Tolkien author recs!
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christianfanficI've been meaning to post this for some time, but today I'm going to quit putting it off. :D These are just a handful of the authors here on LJ and at Stories of Arda and Many Paths to Tread whose works are not only wonderful but also "clean reads"--if I tried to rec everyone whose fics I love, I'd be here all night!
First, for sheer silliness, it's hard to beat Grey Wonderer. She's a hobbit specialist and really, really funny. (I think she's on AO3, too, but I don't know my way around there very well.)
Perhaps the queen of gentle hobbity genfic is![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shirebound, who also posts on both SoA and MPTT as well as FF.n. She hardly ever posts anything rated higher than G, and never above a PG-13. I've heard her style described as less h/c than h/cccccc, and it really is true. She excels at straight-up fluff, too, and Scamp from her Quarantined AU is a delight.
Another of my hobbit-focused friends is Frodo Baggins of Bag End, who posts atfebobe and febobefics. She was one of the founders of the FrodoHealers h/c Yahoo!Group, and she's famous for wonderful descriptions of invalid cookery used to get her hurt/sick characters on the mend. (Note: some of her fics may not fit the guidelines here, but everything has clear warnings, especially pieces that are medically graphic and the deathfics.)
And I can't forgetdreamflower02, one of the mods at MPTT (her page is here) as well as a poster at SoA. One of my favorites of hers is Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners, which is Full of Very Good Advice as well as Keen Insight into Hobbit Society--and side-splittingly hilarious into the bargain.
Last but far from least, on the Elven side, is Nilmandra, one of the owners of SoA. Among my favorites is the History Lessons trilogy, which not only shows Elrond teaching his children about Arda's history from a first-hand perspective but also traces Elrond's experience as a father and a Ringbearer until his final voyage into the West. (She does have a couple of steamier married-people-enjoying-marriage stories, but they're clearly marked.)
First, for sheer silliness, it's hard to beat Grey Wonderer. She's a hobbit specialist and really, really funny. (I think she's on AO3, too, but I don't know my way around there very well.)
Perhaps the queen of gentle hobbity genfic is
shirebound, who also posts on both SoA and MPTT as well as FF.n. She hardly ever posts anything rated higher than G, and never above a PG-13. I've heard her style described as less h/c than h/cccccc, and it really is true. She excels at straight-up fluff, too, and Scamp from her Quarantined AU is a delight.Another of my hobbit-focused friends is Frodo Baggins of Bag End, who posts at
febobe and febobefics. She was one of the founders of the FrodoHealers h/c Yahoo!Group, and she's famous for wonderful descriptions of invalid cookery used to get her hurt/sick characters on the mend. (Note: some of her fics may not fit the guidelines here, but everything has clear warnings, especially pieces that are medically graphic and the deathfics.)And I can't forget
dreamflower02, one of the mods at MPTT (her page is here) as well as a poster at SoA. One of my favorites of hers is Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners, which is Full of Very Good Advice as well as Keen Insight into Hobbit Society--and side-splittingly hilarious into the bargain.Last but far from least, on the Elven side, is Nilmandra, one of the owners of SoA. Among my favorites is the History Lessons trilogy, which not only shows Elrond teaching his children about Arda's history from a first-hand perspective but also traces Elrond's experience as a father and a Ringbearer until his final voyage into the West. (She does have a couple of steamier married-people-enjoying-marriage stories, but they're clearly marked.)
