#aragorn the third wheel

[tathrin]

Oh no help, why is my brain suddenly full of an RAF (or RFC) AU where Legolas is a pilot who gets the nickname “Greenleaf” because of how lightly and acrobatically he flies (and also he should probably be Irish or Scottish so the Brits can be derisive about his “more dangerous and less wise” people hmm? ooh or Indian! doesn’t really matter as long as he wears a lot of green so the nickname makes sense lmao) while Gimli was too short for the army but is a fucking amazing mechanic and basically single-handedly responsible for how amazing this unit’s planes are and how no matter how wrecked their planes are if they can get them back to base at all he can fix them, and Legolas fell in love basically the first time he saw Gimli work his miracles with that wrench and Gimli is not in love thank you, he is very very annoyed by this chipper pilot who keeps getting holes shot in his fucking wings and he definitely doesn’t like him at all and certainly doesn’t go out of his way to tinker with Legolas’s plane all the time and make sure it’s the absolute best machine in the air oh no nope definitely not dammit and he certainly doesn’t fret every time Legolas flies off into battle or comes back with his engine smoking again that fucker oh how Gimli loathes him! until one day he finally hops out of a just-barely-landed-successfully plane that is literally on fire Legolas what the fuck you idiot and oh and he stumbles what’s wrong oh no is he hurt oh no and Gimli runs over to help him up and instead they kiss right on the runway oh fuck—!

And the whole unit has been taking bets on this forever, so Commander Strider has to come break up the fistfight between Éowyn-who-definitely-isn’t-using-her-brother’s-ID-and-the-whole-unit-doesn’t-know-she’s-secretly-a-girl-NOPE and Boromir over who now owes whom money before Boromir’s little brother, the only one in the unit who hasn’t figured out that Éowyn is a girl yet, does something stupid trying to stop his brother fighting with “the fellow” he definitely doesn’t have a crush on Boromir please—!

Strider is so tired. He didn’t sign-up for herding idiots in love, he’s just trying to win the damn war, do you lads MIND???

Lord Mithrandir is sitting in his office watching the show from the window and laughing so hard, he fucking loves his deranged pilots so much. He has pulled  so many blatant cover-ups for their hijinks, and everybody in high command knows that he’s tossing aside regulations left and right, but his units are the most successful pilots in the damn skies so nobody can do anything about it dammit. (He’s also definitely in cahoots with General Galadriel, who pulls his ass out of the fire every damn time somebody tries to bestow some kind of reprimand or punishment, and who gets regular “briefings” about his pilots that absolutely aren’t just gossip in disguise, and which she certainly doesn’t pass along to her granddaughter who’s engaged to Commander Strider, who definitely isn’t royalty in disguise, nope nope and also nope.)

#i don't even DO aus like this what the FUCK brain???? #well i sure as fuck am not going to write it so if anybody else feels inspired PLEASE DO #plot for sale i offer it to you freely #gimleaf #gigolas #legolas #gimli #third wheel aragorn is the best aragorn #eowyn #faramir #boromir #aragorn #wwi #wwii #wwi au #wwii au #lotr au #lotr #my stuff #my writing #fighter pilots #snubfighter pilots #pilot au #aus

[tekitothemagpie]

Two towers in a nutshell 💀💀

#aragorn being the ultimate third wheel #he is so done with their bs #lotr #lotr movies #lotr the two towers #legolas #gimli #gigolas #legolas x gimli

[burnt-scone]

#LOTR #Gimleaf #Gigolas #And theres Aragorn #Third Wheel Aragorn #And I dont think Gimli or Legolas know theyre both doing it

[sighonaraa]

i bet the three hunters' search for the hobbits was like. road trip of the age. i bet aragorn fell asleep every night listening to legolas and gimli giggling in the dark. i bet legolas got them lost and they had to stop at a middle earthen gas station. i bet legolas and gimli argued so loudly that aragorn told them to stop or he'd Turn The Horses Around This Instant. i bet gimli got abandoned at aforementioned middle earthen gas station and aragorn and legolas had to turn around to get him

#i bet aragorn realized he was third wheeling when legolas and gimli came out of the bathroom late #and looking distinctly ruffled #lotr #the lord of the rings #aragorn #legolas #gimli #the three hunters

[kaleidemaran]

it’s been like. an hour since they last saw each other. this happens every time

#aragorns just out of view like ‘hi guys. i also came. guys? ok.’ #eternal third wheel <3 #gimli #legolas #legolas greenleaf #gimli son of gloin #gigolas #lotr #lord of the rings #my art

[vur-amoth]

*dreamy sigh* sexual reassignment surgery

#third wheel aragorn

[plounce]

aragorn and gollum are the opposite ends of the third wheel spectrum. discuss

#chirps

[annihilatedthenightstalker]

Of all the lotr horses why does absolutely no one talk about Arod??? LIKE- HES THE GOODEST BOY.

