#the hobbit philharmonic au

[tetchy-frog]

An Unexpected Comic: Director’s Cut!

Oh god where did the 24th page come from and why is it not in the master post where did I go wrong-

Anyways, here is the big long post with all 24(?) parts of An Unexpected Comic! At some point soon, I’ll be amending my Master Post since apparently something went wrong… until then, happy reading and thank you for being here!

P.s. Watching my art style develop so quickly is giving me whiplash :’}

#the hobbit #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin oakenshield #thorin and company #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #fanart #thilbo #the hobbit bofur #the hobbit fili #the hobbit kili #bimbo and whorin #thorin is an idiot #bilbo is sassy #they figure it out in the end #froje’s long posts

[lordoftherazzles]

Did you guys know I am completely and utterly obsessed with @tetchy-frog​’s philharmonic AU? Well you do now, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, you SHOULD. Link will be provided below, but here we are.

BAGGINSHIELD, MODERN AU, INSTRUMENTS, THORIN’S STUPID...WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR???

I got bit by the urge to write a little drabble based on Froje’s AU, taking place before their comic does, kind of, in which we see Fili and Kili trying to give their hopeless uncle some advice on how to better treat Bilbo (who thinks Thorin isn’t fond of him). Honestly, we all know how it goes...but I hope you enjoy! It’s a fun AU to visit!

FROJE IS A GENIUS AND I LOVE THIS AU, THANKS.

→ check out the comic here!

The sigh that left Bilbo’s mouth was about as pleasant as nails on a chalkboard. To say that he was annoyed would be an understatement, and with each passing practice, he was cursing Gandalf’s name under his breath more and more. He loved the dulcimer, and he knew he was damn good at it, but maybe joining this ragtag company for the sake of a few dollars just wasn’t worth it. 

With rosy cheeks and a pouty lip, Bilbo was so busy focusing on his own thoughts that he hadn’t noticed that wretched conductor sauntering over as if this were his greatest plan since the last greatest plan.

“My dear Bilbo, you look as if someone just told you that we were skipping lunch today,” Gandalf teased, earning a harsh glare from the dulcimist. “What seems to be the problem?”

“Your jokes,” Bilbo huffed, focusing on casing his instrument once more, “and him.” Tossing his head to the side as a means to point to the other side of the room, Bilbo could feel little prickles of annoyance across his skin.

“Hm, Thorin?” Gandalf sounded genuinely perplexed as he eyed Thorin who was tuning his harp, and had Fili talking over his shoulder. Whatever it was, it looked important. “Has he done something?”

“That’s the thing. He’s done nothing, unless you count glaring constantly, or rejecting my invitations to eat during our lunch breaks, everyone else has been just fine, but he clearly has something against me.” There was Bilbo’s pout again, his eyes flashing in the conductor’s direction and feeling a bit like a kicked puppy at the rejection time and time again. “This is basically his group, and I still don’t understand why he’s here, or why I’m here.”

A hum buzzed between Gandalf’s lips as he leaned casually against one of the seats next to Bilbo. “Well, you’re the finest dulcimist on this side of the mountain, and I just so happen to find your quirky attitude perfect for this bunch. You remind me so much of your mother,” he advised, a glimmer of mischief in his eyes before sighing. “Thorin is a passionate sort, and he leads this company with an incredible level of dedication. He is a great asset to this orchestra.”

“Well, you’ve got the ass part right.”

“Don’t be so quick to judge, Bilbo Baggins. I guarantee that things are not as they seem,” Gandalf huffed in amusement before reaching over and ruffling Bilbo’s hair like he might have done when Bilbo only reached his knees in height. “In any case, you’ve given Thorin no reason to hate you, just be patient.”

And as much as Bilbo wanted to swat that hand away from his hair, he refrained and the subject was dropped, especially as one of Thorin’s nephews was passing by, yelling across the room about lunch and just how late they were for it. Bilbo’s stomach growled in response and agreement. As he finished packing up his case, he felt Kili slap a hand on his shoulder in passing.

“Afternoon, Mister Boggins!”

What had started as a verbal flub had become something of a joke, and Bilbo could only snort in amusement at the youngster’s words. “See you after lunch, Kili.” For Bilbo was not going to miss out on a meal just as Gandalf had teased.

