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  1. Rec 17

    An Unlikely Cure by ,

    Fandom The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

    20 Oct 2025

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    A what-if "Everyone Lives" LOTR AU. By "everyone", I mean "everyone", and by "everyone", I mean this series is focused around Gollum in an unlikely universe where he manages to help destroy the Ring without dying and, subsequently, becomes everyone else's problem, but in a very different way than he was a problem before. I read Gandalf's line "I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it" in FOTR, and started to wonder what on Earth you'd do with a friendly version of Gollum, assuming his extreme eccentricities and special requirements for darkness and raw meat would not just go away. I couldn't find much other fic about this question so I wrote this, and I grew to enjoy Sméagol's odd psychology in the process so I kept going for longer than I'd intended. I do hope you enjoy!

    Boromir and Bilbo are here too! Now featuring also Gríma Wormtongue (in a oneshot)!

    Please note that this is all book-based, not movie-based, and these stories lean heavily on book events that either weren't in the movies at all or were very different.

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    28 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 18

    Afterlife and Everafter by

    Fandom The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Movies), The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

    23 Feb 2026

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    23 Jun 2026

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    Lifeblood by

    Fandoms: The Witcher (TV)  

    16 Mar 2025

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    Jaskier gets jumped by a bunch of bandits, who happen to be so dumb as to stab him with an ancient artifact. When he wakes up, the bandits are slaughtered, and Jaskier has a new hunger. He decides he can't and won't live like this, and searches out a witcher to kill him when he's unsuccessful himself. Of course......he finds Geralt, or does Geralt find him?

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    When Jaskier wakes up, the light is uncommonly bright to his eyes, and he has to squint against it. He’s not sure he remembers going to sleep the previous night, and briefly accuses himself of gulping down the bottle of Toussainti wine he’d filched from the inn, leaving a few crowns in its place.

    He rubs his hands over his face, and realises that as he does so, the strange metallic scent that hangs in the air gets stronger. When he pulls his hands away to look at his palms, he stiffens. There are red stains on the skin, some of it dried and flaking in the creases.

    It’s very definitely not wine.

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    30 Mar 2026

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    A price to pay by

    Fandoms: The Witcher (TV)  

    28 Jul 2024

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    Geralt has had a miserable time in Redania, contracts far en few between, and decides to go fill a contract put forth by the Viscount de Lettenhove.
    When the Viscount tells Geralt to name his price, he names a night with him. A night with the Viscount, just to see the other man waver and refuse. To Geralt's surprise, the noble agrees.

    --000--

    “Butcher,” the Viscount breathes out, and Geralt tries his best not to flinch.
    Instead, he looks at the man coolly. The word from the Viscount’s mouth makes him inexplicably angry. He shouldn’t be surprised at the moniker, hasn’t been in a long while, but right now it stings in a new and unexpected way. He’s angry that the man that loves his people so much, has tried to save their children and kill the monster, now isn’t even seeing him as the last resort he was when he was a nameless witcher.

    The viscount blinks dark lashes over his blue eyes and opens his mouth to speak, but Geralt cuts him off.

    “I said I’d take the contract. You said to name my price. Are those still the terms?”

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    27 Mar 2026

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    Hibernating with Ghosts by

    Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types  

    06 Aug 2020

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    Getting stuck in Kaedwen in winter had never been on Jaskier's plan. It's cold, they don't appreciate his music and nobody likes their national beverage anyway. The only redeeming thing Kaedwen has is Kaer Morhen, so Jaskier does what any reasonable bard would do in this situation: he decides to charm his way into Kaer Morhen to hibernate with Geralt and the other witchers. If nothing it will be an experience no human has ever had, fuel for songs and poems for years to come, while finally teaching him a thing or two about witchers he's just dying to know.

    Curiosity tended to kill the cat, but Jasker had always seen himself as more of a bird anyway.

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    13 Mar 2026