#celrondir

[runawaymun]

Thanks, and ok. Can’t see elrond without Celebrian tho sooooo… triad them with Lindir? Ugh… but power imbalance? (Unless Lindir is a secret badass which I’m down for)

I tend to ship Lindir with Elrond in an OT3 situation with Celebrían for sure, or in an unrequited (because I like to be sad) way. The power imbalance is definitely a problem but I tend to think of Elrond and Celebrían as being self aware enough to make sure that Lindir is ok and that he always feels like a partner in running Rivendell rather than just a member of staff or whatever. He just has different responsibilities but they’re all very much partners (and in the way that I slot different members of the Rivendell group into their roles, Lindir naturally works alongside Celebrían anyway in his stewardship position. I don’t think of him merely like Elrond’s personal attendant as I’ve seen in some fics. He’s essential to the smooth running of their home and entirely responsible for things like accounting, inventory management, management of most of the staff, etc etc. he and Celebrían are partners in that sense. Elrond handles the political aspect of running the city and the two of them manage logistics so Lindir isn’t in a subordinate position any more than Cel is!)

[sanisse]

In response to Lindir crying every night

I’m actually a big shipper of Elrondir esp post-Celebrians sail. He can’t cry every night if he’s wrapped up in Elrond’s arms 🥰

I actually ship the three of them together!

Like i have two AUs in my head: one where the three of them got married to each other before she sailed, and one where Elrond and Lindir became an item after Cel sailed and then the three of them became an item in Valinor upon Elrond's sailing. Cel and Lindir are mostly QP with a small romantic bent. But mostly it's the "this is my husband Elrond and this is my husband's husband Lindir". They enjoy sex in separate combos and together. Cel and Lindir just tend not to have sex so much on their own. Usually when they do it's either because Elrond's not available or Lindir's craving something very specific with Cel. Like he's absolutely whipped for both of them and he IS bi, but he's much more into sex with men. Elrond tends to fall in love with mostly men but likes sex with both men and women equally. Lindir and Cel are mostly just really affectionate with each other and cuddle :) And Cel likes watching Elrond wreck Lindir. It's very hot.

Sometimes I like to combine this into an OT4 with Gil-Galad, though I headcannon that Gil is very aro, so he's just very QP for Elrond, besties with Cel, and besties with Lindir (who is very embarrassed by this THAT'S THE FORMER HIGH KING OF THE NOLDOR)

I really adore the first AU for the cute shippy nonsense, and the second AU for the angst factor. I love the concept of Lindir just assuming that Elrond will ditch him once he sails to be with his wife, and even when Elrond assures him that he would never do that and that Cel will absolutely welcome him into the marriage with open arms he's still very unsure and insecure about it until they actually get to Valinor. The angst potential is too good :)

But yeah

Lindir 🤝 Cel 🤝 Gil-Galad > being utterly head over heels for Elrond

Elrond contains multitudes and has so much love to give so I really don't see any reason why he can't have multiple partners who he loves and cherishes equally and differently. I tend to reserve Celrondgalad (as in, this is my husband Elrond & this is Elrond's QP partner Ereinion) as a "canon" interpretation, if you will, whereas Celrondir lives in the AU side of my brain.

[runawaymun]

“I’m extremely fond of Elrond in all sorts of relationships and various constellations and polycules” can you give some examples? Excluding ROP Elrond bc I’m not that interested in him (respectfully, still think he’s lovely)

Hello hello! 💕 thank you for giving me an opportunity to ramble about some more brainrot!

So excluding Rings of Power, here’s some fav polycules:

S-tier: Celrondir — Celebrían/Elrond/Lindir (hobbit films) I’m really fond of the Elrondir ship but I can never justify setting Elrond up with someone and not involving Celebrían, so in my head Lindir got a crush on Elrond, Elrond got a crush on Lindir, and meanwhile Cel was in the background also mildly attracted to Lindir (but mostly they’re just besties) & she was like ‘ok now kiss’. Bonus points if they eventually all get married to each other — peak sweet anxious wreck Lindir getting doted on by Cel & Elrond, but also Lindir and Elrond mutually sitting there fawning over their hot wife. Meanwhile Celebrían has this lil harem of husbands who adore her (and she and Lindir gossip about Elrond like girls at a sleepover). I just love them your honor.

