crack_van | X-men comics/Lord of the Rings

Title by Author: if you go chasing rabbits by Jane St. Clair
Pairing: Frodo/Marrow
Author on LJ:

3jane
Author Website: Janefic
Why this must be read:

Please, don't run away screaming from the pairing. This was written for

trollprincess's Pairing List That Ate Fandom challenge, and is one of the best gems to come out of it. Jane took a random pairing out of a hat and turned it into something dark, seductive and beautifully ominous.

This is an excellent look into the minds of both Frodo and Marrow. We see Frodo in the middle of his quest, tossing and turning at night, the Ring weighing on his mind; we see Marrow from the point of view of an outsider, someone completely alien to the Marvel universe. Both characterizations are spot on.

The feel of this fic is just so foreboding and dark, and when I finished reading it I had shivers running down my spine. I love Marrow, and this is such an excellent look at her through the eyes of someone completely foreign.

Sam stirs, and Frodo curls back down. Waits there, cold and aching on the rocks. And it's not that he doesn't love Sam with everything that's left of him, but when Sam holds him at night, Frodo nearly goes mad trying to keep still.

Click of rocks above him makes Frodo look up. Smeagol announces himself that way, when he's feeling charitable. Orcs make more noise. The Fell Beast, when it's close, rings in Frodo's head too loudly for real thought.

This is none of those things. Only. "Hello, meat."

if you go chasing rabbits