Thranduil was my absolute favourite as a kid, and I loved the friendship that springs up between him and Bilbo by the end of the book. I really, really hope that PJ keeps that in the films, though I have my suspicions that he won't. I've always hated Thorin, and even though Richard Armitage is wonderful, I still can't stand the character. I kind of like what he did with Thranduil, but he's a little too...Jareth cold to everyone around him, instead of just to the Dwarves.
That is probably the best explanation for Gandalf throwing Hobbits into quests that I've seen. XD It's true, as well - the Hobbits are far more concerned with basic practicalities than the others seem to be.
I now really want crack!fic with Bilbo vs. Feanor & Sons.
The prompt fits really well with my Thranduil head-canon, actually, which is that Thranduil picked up a few tricks on kingdom protection from Queen Melian while he was living in Doriath. It would explain the river and the illusions... I was going to do fever-dreams, so more nightmarish than constant feasting, but having a few surreal moments would be good.
Oropher would just break me, especially Legolas' reaction. I kind of want to put Sauron in there as well, just to properly freak Gandalf out. Bard would probably take a lot of it in stride, especially with his viewpoint of Elves as 'friendly-other' but Thorin would definitely not be appreciative of hallucinated dragons.
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Date: 2014-01-25 09:56 pm (UTC)From:I've always hated Thorin, and even though Richard Armitage is wonderful, I still can't stand the character.I kind of like what he did with Thranduil, but he's a little too...Jarethcold to everyone around him, instead of just to the Dwarves.That is probably the best explanation for Gandalf throwing Hobbits into quests that I've seen. XD It's true, as well - the Hobbits are far more concerned with basic practicalities than the others seem to be.
I now really want crack!fic with Bilbo vs. Feanor & Sons.The prompt fits really well with my Thranduil head-canon, actually, which is that Thranduil picked up a few tricks on kingdom protection from Queen Melian while he was living in Doriath. It would explain the river and the illusions... I was going to do fever-dreams, so more nightmarish than constant feasting, but having a few surreal moments would be good.
Oropher would just break me, especially Legolas' reaction. I kind of want to put Sauron in there as well, just to properly freak Gandalf out. Bard would probably take a lot of it in stride, especially with his viewpoint of Elves as 'friendly-other' but Thorin would definitely not be appreciative of hallucinated dragons.