I don’t know why I did this to myself, but when our power went out last night, I decided the best idea ever was starting a Sansukh reread. THORIIIIIIIN! He’s come so far from chapter one. I have never been more proud of him or more in awe of your writing abilities. Thank you for sharing them with us.

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oh my god Nonnie. okay – a) thank you SO much for re-reading, it is just the most amazing thing to see the word ‘re-reading’ I CAN’T TELL YOU how happy and brain-staticky it makes me!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH.

b) AHH yes he has! He really has! I absolutely wanted it to be a slow development while it was happening, hard to actually pinpoint – but obvious to see if you compared him to where he was in the beginning; back when all the dark obsessive thoughts were crammed inside him and never came out, when all that escaped was his hurt and his anger. Now he has time for himself and for others. Now he takes a break when things are too much, and insists that others do too. Now he can actually SEE how things truly are and not his own wounded, bitter, worst-case version of them. Now the dark thoughts arrive, but they don’t always stick. And if they do, he works to remove them, or seeks out help.

He’s learned some very good things from what he’s seen, done and heard.

He’s a smart cookie. Took him a while to get started at healing and managing himself, but once he began, he was unstoppable. Clever boy <3333

Dain and Genild and Dwalin being creaky old soldiers together. With their comfy chairs and their beer and their pipes. Complaining about life. Going “When I was a pebble, there was none of this … ” and so on. So grumpy. So adorable.

AWWWWW

*joins them*

Another sad thought while re-reading Sansukh. ‘Bofur was working on a wheeled cart that ran on steam and clockwork’, first I thought that it was sweet, but then I remembered Bombur, and /then/ I remembered Bofur, so it was kind of a double-hit.

*hides* SORRY.

It’s been a while since fanfic happened

dain-mothafocka:

In Sansukh Chapter 43, we meet some exiled Orocarni dwarves. Yall know how much I love exiled Orocarni dwarves, so I wrote a thing about exiled Orocarni dwarves with the two new characters we meet, Askhar and Orla. As ever, these belong to @determamfidd, I only provide the enthusiasm from the sidelines.

TW: blood, violence, swearing

“There
is nothing – I repeat – nothing to fear, if we give Sauron
no reason to cause us harm!”

Clamour
broke out once again among the Courts of the Blacklocks, high within
the upper ring of Ghomal.

“It’s
false – it’s heresy – cast him out!” shrieked one dwarf, rising
to their feet, their eyes flashing, and with a great roar of
agreement from their fellows around them.

Hanay’s
eyes narrowed and his chest puffed up like a vulture settling down to
judge a potential meal.

“Really,
Askhar, you do yourself a disservice yelling like that. This is the
Court of the Queen.” Though Councillor Hanay’s voice was steady and
his face bland, the hint of bared teeth behind his thin lips belied
his true feelings.

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OH MY GOD OH MY FUCKING GOD

i wanna punch Hanay and then shave him bald, what an absolute EVIL ARSEHOLE holy shit I hate him so MUCH

laksjdhgflajshdgfalj AHHHY KARA YES MY YOUNG SPITFIRE KICK HIS BUTT, YES ASHKAR MY LOVE, YOU TELL HIM WHAT FOR OMFG

afldgaljsahfgal THIS IS NOW WHAT HAPPENED AND NOTHING ELSE, I AM SCREAMING IN JOY AND OH MY GOD THE REST OF THE NAZBUKHRIN AND INTER- AND INTRA-OROCARNI MENTIONS AND AND OMFGAUUUUGH

SAURONIC CULTISTS AND EASTERN HISTORY AND ASLKDGFLAJSHFGAY ORLA AND KARA AND ASHKARRRRRR

AND ALSO HANAY NEEDS A GOOD KICKING

holy shit I am howlign here – J, this is fucking AMAZING. I love it, I love you, and holy shit I love these DWARVES. Thank you SO GODDAMN MUCH!

dain-mothafocka:

“We feared you lost,” he said.

“I’m harder to lose than you’d expect,” Gandalf murmured, and winked at Thorin.

lmaaaaaaao gandalf the white is a cheeky shit

Dain regularly gets kids to be his “assistant” for a day. This involves lots of being very officious, putting on seals, sitting in Fancy Chairs, and eating lots of nice food. There is also an Assistant Jacket that the child gets to take home.

AWWWWWW

dain-mothafocka:

FUCKING NON-BINARY OROCARNI DWARF

@determamfidd MY SWEET CHILD YOU KNOW ME SO WELL.

for you, always 😉

yol-ande:

I just finished reading Sansûkh for the first time in my life. I think my brain would love a cigarette after having braingasm for two days straight.

It was the most satisfying literary experience since Re-Entry.

Seriously, who needs sex when you have fanfic authors.

omg THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Talking with writers online

alwaysboth:

elexuscal:

Their stories: Amazing grammar, soaring vocabulary, beautiful imagery and prose which flows like a river.

In chats: no capitalisation or punctuation, swears like a sailor, misspellings everywhere, acronyms and abbreviations every five words, idek

#listen #listen do u know how much braining it takes to make the words go? #it is a lot #it’s like wearing fancy clothes all day #and then when you’re at home and comfy #u just put on ur pj’s ( @feynites)

untamedprince:

enemies to friends to lovers is literally my favorite trope. i will never tire of seeing two characters go from hating each other, to tentatively feeling out a friendship, to slowly developing feelings for each other and then falling in love. it’s painfully cliché and i want to see it e v e r y w h e r e