#tricksy hobbits

[dvandom]

You, a foolish Man: I don't get why Hobbits are so focused on boring things like family trees when there's far more interesting things to do, like fight orcs. Pippin, his own most excellent father-in-law: (explains all of the above) You: Right, off to relax with some nice calming orc-fighting.

Every time Sean Astin makes a statement on whether or not Sam and Frodo were indeed gay for each other in lord of the rings he’s always like “well we have to acknowledge that attitudes around sexuality have changed dramatically over the past several decades and since authorial intent is only up to speculation, the story is open to multiple readings, some of which might have different significances for different groups of people also they kiss on the lips because I said so”

[burningknucklecraftworks]

Tricksy hobbit behavior

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

In my sophomore year, The Hobbit was on my summer reading list, and I honestly disliked it and found it irritating. One of the essay assignments we got when school started included 'what is the significance of Gollum calling The Ring, my precious?'

Tricksy, that teacher was, I'd say.

[mindovermuses]

Well, we obviously all rolled a group insight check of a natural freaking ONE against his deception roll last night!

this is so fucking funny of him actually

[the-overanalyzer]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! YOU MAY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SNUCK BY THIS YEAR, TRICKSY HOBBIT, BUT I'LL CATCH YOU NEXT YEAR. ily ily ily ily ily you're absolutely everything, you're totally aces, you're a star, thanks for being you, wish you a wonderful fun year, happy birthday! ⭐

💖💖💖

thanks

💚💚💚

[murkyhazed]

@serpcntes said: “ shhh! they’ll hears us! ssstupid. “ ( gollum @ any LOTR/hobbit muse )

               ❝   w-we’re   sorrys,   precious.   ❞      smeagol   cowers   further   into   the   dark   crevice,   trying   to   avoid   detection.      they   had   felt   the   precious   near,   had   seen   the   company   traveling.      smeagol   will   never   forget   the   tricksy   hobbitses   that   took   the   precious   from   them,   and   that   is   why   they   followed.      there   were   hobbitses   in   that   group   of   nine,   and   one   of   them   had   the   ring.      so   began   their   journey   of   following,   lingering   back   enough   so   that   they   could   not   be   seen   by   any   of   the   bigger   folk.      but   as   they   climbed   the   mountain,   smeagol’s   foot   slipped   which   had   caused   him   to   make   a   screeching   sound.      that   is   when   gollum   spoke   up   and   scolded   him.      ❝   we   will   be   more   careful,   we   wills.   ❞

[fishtomale]

if we can break free from the afab / amab dynamic really quick. i was assigned gollum at birth. my friends and family would play lord of the rings and i'd be like "oh! can i be frodo me and frodo are so similar!" and i couldnt be frodo. So i'd ask "oh can i be merry or pippin?" and they said we didn't need them in this part of the game. so of course i had to grab for the remaining hobbit and be like "can i please please please be sam then?" but someone was already sam. they always needed a gollum though. they said i was really good at being gollum. i think it's because i channeled my anger and resentment of not being frodo into the role. for years children, my peers, looked at me and saw nothing but an ideal gollum practitioner despite my knowledge that i was born to be a heroic albeit tricksy hobbit. no one reading this has suffered like i have

[mannequinswithkillappeal]

it's from a lockdown-era comedy skit imagining how the friends and family of the "rude mechanicals" in a midsummer night's dream would react to their disappearance

assad is playing robin starveling's boyfriend (who they've named prem)

I don't have the link right now but it's on the rsc's youtube channel

assad zaman • prem

[sparrowsarus]

10,16 and 18

Is there a fic that got a different response than you were expecting? Troutblight Blues. I was expecting crickets, frankly, and that was fine by me! But man, you mention Gordon Lightfoot and the Great Lakers come out of the woodwork like Discworld fans.

At what point in the process do you come up with titles? the very end, very rarely the middle, on occasion six months later and I have to wiggle in an author's note.

What’s one of your favorite lines you’ve written in a fic? Oh, tricksy hobbit! I have never written a single thing in my life as of this moment. Possibly this, from Like Two Sparrows In a Hurricane? Cheating, because it's two lines. He flirted with her outrageously in public, composed ditties for her in private, and taught her to dance under the glittering stars. He wanted to be her friend. He wanted to love her.

[oflights]

I thought it was Friday today and got all excited for a new chapter only to realise it isn't Friday yet 😢 Patience is virtue ig but I'm just really loving The Star Splitter <33

asdajldkas anon i am so sorry, genuinely that's devastating lol. hate when i think it's friday but it's just thursday being a tricksy little hobbit.

but thank you!!! you'll def have a star splitter update to look forward to tomorrow!!

[phoenixwrites]

For the soft asks: 6 please! (since anons have been attacking you i wanna hear all the nice things about you 🥰)

6. say three nice things about yourself (three physical and three non physical)

ISN'T THAT SIX THINGS, YOU TRICKSY HOBBIT?!

ALSO I ADORE YOU, I HOPE YOU KNOW.

I love my singing voice.

I love my writing.

I love my passion for things.

I love my eyes--they're very dark brown. Look a bit like Eddie's!

I love my boobs.

I love my very small hands, which can always fit into vintage gloves.

