According to those early drafts published by Tolkien’s son, Trotter has basically the same badass dialogue and “I could kill you in a second” attitude as Aragorn.
Just imagine what we could have gotten:
Trotter is not some Tyrion-Lannister-style badass or axe-wielding Gimli. He’s a lil hobbit with big clumsy wooden feet and all the fighting skills of a seven-year-old who just struts around like he’s a 6-foot tall master swordsman heir of Isildur.
Like a chihuahua who believes he’s a mastiff.
Also, in that first draft he’s called “Trotter” because his wooden feet make loud “Clop-trot” sounds whenever he walks (ideal for ranger stealth missions.)
TL; DR: I need a Lord of the Rings AU where everything is the same but Strider is replaced by Trotter
Wee Thorin waving goodbye to his best friend from chapter 46 of Sansukh, written by @determamfidd.
This is page 1 of a 6-7 pg mini comic I’ve put together. I was going to post it all together, but i thought I’d go ahead and post the first page (mainly because of my impatience 😉 since i only have the color of the comic left to do.
While this scene is from Sansukh, (how I interpret it from Erbor’s perspective, rather then with charming little Gimizh), the rest of the pages to follow are just a little scene that I thought would be bittersweet to play out between father and son—Wee Thorin, and Dwalin.
This mini comic is done for love of the Fanfic Sansukh and its creator Determamfidd, so I hope those who see it enjoy :>
*grasps heart and hyperventilates*
OH KAZ
I am speechless with awe here! hE’S SO PERFECT, I am on tenterhooks! HE’S PERFECT, there’s the mohawk, there’s his lil muttonchops and his sprouting beard, in all his lanky early adolescent glory! I AM LOVING HIS HAIR, that amazing queue!!! OH IT’S WEE THORIN SHADOWAXE, I am blubbering THAT’S HIM
Dwaaaaaalinnnnnnnn <333333 damn his tattoos must be hellish to draw!
I am gasping, I am SO EXCITED – I can never ever thank you enough, I am floating around the room, I stg – a comic!! A SEVEN PAGE COMIC AAAAAAH -these lil besties and being apart and OH DWALIN. HE WOULD KNOW. HE WOULD KNOW.
*wibbles and clings* KAZ. KAZ. THANK YOU. FOREVER. I AM SO EXCITED AND OVERCOME. HONESTLY.
Aw Yiss 