Sad headcanon – Thorin Stonehelm and Dwalin’s kids asking about their dad’s parents as small children, and not getting a good answer because Dain and Dwalin don’t remember their parents very well. See also: Fili and Kili and Fris.

AUGH

(ohgod, Dis trying to tell her sons about her mother, oh no, oh noooooooooo not more Dis-feels AUGH AUGH AUGHHHH)

Do you think you’re going to hit 481,103 words? (Honestly, given the list of things you said you still plan to include, I’m not entirely sure how you could avoid it, but I’ve been wrong before, so I wondered what you thought.) If yes, what about 576,459? I found a website that calculates “unique word density” in Tolkien’s works, and I’m strangely tempted to write a quick program to calculate it in Sansûkh, just to see how it compares.

I… honestly have no idea. It’s quite possible? that’s only 120K+ where we are now, I suppose. That’s maybe 8-9 chapters of 14K each.

(this story has warped my concept of everything, I swear – only 120K, pfft.)

I mean, I know what I would like to write, but it will depend on where the story wants to conclude itself. Some stuff will probably end up as one-shots for the Appendices, tbh. It may be that the restoration of Gondor/building the new gates/etc etc etc, turns out to be one of these, for instance.

There is a LOT of narrative to condense and rethink. Although the nature of the books is to drag out the ending, I don’t want to extend Sansukh to the point where the reader begins to lose interest and get swamped. The temptation is totally there though!

But I shouldn’t drag my feet simply because I love Sansukh and will miss it.

IDK, I’ve been asked this before, and I just don’t have a satisfactory answer I’m sorry!

I’d love to know how it compares, though! That would be AMAZING!

Hi sorry to ask just wondering, what is beard burn? Gimli said Legolas had it and idk if I’m being stupid or…?

Aw, no, not at all Nonnie! Beard burn is the slight abrasion and reddening of the skin (usually around the mouth ~~but not always hurr hurr hurrr~~) that results from kissing a person with a beard.

The bristly hair tends to rub, you see!

So in awe of your fantabulous story! And I have questions about the Dwarves’ Dark Names, ’cause the concept fascinates me. Would a Dwarf ever tell their Dark Name to a platonic friend? Like, if they were very close, would this be something that’s done? Thanks again for everything you do!

Heck yes! I believe they certainly would! Platonic love ftw!

I think that after the Battles are over in Gondor Aragorn is just going to shove Legolas & Gimli in a room together and not let them out for a week.

pFFFFFThahahahahahaha 🙂

OK but all I can imagine at the moment is every. single. elf in Eryn Lasgalen taking one look at the youngest prince riding in “with a Dwarf of all- wait… SHIT! Evacuate! Evacuate! Legolas married a Dwarf!” And they all scatter to the winds until Thranduil calms down.

I just had a mental image of someone ringing a warning bell: ‘IN CASE OF IMMINENT ROYAL EXPLOSION’ hahahahaha!

Chapter 36! I laughed, I cried, I did both simultaneously. 10/10 would read again.

Awwww!

You are so sweet! Thank you Nonnie!

Imagine the looks on Legolas’ family’s faces when they realize he’s married tho (since elves can tell by looking at each other when one is wed)

Laindawar: *first facial expression in two centuries. It looks all wrong.*

Laerophen: *confused and worried – and (very very hesitantly) hopefully happy*

Thranduil: *breaks wineglass stem in his hand*

You write sunshine fantastic sunshine You make me feel when I am empty You’ll never know, dets, how much you mean to us(all of us) But I hope at least this makes you smile

Thank you, you utterly beautiful soul. It did indeed make me smile.

I’m still smiling.

…

Still smiling!

THANK YOU.

I really don’t wanna ask because asking admits it’s happening, but Sansukh is getting close to done (like, pelennor fields and the black gate are the battles left right?), so…. What’s gonna happen when you finish? :’/

NOPE. One more battle! The Scouring of the Shire!

Also, I intend to write many parts of the book that are only glossed over (as I have been doing all along, really) – such as the rebuilding of Gondor (GATES AW YESSS can you imagine how much Narvi is going to have to say about that) and the establishment of Aragorn and Arwen in their roles, the fallout in Erebor and Eryn Lasgalen bc of Gimli & Legolas, the settling of Ithilien and Aglarond, etc.

I’m not going to give it all away, but yeah, LOTS of stuff has yet to happen.

But when it is all over, I am probably going to cry. A lot.