Llinos

I write hobbit stories and Marigold beta's them for me. She also provides my muse and will spend forever talking over plot ideas with me. My longest story to date (too long some would say)is "Recaptured". I have not the strength to load it here yet, but it is available to read on fanfiction.net. There are other things I can load here though, in the fullness of time.

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• Limericks

  My Limerick Collection is growing - so I've decided to branch out from the dreaded ff.net and put them here - there are some new and some old. Apart from the original Fellowship set (fit the first) all the others are via requests received. NB: I'm still up for requests.

  G · 3 chapters · In progress · Published 8 January 2011 · Updated 8 January 2011 · Reviews (17)

• Happy Birthday Professor

  A birthday Poem for JRR - written by Sam

  G · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 3 January 2010 · Updated 3 January 2010 · Reviews (17)

• A Yuletide Lesson

  This is my Boxing Day (Feast of Stephen) offering. Dedicated to GW and Marigold with gratitude for making me think of Thluggul again and betaing respectively.

  G · 4 chapters · Complete · Published 26 December 2009 · Updated 26 December 2009 · Reviews (19)

• The Great Hobbiton Race of 1435

  Is the Shire really ready to move forwards? Technology has to be tried and tested - but with The Thain and The Master doing the testing will problems arise? The first two chapters appeared in Marigold's Challenge 40 and the story will continue here. 1st Place MEFA 2007.

  G · 15 chapters · Complete · Published 26 May 2007 · Updated 18 February 2008 · Reviews (137)

• Kiss The Lasses One Last Time

  A story for Twelth Night - Or in Hobbit Culture - Last Yule! During the Quest the hobbits have to make do with something less than they are used to. cosplay kostüme This Story is dedicated to Pipkin Sweetgrass. Because of the strength of her fascination in the relationship between Merry and Pippin and Boromir, I was inspired to make the Gondorian the agent provocateur of this piece. Therefore this story is dedicated to Ginger thebeecharmer with appreciation for her insight and bonnie memories of Scotland!

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 5 January 2008 · Updated 5 January 2008 · Reviews (5)

• Bits and Bobs

  A collection of rhymes, drabbles, po'ms and general nonsense that doesn't fit anywhere else.

  G · 9 chapters · In progress · Published 18 August 2007 · Updated 18 August 2007 · Reviews (28)

• Of Dragons and Manicures

  Frodo and Sam confront a dragon! Yes, really!

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 12 July 2007 · Updated 12 July 2007 · Reviews (12)

• More Than Just Years

  This was originally posted for Marigold's Challenge "Coming of Age". Pippin needs to find some courage from somewhere!

  G · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 6 June 2007 · Updated 7 June 2007 · Reviews (5)

• Are You Going To Leave Me?

  The first chapter of this was originally posted on Marigold's Challenge 38 – which was to write a gap-filler. I decided that there are far more gaps in the film than the book, so I chose filmverse. This is the scene where Pip finds Merry on the battlefield and explains how on Middle-earth he got him back to the City and eventually onto the back of Éomer's horse. A gap that really needed filling!

  G · 5 chapters · Complete · Published 18 March 2007 · Updated 23 March 2007 · Reviews (32)

• Bilbo's Gifts

  Co-authored with Marigold (Written for Marigold's Challenge 36 - Theme - any 3rd anniversary) "His gold and silver was largely spent in presents, both useful and extravagant - which to a certain extent accounts for the affection of his nephews and his nieces." "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien But some of Bilbo's gifts were even more generous and long-lasting than the recipients could have guessed...

  G · 4 chapters · Complete · Published 14 January 2007 · Updated 14 January 2007 · Reviews (21)

• Helping Hands

  A set of four drabbles, each featuring one of the hobbits, and giving tiny glimpses of post-quest problems where an unspoken, helping hand was sorely needed. The dates and places, whilst not included in the word count, are extremely relevant.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 29 December 2006 · Updated 29 December 2006 · Reviews (14)

• A Partnership in Villainy

  This story is an extrapolation of a brief memory that occurred in the story Recaptured, taking Pippin back to a happy, although fraught, Yuletide spent at Brandy Hall with Merry, when he was five and Merry was thirteen.

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 22 December 2006 · Updated 22 December 2006 · Reviews (18)

• Merry Yule and Orange Pips

  This is a Yuletide memory, taken from Recaptured, and follows on from A Partnership in Villainy. Pippin is now seven and Merry 15. The idea came from my wonderful beta Marigold, so kudos and thanks to her for the bunny.

  G · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 22 December 2006 · Updated 22 December 2006 · Reviews (11)

• Frodo's Exciting Day Out

  The Quest was a massive labour, of that there is no doubt. However, in this rather AU version, we see that it pays to have friends in high places. FINAL CHAPTER "With Eggsies and Flowers and Fish" is now posted.

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 9 June 2006 · Updated 24 June 2006 · Reviews (31)

• Big Enough To Be Thain

  Looking at the genealogy tables it would appear that Paladin Took was 82 years of age before he became Thain. Pippin would have been 25 years old at that time. Up until then, Ferumbras III held the title. Nor was Ferumbras Pippin's grandfather, but a distant cousin, so the dynasty was not that obvious. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, (or many fics anyway) Paladin Took was an ordinary farmer when Pippin was born, and did not become Thain until after Ferumbras’ death. This story humbly attempts to resolve this dichotomy between what is written in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and the average fan writers' perception and is a possible scenario enabling Paladin to become the Thain those many years earlier.

  G · 7 chapters · Complete · Published 5 August 2003 · Updated 5 August 2003 · Reviews (3)