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Nooooooooo the Best non-Fellowship Fellowship would be Faramir, Eowyn, Theoden, Eomer, Galadriel, Elrond, Quickbeam, and then of course Beregond and Bergil. <3 (also can you talk about some headcanons about what those dynamics would look like?)

LOL your Fellowship is far more blue-blooded than mine, anon 🤣

That’s just the thing tho! The moment you include any of the nobility from Gondor or Rohan, you have to include all of them. If you pick Faramir, then you also have to pick his wife, and if you pick Eowyn then you also have to pick her uncle and her brother, and all of the sudden that’s nearly half of your Fellowship gone and you’ve lost several slots that could be filled by different people with more unique perspectives.

Now of course if the nobility is your favorite part of LotR—as, I presume, it is for you—then this is the opposite of a problem. For you, this is the perfect Fellowship! But if I only have one day to hang out with nine characters from this story (which aren’t the main four hobbits, who’d be my first pick), I’d have three objectives:

Make sure my personality would actually gel with the personality of the selected character

Make sure the selected character’s personality will gel with all the others (or at least with one or two of them, so they don’t feel lonely)

Diversify the perspectives at the table and maximize my socializing profits

(Did I overthink this?? Yes. Yes I hecking did.)

Which brings me to the headcanons for the character dynamics. Your Fellowship is two-thirds packed with nobility of some kind; and then there’s Beregond, Bergil, and Quickbeam. Assuming the entire conversation doesn’t just turn into everyone being struck near speechless by the ethereal beauty and wisdom of Galadriel—she tends to have that effect on people—the likeliest thing that would happen is some sort of an international diplomatic meeting, with all the heads of state talking shop about running their separate kingdoms and territories, and the Elves possibly dropping some ancient wisdom along the way. Beregond and Bergil would end up serving the others—because Faramir is there, and that’s Beregond’s boss—and…I’m not entirely sure what Quickbeam would end up doing, really. He kinda seems like an outlier. But I’m sure he’d get along well enough with the Elves.

If being in the room while all that is going on sounds fun to you, all the more power to you! But I, personally, would be bored out of my brain, which is why I selected the Fellowship that I did.

Headcanons for those interpersonal character dynamics will be under the cut because this has gotten long enough already.

I'm gonna go character by character until I run out of permutations to explore. Youngest first!

Bergil's Opinions

Beregond: Is Dad. No explanation needed.

Bilbo: Funny small old man! Apparently related to my friend Peregrin? Tells really good stories.

Bill: PONY. Small horse that's my size! Pet him and ride on his back and feed him apples.

Shadowfax: BIG HORSE. Scarier than Bill, but still pretty. Dad says I'm not allowed to ride him, but I can feed him apples too.

Quickbeam: TREE. TALKING TREE. Very scary at first, but actually nice when you get to know him, and laughs a lot! Knows Peregrin too! Can pick me up and make me taller than EVERYBODY. Dad looks like a tiny bug when he does that. That's uproariously funny.

Glorfindel: ELF. Dad told me bedtime stories about elves. Has very shiny golden hair that I can't stop staring at. Tells good stories, and sings beautiful songs, and laughs a lot. Climbed up on Quickbeam's shoulder with me. I like him.

Gloin: DWARF. I don't know a lot about Dwarves, but he reminds me of Grandfather, so that's nice. Apparently he knows Bilbo? I like his story about the dragon.

Butterbur: Funny busy man! Brought me juice and calls me "little master". I like him.

Beregond's Opinions

Bergil: Is Son. My main responsibility today is watching over him and making sure he's safe and not being disruptive. Thankfully, the excitement of meeting all these new people has kept him plenty occupied, so I can relax a little bit and enjoy the company.

Bill: Gosh I wish we got more horses and horse-adjacent things in the City because this one is TINY. HECK. I love animals so much. Bergil also seems to love the pony too and is delighted with riding around on a kid-sized horse. Win-win.

Shadowfax: I've been introduced to this magnificent beast already, but he's still incredibly impressive to look at. I swear he can understand human speech. I got a bit nervous that he'd bite Bergil's fingers when he was feeding him apple slices, but of course he managed to avoid that, which is a relief.

Quickbeam: Talking. Tree. Talking tree. That's. That's very strange. I almost feel like I'm living in a storybook. He's nice enough, I suppose, and I think I could get used to it, but hello yes every paternal instinct in the world just slammed into me at once when something as tall as a tree just lifted my son over his head, HI, COULD YOU PUT HIM DOWN PLEASE, okay he's back on solid ground, phew.

Bilbo: A relation of Master Peregrin! I'm having a hard time getting my head around the idea that someone older than me is half my height, but he's hilarious, so I hardly have time to think about it. Bergil is enchanted by him. This is good.

Glorfindel: I have heard of elves before, and if I'm being honest I was very nervous about meeting him at first, but he seems humble and light-hearted and jovial and immediately put us all at ease. Climbed up into the talking tree to look after my son for me. I appreciate that. There's something ancient in his eyes that I can't place, though. It feels thrilling and unsettling and peaceful all at the same time, like standing on the shore of the ocean and thinking about the depths that lie beneath.

Gloin: Yet another person who is older and smaller than me. More approachable than the Elf, though. Very polite. I have never been to Dale, and news from there makes me almost wish I could see it.

Butterbur: Good service. A lot of talk, but it's all in earnest. Would recommend to anyone coming through Bree.

