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Brinkmanship by December for Athael, mamimurero, Tar_Ancalime, wanderingjedihistorian (RangerJedi67), tombombadildo
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies), J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Legendarium & Related Fandoms
21 Aug 2026
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Boromir believes that certain shameful delights are best gotten over and done with quickly. Aragorn, naturally, has other ideas.
Or, how Boromir finally gets taught some patience.
________Inspired by amazing NSFW fanart.
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The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known. by broken_pencils
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
03 Nov 2023
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Who would win: An emotionally-repressed, touch-starved captain of Gondor with an achy back and an inferiority complex, vs. one kingly boy?
Somewhere post-Lorien on the banks of the Great River, Aragorn unveils his secret talent for giving massages, and Boromir has an emotional breakdown.
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15 Sep 2026
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riding home in the morning by blanketed_in_stars (postatoflarch)
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types
17 Dec 2023
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Boromir wakes to the sound of the water, and above the strange silvery echo, birdsong. Was he sleeping?
Or: Boromir dies at Amon Hen. Then, one year later, he comes back.
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15 Sep 2026
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"The people are fools!" Denethor whirled around, his eyes bright with a frantic, desperate light. "You are my son. My heir. The blood of Westernesse is pure in you. You were taught that the word of the Steward is law. Do you deny your blood? Do you deny your father?"
Boromir flinched. The weight of his upbringing was a physical thing, a mountain of expectation he had climbed every day of his life. Denethor had shaped him, molded him into the shield of Gondor, and for forty years, Boromir had never known a world where his father’s word was not the absolute truth.
"I do not deny you, Father," Boromir whispered.
"Then prove it." Denethor stepped forward, placing a tray into Boromir’s shaking hands. On it sat a delicate porcelain pot and a single cup. The steam rising from it smelled faintly of mountain herbs and something sharper,something bitter. "The 'King' is weary from his paperwork. He sits in his solar, vulnerable. Bring him this tea. Let the line of Stewards be restored before the sun sets."
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15 Sep 2026
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Fool of a Took by AnonymousBookshelf
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings (Jackson Movies), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
26 Apr 2026
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Fool of a Took seemed to be the enduring muttered mantra of the Fellowship, at least where Gandalf was concerned. It was entirely possible that the others thought it in their hearts– certainly not his fellow hobbits, but perhaps the Men that were sworn to follow Frodo into fire and flames, the grumbling dwarf, and the strange elf who spoke rarely and blinked even less. Pippin tried not to let it prick his heart: he knew this quest was something far beyond his understanding of the world, knew that truly realizing it would warp his brain in ways that could not be undone, knew that, after all, he was just a simple hobbit who had quite literally stumbled into saving the world. He could quell the pinpricks with those thoughts.
Before Moria, of course. Before knocking the helmet down the well. Before the balrog.
(In which Legolas has a bad time, Pippin has even worse time, and the Fellowship finally gets around to talking about the balrog incident, though not before Legolas and Pippin run into trouble in the woods.)
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- Part 1 of the crownless again shall be king
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15 Sep 2026