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do you have all the dwarves’ ages, and how you translate them to human years (in your own canon, i mean)? in your (wonderful, WONDERFUL) fic it’s mentioned how young poor ori is when he dies, is he in the dwarf equivalent of his twenties? thirties? what about the others (sorry if this is asking a bit much, i’m just very curious now!)

Ah, there’s a fair bit of argy-bargy about this! I’d welcome any comments. 

There’s not much in canon to go on, comparitive ages-wise. I’ve blabbed about how I am translating Dwarven ages in Sansukh here and here and here. Basically, I am going with the idea that Dwarves ‘come of age’ at 70, though they may reach physical maturity much earlier. 

Ori was around 127 (from memory?) when he died in Sansukh. He’s not a little Dwarfling any more – he’s most definitely an adult, in the prime of his years. But try telling Nori that!

(For comparison, during the Ring War, Gimli is 139.)

Bomfris/Thorin 3 is now one of my fav. Sansukh ships. They are supercute and awkward together and good for each other. I’ts nice to see that they see the best in each other even when they can’t see it in themselves.

Awww, Nonnie, I am SO happy you like them! They are so hella awkward and sweet, I love them too. 

And I’m thrilled you think them good for each other! Ha, stumbling headlong into love, that’s them.

Bomfris is such a socially-inept little firecracker, but she thinks the world of Thorin and cannot understand his self-deprecation at all. She builds him up in her blunt manner, and reassures him that he is enough, he is himself, and he is just as worthy as any other Dwarf. And Thorin is so unsure of himself, stepping into the shoes of all these titanic Kings before him (and feeling totally inadequate to do so), but he brings Bomfris into the world again, gives her real and tangible validation for who she is and what she thinks and feels. She gives him confidence, and he gives her total acceptance.

hnnngh I just. Bomfris/Thorin3 blahdeblahs, sorry, but you got me squeeing about them! I kinda love their relationship a whole lot. I’m so happy you do too. Thank you Nonnie!

u must also consider for modern gigolas: which one of them gets up at 3 am to let the cat out, who uses too much whipped cream on their food, who gets slammed against the wall during makeouts, which one sucks at technology the most, and also who annoyed aragorn the most when one was pining for the other

You are working for the good of us all, please never stop Nonnie, it is vitally important to the continued running of the everything that we consider these crucial concepts ❤

which one of them gets up at 3 am to let the cat out: Legolas, probably! He’s not as deep a sleeper as Gimli. Also… he likely gets less cross when awoken. I bet Gimli is a grouchy bear when he’s had too little sleep!

who uses too much whipped cream on their food: LEGOLAS AGAIN. Sweet tooth like whoa. 

who gets slammed against the wall during makeouts: Wrestling match decides the winner! Gimli wins 42 times in a row, and crows about it for a week or two (until Legolas pins him on the couch and snogs him silly hahahaha)

which one sucks at technology the most: Hmm, probs Legolas, though he isn’t all that bad really. I can’t see any Dwarf (or former Dwarf) being anything less than competent with technology. Gimli probably builds his own towers and adds extra hard drives etc. Though I expect that Legolas is sliiiiiightly addicted to Instagram (boy is a selfie junkie), or perhaps has an aesthetic blog!

and also who annoyed aragorn the most when one was pining for the other:

A question that popped in my head when you talked about the affect that the Ring had on Bilbo. How do the Elves handle his outbursts of anger, and suspicion, and paranoia? Or does he still have them as badly now that the Ring has been out of his possession for some time, or can they still crop up from time to time? Btw, you’re so super sweet to give such detailed and amazing insights into all these characters, and I’m super excited to see where you take this epic story. <3

Headcanony things to follow, all totally subjective!

They’re receding, yes. Mentions of the Ring can bring a resurgence of vague anger, possessiveness and secretiveness. However, as his mind begins to drift and age creeps up on him at last, the obsession is beginning to fade. It took the very sight of it to bring Bilbo to near-violence, after all… and even then he controlled himself (brrr). 

The Elves have not really been subjected to any unpleasantness: these matters, as Bilbo would say, are his own private business and no nosy busybodies need go poking about. He would most likely seclude himself when he has a “funny turn”. I expect he always did, tbh, and didn’t realise that it was the Ring encouraging to do so, pushing him further into his own isolation.