S-tier - QPR Celrondgalad - I’m very much of the opinion that Elrond and Gil had some mutual devotion/fealty queerplatonic intense thing going on in the second age. Absolute platonic soulmates (who occasionally had sex). Celebrían and Gil were best buddies & like literally nobody was a bigger Celrond shipper than Gil. He loved seeing how happy they made each other 😭💕 and like Elrond and Celebrían didn’t really get a chance to talk about this because of Gil’s fate, but Elrond got this impression that he needed to break off the QPR thing with Gil, meanwhile Cel was like “what we have and what you two have are two completely different things and not mutually exclusive”. So at some point they did end up talking about this and once Elrond sails and reunites with both of them, it’s very much a “hi this is my husband and this is my best friend who’s my husband’s boyfriend” and I love them for that

A-tier - Celrondgalad 🤝 Celrondir - in a Celrondir verse, Lindir sails with Elrond to reunite with Cel and then also gets the shock of his life getting invited into a four-person polycule with the High King(tm) and is extremely embarrassed and worked up about this. I can’t really see Lindir and Gil being a thing except for besties who bond over their adoration for Elrond.

B-tier (fun to think about sometimes but mostly as a joke) - Celronduil and Celronduil 🤝 Celrondir - Celebrían and Thranduil tell Elrond to get in the car, loser, we’re going shopping. Weird on the surface but the more you think about the more entertaining the dynamics get. Especially if you toss Lindir in for fun because he is but one poor wet pathetic meow meow in a polycule of extremely strong personalities. It amuses me so I daydream about it often.

Basically all of these naturally revolve around Celrond, because I headcannon that Elrond just wasn’t really interested in romantic relationships very much prior to meeting Celebrían (except now I have a Celebrimbor brain worm that is changing that…), and Celrond is so endgame to me that all of my polycules are born out of me trying to reconcile my other pet Elrond ships without having to wave away my OTP 😂 plus it just makes sense. Elrond has so much love to give and I feel like he deserves a polycule. As a treat.

[sanisse]

& good morning to you! Mwahaha 😈 yES Elrond loves watching his partner Celebrían orgasm and so he definitely has this conflict bc he wants to see Celebrían orgasm in this scenario (and by default Lindir obvi bc he’s the one getting his dick ridden and hole plowed by Cel and her strap respectively) but at the same time, the denial is so sweet bc Cel gets to cum as many times as she wants but Lindir? No, that pretty little cock isn’t allowed to spill seed until Elrond says so.

Ohohoho okay so Cel is actually there. I was thinking they were both mutually fantasizing about Cel (which i suppose this still applies to).

But Cel actually being there is tasty. Because the great thing about straps? You can swap out the cock size

This adds even more to the illusion that Lindir’s being taken by multiple different people.

Also YES Cel can come as many times as she wants & Lindir is not allowed to come until either she or Elrond say so, because this dynamic feels very much like the two of them topping him together.

(Does he get to come at all? Elrond likes to indulge him but also Lindir really is a mess for being fucked and then left high and dry — with aftercare obviously— but it makes him feel that much more used)

[runawaymun]

I need more Celrondir, I need more Celebrían getting loved on by her two husbands (bc Lindir is certainly husband material, he definitely has that potential). Whenever he sees Celebrían, he’s suddenly “Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry. Mommy? Sorry.” (This could go for Lindir or Elrond btw; tbh it’s both.)

bestie I am literally writing Celrondir content as we speak.

When will I post it? Someday I promise !!

Lindir is absolutely husband material. he's smol husband material. 10/10 cooks Cel breakfast and brings it to her in bed. Will bring her whatever snacks she wants at literally any time. Oh you're cold????? Elrond's the kind of husband that'd lend her his coat/sweater/extra layer (and they're similar sizes so it fits Cel pretty well) but Lindir's kinda small so he disappears and comes back with blankets and will snuggle. 

both boys are really good at braiding hair and its kind of a tie but it really depends on what hairstyles Cel wants tbh. sometimes its a team effort.

Elrond is actively affectionate. boy will smother his wife if she doesn’t stop him. casual touches galore. forehead/neck/shoulder/wrist/palm kisses. come lie on top of me and take a nap and ill play with your hair. do you exist? im sneaking up behind you and hugging you now. 

Lindir is responsively affectionate. reading? let me join you. oh you touched my face? insta palm kiss. oh you hugged me? ima hug you even harder. can i-- can i--sorry--hey is it ok if--um--maybe i kissed you---if not it's fine--sorry--or you can run me over with your car--thats ok too---love you uwu

honestly idk how Cel gets anything done with these two tbh with the amount that they dote