Cheerful and inconspicuous as Kili was, his grin diminished as soon as Bilbo had his back to him. It spurred the more youthful viola player to bounce across the room towards his uncle, who looked deep in thought with Fili chattering away. “Uncle!” Kili’s sing-song voice was soft, but it alerted the two other Durinson men in the room. “I heard something about someone that I think you’ll be interested in!!”

“You shouldn’t listen to idle gossip, Kili,” Thorin warned with an exasperated sigh, now falling behind because he had both of his nephews chattering about non-orchestra related things. 

“Is it idle gossip when it comes from the subject matter’s mouth?” Kili grinned wide like a cheshire cat. With Thorin’s arched brow, that was enough of a green like for Kili to continue. “The new guy thinks you’re not fond of him.” 

“Bilbo?” Fili asked in confusion before a smirk began to dance across his lips. “You mean the fella that uncle can’t stop looking at?”

Oh, to be teased by his nephews, it brought a sudden flush to Thorin’s cheeks as he dropped his head. “What did he say?” Thorin realized quickly he shouldn’t have asked as Kili pulled up a seat and looked ready to spill the gossip like a cliché high-school girl. “And get to the point.”

“You glare, you reject his invitations to lunch, and quite frankly, I don’t think you’ve said much to him, have you?” Kili chirped.

“I’ve been busy as of late, and…I don’t glare–”

“Yes you do,” Fili interjected with a pat on his uncle’s shoulder. “Maybe it has something to do with your poor eyesight, but you most definitely glare. RBF is your enemy–”

“Resting bitch face,” Kili was quick to clarify, finding no small amount of amusement in Thorin’s head shifting from looking to the left and right at whichever nephew was talking.

Feeling a knot form in his throat, Thorin took a quick glance at where Bilbo once was, but found nothing interesting to look at. The dulcimist was nowhere to be found, which only seemed to spur laughter from both Fili and Kili. “I wasn’t…under the impression I had this…resting bitch face,” but alright. He shrugged and dropped his eyes.

“Don’t worry, you can still turn this around!” Fili encouraged.

“Fee’s right, and you’ve got the right nephews to help you out. All you have to do is follow these steps, and you’ll have Bilbo charmed right out of his pants–”

“Erm, Kee…I’d rather not think about that.”

Thorin’s throat cleared, interrupting the funny little words floating between his nephews as his face grew even hotter. “And what do you suggest?”

Kili merely shrugged. “Well, talking to him is a good place to start. Perhaps a compliment or two in passing? Tell him what you like about him, but do it in a poetic sort of way. You know, big elaborate words that fly right off the page of a romance novel. That’ll make him swoon for sure.”

“Also flowers! I know he’s fond of them based on some of the books he carries with him,” Fili interjected with a grin. “Everyone loves a secret admirer, but think outside the box. Anyone can get roses, be different!”

“Compliments…flowers…” Thorin mused, rubbing at his jaw while trying not to expose just how overwhelmed he felt. “Think outside the box…I think I can manage that.” Rising to his feet and discarding what little work he had been doing, Thorin began to rub at his temples some in thought as a headache began to brew. Perhaps it was all of those missed meals finally catching up with him?

“Where are you going?” Fili asked, half surprised that Thorin even bothered to move, or listen to them speak about Bilbo for that matter.

“To get something to eat. Break is over in an hour, and I expect everyone to be back on time…”

“And maybe you’ll catch Bilbo at the food trucks, hm?” Kili’s brows rose up and down cheekily, earning nothing more than a groan of annoyance from the older fellow as he gave them his back.

After a few moments of silence, and Thorin had departed from the practice room, Fili reached over and poked Kili’s arm. “Ten bucks says he finds some way to goof it up.”

It was a bet that Kili would be a fool to take, but…thankfully he had ten dollars to spare for the inevitable as he shook Fili’s hand. Deal. Though maybe there was a small shred of hope that his uncle wouldn’t find a way to mess it up. Highly unlikely, but it wasn’t impossible.

#the hobbit #bagginshield #thilbo #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #fili #kili #modern!au #razzledrabbles #razzywrites #i'm screaming crying throwing up over this au #froje I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY

[tetchy-frog]

Day 03 of doodling Tolkien Fanart until my Art Block™️ is cured:

Same Nonsense as Before

The head canon that modern Thorin has massive RBF only for it to be revealed he’s just near sighted and stubborn gives me life.

This is for the orchestra AU I have going in my silly little brain, and you’ll probably be seeing more of it from me soon!