Thank god for Frodo. 

It’s remarkable, actually, just how resilient Hobbits are – and Bilbo in particular. I honestly don’t know if anyone else could have carried the Ring for so long, and retained so much of themselves. But yeah. Thank god for Frodo. Those 12 years that Bilbo lived with Frodo might (and this is just a personal idea) have been the saving of him.

(And you are super-sweet to say so! Thank you so much!)

/drags hands down face/ that site with all the khuzdul translations is great, thanks for sharing it, but i’ve been beating my head against a wall trying to get a translation for “forged in a star.” it would be something like: (she who is) forged in(side?) [a] star, right? languages, have never been my strong suit /sigh/

Oh god, I will try? I am muddling through myself, seriously. If anybody else would like to give this a shot to help a Nonnie out, feel free to join in! I’d welcome the help. Khuzdul is hard and I am a language doofus.

OKAY. Here we go. 

was/were being forged (3rd person singular feminine) = makhebebai (thanks for the heads-up, distant-glory!)

into/at/to/in (conjuction) = ni

[a] star (noun)  = thatr

(awwwww, that makes me sad – before the Khuzdul Scholar’s update, ‘star’ used to be ‘gimli’, and that’s one of the few Khuzdul words that Tolkien gave us too. Awwww. *pout*)

SO. That gives us

makhebebai ni thatr = (she who was) forged in a star.

Sansukh headcanon: The end of Sansukh will feature Bilbo somehow tricking his way into the Halls after he dies, and his whole family arranges this beautiful surprise party thing where one or two of them lead Thorin in to where the whole family is waiting with Bilbo and Thorin at first thinks he’s hallucinating but then he realizes he’s not and RUNS up to Bilbo, hugging him tight and spinning him around, and then he lowers him to the ground and very quietly whispers his Dark-Name in Bilbo’s ear.

Oh that’s lovely ❤

(I’M NOT TELLING BWAAHAHAHAHAHA)

there r many things in modern gigolas that u hav 2 imagine like who drives when they go out, whose hair gets caught in their jacket zipper the most, who is always player 1 during video games, how they spoon, and most importantly, their response to nicki minaj’s iconic video ‘anaconda’

These are all SUPER IMPORTANT, thank you for bringing them to my attention, you are a gem ❤

Hmm. who drives when they go out: COMPETITION TIME. Whoever gets into the driver’s seat first gets to drive. 

whose hair gets caught in their jacket zipper the most: Gimli. Pfft. No question. And it’s not just the hair on his head (chest hair, yeowch). 

who is always player 1 during video games: Legolas. Because it’s his console, he gets to be player 1. (Rich daddy’s boy)

how they spoon: Ooooh, Gimli = dead-to-the-world log sleeper, on his back, arms thrown slightly wide (probably snoring). Legolas tucked up against him, leg thrown over Gimli’s.  

and most importantly, their response to nicki minaj’s iconic video ‘anaconda’: oh god. so SO SOOOOO MUCH DORKY/SEXY DANCING (Legolas knows every single word. Gimli takes the opportunity to grab Legolas’ bum.)

hey! Huge fan of your work, tbh the whole concept of dark-names and dwarven culture you developed is fascinating (im so pumped about that stuff it’s so cool). The amount of effort and detail you put into this story is awe inspiring! I was wondering where you were getting your khuzdul language references. I’m trying to learn a bit more about the language :)

Awwwww Nonnie I am blushing, staaaaaahp 😀 So glad you like all the worldbuilding! 

Oh, sure thing! I tag everything with #khuzdul, so it’s easy to find. 

THE authority on Khuzdul is the Dwarrow Scholar. It’s a fan-made, evolving language created by Roy AKA Kandral. Check the link that says ‘Free Khuzdul Lessons’ to find grammar guides, dictionaries, popular idioms and more!

There was actually an update recently, the dictionaries were greatly expanded and many words were changed and/or reallocated. For example, ‘boy’ USED to be ‘nidoy’ and now it is ‘nudn’. So this means that the Khuzdul that is used in the majority of Sansukh is now out-of-date, sigh. Oh well!