Tales from ReShirement
THORIN OAKENSHIELD SURVIVES THE BATTLE OF FIVE ARMIES
and finds fulfillment, not in the pursuit of glory, but in the tranquility of the ShireMy own works will be added to the collection, works that inspire me will be added as bookmarks.
Contains:
- No modern AU
- No gender swap
- No stories where I personally feel like the characters are too different from canon (I’m okay with new dimensions or evolution of their personalities within reason, this point is mainly based on vibes)
- Only stories that treat the characters as fully complex
- Only stories i think are well written (again, based on my personal vibes)
- Only stories written in third person
Basically a collection of Bagginshield reShirement fics that suit my personal preferences :)
(Open, Moderated)
Recent works
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Westward by ilennemayhem
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Legendarium & Related Fandoms
07 Jun 2026
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Five years after barely surviving the Battle of Five Armies, Thorin finds himself unfulfilled by the throne he vowed his life to reclaiming. When he finally steps out of the mountain once more, his journey rekindles an old friendship and forces him to evaluate the true purpose of legacy and meaning.
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Five years after they've reclaimed Erebor, Thorin is sick of home, Bilbo is just sick, and neither is handling the situation ideally.
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- Part 4 of author's favorites
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 118,621
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 556
- Kudos:
- 2,078
- Bookmarks:
- 729
- Hits:
- 48,126
Bookmarked by ilennemayhem
18 May 2026
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this work has such an intriguing depiction thorin’s and bilbo’s internal struggles - where they clash and where they tie into each other. just overall beautifully written
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Roses of Iron by Porphyrios
Fandoms: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms, The Hobbit - All Media Types
06 Oct 2020
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Two years after Bilbo returned from his adventures, he's made his peace with being back in the Shire. He still wonders what might have happened if things were different, but figures all that is behind him now. A mysterious visitor turns out to be someone he never thought he'd see again, and he's shocked by the news he hears.
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- Part 1 of Roses of Iron
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 152,426
- Chapters:
- 29/29
- Collections:
- 7
- Comments:
- 1,901
- Kudos:
- 4,337
- Bookmarks:
- 1,278
- Hits:
- 125,443
Bookmarked by ilennemayhem
17 May 2026
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i just absolutely love this, one of my favorite works i’ve read on here
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The mess we share is true love by lisandrxo
Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - All Media Types
15 Sep 2025
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Thorin and Bilbo return to the Shire after thirteen months, no longer the people they once were.
But beyond elusive poems and secret languages maintaining the faintest distance between them, they’re finally home.
Bookmarked by ilennemayhem
17 May 2026
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beautifully written, sweet and scaled back
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The Letter by objectlesson for Ahufflepuffhobbit
Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), TOLKIEN J. R. R. - Works & Related Fandoms
29 Jun 2021
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Once Bilbo arrives in the haunted stillness of Bag End, his chest aches to realize the house does not feel like a home anymore. His books are still there, his furniture is still there (once he hunts it down and returns it, dusty and fingerprinted, to its correct place.) But still, the feeling of pervasive strangeness remains. He at first chalks it up to having been empty: to a year of disuse, to odd scents filtering their way in and settling like cobwebs in the absence of his usual routine, tea and baking and the drying of herbs. Perhaps, once he begins these things again, it will not feel so cavernous, so lonely, so strangely and painfully bare, like a tree stripped of its leaves come winter.
But weeks pass, and nothing changes. So maybe it’s not the emptiness, but the fact (which he is trying his very hardest to dutifully ignore) that he left his heart behind to crystalize in the caverns of the Lonely Mountain.
Bookmarked by ilennemayhem
14 May 2026
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sweet, longing, kept me engaged throughout by perfectly balancing quiet subtle emotional development with drama and intensity.
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Bilbo Baggins and the very nice dwarf by Daisyflower
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
13 Sep 2024
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Bilbo Baggins wakes up in Bag End, on a sunny day... and sees a dwarf in his bed. A very nice dwarf. A very nice and very handsome dwarf.
...what is going on?
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This is a memory-loss story. Read at your own discretion.
This is a good-day scenario. Prepare for fluff. ❤️
Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,989
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 25
- Kudos:
- 399
- Bookmarks:
- 40
- Hits:
- 3,399
Bookmarked by ilennemayhem
14 May 2026
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i’ve never cried over a fan fiction until this one. it’s short and tender and sweet and raw all at the same time. heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time.