Fíli/Kíli
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Fíli/Kíli |
| Alternative name(s): | FiKi, Fili/Kili, Kili/Fili, Durincest |
| Gender category: | slash, brother incest |
| Fandom: | The Hobbit, The Hobbit (film series) |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | second-most-frequent pairing in fandom |
| Archives: | Archive Of Our Own tag Fíli/Kíli |
| Other: | DarkHawk, Britchell |
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Fíli and Kíli are the nephews of Thorin Oakenshield in the book of The Hobbit, and are also major supporting characters in The Hobbit (film series). In the films, they have less prosthetic faces than the other Dwarves (except Thorin), and together are considered the "hot dwarves". Fili is played by Dean O'Gorman and Kili is played by Aidan Turner, both considered very attractive by many fans.
Shipping Fili/Kili is common in Hobbit fandom, second only to Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield[1], despite it being brother incest. The first fics were published in December 2012.[2] They are the youngest dwarves, but clearly depicted as being over the age of consent, though some fic does mess with that.
Common tropes include:
- Pre-canon - even as young dwarves they've lived over 70 years
- Journey-fic on the quest to regain Erebor
- Canon divergence where Everybody Lives
- AUs - brothers or strangers, can be modern or any historical era from gladiators to social networking friends.
- Extended crossover fic where other characters played by the two actors are in a relationship
Fandom Activity
Tumblr is the center of the fandom, most frequently using the smushname FiKi (for best compatibility with Tumblr tagging). There is a thriving culture of art, fic, edits, mood boards, podfic and general squee. Fics are frequently linked from AO3 but discussion happens on Tumblr.
The shared account Gathering FiKi hosts frequent fanwork exchanges and raffles, also tend to include in their events the crossover pairings Britchell and DarkHawk.
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- ficlet (unnamed) by shameonme23 (Dec 2014)
- Piss Off, Archived version by Anath_Tsurugi (Oct 2013)
- Dinner in Rivendell by GreenSorceress
Fanart
- My brother by smut-slut (Nov 2015)
References
- ^ Fíli/Kíli on AO3 2,398 fanworks, vs Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakensheid on AO3 8,057, retrieved 2017-01-4
- ^ The first Fíli/Kíli works on AO3 were posted around December 16, 2012. By December 15, 2013, the ship had about 1050 works there. By December 2014, it had about 1640 works.