After the Quest is over, Bofur makes a killing on hobbit costumes. There are so many babbuhs in Erebor and Dale and, really, all of Middle Earth, dressed up as Frodo and Sam and Pippin and Merry. (Gimizh is not sure which of the hobbits is is favorite, although he, of course, always plays his Brave Uncle Gimli when he and the others recreate the Quest. He once tried to recruit Laerophen to play Legolas.)

Gimizh is of course the envy of every Dwarfling in the North… because he owns the real actual helm that his uncle wore on the Quest.

Wee Thorin is allowed to touch it. Balinith is too.

(Frerinith… is not).

Of course, it’s much too big, and it slips down over his eyes. ~~But try telling him that and he’ll attack your knees.~~

Little kid Ori who loves cats and gets Dori to draw cat whiskers on his face. It is adorable. (Later Dori will use this skill on Gimizh. It is also adorable.)

AHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHH

this is so danged CUTE

So Gimizh had a hair-chewing phase too? He probably especially liked Bofur’s mustache. And Gimli’s nose.

Gimli’s beard was probably a fave. Gimris despaired of Gimli’s neglect for his hair and beard even before a small tot got his teeny teeth onto it – post-Gimizh, she’s resigned to having the scruffiest Dwarf in Middle-Earth for a brother.

Random funny thought: I was watching Brave with my cousins while babysitting them, and Merida has three red-haired brothers who are ‘wee devils’. It says a lot that my first thought is ‘I wonder what would happen if we introduced them to Gimizh’ and ‘I wonder how many cookies all four of them would steal’. Just thought it might make you laugh :)

BEDLAM

IT WOULD BE MAYHEM ITSELF

SO MUCH REDHEADED MAYHEM COMPRESSED INTO SUCH A SMALL SPACE…

IT WOULD HAVE TO EXPLODE

Gimizh has such a hero-worship for Nori that Dori ends up giving him A piece from Nori’s collection of little boxes. (Nori loves little boxes, especially with valuable shiny things inside) Gimizh treasures it, and keeps tiny treasures in it. Balinith also has one of Ori’s ink pots, a nice little purple glass one.

sdfjgslmhdgsdhgsahf oalksdhflajshda

meanwhile, Dori is simultaneously proud that his brothers are not forgotten – far from it! – and wistful. Because Nori would have been a terrible influence on Gimizh, but my word, they both would have loved it. And Balinith and Ori would have been happily lost for DAYS in the library together.

Gimizh who actually gets cookie-thief as his appellation … He’s not embarrassed at all as a grown up, just living it up. Gimris is face-palming.

BOFUR IS THE PROUDEST

SO SO SO SOSOOOOO PROUD

MOVE OVER GLOIN, THERE IS A NEW PROUDEST DADDY IN THE MOUNTAIN

Just imagine the faces on Aragorn’s heirs in a few dozen years when they are introduced to Gimizh Cookiethief, heir to the Glittering Caves. Big dwarrow Gimizh (with his eyebrows braided) gives absolutely no fucks. He earned his appellation fair and square.

“But how did you get that name?”

“M’cousin Barur gave it to me, actually…”

Bofur totally made Gimizh a Nori doll. Gimizh loves it, and hearing stories about Nori. Dori is pleased and sad.

Oh MY GOD

YES

HOLY SHIT GIMIZH WOULD IDOLISE NORI LIKE WHOA (guess who is totally gonna try growing his eyebrows long enough to braid)

Gimizh’s Dark Name should be ‘Cookie-Thief.’

Awwwww! that’s adorable! I think Gimizh’s dark-name would be something like ‘Dancing flame’ – I think ‘Cookie-Thief’ would def be his appellation (such as Oakenshield or Ironfoot, sort of thing! 🙂

Gimizh-inna-tree nonnie again! When Gimizh FINALLY meets his New Uncle Legolas (cue blushing elf), Gimizh insists his New Uncle go tree-climbing with him.

And then boasts for three days straight, because he has never seen anyone so good at tree-climbing ever.

So nyah, eat rocks, meanies! *pokes out tongue*