1/ Dets! This chapter was amazing! I really loved it! All the good bits were here! Gimli and Legolas, wizards, Aragorn, Thorin and Bilbo, Loni and Frár, and so much more. Especially the bickering between Legolas badl and Gimli always makes me happy.

Pt. 2 Also, THORIN’S DARK NAME ERMAHGAWD It’s beautiful… So. Damn. Beautiful. “Anvil of Hope” I llllllllove eeeet! And I cannot star to describe how awed I am that I’m in the lists of fanwork, I cannot.

heheheheheh, and with that last bit – I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, NONNIE!

*hugs* so happy you liked it! Thank you, sweetie.

dets im! im dying! im dead!! this chapter caught me by surprise so much oh my god. when thorin said his dark name it took my a single hot second to realize what had just happened but then!! my eyes went so wide if i had been wearing contacts they would have fallen out. this was just!! a punch in the gut! but a good one!

kzjsdgalhsdlajshdfa OH GOSH, you are so so kind! Thank you so much, I’m just so thrilled you liked it! Yeah, it was meant to fall into the middle of the conversation with a CLANG, really – disrupting Bilbo’s flustered feelings of annoyance and exposure and just. yeah, totally changing the tone of where he was headed. Trust and love, yep. Lots of that instead.

Thank you again! *hugs* I am SUPER HAPPY you liked it!

A suspiciously disheveled elf hurtles into your inbox. They aren’t sure they’re in the right spot.

Thorin = Anvil of Hope. Now all I can think of is whenever he’s being frustratingly hardheaded, Bilbo’s gonna bonk him with a tiny rubber hammer…

HAHAHAHAHA, he’s certainly hard-headed, that’s for sure!

though my problem was sliiiightly different when it came to possible anvil-connotations….

do you know how hard it is not to use the word ‘pounding’ when talking about anvils

I told my sister the new chapter was a happy one. She didn’t believe me. This is your reputation. (Also it really was a lovely chapter)

I can write happy things, I can I can I can!!! PROMISE. *waves chapter 38 around* FLUFF. LOTS OF ITTTT

Thank you, Nonnie! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

Badass warrior mum Dweris ftw. (She probably approves of her daughter-in-law so hard. Totally unwilling to give up kicking ass to be a mom. Proper dwarrowdam stuff, that)

Oh GOD yes. Dweris thinks Orla is the Bees’ Knees. So much respect there!

Dori makes Mrs Weasley sweaters for his people. With their sigils instead of letters. Balinith’s are especially well-loved, as they are often patterned in his current interest. Dwalin’s often have a pattern of axes surrounding the sigils.

Oh nooooooo (yes yes yesssssssss)

AUGH I LOVE IT

IT STINGSaaaaaaaaaah

(imagining Dwalin wearing his, all patterns and snuggly with a giant intimidating Dwarf inside, is giving me the giggles heheheheh)

DARK NAME DARK NAME DARKNAMEDARKNAMEDARKNAME DAAAARRRKKKK NAAAAAAAAMMMMEEE

LOL, so yeah – *THAT SPOILER* is probably out of the bag by now! Thank you, Nonnie – glad you liked!

Fluffy pie Fundin gives me life! Maybe Frerinith, all sunny and cheerful, has a lot in common with his paternal grandpa.

YESSSSS ❤

(Fundin and Groin are basically the Amazing Fluffy Bickering Duo heheheheh)

Tiny baby Dis whose favorite thing was Grandpa and Grandma snuggles.

Oh oh oHhhhhhhh

*falls over, smiling* TOO CUTE GAHH