Evandar

I've seen a couple of images of Legolas, like the one where he's talking to Bard and one where he looks like he's carrying Orcrist, but nothing about the Elves other than that. Dwarves in Barrels is going to be a thing, isn't it. Those pics are everywhere.

Aragorn was certainly going for some kind of record there, I think. How many names does one guy need? And then there were the titles!

Mm, I was a bit confused by the Ainulindale - like, "why is this here?" - but I got through it okay. I did get through The Silmarillion far quicker the second time around, about two weeks, but then I put it aside and left it there for a very long time because my place as 'nerdiest nerd in the family' was cemented and I didn't have the strength to go through it again.

I've tried reading some of the Histories, but the lack of coherent narrative was a bit of a sticking point. Some of Tolkien's letters have interesting snippets in them, but I didn't manage to finish them before I started travelling and had to leave the book at home.

And I signed up twice. One fic will be Thorin/Bilbo, and the other Celebrimbor/Narvi, because apparently I'm a masochist fan of dwarf/other species relationships.