Hi, it's me again, and I also have another request if you don't mind. Could you please write something about the Lotr Characters (or just the Lotr Men, as in the race of men) with a s/o who wasn't shown much affection in their youth and so is really confused and flustered when receiving it as an adult? Like maybe their s/o is sick and gets up to make themselves food, and is really confused when their love interest says that they'll just make food for them because nobody really did that for them as a kid? That kind of scenario. And the characters' reactions to their s/o being so unused to being taken care of, basically.
That's a bit of an angsty scenario but I hope you don't mind. Please take care of yourself and have a good day!
Hello again for your second post! First of all, thank you for wording your request so respectfully, I really appreciate it. I’m putting this under the “angst” tag as well as “hurt/comfort”, which is one of my favourite flavours to write. I hope you’ll enjoy the read!
･ﾟ✧ Boromir.
When you hurt your shoulder during a sparring session with Boromir, it is only natural for your prince charming to take care of your bed and food. His matter-of-fact care in this situation irritates you. “But you’re hurt. You should rest. Let me take care of everything.” – “But it was my mistake,” you insist, as if that would change anything for Boromir. He loves taking care of you, though he is a bit afraid of the kind of past that has made you so hard towards yourself and your own needs. He thinks about this a lot, oftentimes in bed, just staring at the stars.
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･ﾟ✧ Aragorn.
Aragorn will stop dead in his tracks if you ask him to “no longer coddle you”. Hands raised but not leaving your side, he will calmly inform you that your wounds had not yet healed and that he would need to take care of you for a while longer. Because of his great intuition and insight, he will touch upon your childhood on his own accord and assure you that everything was fine – you are safe with him. His kindness is greater than any guilt or shame inside your chest. With someone as understanding as Aragorn, is it easy for you to open up about your fears.
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･ﾟ✧ Éomer.
Éomer learns quickly that you expect nothing of others and that you are very hard on yourself. At first, he thought he could learn to respect your declines whenever he offered you help with the horses or the food. “You do not need to do this for me.” – “But what if I want to?!” One day, it just breaks out of him like that. He is more desperate than angry, though he cannot help but feel a nebulous anger towards those you have estranged his beloved from their own needs like this. More than anything, he wants to see you treat yourself with kindness, no matter how hard the road to this goal might be – he’s by your side.
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･ﾟ✧ Éowyn.
At first, Éowyn is very irritated when you decline her offers to help you with your broken ankle. “What do you mean, you’ll draw a bath for yourself? You can hardly stand up! I’ll do it, and I won’t hear anything about it.” She is stubborn in her help, but never angry. Because of her relentless and gentle pragmatism towards you, you begin to soften – at least when it’s Éowyn. It takes you a surprising amount of strength to accept help and kindness from others, but each time, Éowyn is there to comfort you, commenting on the progress you’re making if you feel like talking about it. She is proud of your growth.
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･ﾟ✧ Faramir.
With a childhood as difficult as his own, Faramir quickly recognises the patterns in your behaviour and is frightened by how familiar they are to him. His unfeeling father has instilled in him a belief system not unlike your own. His heart breaks as he realises this – he is shocked to see his beloved like this and feels helpless. This only changes when he finally talks to you about your constant declines and irritated reactions to favours. “There is nothing to ‘repay’,” he will assure you. With Faramir opening up about his own childhood, it becomes easier for you to rethink your own behaviour and to be kinder to yourself.
i really liked the idea of pharmercy as a ship until i saw how everyone on tumblr portrays their relationship as the huge violent brown woman with the small angelic one. they had so much potential until the fandom fucked it up from the start.
This is true. Like, 100% True. I genuinely could have cared less about this ship, if it weren’t for the portrayal of Fareeha and just how she Only Matters bc she’s with Mercy. That’s her sole purpose! If the fandom would have acted like Normal People and actually did their research on Egypt ( SNORTS ) I wouldn’t even be here. But no, a whole year in this fandom and nothing’s changed. And slowly I just grew to loathe the fandom and the ship all together. It’s disgusting? Like they do a Disgusting Job at portraying Fareeha. I can’t wrap my brain around their mentality. Anyway, thanks for your ask, it’s so true and I find it laughable that people would just brush these issues off as simple ‘hate’.
