“Jeri laughed and leaned on their axe. “He used to sit them on his lap and pretend to defer to them on decision-making. ‘Nope, nothing doing’, he’d say, ‘the boss here says it’s a no-go. Go away and bring back better terms.'” THIS LINE KILLED ME GOODBYE I AM GONE. I HAVE DEPARTED THIS EARTH. On my tombstone it’s gonna say: Slain by Dets.

Like this? 

😉

Thank you so so much, Nonnie. I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Awwww, cute Dain with a very important babbu on his lap. That is a good image. Also: Jeri struggling to maintain a stern and professional demeanour, watching the King play-acting at second-in-command to a toddler. 

I just read the latest chapter and LOST MY SHIT OVER DAIN AND THORIN’S BRO BANTER AND THEN CRIED REAL ACTUAL TEARS OVER THE EREBOR SCENE GODDAMMIT DETS YOU LITERARY GENIUS. The mood whiplash I got from that chapter was insane! (Highlights included the inexplicable pig and the cat- I’m so glad that headcanon made it in)

EPIC BROS AND AN INEXPLICABLE PIIIIG 😀

I’m so happy you enjoyed, Nonnie! Thank you! 

(it is a bit of a bumpy ride, that chapter! WHOOPS)

“Thorin stepped back to allow a green-tinted skeleton to rattle past. It nodded politely and then cut off an Orc’s head. Thorin blinked, before deciding to disregard that.” As the original Afterlife-Anon from Tuesday, this made me very happy! Ghosts of different races acknowledging each other! Also does that mean that the Army of the Dead knew the Dwarven company was there a couple of chapters ago??? and the end happened and i cried. D: what a wonderful chapter!

(AAAAAAH YOU LIKED THE POLITE SKELETON THAT SKELETON IS MY FAVE)

Heya afterlife-anon! I am THRILLED you liked it! 

(And yep, they knew the Dwarves were there. But didn’t really give a hoot, tbh – it’s not like the Dwarves could have done anything. Though the curse upon the mountain made them visible to those with the eyes to see it, they still couldn’t touch anything. 

It was probably a bit amusing for the Dwimorberg host to see all the Dwarves gussying-up with their weapons. What were they gonna fight?)

GDI, DETS! I don’t know how you manage to do it, but you made me cry and laugh in the same bloody sentence! *flails* So much to love about this chapter. Thank you for ending it on such a happy note in the midst of so much death and sorrow.

*HUGS*

Thank you, Nonnie, thank you so so SO much, I’m thrilled you enjoyed (is that the right word?) it.

That’s the idea… there’s hope. There’s new life in the midst of all this terrible, terrible loss.

imagine how drunk Bombur and Dain are about to get in the Halls together

I’ve got this awful habit of checking tumblr at 2 or 3 in the morning when I can’t sleep. Usually I’m only on for fifteen minutes, but right as I was about to shut it down for the night I realized Sansukh updated. I am going to be SO TIRED at work but it was totally worth it. That chapter made me feel all the feelings. It also made me laugh, and I really needed that this week. Thank you so much for your marvelous work. It means so much to so many people. I hope you know that. :)

Oh Nonnie…! Thank you so so much. I hope tomorrow at work is a lovely cruisy day, and that coffee is plentiful and hot 🙂

I am so happy it made you laugh! Gotta throw in some chuckles. I do love the funny, especially when it’s all tangled up with bittersweetness. 

Ohhhhhhhh, that last bit made *me* tear up. Thank you. Thank you so much!

Hey so I just wondered if you have any base plan as far as how long you think sansukh is going to end up being?

Basically, Nonnie – I have no idea! I know in a general idea where I want it to end. It will see out the War of the Ring (including the Scouring of the Shire) – ahhh, getting so close now! I am beginning to tie all these disparate themes together now, and phew phew phew it’s all coming to a head!!

It’ll take however long it takes to get to that point I suppose. I don’t intend to drag it on longer than it needs to, though. I really don’t want it to get bogged down and tedious simply because I love it and will miss it. 

I will definitely be expanding upon several things in the Appendices. And once the main fic is finished I will clean up all my character notes and publish them in the Appendices as well!