Gloin and Dwalin totally go be old coots together. They grumble and snark and judge people.

YES. 

I love the idea that eventually, the Royal Council just has these two old totally-unshockable, completely unflappable bastards sitting on it. And everytime someone says, ‘this is a catastophe!’ or the like, they’d glance and each other and snort very, very loudly. 

Because what do these idiots know about catastrophes?!?

This chapter left me with a mess of emotions. I’m laughing and crying at the same time and when I tried to go cry to my sister about it she just gave me this hollow look as if she way saying ‘I have enough pain from other fandoms don’t you start with me’ and walked out. Basically she gave me one big nope. Seriously though THE PAIN! Dáin was glorious but OH HELP ME SO SAD! *goes to listen to the cradle song again* (sorry if you got something like this already my computer bugged out)

Oh my god, your sister sounds hilarious. “I am a hollow shell burned by the flames of other fandom hells. Do not place me in the flames of another.”

lakdjgflajhgfkahdg THANK YOU NONNIE – and also sorry sorry sorry *puts Custard in your lap* SORRY.

welp. my heart is no longer mine. neither is my soul. heart goes to the dwarves, and the soul goes to you. am I ever gonna be over Bofur and Dori and Dwalin and Dís being the last of their families? nope. am I ever gonna be over the craddle song? nope. but it will join ‘the iron hills for me’ as ‘songs that hurt me but i’ll sing them to my cousins anyway because they seem to like it and it lulls them into a nap while i cry’

(AND GLOIN REMEMBER GLOIN TOO)

Awwwww! Thank you so much, Nonnie – also, I feel like I should send you a Custard too eep. *hugs and blankets and furry puddy tats*