Tag: dwarves

although we are totally spoilt for choice, i must say that one of my favourite ever lines is Ori’s “you mean he knows?” in Ch9. ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. ALWAYS MAKES ME CACKLE. I just love how you manage to encapsulate so much in a single sentence. To me it just represents the thorough lack of subtlety all round from start till end from basically everyone re bagginshield: the exasperation, the incredulity, how everybody knew except, naturally, thorin, and how much headdesking must have occurred.

SO much headdesking. SO MUCH. Every desk ever, covered in little dints from the repeated impacts of twelve Dwarven foreheads. 

I mean, the Bagginshield in Sansukh was eventually an open secret to just about everyone – except the main players. 

Ha, yeah! TOTALLY unsubtle, Ori. But to be fair, Ori was totally incredulous that – really? Finally really truly? Has he actually figured it out, can we stop not-saying the bleeding obvious now?

Bofur was still a bit steamed about it all, even two years later. Gloin found it all inexpressibly sad. 

(Actually – during the Quest, Gloin became very good at surreptitiously stepping on Oin’s foot at appropriate moments. Oin isn’t the most diplomatic of Dwarves, and he was on the verge of just barking it out at least twice a day. What? Not like he would have had to listen to the fallout. Ear trumpet busted. You know.)

It’s the only bet that Nori never collected on. He’s STILL a bit salty over it. 

how do the dead dwarves visit or speak to mahal?? is there a fixed place where they know where to find him (like that anvil room), and do they just rock up whenever for a chat or a drink? can mahal be with more than one dwarrow at a time, only because kili seems to be making sure that he occupies a large chunk of mahal’s time lolol? are the dwarrows generally interested in interacting with their maker?

It’s never the same twice. 

Now and then, a Dwarf will set out through the Halls, and their feet will take them to a great golden door. Light spills out around its frame, and casts strange glowing shapes upon the walls and floor. The sweet clear sound of ringing steel can be heard from inside.

Sometimes the door appears only a couple of corridors away. Sometimes it is impossible to find. Sometimes it is open. Sometimes not. 

Mahal makes himself available to his children. He has a very personal and loving relationship with all of them. Even so, the Dwarrows do not approach him without awe and trepidation. It takes a lot of guts to do as Kili does and continually pester a Vala. 

I just realized something: Thror’s father and brother died to a cold-drake. CAN YOU IMAGINE the psychological effect when he came out of the gold-madness post-Smaug and realized that HIS BELOVED WIFE AND SISTER-IN-LAW, NOT TO MENTION COUNTLESS OTHERS, are now dead? And that he will think it’s HIS FAULT?! And then he gets to WATCH his son and grandson try to reclaim his homeland and DIE for it?! And he gets to see his sweet little baby Thorin lose his mind TOO? (Dammit, now I’ve made myself cry.)

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WHY DOES THE WORLD HATE THE LINE OF DURIN OH MY FUCKING GOD

Quick Hobbit question: what do you think of the idea that Thorin Oakenshield is actually Durin VII?

I like the idea, but canon kinda nipped it in the bud seventy years ago :/

So yeah, Durin VII is descended from Gror’s branch of the line of Durin. 

also i sorta prefer the idea that Thorin wasn’t some legendary reincarnation. I like that he was Thorin, and that he was able to achieve greatness without that awesome name attached to him. 

I gave myself a sad. Dain doesn’t like wearing the raven crown. He’s never seen it as *his* crown, it’s always been meant for Thorin and Dain doesn’t feel right wearing it.

I agree. And that is super-sad. 

And AUGH.

I headcanon this (as anyone who has read Sansukh) even further. I think that Dain hated the damn thing. It would have been a shackle on his brow, a symbol of the duty he had to carry because there is nobody else left. The rest of his family? Is dead.

All my Dain wants is to go back home. To his proud, fierce, glorious Iron Hills, rugged and stark and beautiful. And he never can.

He must stay in this cold, lonely Mountain, surrounded by intrigue and politics. He must shoulder the load – again. He must fulfil his duty – because, long ago, when Dain was young and wounded and full of pain, Thorin carried the responsibility and the burden. And so Dain feels honour-bound to do the same –  for his family, for Thorin, to realise Thorin’s dreams now that he himself cannot.

ursubs:

so i recently fell in love with the fanfic Sansûkh by determamfidd and i absolutely adore gimizh. 

what happened to his tooth? uh. *shrugs*

*falls off chair* THAT’S HIM THAT’S HIM

THAT’S HIS HAIR AND EVERYTHING

I love him! I love him SO MUCH, ahhh, that’s exactly as I imagined him!!! Freckles and snubnose and cheeky grin (I LOVE THAT GAPTOOTH OH my GOD) and his haaaaair!!!

you are AMAZING ! I am totally in awe! THANK YOU THANK YOU FOREVER!

So in Sansukh Kili’s continued lack of beard has been mentioned and I started wondering, does everyone’s hair stop growing in Mahal’s Hall? But what if someone accidentally burns off a chunk of hair in the forge or something? Do they forever have a bald spot or does it grow back to normal and then stop again or do they need to ask Mahal to fix it for them?? Plz this question has been plaguing me since I read Sansukh

Ahhh! 

Well, life in the Halls is not TRUE life. Everyone is sort of… paused. They’re all on hold until the Second Song, when the world is renewed. 

So, their bodies remain static, frozen, suspended. They are real bodies, so they need food and rest and warmth, they can be harmed and will heal, but they won’t really.. change. 

This is why Frerin is stuck as an adolescent. Poor little mite.

chess-ka:

Some dwarf cuddles from determamfidd‘s Sansûkh-verse.

I read a hugging headcanon that described Ori as “your personal koala” and I am pretty sure that is 100% accurate. Except here he’s just Bifur’s personal koala, so back off.

You know things are getting serious with Bofur and Gimris cos Bofur’s not got his hat on. Bom-chikka-wow. (I enjoyed drawing Gimris’s hair).

Even Badass Warriors get tired, especially when they have a newborn baby. Would Orla and Dwalin own cushions? I have no idea. Still not really settled on a mental image for Orla sorry Orla.

if you heard a minor explosion somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere – yeaaaaah, that was me. 

I LOVE THEM I LOVE YOU

Oh my GOSHHHSHHH how adorable are Bifur and Ori, just so warm and comfortable and YES Ori the Koala, and Bofur and Gimris YOU LOVELY DORKS ohhhh they look so happy, they just laugh all the time, and lajshdflajshfdlaj Dwalin and Orla i know that feel, catching a snuggle while the baby is FINALLY sleeping and OH

CHESS I AM IN AWE THANK YOU THANK YOU

I had to read twice to make sure where they were from, because the Estonian leather shoes you posted, while not exactly the same, look quite similar to Basque traditional shoes called abarkak. Also, I’m in love with your writing. I’m re-reading Sansûkh all over again from the start and I keep catching little details here and there, ugh so many feels ♥ It’s my favourite fic by far :D

Oh wow, they are awesome also!!!

Thank you so very very much, I am so thrilled you are enjoying it! And klasdgfajsdhfaljh that is just the best thing to read ever – I’m glad you are able to find more in it each time. That’s just made me go a very violent red, jsyk. *hugs*