#the hobbit #thorin oakenshield #fanart #thorin and company #bagginshield #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #thilbo #as a near sighted guy myself I can confirm it results in occasional RBF whenever I need to squint at something

[tetchy-frog]

Day 01 of doodling Tolkien Fanart until my Art Block™️ is cured:

Modern AU Nonsense

In theory, this takes place in my hobbit-philharmonic-AU, but it can exist on its own as a regular modern AU as well!

I’m trying to focus on looseness and just having fun over actual polish and “quality”, so these posts will be instilled with loving and enthusiastic jank!

#the hobbit #thorin oakenshield #fanart #thorin and company #thilbo #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #froje draws until their artblock is cured #because if middle earth can’t cure my burnout nothing can #ah self indulgent art #my lifeblood

[tetchy-frog]

Day 32 of Tolkien Doodles!

Day 22 of An Unexpected Comic:

In which Thorin realizes his hamfisted flirting attempts may just work and has activated -game mode-

Alternatively, in which Beebo realizes he has gravely miscalculated both Thorin’s feelings about him and his feelings for Thorin.

He’s going home to have tea about it™️

If you’re new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, which you can read in its entirety here!

#I love the head canon that Thorin is horrible at flirting #not because he can’t #but because the immense self loathing usually gets in the way #but when beebo sees past his socially awkward exterior #he’s enthusiastic and that’s what matters #the hobbit #thorin oakenshield #thorin and company #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #thilbo

[tetchy-frog]

Philharmonic! Thorin Ref:

TLDR: Dwarves are now from Eastern Europe because it’s my AU, and I can make a fake country from a conglomerate of well-researched Eastern European cultural influences if I want to!

I have a lot more details, but I’ll let those come out in possible headcanon posts as well as future art :D

Erebor is basically an Eastern European country that’s been taken over by an autocratic regime (Smaug), and so Thorin and Company are refugees/immigrants from there to Eriador (modern fantasy England). I thought it would tie in pretty spot-on with the canonical story, just in a modern context.

That being said, I’m taking a lot of inspiration from Nordic traditions, yes, but also Baltic and Balkan, since this is my AU and I get to decide if the dwarves are fantasy Lithuanians.

I’m going to do my bestest to create a fake, modern, Eastern European country based on the ones we have in real life while still respecting the distinctness of each country I take from as well as Tolkien’s original Nordic inspiration. I’m a history buff, and Lithuanian myself, so it’s a fun journey to research my heritage and try to create something new!

#the hobbit #thorin oakenshield #thorin and company #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #froje’s refs #my art

[tetchy-frog]

Day 25 of Tolkien Doodles!

An Unexpected Comic, Part 16:

There. There is my singular, government-mandated fullbody panel. I just realized that 80% of this is face shots where I repeat a lot of poses, and I'd like to think I'm a little bit better at composition than that!

Ahhh Bilbo, you sassy ray of sunshine, you!

If this is your first time here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, and you can find the master-post here!

#the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #thorin is an idiot #bilbo is sassy #bagginshield #thilbo #gettin' real tired remembering to tag all of these #i don't wanna worry about logistics #i just wanna post my doodles and then crawl into the void #but noooooo #you have to TAG things if you want the other tolkien nerds to see them

[tetchy-frog]

Day 20 (wowzers) of Tolkien Doodles!

Part 11 of An Unexpected Comic:

You know you dun-goofed when he swipes your hand away like invisible breadcrumbs.

Drawing body hair is hard and frustrating, and I think it should be illegal now.

Sincerely, Frojé

For those new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU!

Previous Parts:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

#the hobbit au #thorin and company #the hobbit #thilbo #bagginshield #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin is an idiot #and we love him for it #first post from pc because im a dweeb who uses mobile all the time

[tetchy-frog]

Day 24 of Tolkien Doodles!

An Unexpected Comic - Part 15:

He's stuck somewhere between quiet delight, gay panic, and beligerent self-loathing. Bilbo is having none of it.

If you're new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU! You can find the master-post here!

#thilbo #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #thorin oakenshield #thorin is an idiot #bilbo is sassy #a perfect pair if you ask me! #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit #fanart

[tetchy-frog]

Day 33 of Tolkien Doodles!

Part 23 of An Unexpected Comic-

It is done.

I am free!

ONTO THE NEXT ONE!

Jk, I’m going to take a break from making comics while I redo some designs and flesh out the Philharmonic AU!

