Tag: ptbs

There’s so much Tangled in the DNA of “Prayers to Broke Stone”, probably because I see Bagginshield and Rapunzel/Flynn as similar ships in many ways, or I just have a thing for ships where one dies in the other’s arms at the moment when they realize they’re in love (AND THEN THEY’RE BOTH FINE, RIGHT THORIN??)

– Like, with Rapunzel/Flynn AND with Bilbo/Thorin you’ve got the redefinition of home/dreams as being a person rather than a place/wealth.

– You have one character’s boundaries and perception of the world expanding as a result of the relationship as they leave their house and isolation for the first time to go on an adventure.

– You have early disdain and distrust of one another giving way to trust and eventually affection as they go through various perils together and save one another’s lives repeatedly.

– You’ve got the theft of a royal heirloom presenting a (temporary) breach of trust between them that almost ends the relationship, but later turns out to be a well intentioned gesture that went wrong with the crown and the Arkenstone. (Flynn’s attempt to give it away before being imprisoned appearing as him abandoning Rapunzel/keeping the Arkenstone and eventually giving it away in an attempt to protect Thorin’s sanity and then life)

– And of course you’ve got the aforementioned death scene and simultaneous revelation about what they mean to each other as they gaze into one another’s eyes while the one of them is dying.

… so I guess what I’m saying is, I have a type. A worryingly specific type.

rutobuka2:

👑 @emsiecat​ requested the confession scene from Prayers to Broken Stone by @avelera via patreon! 👑

coloring scales was challenging, but I really liked the final result!

UMMM, HOW DID I MISS THIS????

WOW, thank you SO MUCH to @emsiecat for requesting this and to @rutobuka2 for the art??? I’m completely overwhelmed by the beauty of this seriously it’s like staring into the sun. 

A few favorite parts (OF MANY):

– The COLORS, duke, the COLORS! The shading and lighting are just amazing, truly Ruto you’ve outdone yourself. I feel like I can see each tear in Bilbo’s clothes. They actually LOOK LIKE they’ve spent DAYS down in pit that is Erebor, properly travel stained as I could have only imagined and just wow I am in awe of your art. 

– THE EXPRESSIONS – Bilbo looks PISSED and desperate which is how he’s supposed to look this is just so amazingly capturing the emotions and they look so perfect and in character I just LOVE IT. 

– Thorin’s claws look properly horrifying and his face just makes my heart ache. Wow just everything, the colors the clothing the expressions, the lighting, I want to clutch this picture to my chest and never let go oh wow aoidjasoidjsad

Valentine Fandom Ask Meme coming through! # 3 4 9 15 16

3. What is the rarest rare pair (that you ship)?

Apparently, as of this exact moment it’s Julie Mao and Joe Miller from The Expanse (EVERYONE GO WATCH IT PLEASE IT’S SO AMAZING). I mean, they’re pretty much a canon ship but there’s only TWO FICS OF THEM on AO3 and one of my mini-projects is to rectify that. 

4. Name a popular ship you don’t get the appeal of.

No disrespect meant, but I don’t understand Lestrade/Mycroft at all. Not only are they never in the same room together in any meaningful way, I also don’t see their personalities jiving whatsoever. There’s just nothing there for me except puzzlement. I wish their shippers the best though, I just don’t get it.

9. What ship represents the kind of relationship you’d love to have?

A past lover of mine read “Prayers to Broken Stone” and said it made him almost uncomfortable with its intimacy, because it reminded him so much of the two of us. Not always one of us being only Bilbo or Thorin, but a mix of characteristics and many of the conversations apparently. I guess the kind of ship I’d like to be in is the mutually inspiring kind. 

15. What is the first ship you had?

Phantom/Christine when I was like 7 and first started listening to the Phantom of the Opera the soundtrack XD I still ship them too. 

16. Is there a ship that made you realise something about yourself?

Most of them have made me realize something about myself, mostly because I put a lot of myself into writing them. Some of them haven’t always been comfortable, so I’ll leave it at that.