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Every bit of Bagginshield that you have written–ever–is my favorite. This chapter in particular was so fulfilling. It feels like they are beginning again, only now they are both aware of it. What a novelty! My other favorite thing is your unabridged Houses of Healing sequence. There is so much lovely snarky Aragorn in there, I was sad when the movies kind of glazed over it.

It feels like they are beginning again, only now they are both aware of it

YESSSSSSS THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS INTENDING, OH MY GOD, I JUST PUNCHED THE AIR – THANK YOU, THANK YOU NONNIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH

Ahhhh, the Houses of Healing is such an awesome chapter too! I am so stoked you liked my spin on it! IORETH FTW. And snarky Aragorn! YUS. *dances* Thank you, Nonnie!

You know, I actually remember when the most evil thing you had done was make us care about the dwarves that died in Moria… BEFORE THEY WENT TO MORIA! Though the newest chapter was very nice (and I mean that in the way that it didn’t make me cry).

That WAS pretty evil, I’ll own up to that. I am living up to my title of ‘Evil Cream Puff.’

(But hey. Tolkien gave us all these lovely names in the Book of Mazarbul! Loni, Frar, Floi, Nali – I just HAD to expand on that!)

I’m so happy you liked the new chapter, Nonnie! Thank you so much!

You are going to kill me with all the shippies in this chapter. ALL THE SHIPPIES! Also, RADAGAST! Radagast is the best, for now and forever. Seriously though I love the way you wrote him and OH MY GOD HIS INTERACTIONS WITH LONI AND FRAR! *goes off to die*

Heee, thank you Nonnie! So happy you liked! SHIPS, SHIPS IN THE NIGHTTTTT

Radagast ftw. Reginald is a hard taskmaster for a squirrel! Very fussy. 

Hooray Loni and Frar! Sappiest couple in the Halls, I swear. Frar is heart-eyes, all day, every day, for his impatient, sarcastic, snarky warrior-husband 🙂

(I am enjoying this whole ‘Maiar can see the Peanut Gallery thing, oh I am!!!)

It’s been years since I’ve read any of Tolkien’s works, and tbh, I forgot Dain existed until reading Sansukh. So I was actually really excited to watch the movie (finally) and I can’t believe more people don’t like him! I literally adored him from the first thing he said. AND HE’S TREATED SO BADLY IN FANFICS OH MY GOD. If he’s not outright evil, there’s this lingering bitterness in the fic about how Thorin should have been on the throne. Thank you for that awesome reclist! :D

Ahhh, Nonnie – you’ve sent me this on anon, and so I’m having to answer this publically. Again. And I’m sure people are sick of listening to me be unhappy about it. Which I still am.

But mostly? I’m tired. I’m tired, tired, tired.

I’m tired of it cropping up in a fic I am enjoying thus far, no warning, no explanation. The revulsion I feel makes me backclick out of that faster than lightning, I stg. I don’t read many new Bagginshield fics these days, not unless I know that this particular author won’t turn Dain into some plotting grotesque caricature. I won’t even attempt the fic of an author whom I know writes evil!Dain. I just can’t put myself through it anymore, because I’m tired of flinching, of gritting my teeth, of feeling that horrible sinking stab with every cruel word. 

I’m tired of defending him. I’m tired of defending myself for loving him. I’m tired of listening to people defending their reasons for using him and the Iron Hills as convenient bad guys. I’m just. I’m tired of pointing out the tragedy of his life; tired of discussing the historical context (jesus, they lost so many at Azanulbizar, seriously, and they went there to avenge Thror, you’d think people might have a bit more sympathy), I’m tired of pointing out the change(s) PJ et al made in the movies that are used to condemn him. I’m tired of listening to myself be upset. I’m tired of wanting to see him measure up to Thorin and not fall short.

Here’s how I deal with it now: That’s not the character we both love – those are evil OCs. Evil OCs that come in a variety of flavours, from vaguely undermining, to purest most revolting villainy. They’re not Dain Ironfoot, legendary hero and warrior and sensible, clever, loyal Dwarf-King. They just happen to share a name. 

And then I backclick out of that stuff. Because I’m tired.

Yet I still have a little, wistful wish: That people wouldn’t continually pit Thorin against him. That they weren’t constantly portrayed at odds with each other. That they weren’t CONTINUALLY compared, with Dain as the one who can’t ever compete with Thorin’s sheer amazingness. 

I want to see them as friends. As people who cared about the other, who got it, who understood the terrible losses and burdens they bore. They loved each other, they were friends and close cousins. And I think they would have understood each other, so so well.

They both became leaders through losing their families, after all. And they were both so young when it happened. 

Anyway. Cut because this turned into something of a private whine to you personally, Nonnie; please ignore if it’s not your cup of tea. I’m really happy you like the reclist. *hugs* Thank you for your commiseration. 

but Dets, I need to know, someone was watching over Gimli when he and Legolas talked about their feelings? And more important, what was the reaction to ‘lets go take a bath’ thing? I NEED TO KNOW PLEASE this chapter was so good omg I need more *sighs* Guess I have to read all over again

Nope, Legolas and Gimli had a bit of privacy for once! Nobody dead was watching. Which is good, really – it was a tremendously personal conversation.

Well, let’s just say that the rating for Sansukh itself is never ever going to change. BUT. I intend to take that bath-scene a little… further, in the Sansukh Appendices.