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  1. Rec 58

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    “Dwarves tend to use the stones they come from, but here,” Gandalf says, reaching into some hidden pocket of his robes and revealing a handful of very dirty gemstones. “Take these.” 

    Covered in dirt and all else, Bilbo really can’t see what he’s even looking at. A couple of gems, perhaps, or crystals. Only one tends to be actually cut into the fashion of rings, but the others look like they’ve come from the ground directly. One looks to be a garnet, but that’s the only color he recognizes. 

    “And pray tell,” Bilbo drawls, “what am I supposed to do with this?” 

    Gandalf laughs, fully bodied and leaning forward slightly. Bilbo can’t help but stare, half debating on throwing the mismatched rocks right onto the ground. 

    “Why, give it to Thorin, perhaps? As a token of… friendship,” Gandalf says.

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    Or Bilbo gives Thorin a gem that means lust. Thorin eventually replies with a flower that means hate. They figure it out in the end.

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    11 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Sooo well written and a lovely piece :)

  2. Rec 32

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    It was a truth universally acknowledged to all within Erebor and its surrounding lands that Dwalin and Nori of Thorin’s Company could not stand the sight of each other. They fought and bickered each and every time their paths crossed like a feral cat and a baited dog.
    But a truth slightly more obscured than that, lounging just to the left of what could be handily observed, was the notion that hate probably didn’t describe this at all.

    In which Thorin and Bilbo are hypocrites, Dwalin and Nori are oblivious, and the entire Company (plus Dís) are shipper trash.

    Or: the most ill-advised romance Erebor has ever seen, featuring all the gratuitous little Austen-isms you have always craved in a Hobbit fic!
    Half Nwalin, half Bagginshield.

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    10 Apr 2026

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    !!!!! Woop woop !!!!!

  3. Rec 66

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    Bilbo Baggins, in the last days of his life, departed Middle-earth bound for the blessed realm with his companions. Until the Valar intervene. The Valar offer him a chance to change his fate, and with it the history of Middle-earth. He sets out to save the line of Durin and to prevent the ring from ever going to Frodo...but the Ring of Power has a will of its own, and its power is not one to be lightly thrown aside.

    Another Battle of Five Armies fix-it, because we can never have too many stories where there is more to their story than death and grief. Though in this case, there is still some lingering grief. This timeline will be a mash-up of the book and movies, along with some lore and events from the later trilogy (LOTR), and assorted other Tolkien lore taken from various essays, works, and one very entertaining interview between Richard Armitage (Thorin) and Martin Freeman (Bilbo). Anyway, hope you all enjoy!

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    08 Apr 2026

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    Beautifully written :)

  4. Rec *

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    “And, like – farming, right? How hard can it be? Take a seed, put it in some dirt, sprinkle some water and wait. Boom. Food. Done. And I’ve driven a tractor practically every weekend this year, it’s not that hard.”

    Gemma pauses the video. She un-shares her screen. Her smiling face pops back up in the centre of Max’s monitor, gaze distinctly pointed.

    Wait.

    “That’s it?” Max hisses, incredulous. “Seriously? I’m getting cancelled over a joke about fucking farming?”

     ~~~~~

    Max has had PR disasters before. This time, though, he’s made the mistake of pissing off some random British farmer with a loyal YouTube fanbase and a penchant for passive-aggressive callouts via X. And George Russell isn’t the type who’s easily appeased.

    (Or: Max learns to drive a tractor, harvest wheat, and fall in love.)

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    25 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Do i wanna eat the food in the fic, or the fic itself? Modern philosophy.

  5. Rec 35

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    At the 2009 FIA Prize Giving Awards in Monte Carlo, Jenson Button - now a world champion - stumbles across the sport’s biggest conspiracy. Namely, the secret love affair turned estrangement of two of its biggest stars: his old boss, Alain Prost, and Ayrton Senna, the godlike driver who survived a near fatal accident in 1994 to sustain life changing and career ending injuries. The pair haven’t spoken since and apparently, it’s all in the past, but with the help of a bored Sebastian Vettel - who is either trying to flirt with Jenson or poach him into the second seat at Red Bull - and Senna’s protege, the emotionally repressed Lewis Hamilton, Jenson sets into motion his most ambitious scheme yet. Matchmaking!

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    18 Aug 2025

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    Bawled my eyes out. Giggled evilly at the trios poor failing plans. 10/10