#Meridoc brandybuck

[mushroomates]

the fellowship bbq:

gandalf: arrives last (a wizard is never late), brings the most bizarre things with him. seven hot dogs buns (the exact number needed), a pepper shaker, (they ran out of pepper mid bbq) and fourteen napkins (there was a spill)

gimli: brings the beers. he has a giant ass cooler covers in rock (ha) band stickers as well as national parks. brings like,,., artisanal, local shit. unheard of brands and always fantastic. also brings homemade lemonade which is unironically the best shit ever. (the secret is he adds a pinch salt. the second secret is that the salt is “home grown”

legolas: oh boy legolas. really doing his best to master the art of pasta salad and it’s not going great. has brought: loose, uncooked penne mixed in with oak leaves, a ziplock bag of wet spaghetti and a separate ziplock bag of ranch dressing, three and a half raviolis on a bed of lettuce, and most recently, four different boxes of mac’n’cheese, unopened, and arranged artfully in a stand mixer bowl.

frodo: brings jello. every time. box-ready, red dye 40, un-name brand, jello. it’s the only thing he can reliably make and bring. it’s weirdly a hit every time. mostly because legolas and pippin play a game where they see how much random shit they can stick in it before the jello collapses.

sam: would love to bring the pasta salad but legolas says he has that covered. instead, brings potato salad and fruit salad. also brings the plates, forks, table cloth, condiments, seasonings and fly-covers. also bakes brownies with sprinkles themed per season.

merry: also brings brownies. do not eat merry’s brownies if you are driving or plan to drive within the next three days. pays sam like 20-50 bucks cash (whatever he can grab from his parents before he arrives to the function) because he wants to contribute more but hasn’t figured out how.

pippin: well,,, pippin. if you’re lucky with a giant ass watermelon, uncut. now your job to prep it as you see fit. also has a basket of loose produce he picked from his neighbors garden. there’s like,,,, sixteen cherry tomatoes and a fist full of mint.

boromir: is very protective of his grill. this does not stop merry and pippin from sneaking bites of of the cooking meat. has various “kiss the cook” aprons he cycles through. has a smoker and a grill, separate, brings both if not hosting. serves everyone else first. makes his patties from scratch.

aragorn: (?????) jerky. deer, probably. trail mix, fruit leather, mushrooms. all home made and foraged. sometimes brings baskets of wild blackberries. is more suited to picnics than barbecues. would like to one day man the grill- he can cook meat decently- but boromir won’t let him because he’s to light handed with the seasoning.

[rhosinthorn]

November Wrap Up

That's it, it's a wrap for 2023. Let's see what I managed:

67,755 words, at or over 1667 words/day.

1 Flax by TinCanKnits (Newborn size)

1 Meridoc Brandybuck sock (Fellowship of the Socks collection by Claire Ellen)

Half a braid spun into a single, the other half chain plied in a last minute push.

Now we turn our minds to the advent crafting season, and all of the things I've promised you lot would get published before 2024 knocks on the door.

Are you at all interested in these updates or do most of you not care what fiber-crafty madness I get into? I can trim it down to just fic work or skip the updates in favor of my previous sporadic posting.

[mikey-64]

Boromir tries to train Merry and Pippin to fight properly. Unfortunately they have no intent to do so. I really loved the way Boromir was portrayed in the books, especially when he was protective of the hobbits. I could type on and fill pages with my feelings on the matter, so I will just hush and post.

[statuesarecooliguess]

Boromir saw merry and pippin and was like “is anyone else gonna adopt that or-?” And then didn’t wait for an answer

[eliestela]

“I don’t think he knows about second breakfast.”

You’re right Merry several people do not know about second breakfast.

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

Ah, by let's not forget that without Tom, Merry would never have been equipped with the one blade in all of Middle Earth capable of affecting the Witchking of Angmar/chief Nazgul. Hobbit Merry's blow enabled another 'not a man' to do the Ringwraith in.

Actually I love that Tolkien decided to include Tom Bombadil. What an amazingly unhinged decision. Literally 5 minutes out of the Shire Merry & Pippin almost get eaten by a sentient evil willow tree but there's just Some Guy who's In Charge of the trees and tells it to let them out. He's older than elves and the river is his wife. Also he's immune to the ring, the thing that the preceding 120 pages and following 800 pages are entirely about and he literally never shows up again. Everyone's like "oh he's God" and Tolkien was like NO he's not God he's literally just a Guy and I don't know what he's doing there either he just wants to be. Incredible. No notes.

