Bagenders

Bagenders is a well-known LotR goodfic by Lady Alyssa and Random Dent (formerly known as Random Flatmate). It centres on the Fellowship, made immortal by the Valar (except for Boromir, who is causing merry hell in Mandos) and living in 'the house-share from Hell' in the North of England in the early '00s. It was never meant to be taken seriously, and is mostly crackfic.

Characters
The Fellowship (minus Boromir):
 * Frodo suffers from 'post-Ringbearer Syndrome' and is house mother.
 * Aragorn is a park ranger having a mid-life crisis.
 * Legolas works on the railways serving tea and coffee and bemoaning the fact that the Valar make him live with the Fellowship and not with other Elves.
 * Gimli works the night shift and is rarely seen.
 * Gandalf is basically Father Jack from Father Ted and drinks meths and other questionable substances.
 * Merry and Pippin work stacking shelves in various supermarkets.
 * Sam works as a gardener.

Additionally, Elladan and Elrohir (known as 'the Twins') own a surf shop in Cornwall, make 'special' lembas, and say 'Duuuuuude' a lot. Radagast and Celeborn also turn up.

There are also various original characters: Julie (Frodo's psychiatric nurse), Mrs. Wainthrop (the Fellowship's neighbour), and Dave, the Twins' drugged friend.

Links
The original Bagenders homepage may be found here, archived on Wayback Machine.


 * Series I (including Random Slashy Interludes)
 * Series II
 * Series III

The first series and its Random Slashy Interludes have been crossposted to AO3.

Spinoffs
At the conclusion of Bagenders, author Random Dent said that anyone wishing to write further adventures for the Bagenders gang could do so if they wished. So far, two spinoffs are known:


 * The New Bagenders by Inwai and Ololay
 * In which the Fellowship uproot and move to America. Last updated in May 2006.
 * PseudoBagEnders by Trojie and Pads
 * Continues the original traditions of crack in the North of England. Last updated in May 2008.