her to a tree house."
"A relief indeed," Thorin says.
In other news, I think the majority of Yuletide assignments went out today, and I'm psyched for mine! The fandom is one I've always wanted to write for, but haven't mustered the motivation to sit down and plot a story in. The 'Dear Yuletide' letter for my assignment was incredibly sweet and gave me the go-ahead to do whatever I want. Their only request was that any AU be canon AU, which should be easily doable *jinxes self* So. Yes. Quite thrilled.
This final bit is basically a reminder to tell this story to a few friends coming to town for the Blackhawks/Coyotes game next month.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest meant no NHL team nearby. The only hockey fan in my family was an uncle who lived in Chicago. Said uncle is one of my favorite people, a dear, awkward kindred spirit who shares my love of science fiction and madmen wielding sticks while flying across ice with razors strapped to their feet. I spent my formative years wailing about our failure to win the Stanley Cup, and then 2010 happened and it became less scoff-worthy to be a 'Hawks fan.
At any rate, I grew up loving hockey. When I joined AO3 a few years back I was pleasantly surprised to discover a treasure trove of Hockey RPF. I now 'know' way more about the team than is remotely 'normal,' like their hometowns and relatives' names. It occasionally makes me feel like a bit of a stalker, but it came in quite handy this week!
I work front desk/audit at a hotel while going to school full-time. It's an easy job and I've been fortunate enough to have managers who let me study/do coursework when it's slow. I wouldn't want to do it forever, but it pays the bills and I occasionally get to meet awesome people.
Case in point: the father of a Blackhawks player recently stayed at my hotel. I saw the name and city on the reservation prior to his arrival and thought 'well, that's either an incredible coincidence or--' Normally I wouldn't say anything, but he walked in and looked like an older clone of his son so I had to ask. Before I'd finished asking, he pulled out his phone and showed me a picture ofheir whole family with the Cup, proudly proclaiming, 'He's my son.' He then happily chatted stats, conference realignment, and the oddity of hockey teams in warm cities for a good twenty minutes. Every time I saw him for the rest of his stay, he'd stop to say hello and thank me for being a fan and following his boy's team.
Sometimes people are just incredibly nice. It's a refreshing change of pace.
