If you’ve enjoyed hearing about the Fig Tree Server’s darling OC, Theodoc Brandybuck, then go read Ancestral Valor, written by our very own @windmilltothestars!
Discord Highlights: Headcanon Marathon
Meg suggested I write this all as a bullet point list instead of copying the chat this time; which is probably a good idea considering the workload here LOL
On the night of 5/4/23, we here at the Fig Tree Discord Server got together and headcanoned:
- Primrose Gamgee is a redhead like her mother
- Prim was born deaf
- Prim and her brother Bilbo are thick as thieves
- Signing doesn't come naturally to Bilbo, but he tries his hardest, and Prim understands him anyway
- Goldilocks may or may not be named the way she is because Sam wanted to name a daughter Galadriel but Rosie wanted the hobbit version so they compromised
- For the first like four years of her life Goldi thought she was named after a flower like her big sisters and was very confused why her parents laughed when she asked to plant goldilocks in the garden
- Frodo later comforts her like "it's okay they can't plant Frodo either" and that got her giggling like crazy
- She decides dandelions are goldilockses and is delighted when they show up in the yard
Sam is not- Actually Sam is just fine with this because hobbit lawns encourage natural biodiversity and also dandelions are good in salads
- The Gamgee family is a big loud singing household
- The Sound of Music, but it's Bag End
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Discord Highlights: Theodoc "Trotter" Brandybuck
From a discussion on 4/28/23
Windmill to the Stars:
I've heard vague references to a letter Tolkien wrote to a fan (not included in the volume of the Letters) in which he told her that Merry named at least one son "Periadoc." I kind of like it, especially if the "Per" part is related to "Peregrin" or "Periannath"! What do y'all think? Does this go with the other headcanons we came up with about Merry's kids?
InvisibleWashboard:
I can see it! May steal it and replace one of the other son’s names I have in my one-shot about all his babies!
Me:
Merry and Perry👀
InvisibleWashboard:
It’s maybe a little too cutesy with the rhyming but I kind of like it, not gonna lie.
Windmill to the Stars:
And Pippin's sonFerry
Me:
THE TRIFECTA IS COMPLETE
meg is me:
It's all -erry
Me:
Always has been
meg is me:
You know what must be done now
Me:
It is done
For the asks, how bout Merry and Pippin for 2, 3, and 10? 😁 thank you!
Heck yes, more Merry and Pippin!
2. “Favorite scene of them?”
Literally the entire Treebeard chapter heehee 8-D But that’s mostly just because I love King Tree.
If I had to pick an exclusively Merry and Pippin scene, I think it would be the moment they escape the orcs, right before they head into Fangorn; Merry perfectly encapsulates their dynamic in a nutshell when he says, “Well, that was some good work back there, Pip, helping us escape and getting me free and fed and cared for and all that, but you can’t keep showing me up! I think we’ve come to the end of your usefulness anyway. I’ll take over from here; I was one one who looked at the Maps, after all.” And Pippin doesn’t even argue and just goes along with it. They trust each other! And can still banter and pick on one another like brothers! It’s a small moment, but very sweet.
(I might change my mind on this later, of course; I’ve still got a little bit of the book to go, and I’m pretty sure there are some good Merry and Pippin scenes coming up soon!)
3. “A random headcanon I have of them”
Pippin snores. Merry found this out the hard way after one too many sleepless nights next to him in the wilds. He learned to kick Pippin just hard enough to stop the snoring, and eventually, he got so good at it that he could kick Pippin without really waking up himself.
This was very difficult to explain to Estella some years later, but that’s a matter for another day.
10. “A song that reminds me of them”
HEYYY-HO TO THE BOTTLE I GO—
*ahem* Okay in all seriousness, let’s go with Seven by Sleeping At Last. That song captures their journeys fairly well, I think. ^-^ (Also you can’t tell me “I’m hungry, I’m hungry, I’m hungry” doesn’t perfectly fit hobbits LOL)