Fic: The First Night Out of Bree

[dreamflower]

Over at great_tales they've had an informal fic exchange going. Here's the one I wrote for labourslamp, who requested a bit of fanon-busting. Be warned, these are not the hobbits you are used to, LOL!

Title: The First Night Out of Bree
Rating: G
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Characters: Aragorn-Strider, Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam
Words: 542
Warnings: Some very cherished fanons turned on their heads.
Disclaimer: Middle-earth and all its peoples belong to Tolkien. I own none of them, though some of them own me.
Summary: Strider finds himself with four rebellious hobbits on his hands.
Author’s notes: labourslamp's prompt was "Bust your favorite (or least favorite) fanon."  So I set out to do that, beginning with one I know she likes to bust, and busting one of my own favorites, as well as a couple of others, plus I threw in a bit of obscure and discarded info from the History of Middle-earth which I won't identify. Have fun guessing.

First Night Out of Bree

Comments

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

hehehe, the hobbit pile! :) Niiiice!

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

The hobbit pile and the Ranger who doesn't care about his cleanliness all in the same tale. Hee.

And Frodo's appearance!

[dreamflower]

Yep, the good old hobbit-pile (one of my favorites) not to mention the "scruffy Ranger" bit! LOL!

[dreamflower]

Yep.

Well, the movie-verse eye-color is a fanon that is labourslamp's bete-noir, so I had to put that in! And the bits about Frodo's appearance come from HoMe!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

That's hysterical. I loved the wart and the hobbit pile. And Strider being so particular about his appearance. Well done.

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

Well, that was splendid! Just as it should be! :)