He's the unofficial third wheel when aragorn isn't around, he loves to trot, and legolas calls him his friend in the books!! Like please I love him so much you guys give him some love.

#lord of the rings #tolkien #lotr #middle earth #legolas #arod #lotr horses

[galadrielspeaks]

it’s so funny to imagine either One: aragorn was aware of the fact he’s third wheeling legolas and gimli and he would just awkwardly be in the background of their cute couple moments respectfully looking away or Two: he never realised at all and is absolutely blindsided when they start kissing

#i think either or is plausible like yeah aragorn is an observant man but also i wouldn’t be surprised if he was too busy focusing on being #the next future king and yanno. the war of the ring to realise what was going on #both scenarios are hilarous #gimleaf #gigolas

[millenariumhappinesstheorem]

I like Gimli/Legolas not because of Gimli or Legolas but because it forces Aragorn to grimly third-wheel all the way from Rivendell to Mordor.

#tolkien #gimleaf #gimli #legolas #aragorn

[tathrin]

So we talk about Third Wheel Aragorn a lot, and that’s good because he is one of the Classic Third Wheels Of All Time, and the period with the Three Hunters running around Middle-earth while two of them are falling head-over-heels for each other is just perfection. In fact, we should have more Third Wheel Aragorn stuff, because it’s frankly the best of his many (many) identities, imo.

But. We do not talk enough about Third Wheel Éomer and Faramir.

Because think about it! These two dudes were running Rohan and Ithilien when Gimli and Legolas were establishing their new dwarf and elf colonies. Which means that while Aragorn was busy being The Shiny New King Of Gondor, the Prince of Ithilien and King of Rohan (who yes was also busy being king, but surely had less Shit To Deal With because Rohan didn’t have a whole bunch of Huge Social And Practical Changes when Éomer got crowned like Gondor did, now did it?) took over management of his Two Idiot Friends In Love.

And depending on how long it took Legolas and Gimli to figure shit out...well. Just picture Éomer and Faramir meeting-up periodically to talk about political logistics and brother-in-law stuff...and eventually the conversation is going to turn to mutual friends, as it does. And one of them has this absurd poet dwarf running around waxing euphoric about pretty caves, and the other this weird half-feral tree-elf gremlin prancing around singing to the flowers. And both completely and absolutely obsessed with each other...and seemingly unaware of it. Would they commiserate? Absolutely. Would they try and wingman it? Ooh, probably. Would they somehow find a way to make things even more awkward, somehow? Almost definitely. And when Legolas and Gimli finally do get together, they can commiserate over that, too.

Just. You canNOT tell me that there isn’t bucket-loads of potential here for shenanigans and nonsense. And we need to see more of that, I think.

#eomer and gimli's bromance is one of my favorite oft-overlooked parts of lotr tbh #so i ESPECIALLY want to see more of that #but you can't tell me that faramir (and eowyn) getting involved wouldn't be great too #eomer #faramir #legolas #gimli #gimleaf #aragorn #third wheel aragorn is the best aragorn #lotr #third wheel eomer #third wheel faramir #lotr headanons #plot for sale i offer it to you freely

[bugstuff4ever]

okay okay headcannon that over the course of LOTR, legolas and gimli set up their bed rolls closer and closer to each other.

like when they’ve just left rivendale, they set up their sleeping mats/blankets on opposite sides of the camp, putting as much of the fellowship between them as possible.

then they get through moria, and they start to relax around each other a bit (grief), so they’re content with lying just a few feet apart.

then lothlorien happens, and they start to realize that they actually like one another, so they set up their bed rolls even closer together, maybe just a foot apart (they justify to themselves that it’s so they can continue whispering together through the night).

