I don’t think the sons of Elrond sailing is just headcanon. I vaguely remember reading somewhere (and forgive me, I’m just now rereading the Unfinished Tales and the Shapings of Middle Earth, it’ll take me like a year to find it) that the Sons of Elrond sailed with Celeborn once what ever their business on Middle Earth was had been finished.

textsfromtolkien:

Really? I wasn’t sure if it was written anywhere. But I’m glad it is. It would seem really strange for them not to sail though. Like, I know they hung out with men a lot when they were hunting orcs, but with all their parents went through? They definitely sailed.

queerglorfindel:

I changed my mind, when glorfindel was reborn everyone couldn’t believe it at first. ‘Glorfindel’s back? The great warrior, the Lord of the House of the Golden Flower? The mighty balrog slayer?’ they all ask, awestruck. ‘I thought his rebirth was just a myth!’

Cue glorfindel bursting into rivendell and yelling. ‘I guess you were MYTH-TAKEN’

queerglorfindel:

I changed my mind, when glorfindel was reborn everyone couldn’t believe it at first. ‘Glorfindel’s back? The great warrior, the Lord of the House of the Golden Flower? The mighty balrog slayer?’ they all ask, awestruck. ‘I thought his rebirth was just a myth!’

Cue glorfindel bursting into rivendell and yelling. ‘I guess you were MYTH-TAKEN’

thatswhatiamtolkienabout:

actuallyfeanor:

snartha:

bagginshield:

silmarillion au where the plot is exactly the same except that everyone is hobbits

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In which we learn that Melkor and Bilbo have a lot in common, and the children of Finwë are actually just the Sackville-Bagginses.

On the other hand, LotR AU where everyone is Fëanor.

“Get thee gone from my party, thou spoon-thieving Sackville-Baggins!”

Bilbo and Frodo swearing an oath to get the spoons back.