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While I am quite sure that most of the folks on my flist have probably read this one, since it was posted in 2006, I just finished it for the first time, and am just blown away by it!

It's by mariole, and it's called By Life or Death. It's an AU in which Strider and the hobbits encounter a LIVE troll right after they found the petrified ones.

An epic battle with the monster and some brilliant h/c, especially for Aragorn and Frodo (though others come in for their share as well), some wonderful angst, lots of love, loyalty and friendship and terrific characterizations of all five heroes (I'm blown away by her Aragorn, as I don't think I'd ever seen her write him before; I'm used to her wonderful hobbits)--well, I'm still a little breathless.

So, maybe if you are new you haven't read this; if it sounds like it might appeal, I highly recommend it! And perhaps if you vaguely remember it from the past, you might want to renew your acquaintance with it--it is certainly worth a re-read!

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.

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I just realized: This is Midsummer's Day! The perfect time to post this lovely vid I found on YouTube

A tribute to the King of Gondor and his Queen!

I've posted parts 3 & 4:

Part III: Through the Rude Wind's Wild Lament
http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/46467.html#cutid1

Part IV: Yonder Peasant, Who is He?
http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/47027.html

Here's a link to the second part of "Good King Elessar".

Part II: A Good League Hence
http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/44955.html

Here's the first part of a little something for the holidays:

Rating: G
Summary: Frodo Gamgee learns something about the High King...(If this story seems to bear a more than passing resemblance to a familiar seasonal song, it is not a coincidence.)

GOOD KING ELESSAR

PART I: HITHER PAGE AND STAND BY ME

http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/44281.html