GamgeeFest

All my stories, as well as those not posted here, can be found at my fic livejournal: gamgee_fics “Of Merry and Pippin” ficlets have been shortened to “M&P” followed by the chapter number. "Number Three, Bagshot Row" ficlets are abbreviated as "BR" and "GamgeeFest's Keepsakes" are abbrievated as "GK". Drabbles are indicated with an asterisk (*). Story Chronology: Pre-Quest, Pre-Birthday Party: How to Cook a Goose (Blotmath, 1353 SR) Kindred (1364-1365 SR/1402 SR) A Father's Work, Halfred - BR #13(1378 SR) Somewhere Only We Know (5 Astron, 1380 SR) The Smallest Gift - BR #11 (6 Astron, 1380 SR) When One Door Closes (6 Astron, 1380 SR) A Mother's Work - BR #8 (1381 SR) My Little Miscreant - BR #12 (1381 SR) A Father's Work, Daisy - BR #14 (1 Lithe, 1383 SR) In Darkness Buried Deep (Afterlithe, 1383 SR) Sammy’s Ouchie – BR #20 (Autumn 1383 SR) A Hectic Morning - BR #1 (1384 SR) A Father's Work, May - BR #15 (Blotmath, 1384 SR) Bilbo's Blunder - BR #21 (Foreyule, 1384 SR) Without Bell - BR #25 (Yule 1384 SR) A Father's Work, Hamson - BR #16 (1 Afterlithe, 1385 SR) Bell - BR #4 (Foreyule, 1385 SR) A Father's Work, Sam - BR #17 (Astron, 1386 SR) In a Flash - GK #10 (30 Forelithe, 1386 SR) Looking After - GK #2 (1387 SR) The Usual Suspects (Halimath, 1388 SR) My First Camp Out - BR #3 (1389 SR) To Learn His Letters – BR #7 (Spring 1390 SR) Most Beautiful - GK #27 (Summer 1390 SR) Deck the Halls with Bows and Holi – GK #38 (Foreyule 1390 SR) The Story of a Garden, by Frodo Baggins - GK #7 (Yule, 1390 SR) Sums with Sam - GK #34 (Spring 1391 SR) Pork Chops and Apple Sauce - BR #2 (1391 SR) Last Night in Hobbiton - BR #24 (Wedmath 1391 SR) A Valiant Deed - GK #16 (TA 2991, or 1391 SR) In the Shadow of Arda - GK #50 (Yule 1391 SR) Nibbler - BR #5 (Winterfilth, 1392 SR) Marigold's Gift - BR #19 (Foreyule, 1392 SR) A Night to Forget (12 Thrimidge, 1394) Scavenger Hunt - BR #6 (16 Rethe, 1395 SR) Why? - M&P #6 (1395 SR) A Simple Misunderstanding* - GK #54 (1395 SR) The Five Rules of Cooking - M&P #15 (2 Lithe, 1396 SR) Cheeky Took* - M&P #16 (2 Lithe, 1396 SR) The Whole Truth and Nothing Butt – M&P 17 (2 Lithe, 1396 SR) Chocolate! - M&P #7 (Halimath, 1396 SR) A Father's Work - BR #18 (Autumn 1397 SR) The Evil Necromancer - M&P #13 (1398 SR) Strawberry Truffles (Halimath, 1398 SR) Pippin, the Bullroarer - M&P #10 (1399 SR) The Quest for the Hairless Cat - M&P #14 (1 Forelithe, 1399 SR) Of All the Confounded Nuisances (Forelithe, 1400 SR) Under the Harvest Moon (Winterfilth, 1400 SR) Took Madness (Spring 1401 SR) With Their Heads Full of Dreams (8 Halimath, 1401 SR) A Long Expected Party - M&P #2-3 (Halimath, 1401 SR) Pre-Quest, Post-Birthday Party: The Pact - M&P #4 (Halimath, 1401 SR) Perfectly Plotted Prank - M&P #5 (Yule, 1401 SR) Kindred (1364-1365 SR/1402 SR) The Benefits of Pepper - GK #57 (Summer 1402 SR) Two Peregrins, and a Brandybuck in a Pantry - M&P #19 Taking Care of Merry - M&P #11 (14 Rethe, 1404 SR) Scouring for Mushrooms - M&P #1 (1406 SR) Babysitting Pippin (1 Astron, 1408 SR) A Day in the Life (Afteryule, 1408 SR) The Trouble with Girls - M&P #8 (13 Thrimidge, 1410 SR) The Trouble with Boys - M&P #9 (13 Thrimidge, 1410 SR) A Need to Heal - BR #22 (Summer 1410 SR) Tit for Tat - GK #40 (Wedmath 1410 SR) Marigold’s Yule – BR #23 (Yule 1411-1412 SR) Frodo Writes a Story (Halimath, 1412 SR) Moon Over Tookland (Harvest 1412 SR) A Mid-Year’s Walking Trip (Summer 1413 SR) In the Bleak, Cold Winter (Solmath, 1414 SR) A Short Story About Quills - M&P #18 (15-16 Rethe, 1415 SR) Much Ado About Nothing (Wedmath, 1415 SR) A Grand Tradition (Rethe, 1416 SR) The Twelve Days of Yule – GK #29 (21 Foreyule, 1417 SR - 2 Yule, 1418 SR) The Trouble with Love (Rethe, 1418 SR) A Matter of Pervinca - GK #4 (Thrimidge, 1418 SR) A Meeting of Conspirators - GK #59 (Foreyule 1418 SR) A Very Important Question - GK #42 (1418 SR) Sweet Farwell (23 Halimath, 1418 SR) Quest: All Things Considered - GK #43 (25 Halimath 1418 SR) In the Garden - GK #8 (25 Halimath, 1418 SR) A Night in the Wilds – GK #37 (16 Winterfilth, 1418 SR) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hobbits (Winterfilth-Foreyule, 1418 SR) It’s All Relative (9 Afteryule, 1419 SR) Parth Galen* - GK #3 (26 Solmath, 1419 SR) Selfless - GK #41 (23 Rethe, 1419 SR) Forgiven - GK $46 (25 Rether, 1419 SR and beyond) Post-Quest: After Cormallen - GK #49 (9 Astron, 1419 SR) Reflections - GK #18 (25 Thrimidge, 1419 SR) A Humble Gift (25 Thrimidge, 1419 SR) Distractions (Forelithe, 1419 SR) A Night at the Ball - GK #55 (Forelithe, 1419 SR) Presents for Gandalf* - GK #22 (22 Halimath, 1419 SR) Sam's Hat - GK #30 (Foreyule, 1419 SR) The Promise - GK #58 (Foreyule, 1419 SR) In Times Old and New - GK #51 (Yule 1419 SR) First Bloom - GK #56 (6 Astron 1420 SR) The Proposal* - GK #31 (Spring 1420 SR) My Rose - GK #53 (1 Thrimidge, 1420 SR) New Beginnings - GK #35 (1 Wedmath 1420 SR) A Fool’s Hope – GK #26 (Spring 1421 SR) The Birthday - Minas Tirith - GK #20 (22 September, 2 F.A.) The Birthday - Hobbiton - GK #21 (22 Halimath, 1424 SR) A Kingly Discussion - BR #10 (Spring 1425 SR) A Close Call - GK #32 (1431 SR) Flights of Fancy - GK #39 (29 Halimath, 1431 SR) A Day of Rest - GK #52 (Spring 1432 SR) Rosie's Day Off - GK #44 (1440 SR) What Goes Around - M&P #12 (Afterlithe, 1440 SR) Folly in the Woods - GK #48 (Astron 1442 SR) If I Were a Dark Lord - GK #6 (1443 SR) Tolman Gamgee’s First Adventure – GK #19 (25 Foreyule, 1449 SR) Lily Gamgee - GK #36 (Summer 1450 SR) A Tale That Grew in the Telling (Halimath, 1451 SR) By Any Other Name - GK #13 (30 Halimath, 1451 SR) To the End of His Days (Mid-Years Day 1482 SR and beyond) For Eyes to See That Can - GK #47 (Autumn 1482 SR) Drabble Series and multi-year ficlets Samwise: Gardener, Warrior, Father* - GK #1 Motherhood - GK #11 The Master of Bag End* - GK #12 Nine - GK #22 My Conspiracy - BR #9 Poems A Quest Song - GK #9 The Pippin - GK #14 Hobbit Limericks - GK #15 My Greatest Adventure - GK #17 The Rose - GK #23 AU stories The Healer's Apprentice - GK #5 Deconstructing the Red Book - GK #24 (1420 SR) Deconstructing the Red Book, Part II - GK #25 (23 Halimath, 1418 SR) Deconstructing the Red Book, Part III - GK #45 The Blue Wizard Blues (1421 SR) Bed of Roses - GK #28 Non-Fiction The Ring-bearers, Aging and Life in Aman

