Bofur/Nori

Bofur/Nori, also called Nofur, is a noncanonical slash relationship mostly found in Hobbit movieverse. It is a relationship between two dwarves of Thorin's Company, Bofur and Nori.The first Bofur/Nori work on AO3 was posted around January 6, 2013. By December 15, 2013, the ship had about 80 works there. By December 15, 2014, it had about 195 works.
==Origins==
Bofur/Nori is commonly a background ship, especially in cases where Bilbo Baggins or Dwalin is shipped with someone else. The most common ships that Bofur/Nori is found with are Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield and Dwalin/Ori (and somewhat less often: Fíli/Kíli and Balin/Dori).The Bofur/Nori tag on AO3 had 272 uses on April 2, 2015. Of those, 176 works (64%) were also tagged with Bilbo/Thorin; 156 (57%) were also tagged with Dwalin/Ori; 42 (15%) were also tagged with Fíli/Kíli; 38 (14%) were also tagged with Balin/Dori.
The first suggestion of Bofur/Nori on hobbit_kink was on December 25, 2012, where it was one option given by the original poster for a Nori/Any prompt.Anyone/Nori, wild sex leads to messy hair posted December 25, 2012. There was a second prompt that also suggested Bofur as one option among many, Nori slash, on December 31, 2012. The first clear Bofur/Nori prompt appeared on January 6th, 2013, and was filled the same day, based on Takja24's art KR bofur-bot (twitter) is so cute.Nori/Bofur prompt on hobbit_kink: "Based on these wonderful arts from this Tumbler post:
http://takja24.tumblr.com/post/39379046775/kr-bofur-bot-twitter-is-so-cute-8-8
The last one with Fili covering Kili's eyes seem to imply something not-so-innocent. ;) 
I just want anything thing with them, really. :)" The fill is "Dwarves of a Feather", posted the same day and then posted to AO3. The first few AO3 works for the ship were Bofur/Nori-centric, but by February the ship had several works with more central Bilbo/Thorin or Dwalin/Ori, and that pattern increased over time.
==Fandom Tropes==
* Irresponsible - In many fanworks, Nori can't settle down and Bofur doesn't know how not to drink and dance his way through life. They struggle to commit to each other and a stable life.
* Friends with Benefits - The two of them sometimes spend time being friends with benefits or one night stands before they finally form a more permanent relationship (if they ever do). As one fan said, "they are bestfriend fuckbuddies, who occasionally overstep the friends-with-benifits line and then pretend it didn't happen."Untitled by Propriety_is_not_a_priority, beginning notes.
* Best friends - In many works, Bofur and Nori are close friends before they start a relationship. Sometimes they're childhood friends.
* Bailing Nori Out - Sometimes Bofur is the one who hides Nori from the guards or springs him from jail before Dori can find out.
* Pair the spares - Bofur has the second largest number of ship works with Bilbo after Thorin Oakenshield, and Nori has the second largest number with Dwalin after Ori. Therefore, in Bilbo/Thorin or Dwalin/Ori works, Bofur/Nori allows the main ship to get together without complications or broken hearts.
==Example Fanworks==
===Archives and Resources===
* Bofur/Nori on deviantArt
* Bofur/Nori on AO3
* Bofur & Nori pairing on fanfiction.net
* Bofur/Nori, BofurNori, NoriBofur, BofurxNori, and NorixBofur on Tumblr
* pairing:bofur/nori on hobbit-kink's Pinboard archive
===Fanart===
* Untitled commissioned piece by hattedhedgehog (possibly NSFW)
* Nori and Bofur by evankart
* Yaaaaawn by LadyCibia
* Untitled July 9, 2014 by iltialid
* Untitled August 15, 2014 by iltialid
* KR bofur-bot (twitter) is so cute by Takja24
===Fanfiction===
* The Marrying Kind by khazadqueen
* simple pleasures by liginimite
* Shattered Under Midnight by jokerswild
* Old friends by Anonymous
===Cosplay===
* Bofur and Nori by YaoJin
==References==
Category:Tolkien Relationships
Category:Slash Pairings