On Different Hobbit Flavo[u]rs

Frodo/Sam: the universal constant of Tolkienslash? Ubiquitous. Obvious. Really cute, but fully engaged with the Great Themes. Tragic or not, depending on the writer's tragedy tolerance. And, often as not as written, a sort of hairy-footed doppelganger of het romance at its absolute worst, where servile, nauseatingly self-deprecating Sam (who's like a woman, only with, like...muscles!) carries his poor tormented wuverman (sobyronic!!1!) over hot coals metaphorical and literal without a thought for anything but that light that shines through him..... Yeah. Exactly. You can't lay that stuff on too thick.

But when it's good, it's very good. And when it's weird, it's even better: there's a lot of fanon!Frosam out there that just gags me for the above factors, and for being SO eruawfully vanilla.

Here's one I really liked: Supply and Demand" by Fennelseed. Controversial, I hear. Well, good! It plays on the gentleman/servant dynamic in a pretty new and fresh way that's diametrically opposed to the more obvious "Lady Chatterley's Lover" mode, besides introducing the delicious notion of Rentboy!Frodo (who comes cheap) *without* bringing in wildly implausible movie-of-the-week-ho-drama. She's said also that her intentions in writing this were basically playful, always a healthy attitude. Doesn't mean there isn't real food for thought in it. But then, this is the writer who kept the boys more or less in character and the Shire more or less intact while letting them play dirty on the internet (!!!), so I think she's trustworthy in general for playing very well.

Hmmm.

Buying and selling it is kind of a backburner kink of mine, actually, but I'm picky about context.

On Different Hobbit Flavo[u]rs

Frodo/Sam: the universal constant of Tolkienslash? Ubiquitous. Obvious. Really cute, but fully engaged with the Great Themes. Tragic or not, depending on the writer's tragedy tolerance. And, often as not as written, a sort of hairy-footed doppelganger of het romance at its absolute worst, where servile, nauseatingly self-deprecating Sam (who's like a woman, only with, like...muscles!) carries his poor tormented wuverman (sobyronic!!1!) over hot coals metaphorical and literal without a thought for anything but that light that shines through him..... Yeah. Exactly. You can't lay that stuff on too thick.

But when it's good, it's very good. And when it's weird, it's even better: there's a lot of fanon!Frosam out there that just gags me for the above factors, and for being SO eruawfully vanilla.

Here's one I really liked: Supply and Demand" by Fennelseed. Controversial, I hear. Well, good! It plays on the gentleman/servant dynamic in a pretty new and fresh way that's diametrically opposed to the more obvious "Lady Chatterley's Lover" mode, besides introducing the delicious notion of Rentboy!Frodo (who comes cheap) *without* bringing in wildly implausible movie-of-the-week-ho-drama. She's said also that her intentions in writing this were basically playful, always a healthy attitude. Doesn't mean there isn't real food for thought in it. But then, this is the writer who kept the boys more or less in character and the Shire more or less intact while letting them play dirty on the internet (!!!), so I think she's trustworthy in general for playing very well.

Hmmm.

Buying and selling it is kind of a backburner kink of mine, actually, but I'm picky about context.