Title: On Adventures and Other Forms of Conduct Unbecoming of a Wizard
Fandom: Tolkien: The Hobbit (both book & movie 'verses)
Pairing: Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
Categories: Action/Adventure, AU, Romance, Canon Fix-it
Length: Epic (51,524 words)
Warnings: Spoilers for Entire Book

Author on LJ: manic_intent
Author Website: manic_intent (on AO3)

Summary:
That AU where Bilbo is a hobbit-shaped wizard who doesn't approve of adventures.

For as long as even the old Gaffer could remember there had been a wizard living in the hill at Bag End, overlooking the Shire. As wizards went, this one wasn't the wandering sort, always out to lure gentle folk out onto nasty adventures, or even the powerful kind, the sort that lived in high towers, reaching out into the ways of the world.

Review:
This story follows canon closely, save for the major difference that Bilbo is a wizard...and that is a difference that makes all the difference in the world. Events are tweaked in just the right ways with a wizard hobbit along on the journey instead of a burglar hobbit (I was particularly fond of the resolution of the dragon problem here). The developing relationship between Bilbo and Thorin is at turns sweet and fraught, with two such people having so wildly divergent outlooks and motivations while still pulled together by friendship and affection. The tragedies of the book still occur, but in slightly different forms, a trade-off of one type of pain for another. That said, there is a happy (if slightly bittersweet) ending for the story and characters.

Overall, the story is so well written with great understanding (and playful tweaking) of Tolkien's mythology and just great fun.

On Adventures and Other Forms of Conduct Unbecoming of a Wizard