Fris has found Custard asleep in her instrument cases many times. They are apparently optimal for naps, esp. ones with felt or velvet linings that it’s hard to get cat fur out of.

*looks down at the duchess, and then at her violin case.*

I know and feel Fris’ pain. OH MY GOD, do I feel her pain.

I thought Yavanna made hobbits but I’m more than happy to fling that away bc Bilbo to Mandos is so much better! I also think that Custard would smell Bilbo’s problems and just flop onto his head. ~ the ‘IDK how there’s gonna be a happy ending’ anon

Nah I’m sorry, Yavanna’s children are canonically Ents, not Hobbits. The Yavanna-made-Hobbits thing is fanon, I am sorry to say. It’s SUPER adorable tho, it’s cute to think that the wife of Mahal had her own little hairy people and that they’re all parental of both, but yeah – Hobbits are an offshoot of the race of Men, and they go to the same afterlife as Men. And Yavanna doesn’t. Like. Dwarves. At. ALL. (they chop down trees!). *wince* idk, I like the fanon idea, it really is sweet! But the books don’t groove with it at all, sadly.

I sort of like the Hobbits-go-to-Mandos thing as well! CAN YOU IMAGINE, snrk. Mr. Mysterious Doomsman of the Valar meets say, Pippin. Bwaaahahahah.

Awwwww, Custard would. Also, I expect Bilbo would fuss and curse about all that blasted cat fur (”it gets everywhere!”) but would secretly slip Custard little bits of fish when nobody was looking, ❤

Custard probs spends a lot of time batting at Hrera’s beard. It’s so sparkly and shiny and it moves when she does. Intriguing for a cat!

SO SHIIIINY AHHHH *batbatbat*

Hrera: NO.

(Custard probably likes attacking braids, too. They’re long and twitchy, they move about, and the beads and aglets that clasp them would also sparkle and glint. ahh it moves, it swings, gotta catch it and make it stop, aaaaaaah. Fili especially would be subject to this, I feel. Those moustache braids of his swing about an awful lot!)

I keep thinking about Custard doing stuff that my cats do so like; getting into boxes, jumping onto people and using them as a bridge to other things. Also, I think of Custard hiding in people’s beards and hair

Pffft! Yeah, Custard has quite a few habits in common with my sweet old tortie duchess (the 5am yelling? That’s my cat, all over!)

Awwwwwwww cats and boxes! Also – paper bags. rustlerustlerustle. My cat when I was growing up used to chew on cardboard boxes. He was a doof of the First Magnitude.

Thror sems like the kind of guy who keeps treats for pets all around his apartment and has a few in his pocket. Also sweets for kids and sad people.

Thror is 9000% the guy who will listen patiently as other people vent, but can’t do it himself. Just can’t.

(Custard knows that Thror is a sure bet for kitty treats. He’s also pretty good at under-the-chin skritches. She likes to settle on him and knead away with her paws, her eyes slitting with happiness as he absently pats her.)

After Erebor is reclaimed, Bofur probably makes and gives away so many toys to kids in Erebor and Dale. He tells people that he likes seeing the kids smile.

*wibbles*

Dwarrows? Rude? Nahhh. Totally not. Where’d you even /get/ the idea

I have

no idea

what

you’re

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about

I wondered, where does all of the food/materials/supplies in the Halls of Mahal come from?

You and Thorin both. It bakes his brain every so often: where the hell is it all coming from?

Ori gets freaked out by paper in the Halls, of all things. I mean, it’s a product? Where is it coming from? Does Mahal have a wood-pulping factory somewhere? WHAT.

Bloody ineffability. It can be very confusing.

(Mahal can make mountains and living beings, I don’t think he’s going to have any trouble with a sandwich or a notebook, somehow 😉

Thrain installed cat flaps in many door after he got Custard. She wanders around with impunity.

AWWW ❤

Dear Dets, How I love your work, I can’t see /how/ there is going to be a happy ending. Thorin is in the Halls of Aulë and Bilbo is going to Yavanna (i think) WHERE DO THEY MEET TELL US. ‘eventual happy ending ‘ How. Will. They. Meet. 1/?

Pt2. Is all I ask. Howhowhowhow. I’ve been laying awake pondering about this. *whimpers and whispers* pleeeaaassee (I also don’t know how you made me want Dís to die and live. You maniac) I CAN ALREADY HEAR YOU LAUGHING FROM YOUR LIAR DON’T DENY.

*smugness intensifies*

Yes, there really, 110% WILL BE a happy ending for the Bagginshield. (I don’t jive with the whole Yavanna-made-Hobbits fanon, so Bilbo is headed for Mandos’ Halls as per Men and Hobbits, I’m afraid).

I am absolutely NOT going to reveal how. But it will be a happy ending, Thorin and Bilbo WILL be together, and there shall be many, many smooches. Cross my heart.