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The Urs totally use some of their Smaug money to start and fund long-term care facilities, for people like Bifur who need a lot of looking after, and older folks who may/may not have much family, and people recovering from injuries or illnesses. Because they know that not everyone has the time or means to support a friend or family member who needs a lot of attention all the time.

Oh, that is an awesome idea! I have had a few ideas in this direction before, but this takes it even further. I love it. Thank you, Nonnie!

You’re an awesome Mahal! Although, I’m not going to lie, the echo-y tone of voice threw me for a minute, but as the chapter went on, it made more sense and seemed to fit. It was so cool to wake up to the first chapter of the podcast, I read the first chapter of Sansukh along with it when I listened to it.

Awww, thanks! I am absolutely steamrollered by cagethesongbird‘s work on the effects, they are AMAZING. 

(it was actually p hard to get myself to slow down. I normally talk quite fast, and my Australian accent is fairly broad! I’ve been joking that the result made me sound a bit like a Galadriel-Elrond hybrid. Galadrielrond. Heh!)

I don’t think I can thank you enough for posting about the Ace Day of Visibility. I had thought that I was asexual but didn’t feel like I conformed to what I thought I knew about asexuality, but because you posted that, I’ve spent the last couple of hours reading through ace blogs and just feeling so happy and learning so much and I feel pretty comfortable for the first time in a really long time about my sexuality. So thank you, thank you, thank you.

OH NONNIE…!

I AM SO HAPPY, SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU! Congratulations! Happy Ace Day of Visibility to you! May you have a truly wonderful day!

I realized something when I was re-reading LOTR/The Hobbit/ & the Silmarillion. Most of the elves are described as pale, so it’s possible that most are white, but both the hobbits and dwarves have mentions of a lot of racial diversity, and the men do as well. POC dwarves and hobbits! Sorry, I was really excited and my cousin said that it didn’t matter, but representation always matters.

(I…. probably take a lot of liberties with Tolkien’s fave word to describe Elves, hahaha. Well, ‘fair’ can also mean ‘beautiful’! 😉 PLUS, there’s that amazing resource that is askmiddleearth’s series on racism! It confirms and/or suggests alllllll sorts of possibilities!

That’s awesome Nonnie! And yes, it matters. I agree with you. It matters so much.

Do you know why Dis didn’t become Queen after Thorin, Fili, and Kili died? I love King Dain, don’t get me wrong, but it’s something that always bugged me. Thorin was the heir, because he was oldest, and he named Fili and Kili as his heirs. But wouldn’t Dis have been able to take the throne once the King and Princes died, as she was most closely related to all three?

I think it didn’t happen in the books for two reasons, myself: One: Sexism. i.e. “Dwarf-women in ME can’t inherit a crown!!!” Two: We don’t know when she died.

It pisses me off, also. That’s why I have her abdicate her place in the succession: I’d much prefer to think that she had been counted in the succession from the very beginning, but went her own way. 

The glitter plan totally backfired – Gror decided that he likes having a sparkly beard, and deliberately brushes in (more discreet) sparkly bits into his beard afterwards. Gror’s spouse is nonplussed, as the sparkles got everywhere. Everywhere. They begin immediate plots with Hrera to give their husbands their due comeuppance.

PFFFFT HE’S SO FAB.

Hrera is only doing it because NOBODY OUTFABS HER. NOBODY.

(aaaaand now all I can see is the Glitter sketch by Ross Noble, omfg)

Happy headcanon: Thror and Gror prank the hell out of each other. Gror is the current winner as he spattered yellow dye on some of Thror’s underwear. Not all of them. and not the whole undergarment. Just enough to look suspicious.

awwwwww ❤ My heart belongs to solemn, stately Dwarves with silly senses of humour, I stg.

(Thror will come into his own when Gror next combs his beard. He packed that brush with glitter. Glitter. Glitter everywhere. And once glitter has entered your life, it takes months to leave, hahaha. Shiny sparkly beard!)

To the bi/pan anon: usually (from what I’ve seen the most) pansexuality is described as an attraction to people, regardless of the gender. Aka “hot damn, what a person.” Bisexuality is an attraction to all genders, meaning the gender is still included in the “oh no they’re hot” reaction. As a bi person, I know I feel different kinds of sexual attraction for girls, boys and nbs. But of course, other bi or pan people may feel differently on the subject – it’s all very personal in the end. *shrugs*

Thanks, Nonnie! Bi/Pan anon – another definition and perspective for you *hugs*