Hey Nonnie! I think that some animals dwell in the Halls because they were of particular importance to some Dwarves. Ravens would certainly be there. Custard is there, because she is tremendously important to Thrain. And of course, there is Dain and his beloved pigs.
Tag: custard the cat
A very serious question because I’m seeing two versions of the same thing. Who’s does Custard belong to? Is she Frerin’s cat?
Hey Nonnie! No, Custard is Thrain’s cat, as I’ve said before. It appears that I might have to make that clearer, as there seems to have been some misunderstanding. Custard is very much Thrain’s cat, and fulfils the duties of a service animal for a person with PTSD and dissociation issues for him. She knows how to ground him back in the moment with her big fluffy presence and her V6 purr.
It also happens that in the fic itself, Thrain knows Custard’s behaviour cues, but Frerin does not: “Frerin’s breath had begun to come faster, and Thráin made a clicking noise with his tongue. Custard immediately stood, bushy tail waving like a pine caught in a breeze, and then butted her head up against Frerin’s chin. Her purr was like a thunderstorm.” (ch37)
Custard is a very loving cat though: she isn’t a one-person-only cat. Though Thrain is forever and ever HER Best Person, she also likes to seek out those who are in need a bit of kitty-time and snuggle down with them if they are low.
Custard’s People – estel_of_the_eyrie – The Hobbit – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Hobbit – All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Thrain/Fris, Hrera/Thror, Implied: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Thráin, Thrór, Fris, Hrera, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Thorin Oakenshield, Custard the Cat
Additional Tags: Kitty Love, OMG CUSTARD IS JUST ADORABLE, Based on my own cat’s attitude
Series: Part 1 of Sansukh
Summary:Following Frerin finding a cat smelling of custard, the Halls of Mahal have never been filled with so much kitty love. (From Sansukh)
Based on my own cat Fluffy’s adventures, and contains many, /many/ headcanons from Queen Dets herself.
OH WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH ESTEL! This is adorable! I especially love Custard sitting on Hrera’s chair, lol – oh dear!!! That is one brave kitty!
Custard’s People – estel_of_the_eyrie – The Hobbit – All Media Types [Archive of Our Own]
So our neighbor found a marmalade tabby kitten and brought it to us before she took it to the shelter because she knew we like cats. We took him in and my sister named him Fili. I suggested Custard and she LAUGHED because she reads Sansukh, too. He’s still named Fili, tho.
AWWWWWW FILI KITTEN. That’s lovely, Nonnie!
There is a cat at my work named Monster who looks like Custard and I’m reminded of Custard every time I see him, but I can’t tell anyone there because they’d look at me like I’m crazy.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SORRY NONNIE
YOU HAVE A CUSTARD THO
THIS IS BRILLIANT
HE IS A CUSTARD MONSTER
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.)
Aw Yiss 