Bilbo's Opinions

Bergil: Precocious little Mannish child. I like him. Very curious, very polite, an eager listener to all of my stories, and asks very good questions. I daresay a few of the lads and lasses back in the Shire could learn a thing or two from this one. Is it too late to adopt another child?

Beregond: Generally preoccupied Man, mostly focused on his son, but that's all right. We can't all be the interesting ones, can we? It's clear where the boy's manners come from, though, and they are pristine, so I can't fault him too much.

Bill: Sam's pony! Seems to remember the smell of me from when we met in Rivendell. Good little beast.

Shadowfax: Gandalf was not lying when he told me about this horse. Bless me. I shall do my best to stay out of the way of those long legs.

Quickbeam: Well, seems that young Brandybuck and Took weren't lying about those tree-people they met. I wonder if any of those dratted trees in the Old Forest are getting as Ent-ish as this? In any case, he's polite enough. I don't think I'll let him carry me, however, even if my feet are sore. I don't believe it'd be comfortable.

Glorfindel: Jolly old Glorfindel! I still owe him a great favor for rescuing Frodo and the others. He's always been one of the best singers in the Hall of Fire.

Gloin: SHUT UP THAT'S NOT HOW IT WENT. Yes I know you were there, but I'm the one telling the story! So what if I'm embellishing? That just makes it more exciting! Ugh, fine, tell it your way then. But mine is better!

Butterbur: Well now I'm a little peeved, because I had sworn up and down before coming here that no tavern in all of Breeland, however famous, could ever rival beer from the Green Dragon, and I'm ashamed to say that it almost comes close. Chin chin. I'll pay the tip.

Glorfindel's Opinions

Bergil: What a charming little mortal child! I have not had the pleasure of hearing a young voice like his since Estel came to stay in Imladris. He has a good heart, and a hunger for story and song, and it makes me feel as though I myself were young again, as I have not been for many hundreds of years. What a shame that we only have a day to spend together!

Beregond: A Man of Gondor, and as fine as they come. Estel will be a happy king if every subject in his dominion is like to this.

Bilbo: Ah, yes, Lord Elrond's freeloader. The Halfling has made himself quite a fixture in our home. Master Halfling! How strange that he and his heir would be so tied up in the fates of our world.

Bill: A pleasant beast! Curious and simple, but his time with us in Imladris has woken him, and he understands some speech. I sense that he has some sorrow in his past, but he is strong, and his heart is good. Clever in his own way, and will follow me at a word.

Shadowfax: The Lord of Horses! The legends that reached me have failed to capture the beauty of this beast! It is a joyful day that we meet. His heart is proud and strong, and he has deep memories. I have only spoken to him briefly thus far, but I feel we shall be great friends.

Quickbeam: A shepherd of the forest! Our peoples have had friendship for many long ages. I could not be more pleased to converse with one of his kind at long last. He has even allowed me to climb onto his shoulder! I know the good Ent will not let the Man's child come to harm, but I believe it will put his fears at ease if I am here with him.

Gloin: A good companion from Elrond's table. I recall well his tale from the Council. He is noble and admirable and is a worthy representative of his people.

Butterbur: Harried mortal Man, to where does he run?

Butterbur's Opinions

Oh dear. Dear, oh dear, always so very busy. The common room is all full of patrons, and here's this other party to boot. And what a party! The man and his son's all right, and Hobbits I know well enough, but here's an Elf and a Dwarf too, and a talking, walking TREE! Why, I thought I'd gone mad for a moment, I did, and were beginnin' to see things, if Nob hadn't been standin' there with his mouth open same as me. Well, they're polite enough, strange as they are. All they wanted was supper, and asked for a table on the second floor, by the window, so as to keep talking to their tree friend. That's managed well enough, I suppose. No harm in it. Some beautiful beasts they bring with 'em, too. Sure I've never seen a horse quite like that. But, well, that's all over my head, and I'm so very busy. Anything more you'll be needing? Right then, I'll be on my way.

Gloin's Opinions

No, no, no, don't listen to him! You always did exaggerate, Master Baggins. I shudder to think what you really wrote down in that book. Now, listen closely, all of you—sit on my knee, son, if your father lets you—give me your ears, and I'll tell you all what really happened.

(It's a lucky thing I'm too old to carry an axe. There he goes, that Ent, as like to a tree as I've ever seen one. I won't make the same mistake my Gimli did.)

Quickbeam's Opinions

Funny little people. I think I like them all. The elders would think it is hasty to make judgments after just one day, but I feel that they all have good hearts, and I do not think it is wrong to like them. The young sapling is my favorite. He has such spirit. The Elf, too, is great company. His songs reminded me of something I cannot place.

Shadowfax's Opinions

Sing, Elf! Loose your tongue and sing! Sing in that fair language which the very earth can understand, and which the streams and rivers of my homeland echo as they ripple over rock and stone. Sing to us of the ages long past, of the years of my forbearers, of the days when the sun and moon themselves were young. Sing of rolling meadows, sing of wild plains, sing of lofty stoic mountains, sing of the ocean waves crashing, sing of the stars' journey across the expanse of the sky, sing of my home and the Great Song which shaped it. Sing, Elf, and let the voice I have been given rise in joyous yearning with yours!

Bill's Opinions

Nice people. Apples.

#asked and answered #bergil #beregond #bilbo baggins #bill the pony #shadowfax #quickbeam #glorfindel #gloin #butterbur #lord of the rings #lotr #i'm gonna post this as the friendship ask for today #'cause it's already the wee hours of the morning as i write this and i need to go to sleep LOL #normal friendship asks will resume tomorrow!#fellowship game

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