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• To The End of His Days

  Sam goes on one last adventure. A series of tribbles detailing Sam's final days in the Shire and in Valinor. This was inspired by the essay I wrote awhile back called "Ring-bearers, Aging and Life in Aman" and found here under "GamgeeFest's Musings." In it, I debated the likelihood of Frodo living long enough to be reunited with Sam in the West and concluded that it was quite unlikely. This story is based on that conclusion.

  G · 43 chapters · Complete · Published 15 July 2012 · Updated 13 November 2012 · Reviews (217)

• Of Merry and Pippin

  A series of ficlets centered around Merry and Pippin’s many adventures and misadventures growing up in the Shire. #19 - Two Peregrins, and a Brandybuck in a Pantry - Merry and Pippin want to contribute to their Aunt Heather's wedding, but their plan doesn't go as expected.

  G · 19 chapters · Complete · Published 28 June 2004 · Updated 31 December 2011 · Reviews (108)

• GamgeeFest's Keepsakes

  A collection of drabbles, vignettes, poems and other short stories. #56 - First Bloom - Ficlet from the POV of the Mallorn in the Shire. #57 - The Benefits of Pepper - Frodo takes care of an injured Sam. #58 - The Promise - Frodo and Rose discuss Sam. #59 - A Meeting of Conspirators - Merry and Sam in the Conspiracy.

  G · 59 chapters · Complete · Published 27 June 2004 · Updated 26 December 2011 · Reviews (456)

• Kindred

  Now Complete. After the passing of Lalia the Great, Thain Ferumbras, now The Took, finds himself in the middle of another scandal involving the Whitwell Tooks. With the Great Smials embroiled in rumors and intrigue, Ferumbras seeks the one who can put an end to the scandal once and for all - a relation of whom no one has heard or seen in 38 years.

  PG · 21 chapters · Complete · Published 26 October 2008 · Updated 16 November 2011 · Reviews (54)

• Number Three, Bagshot Row

  This will be a compilation of short stories and ficlets centered around the Gamgee household. #25: Without Bell - the Gamgee's first Yule after Bell's passing.

  G · 25 chapters · Complete · Published 18 June 2005 · Updated 23 December 2010 · Reviews (197)

• GamgeeFest's Musings

  A place to gather my essays, if I ever feel compelled to write another! First essay: "The Ring-bearers, Aging and Aman" - Would Frodo really have been able to live long enough for Sam's sailing to the West?

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 11 May 2010 · Updated 15 May 2010 · Reviews (2)

• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hobbits

  ...But Were Too Afraid to Ask. Why exactly would hobbits feel compelled to give away presents on their birthdays? What’s a twelve-mile cousin and how do I get one? What’s with the foot hair? And where exactly do they put all that food they eat anyway? A Rivendell fic, with a twist. NEW CHAPTER! The Feet Have It - For Shirebound. Published after Foot Notes.

  G · 16 chapters · Complete · Published 30 June 2006 · Updated 8 February 2009 · Reviews (217)

• A Grand Tradition

  Merry and the Tooks, with the help of some Bolgers, initiate Pippin into near adulthood with a tradition as old as the hills.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 4 February 2008 · Updated 4 February 2008 · Reviews (7)

• Much Ado About Nothing

  It's a day in the life of the Tooks, a seemingly insignificant day with some rather significant consequences.

  PG · 3 chapters · Complete · Published 17 September 2007 · Updated 27 September 2007 · Reviews (15)

• The Blue Wizard Blues

  NOW COMPLETE!! What if the destruction of the One Ring destroyed Sauron's dark side, but left his good side intact? Would he ever be able to redeem himself, *and* help the one he damaged most in the process? AU.

  PG-13 · 28 chapters · Complete · Published 17 March 2007 · Updated 18 August 2007 · Reviews (156)

• Sweet Farewell

  Bag End is packed and the Quest is soon to begin. On Merry's last night in Hobbiton, he visits a very special hobbitess for a long overdue farewell.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 30 June 2007 · Updated 30 June 2007 · Reviews (8)

• In the Bleak, Cold Winter

  A thoughtless action once destroyed Merry’s and Sam’s friendship. Can another thoughtless action help to solidify their renewed friendship? A follow-up to “Under the Harvest Moon” and “A Mid-Year Walking Trip”. Third-place winner in 2007 MEFA Awards.

  G · 11 chapters · Complete · Published 5 August 2006 · Updated 7 October 2006 · Reviews (97)

• Moon Over Tookland

  Drunk!Pippin and his friends really should sober up before making crucial decisions. Rated for innuendo.

  PG-13 · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 26 June 2006 · Updated 26 June 2006 · Reviews (9)

• How to Cook a Goose

  Or, the "Great Goose Incident", as it came to be known in Buckland. Young Saradoc, Merimac and Marmadas want to get Primula something special for her wedding. They find a goose instead. Written for Marigold's Challenge #29.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 5 June 2006 · Updated 5 June 2006 · Reviews (4)

• With Their Heads Full of Dreams

  While awaiting the Birthday Party, the dwarves cook their hosts a traditional spicy meal and the hobbits go to bed to some unusual dreams. Features Hamfast, Bilbo, Sam and Frodo.

