I was doodling sansûkh characters bc I just finished the new chapter and I needed to EXPRESS, and a slip of the pen turned into a cleft palette scar on Frerin and now I can’t imagine him without it??? And that got me thinking nice thoughts like I don’t think that scars would ever ever be a point of shame or ridicule in dwarf culture and also how he wouldn’t even have to think twice about still having it in the afterlife

OH HE’S LOVELYYYYYYYYY *patpatpats his little face*

Yeah, scars wouldn’t ever be an issue amongst Dwarves, I think. They certainly don’t treat Bifur or Dwalin or Gloin differently, and they all have very visible ones!

THANK YOU OMG, THANK YOU

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Frerin: *cackles as he runs away*

Thorin: *huffs the universal huff of the exasperated older sibling as he follows*

I need more sibling moments for the Line of Durin.

Hey dets! How old is Frerin in our human comparison? I always imagine him being like, 13 or something. Am I getting it right? And how old were Thorin and Dis when he died?

Oh hey Nonnie!

Okay, I’ve blabbed quite a bit about this before – but it’s actually really hard to do a human comparison for Dwarven aging, for two reasons… 1. Tolkien never really gave us a definitive answer, and 2. Dwarves age differently to Men. From all I have read I am getting the impression that they grow bodily to maturity relatively fast, may mature slower emotionally and mentally (there has to be a reason why Gimli was too young to join the Quest at 62yo), and enjoy a veeeeeery long vigorous adulthood without much change until they crumble all at once at around 250yo. I think? Anyway, that’s how I’m writing it.

I consider Frerin, at 48, to be nearly physically mature… he’s taller than a Hobbit, his beard is filled in. But he’s still smaller and slighter than a fully-grown Dwarf. Emotionally, he’s around 15. Mentally though – he has existed for 200+ years, he’s actually quite wise when he puts his mind to it.

Thorin was 53 at the time of Azanulbizar. Dis was 39.

Check here for more on the ages of the combatants at Azanulbizar!

So I was wondering, what if a pregnant Dwarrowdam or a dwarfling died and went to the halls. Would they stay pregnant and young or would the babe be born and the dwarflings grow to a certain age?

Wow, that’s… wow.

Children don’t live in the Halls. Frerin is about as young as they get (that’s part of his tragedy tbh).

idk about the rest, and I don’t wanna go there.

Does Dis use any of the things that her family had before the Fall of Erebor or did she pack it all away to never see the light of day again? Because I am having feels about this.

OUCH, NONNIE.

OUCH.

Yeah, I think she would tbh. Dis endures, and she weathers all pain, all storms, like the steel she is named for.

And she would swallow the little stab of pain, every time she picked up her mother’s teapot to pour a cup, or took her brother’s comb to her hair.

One day Thorin couldn’t get his bedhead under control and had to walk to breakfast with it. Fíli, Kíli and Frerin burst out laughing, Hrera gracefully flies up and Frís smirks. The fathers whistle because he totally didn’t got it from their side.

HRERA WOULD HAVE POUNCED ON HIM FASTER THAN THOUGHT

In “Cry Uncle,” where Thorin is waiting for news about Dis’ labour, do you think any of the peanut gallery were waiting with him?

Fris would have been with Dis, no question.

I think Thrain and Frerin would have waited with Thorin, though.

Royal family dwarves with actual life skills. heart eyes

*massive beaming grin* DWARVES, RIGHT?!?

At some point Custard the Kitty has kittens, and Frerin continues the tradition and names them after food. The 4 kittens are christened Marmalade, Toffee, Butter, and Carrot. Hrera decries her grandson’s naming habits.

LOL! Except Custard is Thrain’s cat. Thrain would be naming those kittens.

(Hrera would have to sigh heavily. She knows her son, after all – and nothing dissuades him when he’s got an idea in his head!)

Somehow I’m getting the idea that Frerin and Dain are going to team up and tease the hell of out Thorin.

There will be a bit of banter all around, yes! But Thorin’s not going to be singled out (any more than usual, that is). No, I have something particular planned for the way Dain and Frerin interact. I hope people will enjoy it!