But to me, he was....

Winter always reminds me of the Hobbit trilogy. Which belongs to the flawed canons which I love fervently despite being aware of just how faulty they are. Too bloated, shouldn't have been three movies, ridiculous Action!Legolas scenes (and too many action senes in general), yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm with you, but listen: These flawed movies made me care about their characters in a way I just hadn't in the book (save for Bilbo). (Maybe I read it too late, and in the wrong order - i.e. I read LotR first, with 12 or 13, and was 21 by the time I got around to The Hobbit.)

( Ramblings under cut to protect Tolkien and movies newbies )

I checked whether there was new-to-me fanfiction relevant to my interests, and came up with these:

Exile: what Tauriel did next

From such great heights: There's a first time for everything: Gandalf/Galadriel.

Perennial: Bilbo's life with Frodo between trilogies and beyond. (Bookverse, but works for movieverse as well.)


Unguarded: Thorin contemplating his burglar.