then the fellowship breaks and the three hunters are runningrunningrunning, and they’re both so exhausted that they can’t even feel self-conscious when they set up their sleeping pads right next to each other (touching), and fall asleep with their faces mere inches apart. (if they wake up the next morning to find they started cuddling sometime in the night, no one says anything).

and then finally, after the drinking competition in edoras, legolas kisses gimli (the jig is up), and they fall into each others arms; sharing lil smooches, whisper-flirting, and holding each other close until they drift off for the night (and every night for the rest of their lives).

meanwhile aragorn (third-wheel of the millennia) is like “good god if my obnoxious friends don’t GET A FUCKIN ROOM and let me finally GET SOME SLEEP i’m gonna lose my mcfreakin marbles”. (but, of course, he’s secretly really happy for them. everyone is).

#gigolas #legolas and gimli #gimleaf #legolas x gimli #gimlas #legolas greenleaf #gimli son of gloin

[nolonger-roses]

i think it’s not talk enough about how strong aragorn is for being the third wheel for months

like the poor man had to watch the weird elf prince and the sexy dwarf flirt and had no one else to talk to

#very king like #and then they go on their honeymoon #and aragorn is like #i would have cry #love them sm #gigolas #gimli #legolas #aragorn

[sillylotrpolls]

🎵 When I find myself in times of trouble Gandalf the Grey comes to me Speaking words of wisdom Ao3

#lotr #lord of the rings #poll #polls #gigolas #gimleaf #obviously the only correct answer is all of the above #but dont let that influence you

[silvantransthranduiltrash]

In the legolas x gandalf au

The fellowhip is kinda third wheeling their relationship, but maybe not bc maybe the relationship between gandalf and legolas is just an immortal thing, maybe it’s just a side affect of them having known each other for centuries, but why does it feel like sexual tension whenever they talk (argue)???

Aragorn, who’s been in this position before: here we go again

The hobbits, especially frodo, who has heard his uncle bilbo remark about the interesting dynamic between legolas and gandalf on occasion: oh, it’s so much weirder in real life.

It kind of got better when gandalf “died”, but legolas was in this weird mourning state where it looks like he was mourning his lover , but god forbid you mention that to him. And then when gandalf came back it was even worse.

#the mind fuck of an old man and sm1 that looks like a teenager/young adult being into each other is so important to how people percieve the #it’s not so weird for the elves but for all mortals it’s throwing up so many red flags #even though they know those flags don’t really apply here #legolas x gandalf #gandalf x legolas #gandalf #legolas #lord of the rings #lotr #lotr elves #the hobbit

[nico-di-genova]

Very big fan of the concept of Legolas just being the third wheel friend in Aragorn and Arwen’s relationship. Arwen trying to spend time with her husband but she finds Legolas lounging with his head in Aragorn’s lap while Aragorn messily braids his hair. Legolas isn’t a big fan of physical contact, Aragorn is the only person who gets a pass.

Legolas just being in the kitchen when Arwen goes to get a glass of water, he can’t cook for shit, but he insists he’s making dinner for her and Aragorn nonetheless.

Legolas being the third person to hold their kid because he was already there when Arwen went into labor. The kids call him uncle, he’s teaching them to hold a bow by the time they’re old enough to keep their own head up. By three their learning to wield knives. Aragorn is very stressed out by his gremlin children holding sharp objects.

Arwen’s happy Legolas is around, because it’s someone who understands her and her culture, and she’s thankful to have this touch of home in him. Even if he is a Mirkwood elf, and is therefore infinitely more chaotic than she is.

People think it’s weird that this perfect haired elf is spending so much time in Gondor, but who are they to question their king. Some people are convinced Legolas is romantically involved with the king and queen, and he does everything he can to fuel the rumor because he thinks it’s funny (he’s not, but he’s not about to explain to random men that his heart belongs to the trees).

Just Legolas splitting his time between Gondor, Mirkwood and the caves of Aglarond. He goes to the shire a few times, but he kept hitting his head on things so now he’s keeping away out of embarrassment.

#im furthering my aroace Legolas agenda with this #he loves his friends and his trees and that is all 😌 #is any of this remotely close to canon? #no #do I care? #also no #legolas #lotr #lord of the rings #tolkein