  PG · 8 chapters · Complete · Published 4 March 2006 · Updated 18 April 2006 · Reviews (41)

• Of All the Confounded Nuisances

  Bilbo’s having one of those days. Will he be able to survive mischievous cousins, a clumsy teen, an enraged widow, an exhausted gardener and questionable cooking experiments without losing his patience, or his appetite?

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 18 February 2006 · Updated 19 February 2006 · Reviews (7)

• A Day in the Life

  Sam is distracted, Pippin is bored, Merry is determined, and Frodo is just trying to survive. Must be another typical day at Bag End. A sequel to “Babysitting Pippin.”

  G · 3 chapters · Complete · Published 4 January 2006 · Updated 13 January 2006 · Reviews (25)

• The Usual Suspects

  Now complete! Someone is stealing from the kitchens of Brandy Hall. Esmeralda investigates. Features Young!Frodo and Wee!Merry with a dash of Bilbo.

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 27 November 2005 · Updated 22 December 2005 · Reviews (49)

• In Darkness Buried Deep

  Now complete. A thoughtless taunt causes Frodo to face his insecurities, and in the face of painful memories, he attempts to prove his strength by braving the Old Forest alone. In the aftermath of his disappearance, a secret long buried is revealed. Story rated for thematic elements.

  PG-13 · 18 chapters · Complete · Published 28 September 2005 · Updated 26 November 2005 · Reviews (138)

• Strawberry Truffles

  In which Frodo attempts to bake and Sam gets bad news.

  G · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 21 September 2005 · Updated 21 September 2005 · Reviews (10)

• The Trouble with Love

  Pervinca is tired of watching Merry and Estella deny their feelings for each other, so she decides to do something about it, and in the process she finds that love is a bit more complicated than she assumed.

  PG-13 · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 26 July 2005 · Updated 8 August 2005 · Reviews (49)

• A Humble Gift

  Faramir denied his father a mighty gift, but to one special hobbit, he freely gives a humble gift of gratitude.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 16 July 2005 · Updated 16 July 2005 · Reviews (18)

• Babysitting Pippin

  Sam offers to watch Pippin while Frodo and Merry enjoy a night at The Green Dragon. Pure fluff!

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 12 June 2005 · Updated 12 June 2005 · Reviews (14)

• A Night to Forget

  Summary, as told by Merry in A Mid Year’s Walking Trip: “Well, there was a certain amount of begging, and a certain amount of pleading, and great deal of kissing, but necessarily in that order.” An innocent stroll through the gardens of Brandy Hall turns into a rather embarrassing moment for Frodo. The story of Posy Goold.

  PG-13 · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 27 May 2005 · Updated 27 May 2005 · Reviews (9)

• Somewhere Only We Know

  Frodo and Primula share a secret retreat only they know about. A Mother's Day fic.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 15 April 2005 · Updated 7 May 2005 · Reviews (9)

• When One Door Closes...

  The moments surrounding the deaths of Frodo’s parents, and the birth of Samwise.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 26 March 2005 · Updated 26 March 2005 · Reviews (11)

• A Mid-Year's Walking Trip

  Now complete! Merry and Pippin invite themselves on a walking trip with Frodo. Sam gets roped into going along, and it becomes a camping adventure none of them will soon forget. No slash, sex, or profanity.

  G · 14 chapters · Complete · Published 2 January 2005 · Updated 28 February 2005 · Reviews (85)

• Under the Harvest Moon

  Merry gets carried away with one of his pranks, and a friendship is broken.

  PG · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 15 January 2005 · Updated 18 January 2005 · Reviews (12)

• A Tale That Grew in the Telling

  One night, Daisy-lass can't sleep, so Sam decides to tell her a bedtime story that becomes much more than either of them bargained for! What begins as a simple tale of every day life in the Shire becomes a story of the meaning of friendship, the power of loss and finding the will to continue on in face of adversity.

  PG · 36 chapters · Complete · Published 29 June 2004 · Updated 28 November 2004 · Reviews (105)

• It's All Relative

  Merry attempts to explain hobbit family trees to Boromir.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 4 July 2004 · Updated 5 July 2004 · Reviews (14)

• Took Madness

  The children of the Tookland have their own way of dealing with inclement weather.

  PG · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 28 June 2004 · Updated 28 June 2004 · Reviews (4)

• Frodo Writes a Story

  Frodo writes a story, and gets some unexpected criticism. Dedicated to The Noble Platypus.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 27 June 2004 · Updated 28 June 2004 · Reviews (4)