It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

It's my birthday (well, it was last Thursday, but I was out of town)! What do I want most for my special day? Recs! Specifically, any of the following:

-Marriage of Convenience fic (this also includes forced bonding fic, but please no non-con!)

-Non-Creepy Snape-is-Harry's-father fic (non-creepy means that the story isn't all about corporal punishment and that there isn't any incest)

-Super-Duper Epics (fics over 100,000 words, in any fandom I've ever recced.  Other fandoms are fine, as long as the fic is accessible to someone who doesn't know the fandom at all:)

Things to keep in mind:
-Recced stories can be any length, any fandom, and any pairing, as long as they fit the theme
-You don't need to write a review (unless you want to). All that you need to include are title, author, and link to the story (all parts if there are more than one). We are actively seeking new reccers at the moment. If you'd like to be considered, be sure to do a full review similar to the reviews posted on the comm.

That said, have at it!

Today's Topic: Jane's Birthday

Previous RR topics can be found here.

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor

Title: Bond of Honor
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Pairing: Haldir/Éomer
Categories: Romance, Drama, Alternate Universe
Length: Long
Warnings: Uninformed bonding...?

Author on LJ: meri_oddities
Website: Other Oddities of Fiction

Review:
The Lord of the Rings has always been plentiful with what you might call rare pairings as most newcomers tend to focus on the fellowship as whole before dipping their toes into other characters. A sound place to start but hampering when you consider all the possibilities the other characters present. ‘Bond of Honor’ is a prime example of that and lovely place to start branching out if you haven’t already. Beginning just after the battle of Helm’s Deep, with untold numbers injured and near death, Éomer finds himself offering his aid and his strength to an elf he knows little of but who he would not see die and unknowingly forges a bond between them.

While bonding stories as a whole are not a rare commodity in the LotR fandom, one’s that aren’t immediately inundated with ‘true love’ notions or an edge of the unbelievable are and as such are generally overlooked in the grand scheme of things because readers tend to think that it might not end happily. That’s not the case here and the author proves it by making the bond between Haldir and Éomer equal parts plausible and matter-of-fact. They didn’t intended to bond and don’t even realize it’s a possibility until it’s already happened and they’re seemingly stuck together. This is, in the long run, a good thing as the closeness that is forced upon them due to the bond also forces them to spend time getting to know one another and eventually leads to them to falling in love.

Combine all this with the ever deepening intensity of the war and Éomer’s journey to being King of Rohan, which I have woefully neglected mentioning but is in itself is well-written and interesting, and it’s an ultimately satisfying and thoroughly enjoyable read.

Bond of Honor