[ratgrrrlgames]

Poetry: Went to My First VEX Collective Workshop!

On Thursday, I had the pleasure of joining a local creative group for my first workshop with the Vex Collective. The session was run by Ben with the Theme ‘Grab Bag’, which was a whole bunch of short prompts and five minute writing times, initially with a pinch of random words for inspiration and then for the majority of the session everyone putting in prompts to the eponymous Grab Bag and us all writing something for each prompt as they were pulled. 

Ko-fi & Instagram posts with fancy images too big for tumblr

A Pinch of Words

Light a match and pick 

The chocolate scab 

Let thunder play

Through sleeping hardware 

For the vile time is now 

Play scab match for 

Vile chocolate thunder hardware 

Vile scab chocolate 

Plays a thunder match 

Through my faulty hardware 

Grab Bag 

A Drunken Goblins Song

The Maze Calls me 

Down, out, left, right, up, in 

And the forbidden direction 

Stumbling from hegemony 

Belly fat with mead 

A golden goblin spiral 

Unstoppable by oubliette 

A sopping shantay

A small sop singing shanties

Two People One Bag Of Money 50 Vaults Which One Has The Gold

We venture across the land

She afront and me behind

Plundering fifty vaults

A horse of pantomime

I was always a sturdy ass

And always passed the share

Lost my head, now I’m alone 

An ass without a mare

Watching The Leafcutter Bee Making Her Nest On My Balcony

I sit

Face pressed up against the window

Staring at nothing

As everything in entropy goes by

I see

A bee, so studiously

Crafting a family home

An effortless drive to eternity

I watch

The deft leafcutter

Dance about my balcony

And feel something I can’t place

I stand

Shaking off procrastination

Executive dysfunction

I know that I can be

Downfall

One small step for a hobbit

A tricksy slide of scree

Took a tumble down the chalkpit

While chasing a bumblebee

This little lass on the Denham Tracts

Means I’m covered, facts is facts

So the Tolkien estate can’t sue me!

Festival

Come one, come all

To our feastiuall!

A festive, feasting

Omnivorous carnival

The market goblins

With disco ball oranges and

Greedily delicious apples

Boast more Bognor than Butlins

Little cretins caper

From spring to fall 

And back again

In the misty morning vapour

The Vampire Was Addicted to Garlic

Carmilla dear

You know I am happy 

To Sheridan your Le Fanu

Believe me

I feel the Hungerstone

That only Dunn can do

But your breath…

No, not the tomb,

Not Blood, nor bone

It’s not the grave

That stops my lips

Darling

Your breath reeks of garlic!

Arranging Delivery of a Full-Sized Inflatable Double-Decker Bus

Life can be hard

For an arm-waving inflatable tube gal.

Only harder still

When you dream of a blow-up bus,

Had to be a double-decker;

Number 3

And only full-scale would do.

But the pump has burst

And they’ve sprung a leak

Let alone the lack of torque

Or so to speak

Whenever the wind blows through.

 The Worst Meal Ever

(Important note: Ben exclaimed, “Oh, fantastic!” when this prompt was read out)

Oh, fantastic!

He exclaimed at the nightmare dish

Sat sloppily presented before him. 

Verily, he prepared a litany;

Complaints alike a prayer.

Nothing so vile, disgusting, and gross

Has passed mine eyes,

Let alone my lips

I shall not, will not, dare!

Forlorn the chef watched on 

Through the kitchen door

Sharpening daggers with their stare.

[lord-0f-misrule]

I promise it's the truth! I really didn't. 🥺

I can the warlock elf. 100%

Let's see how long till you catch on, cuz you missed a bit. 🤭🤭

Next set.

1. Other then DnD what other TTRPGS are you interested in

2. Favorite book series

3. Favorite vinyl you have?

- 🔮

You say that, but I know just how tricksy you can be lil witch 😏

I'll be honest, I'm probably more like a hobbit than an Elf 😅

Did I miss a bit or am I just keeping you on your toes?

OK back to questions -

1. Oh so many! World of Darkness (specifically Vampire The Masquerade), Chronicles of Darkness (again, specifically Werewolf The Forsaken and Demon The Descent), Old Gods of Appalachia (awesome podcast too) and The Magnus Archives (another awesome podcast) and so many more!

2. There's too many 😅 The Belgariad and The Malorean series by David & Leigh Eddings. Night Lords by Aaron Dembski-Bowden. Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff. Those are just a few off the top of my head.

3. I have so many of them! I got a really pretty one today for Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out album, called "Gay Smurf Dick Edition" but I think my absolute favourites are Doom OST by Mick Gordon and a Black Sabbath The Ultimate Collection.

[rapid-apathy]

>join church >befriend priest >end up responsible for the entire parish religious education

they're tricksy hobbits

[eaudrey35]

Schiffty Tricksy Hobbit

I know a lot of u wish y'all would have voted for Katie Porter. She tried to tell y'all Abt Adam Schiff

[liminalmemories21]

SHE WAS TRYING TO TRICK ME INTO GIVING HER THE MENU OF HER HEN DO BECAUSE SHE HASN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING YET. I STAYED STRONG. TRICKSY HOBBIT.

sneaky. I approve.