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BILBOBACKAGAIN’S BEGGINER’S GUIDE TO BAGGINSHIELD

Since I’ve seen more than one of you on my lovely dash pronounce your unexpected arrival into the Good Ship Bagginshield, I’ve decided to my duty as a long time sailor and help you navigate the waters. As such, here are the Very Best Ever Oh God fanfics you can find in this fandom (imo). Do note that all of these were written pre-BotFA, and actually many were pre-DoS, so they won’t be 100% canon-compliant to the movies or books in that regard. Nonetheless they are great. Prepare thyselves. Bagginshield Hell awaits.

CANON COMPLIANT

In Sorrow We Must Go, But Not In Despair by Lomelindi
This one is actually only borderline Bagginshield but it’s close enough and good enough to count, so read it.
Beneath the Mountains Music Woke by EmilianaDarling
Ambiguous endings from hell.

EVERYBODY LIVES AUS

An Unexpected Proposal by Eareniel
Thorin is an idiot and cultural misunderstandings are a pain in everyone’s ass.
Discovering Mr. Baggins by Eareniel
The dwarves have Opinions about Bagginshield.
After the Dust Settles by Bgtea
The angsty one.
so i wait for you like a lonely house by stopchasingflowers
The one where everybody lives but no one bothered to tell Bilbo about it.

LITTLE FRODO AUS

The Road Delivered Us Home by keelywolfe
Half angst, half fluff, all excellent. Read it.
An Unexpected Addition by karategal
Literally the cutest thing in existence.

MODERN AUS

Nothing Gold Can Stay by perkynurples
God’s gift to the fandom, basically.

TIME TRAVEL AUS

A Shot in the Dark by Silver_Pup
The one with Bilbo.
lay down your sweat and weary head by Elenothar (incomplete)
The one with Thorin.

EREBOR NEVER FELL AUS

Clarify of Vision by mithen
The dwarves still manage to drag Bilbo along on a crazy adventure regardless.
Burned to a Cinder by ferretbaby
The one that’s basically a Cinderella AU and is generally glorious.

I’m sure there’s plenty more fics I could add (and probably will, at some point or another), but for now these are my #1 favs so go. Go forth, my sweet summer children. Descend into this Bagginshield hell with me. But remember! Have fun with it. :’)

Oh hey! Thanks for the rec! 😀