Nori probably writhes in curtailed lightfingered-ness whenever he gets too close to Dori’s glasses. And Dori probably acquires waaaay to many of small valuable items like the glasses, hairpins, etc (like, what he needs, spares, and then spare spares) because he was so used to Nori making off with them. And now he’s just like “oh :(“.

SIDE-SWIPED WITH UNEXPECTED RI BROS FEELS.

Oh, Dori. *hugs him* I just.

I can imagine Dori at market, buying up hair-pins and ties, and he absently collects a handful of the longer brown pins…

And gets home, and unpacks his purchases.

And presses his lips together. Hard.

(And puts the pins in the drawer with the others that he has bought over the years, on automatic, without thinking about it. The drawer is nearly full now.)

That glasses thing made me wonder: Does anyone in Sansukh have the glasses with the string on the back? (cough cough Dori. Or Hrera who has a super-classy monocle thingy before she died b/c she denied being longsighted).

Aww! I think that both Gloin and Dori would wear glasses nowadays. Dori’s are absolutely lovely. 

(Gloin really should wear his more often, but he doesn’t like them and won’t wear them outside the house. Mizim is always chasing him whilst waving a pair of glasses in the air.) 

Balinith wears his proudly: they were made by Bofur and Gimris, just for him. 

Bani also wears glasses (and Baris finds them absurdly sexy).

Hi Dets! I was just curious about something – have either Nori or Ori run into their dads in the Halls? Or would they want to?

Okay, I’m gonna post the blurb so I can refresh people’s memories, hahaha!

Meet a Dwarrowdam – Zhori daughter of Yori

Zhori was a middle-class weaver, descended in direct line
through her mothers from the famously controversial concubine of the 25th
century of the Third Age, Ymrís. This was a matter of shame for the family, who
did their best to keep the matter hushed up. Zhori was very beautiful, with
soft brown hair that silvered early in her life, a full and luxurious beard, and
a stout and sturdy frame. She was reasonably well-to-do, comfortably set up,
and her beauty attracted many admirers. However, Zhori, a life-long romantic at
heart, was unfortunately terribly unlucky in love. She spent her whole life
searching. Her first husband, a handsome young miner, had married her dutifully
when she fell pregnant. But he then fell in love with another Dwarrowdam and
left Zhori soon after the birth of their son, Dori. They remained in touch, and
she held no ill-will towards him. Zhori remained alone for fifty years before
she tried her hand at love again. Her second husband was a dashing rogue and a
charmer, and he was killed in a game of chance while Zhori was pregnant with
her second son, Nori. Late in her life she was surprised by the advances of a
fellow weaver, and her third son, Ori, was conceived out of wedlock. Her sons
were fiercely protective of their mother, and they habitually referred
to themselves as the ‘sons of Zhori’. She was one of the few Dwarrows to die of
old age in the turmoil of the past two centuries, passing away peacefully in
her sleep in Ered Luin.


And now to your question, Nonnie! Actually – yes.

Ori was surprised to discover that he looks remarkably like his dad. They aren’t exactly close, but they are friends. Roi is a gentle, dreamy-eyed sort of Dwarf who likes his weaving and his sketching and his pipe, and is bemusedly proud of his rather famous son. He remains close to Zhori, too, and is still very much in love with her.

Nori immediately picked his father’s pocket, sad to say. They have a prickly biting sort of relationship. Nori isn’t quite ready to forgive the feckless, dashing Nevi for getting himself killed and leaving Zhori alone again… particularly because it appears that Nori is more like Nevi than he would care to admit. They routinely snark and aim little barbed remarks at each other. When that doesn’t quite satisfy, there’s always petty theft 🙂

Dori’s dad is there too. They don’t talk to him much, though they’ve noted that 

Dánin has the same splendid ears as Dori. Zhori holds no ill-will to her first husband, though her sons aren’t nearly so charitable towards the Dwarf who left her when Dori was only a baby. Even Ori gets rather pugnacious. 

I have a question. My headcanon for Dori has always been that he is ace, and either aromantic or demiromantic, which I was really glad to see in Sansukh, but I also have another headcanon for him. That Nori disappeared for awhile after their mother died and so Dori, alone, broke, and with baby Ori to take care of, had to turn to prostitution to make sure Ori had a roof over his head and such. Do you think that’s possible, or…?

Hey Nonnie!

Anything’s possible! I’m not using that particular idea in Sansukh (it’d be an entire fic in itself!!), but it’s a heartbreaking and interesting headcanon!

aviva0017:

So we’ve been talking about the official character sigils on skype for a few days now, and then people were drawing Sansûkh mourning marks… And since I am both Ri brothers trash and Sansûkh trash, have a sketch of old Dori getting ready for bed, featuring his mourning tattoos for Ori and Nori.

Sansûkh is by the lovely determamfidd as usual, art is mine XD

OH MY GOD AVI

OH MYYYY GOOOOODDDDDDD

*breaks down in tears*

He’s beautiful. They’re beautiful. You’re amazing. This is perfection. 

Face, wrinkles, body hair, SCARS, tattoos, beard – AUGH there is too much about this that I love to even list it all. I am legit sniffling. Thank you SO MUCH.

Oh, Dori.

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flamesburnonthemountainside:

This is the next instalment in my Durin’s falling over series – Thror was first, this is Thrain and Dain is next!

determamfidd

AHHHH FAB THANK YOU SO SO MUCH #BATTLEPIG

lol Dori knocks em all over one way or another!

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