I Am Admittedly, Not Good At Drawing People.,

Rightio, excited to get into this

Welcome to April! Let's shake off winter with some new Hobbit prompts! Mix and match prompts or just pick your favorites. The event is open to writers, artists, and creatives alike!

If you create something, just @acorn-and-oakleaves so we can showcase your work!

My favorite game: is it the new saw blade or the new saw that’s absolutely useless?

My nose is full of wood dust. Reminds me of when my dad would make me and my siblings wooden toys as kids and I’d stand behind him trying to peek up into the work bench to see what he was making but I was too short lol

Bilbo came to his senses

Nothing like your dead husband and nephews showing up at your front door to really stir up a quiet Tuesday night

Agh he is my heart

he’s just really special to me

Full disclosure Avenge the living chapter two is done but I’m a little concerned you guys because I have a vision for the story and it’s a bit dark and intense if that’s okay

A conversation I had in the workshop today:

Me: *attempting to break into a storage cupboard with a pair of broken felting needles* does anyone know how to get into this thing

A girl from the year above me: I used to just tear it open.. but they changed the lock

Me: ah, so this is your doing

My classmate: I have a knife

Me: nah, I need the scissors that are in here to cut some leath- A KNIFE?

My classmate: *proceeds to present me with the small collection of weaponry in her satchel bag*

Boromir and Thorin catching strays every ten minutes on Ao3

the fact that I’ve actually had this happen multiple times when I’ve entered a new fandom is hilarious like what do you MEAN

Someone said they liked the idea of Thorin using hand gestures and not talking much when he doesn’t have to (think somewhat selectively mute, maybe using Iglishmêk) and Bilbo yapper who fills every pause with his thoughts.

Bilbo: -and then he said ‘we can’t plant roses on the terraces, they’ll freeze’ can you believe that? We had the last winter snow six weeks ago- dear, where are the measuring spoons

Thorin: *doesn’t look up from his mountain of shitty paperwork, gestures vaguely in the direction of the a drawer that he put them in*

Bilbo: *rifling through the drawer* what do you think though? About the roses? Surely we can’t be expecting anymore snow? The-

Thorin: *without looking up* There’s not enough sun on the terrace you’re thinking of…

Bilbo: but-!

Thorin: plant them at the gates..

Bilbo: oh… o////o

Is that not canon haha, that’s always how I imagine them 😭😭 like jaguars as humanoids

Headcannon:

Tolkien describes many of the elves in LOTR as ‘beautiful and perilous’ or some other combination to the same effect. What if Elves created uncanny valley effects towards the other races of Middle-earth?

The elves keep a little too still.

They blink, but hardly enough to be ‘normal’.

Their skin is a little too perfect.

Elves’ grace feels more predatory.

They can be completely silent.

In conclusion, give me more unsettling Tolkien elves. Please, fanfic writers I beg you.

Thorin Oakenshield without a tummy is like an angel without its wings