Hey, just so you know, you defined Nekhushel twice in the glossary at the end

bugger.

I also, on reflection, have omitted one particular end-note, and also two other khuzdul translations (from Bifur *shakes fist* BIFUUUUR)

WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR GIFS?!!!!!!?!??!

LOL, a few places! Some of them, I have ganked from lovely people who make gifs expressly for reaction purposes. These are made specifically for people to use, and most creators mark them as such.

Some of them, people have made for me! I am so lucky. e.g.

MADE BY THE AMAZING notpotable for me, bc I adore Galaxy Quest (my cheer-myself-up movie forevermore)! The post is here 🙂

Others, I have nicked from good old Google Images. These are iffy though, and I always check to make sure I have ganked a gif from a creator who doesn’t mind their work being used as a reaction image.

If I have misused or appropriated a gif, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

Dets, thank you so much for this new chapter and every one after this. You were telling us about how hard this chapter was for you to write, and I know that everyone really appreciates/loves all the time/effort you put into Sansukh. Don’t ever feel bad if you don’t get a chapter up when you think you should’ve. I think all of us would rather you get every detail just the way you want it than rush your artistic perfection. Thanks again for the new chapter. Hope you have a nice day.

Thank you so so much, beautiful Nonnie. I hope you have a truly wonderful day.

i was thinking about how gigolas smut (boinkaboink, hehehe) would fit into sansukh and then i died laughing because they would totally be the types to wait until absolutely everything was finished and there were no loose ends and then be like “are we done? yeah? good. because we’re gonna go to our room now. and stay there. for uh a while. possibly days. … we’ll be having sex, btw.” and Aragon would be like “YES I KNOW PLEASE LEAVE”

BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Gimizh has a sleepover with Wee Thorin at his house. The helicopter-under-duress noises coming from that room wake up the whole household except for Orla, with her trusty earplugs.

omg, that family would be awful when they’re puffy-eyed and tired! Grouch City, pffthahaha.

What if Gimizh inherited Gloin’s snoring? Except Gimizh has the most incredibly noisy snores? Like, it’s hilariously impressive how much noise is coming from such a tiny little body, Gimris has examined him to see if there’s anything medically wrong with him because of it, but … he’s just a really noisy snorer. His room has a bit of extra soundproofing so his parents can sleep at night.

I BET HE IS A WHUFFLER

WHUFFLE WHUFFLE WHUFFLE

I always think I’m prepared for the new chapter and I never am. Bravo

Thank you, Nonnie! *hugs*

literally the first thing i did this morning was check your blog for any updates on Sansûkh. i then spent the rest of the day why i do this to myself. the last scene. with Bilbo and Thorin. it killed me. i can’t function over how unbearably sweet it is.

THEY ARE BECOMING THE OLD SNARKY SWEET AND CRANKY IN-LOVE COUPLE THEY WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BEEEE

Thank you so much, Nonnie! ohgosh, *pushes more hot chocolate your way*

Aragorn: ticked off admiral of the gigolas armada (him and arwen are total poops in gondor setting everyone up. Literally an unstoppable shipping force. No one suspects a thing)

*snickers* yeeeeessss

the new chapter!!! it got me wondering, though….was there any particular reason dain gets to keep his peg leg, when others get their legs back?

I felt that this would be something that each Dwarf with a disability would consult with Mahal about, when he wakes them in the Halls. For some, like Nori and Bombur, it would be an easy choice. For others, not so easy.

I did a lot of reading. I REALLY didn’t want to perpetuate shitty ableism and make Dain ‘all better’ by removing such a huge part of his identity (that is in fact why I left a scar upon Bifur’s head as well). I asked a few people I know, and they said, yeah – not a cool thing to do. But it would be great to keep that facet of themselves whilst removing the negative aspects.

So I thought, okay: let’s keep Dain’s leg removed. But there will be none of the negative aspects of being an amputee: he can wear his peg indefinitely without any ill-effect, there is no pain or phantom-pain, he does not need to make any allowances for resting and wrapping the stump etc.

So, there are my thoughts.