Dwalin and Balin found an old portrait of bb!Balin and their parents in the family apartment. It is adorable. bb!Balin is chubbachub and their parents are so proud. Dis cackles at the picture.

I WOULD TOO

itty bitty teeny roly-poly Balin with a woolly cap on his precious little head and soft little starfish hands, omfg can you imagine

Dis doing knitting as an act of fury for her family. Thorin has a jumper. Vili is kept in mittens. Dwalin gets hats. Fili and Kili have adorable baby blankets and hats and tiny tiny socks (imagine little preemie baby Kili swimming in newborn-sized knitwear). Oin and Balin get knitted nose-warmers as jokes – these are a real thing!! Gloin has a nice scarf.

holy crud I just looked up nose warmers that’s hilarious

So “ba” is one of the first baby sounds. So picture tiny Wee Thorin, who is really excited to see Balin, going ” Ba! Ba! Ba!” Because that’s what he calls his uncle, and being a mess of wriggles and frowns until he gets Balin cuddles.

OH MY POOR POOR HEART THAT’S ADORABLE

radioproxy:

| Thorin

✧ (Sickness) | Dain

✧ Leadership & Stubbornness | Balin

✧ Taking Risks |

My three entries for the Hobbitcon 4 Fanbook Project. So much color vomit whoops.

Dwalin finds portraits of his parents in their apartment from before Smaug after Botfa. He and Balin clean them up and hang them again. Dwalin totally talks to them. The kiddos pat them and talk a bit too. Frerinith says goodnight to them often.

NIGH-NIGH GRAMMA AN GRAMPAH

Balin finds his old Farin doll in his family apartments. Dori repairs it for him, and it sits on his fireplace. Wee Thorin uses it and snuggles it. Bofur makes a doll of it.

OH FARIN

WE HARDLY KNEW YE

So all of Dwalin’s kids have some stuff that related to their namesake. Wee Thorin has a set of (nicely decorated) combs and brushes that Dis made for Thorin Oakenshield for his 175th and can’t bear to look at anymore. Balinith has some of Balin’s books and use of his favorite armchair. Frerinith has some of Frerin’s toys. He especially likes the blocks, spending hours piling them in pretty patterns.

I made sad whimpery gaspy sounds all through reading this, Nonnie.

Ohhhhhhhhh ❤

rutobuka2:

in which Bilbo confirms his status as sassmaster

pages: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14, 15

Angsty headcanon. Thorin and Dis probably remembered more about Dweris, Fundin, and Haban than their own kids did when they died, being many years older. Imagine Balin, Dwalin, Oin and Gloin getting stories about their dead parent(s) from them.

*curls up in a ball and tries not to whimper*

(*fails*)

I’m having feels about all the fave characters repurposing stuff after the Mountain’s reclaimed. Wee Thorin sleeps in Balin’s old crib, which is freshly reupholstered with a war-pig pattern. Oin uses his dad’s apothecary measuring set, with the one piece that Groin had in his pocket on the way out replaced. Dis gives the Stonehelm and Bomfris the royal baby jewelry, all Teary-eyed over the tiny pieces. Gloin uses Haban’s abacus.

THIS IS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND SAD, NONNIE