Thank you all for keeping up with this silly little adventure! It was truly unexpected, but I learned a bunch about character design and composition while making this, so it was certainly productive!

This fandom is filled with so many lovely people, and I’m happy for all the friends I’ve made along the way. Stay tuned for when I finally post something that isn’t Philharmonic related XD

If you’re new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, which you can read the rest of here!

#the hobbit #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin oakenshield #thorin and company #bilbo baggins #bagginshield

[tetchy-frog]

Tolkien Doodles Day 31!

An Unexpected Comic - Part 21:

Oh dear I just posted this to the wrong account and then panicked and deleted it lol!

If you’re new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, which you can read in its entirety here!

I’ve been having a wee bit of art block and burnout lately. I think it’s because I’ve reached that point in fandom where I’ve run out of -content- to consume, and the Hobbit shaped void in my brain is now starving because of it. Statistically, there’s lots of fanworks and artists that I’d love, but just haven’t found yet! Until I finish the LotR books and let myself fully immerse myself in that side of the fandom, though, I feel like a listless chick whose content-shaped mother duck has disappeared.

That being said, if you have any favorite fics, comics, art pieces, or artists that you really like, drop a link to me and I’ll be forever grateful!

#the hobbit #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #bagginshield #thorin and company #Thorin is catching on #Bilbo is having his gay awakening #me too buddy me too

[tetchy-frog]

Day 29 of Tolkien Doodles!

An Unexpected Comic - Part 19:

I liiiiive!!!

Bifur enters the chat- tangentially, at least!

Art school is kind of kicking my ass, but I’m having a good time overall!

If you’re new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, which you can read the rest of here!

#the hobbit #the hobbit au #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin and company #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #bagginshield #thilbo #the hobbit bifur #bifur the dwarf

[tetchy-frog]

Day 28 of Tolkien Doodles!

An Unexpected Comic - Part 19

A little format switch-up to see how I like this style of paneling. This page has a lot of ups and downs for me, but overall I liked experimenting with different character angles, styles, and views! I realized I almsot always focused on the face, when there's a whole body to give visual cues from. Since I'm 19 parts deep, I thought I might as well start trying to do the whole "show- don't tell" thing.

Body hair is still very difficult to render. I kind of gave up on this page- I'm leaving the details up to "viewer interpretation" :'D

For any new viewers, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU, which you can catch the rest of here!

#the hobbit #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #bagginshield #thorin is an idiot #bilbo is just now realizing this

[tetchy-frog]

Day 06 of Doodling Tolkien Fanart for My Mental Health:

Silly little comic pt. 1!

“Listen, Thorin. I know you don’t like me, and I understand that can be hard to deal with in a setting like this.

Still, I must ask that you put it aside during rehearsals. I’ve tried to just give you your space, but it’s incredibly hard to focus with you glaring at me every other-“

Sorry about my absolutely abominable handwriting! Since these are meant to be doodles, I knew I either had to keep it rough or spend the next hour preferring the script since I’m a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to writing dialogue on drawings.

This is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU!

#the hobbit #the hobbit philharmonic au #thorin and company #thorin oakenshield #fanart #the hobbit au #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #thilbo

[tetchy-frog]

Day 14 of Tolkien Doodles!

Today is a little break from the mini comic for a true doodle dump.

Thus, we have:

Potential sketches for Dis!

I’m not sure how boxy or pointy to make her, but I do know that she is absolutely taller than Thorin, and he is very much insecure about that.

She plays the French horn and the tuba, because she views life as a challenge to pummel into the earth. However, she is also probably the most culturally affluent of the orchestra, and also the most polite to Bilbo, at least in terms of first impressions.

MUCH to Thorin’s utter horror, they become fast friends and confidants.

For anyone new here, this is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU!

#the hobbit #thorin and company #fanart #thorin oakenshield #the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #bagginshield #bilbo baggins #thilbo #dis durin #of course I’m drawing Thorin’s sister as an Amazonian woman #and of course I’m juxtaposing that with gentle femininity #because goddammit I love to subvert expections in my silly little stories

[tetchy-frog]

An Unexpected Comic Masterlist!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

(NOTE: Apparently, I counted something wrong along the way, so the only way to actually view every page is in the long-post. Apologies for the inconvenience, and I will correct this as soon as I am able to!)

Or, you can read it all as one very long post here!

This is for my Hobbit Philharmonic AU!

#the hobbit philharmonic au #the hobbit au #fan comic #froje's masters