under the misty mountains cold

 It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person who has seen the Hobbit must be in want of Thorin Oakenshield fan fictions. Has anyone got any recommendations? I'd love to read something gen about Thorin and the dwarves wandering Middle-Earth before the events of the Hobbit. Most of the stuff I've read seems to be Bilbo/Thorin which is all very well but you know ADVENTURES! Also, Richard Armitage in full dwarf drag and shirtsleeves doing manly things with metal and hammers.   

Soon, I shall post something original-ah screw it, let's have another quote

"The game describes each animal with different hunting tactics and skills, but in practice it's easiest to run aimlessly through the woods until you see something, chase it until it runs into a tree and stab it when it doubles back towards you. Works up to and including elk. The only thing I felt guilty about killing was beavers because they're really slow and make a crying noise when you kill them, but they are so easy to hunt if you are level grinding"

-My sister on AC3. 

Also, back in the 1900s in Hastings (a small English seaside town I visited this weekend) there was once a winkle club. Members had to carry a winkle (a small seashell containing an edible mollusc) at all times and present it whenever they were challenged. If you could not produce your winkle on demand you had to pay a fine. Also, one guy had a suit made covered in silver-painted winkles. True story.