Okay so I already have a lot of feelings about Dori meeting his brothers again in the Halls, but what about his mother? Dori apologizing to her over and over for not protecting his brothers well enough, and Zhori hugging him tight and telling him that’s nonsense, that she’s grateful that he worked so hard to keep the family together for so long after she was gone. Dori breaking down crying, because he’s had to BE the oldest and the parent for so long that he’s forgotten how it felt to HAVE one.

SLOW DOWN THERE SATAN

welp. my heart is no longer mine. neither is my soul. heart goes to the dwarves, and the soul goes to you. am I ever gonna be over Bofur and Dori and Dwalin and Dís being the last of their families? nope. am I ever gonna be over the craddle song? nope. but it will join ‘the iron hills for me’ as ‘songs that hurt me but i’ll sing them to my cousins anyway because they seem to like it and it lulls them into a nap while i cry’

(AND GLOIN REMEMBER GLOIN TOO)

Awwwww! Thank you so much, Nonnie – also, I feel like I should send you a Custard too eep. *hugs and blankets and furry puddy tats*

fishfingersandscarves:

Barís sings chapter 37 of sansûkh

status update: i am not okay and its all dets fault

left to right dwarves: gimzih,dis,orla,dwalin,baris,thira,bofur,dori
Elves: mirilin, laephoren

AUGH HOW HOW FISHY 

HOW do you ART SO FAST AND SO GORGEOUS

it is heartbreaking and amazing and I ADORE IT AUGH AUGH BOFURRRRRRRRR’S FAAAAAAAACE

In the same vein of Dori’s similarities to Mrs Weasley, I’m imagining Nori and Ori watching him harangue the other dwarves whilst preparing for the siege and just rolling their eyes. “The idiots are letting him get into his stride. You need to head him off early or he just builds up this head of steam and rants for hours… look, they can’t even dodge the hanky. Useless lot.”

HAHAHA – oh, what about Ori and Nori marking each Dwarf out of ten for Dori-management?

“Eight out of ten, not bad. Brought out the tea and everything. Lost points for arguing. Waste o’ time, that.”

“Oh, what a colossal twit. Three out of ten. Tried to pick him up. And stared at his bottom. Absolutely deserved that punch – and the fussing afterwards.”

Ladies and Gentledwarves!

sansukhpodfic:

(and those who are neither, both, or a vague wiggly hand-gesture and a ‘ehhhhh’ noise):

We are pleased to introduce the actrexes for Dori, Lóni, and Náli!

Dori- docmanda (Doc Manda)

Lóni- youarebeingshaggedbyarareparrot (Rare Parrot)

Náli- inkbotkowalski (Inkbot Kowalski)

We will be sending out emails before the rest of the characters are announced (and don’t worry, we haven’t started casting the others yet: auditions are still open!)

Congrats, you three, and welcome aboard. To everyone else, best of luck with the coming auditions!

SHRIEK 

HELLO HELLO DORI LONI AND NALIIIIII HELLO OMFG

Happy headcanon: Dwalin totally writes back and forth with Bilbo, has done so for years. He lets his kids put in a bit of stuff as well. Frerin scribbles, maybe puts an “F,” Balinith goes on about his newest project (currently growing beans), and Wee Thorin talked about his pie heist for half a page.

I like to think that Dori, Dwalin, Gloin and Bofur & Bombur write to Bilbo on the regular 🙂

(Bombur and Bofur write theirs together!)

Bilbo would giggle at Dwalin’s letters, particularly at Wee Thorin’s descriptions. He knows a young Took who would get on with this Gimizh like a house on fire. Screaming, smoke, people running away – that sort of thing. 

(He’d absolutely write back with a few pointers for Balinith, possibly after a little chat with Hamfast.)