[sys-garden]

Galadriel: for peregin took and meridoc brandybuck some daggers, for samwise gamgee some rope ;), me looking at gimli/my hair for gimli, a forehead kiss and a nightlight for frodo, and for you, lil uzzi, a rob zombie poster 

lil uzzi: eeeeee

Galadriel:

[mushroomates]

the fellowship as roommates:

frodo: probably one of the best roommates out there. keeps to himself, tidy, does his laundry quickly and doesn’t leave it in the wash for a week. the company he keeps inviting over are weird though and you wish he’d stop obsessing over his jewelry. there’s a ring dish by the sink he’s always being funny about.

sam: he has to stop bringing plants home. the amount of dirt where there shouldn’t be is getting ridiculous. will make bread for the household though, and that makes up for it. does his dishes and all the dishes in the sink frequently and genuinely enjoys the task. took over the decoration and homemaking instantly.

merry: has a massive candle collection that would be fire safety issue. it not, however, a fire safety issue because merry never lights them. he has discontinued yankee candles and various limited edition scents. it’s his pride and joy and he doesn’t ever want to burn them because he wants to keep them forever. once pippin lit his maple-bacon soy wax triwick 1998 and merry went nuts. aside from that, pleasant company.

pippin: his parents pay for his rent because he couldn’t be bothered to pay it on time, and the tooks really, really wanted their son out of the house. do NOT go in his room. has not done laundry ever and does not plan to. keeps dirty dishes in his hamper and under his bed. keeps buying new forks thinking you won’t notice.

boromir: pays his rent a day early. handles the bills and finances and just tell you how much you owe. very respectful about your space in the fridge. does his best to be quiet past 9pm. he does, however, carve wood over the carpet and splinters have become an issue. he vacuum’s but it’s seriously becoming a problem. also keeps inviting these weirdos over who try and eat all your food.

aragorn: keeps tanning hides in the living room. is never home because he’s always at his girlfriends place. brought a dehydrator into the mix and the house always smells like meat because he’s making jerky. he will share it though, which is nice:

legolas: is mildly afraid of the bathroom. keeps clogging the drains with copious amounts of shed hair. uses your shampoo when he thinks your not looking. eats all of the good food, and small bites out of pretty much everything. tracks dirt all over the carpet and has a thing for fairy lights.

gimli: historic weaponry is NOT home decor and why the hell would you keep it over your bed. he has to have his own bathroom which he keeps very specifically (the amount of products he uses for his beard is unreasonable). generally tidy, gets weird about organizing things by color and type and would rather you let him do it.

gandalf: hardly a roommate. sometimes you wonder if he still is living with you and then he’ll show up after months of ghosting you with a random horse and a new-differently colored hat. and he will explain more about the hat than the horse. no, gandalf, we can’t keep a horse in the bathroom. our landlord will find out. please shut up about your new hat.

gollum: fresh fish keep being left on your counter on the first of each month. they’re very much someone’s goldfish that keep going missing. once, a parakeet was left in your sink. your lost socks keep reappearing on your couch. sometimes shiny rocks and coins are placed next to your phone at night. four months in there’s a scratching in your walls and this fucker pops out. he’s been living off of your scraps for nearly a year and thinks you two are best friendsies! <3 he tries to plea that he’s being paying rent. someone call the cops. (sam comes over and shoo’s him out with a broom. it’s frodos weird friend from college.)

[dmnsqrl]

My gender is Meridoc Brandybuck/Gollum/Samwise Gamgee

[iamjusthereforthefreefood]

I don't trust people who say they found Lord of the Rings boring.

[theevenstarofherpeople]

Deleted Scene from The Fellowship of the Ring

-- Arwen with Hobbits

As a crazy note, I can't even find a spot on the internet that will tell me what this scene was supposed to be about. But. Arwen. With The Hobbits. Her smiling. That adorable outfit. WANT.

[the-tardis-in-mystic-falls-blog]

Fangirl Challenge [10] Friendships - Merry and Pippin (The Lord Of The Rings)

[eliestela]

Finally Merry is here! And I’m sure, he’s thinking about ales from the Green Dragon.

[maddimcfly]

dude stop it your feet smell like an orc

Pippin by Bailey! Merry by me!

Photog was Alex!!

[magic-forest-fairy]

[dharmastation]