(tbh? I have a feeling that Frerinith isn’t going to care all that much about having an Elf of his own. And that particular one keeps smooshing faces with Gimli, anyway. Gimizh’s Elf is far far easier to boss around.)
I NEED SPICY SOUP COMPETITIONS BETWEEN DAIN AND GENILD YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY.
Reasons why Gimli is a precious baby that must be protected and cherished:
His Dad didn’t let him go on the Quest for Erebor because the Company thought he was too young but Gimli was sad because he really wanted to go and you can just imagine him stomping around and moping.
He goes to the Council of Elrond WITH HIS DAD like can you imagine Thranduil and Denethor showing up to this shit? No! But Gloin is there and all like I guess you can go because you didn’t get to go last time and Gimli’s like OH YEAH DAD I GOT THIS and Gloin’s like YES YOU DO BABY I BELIEVE IN YOU I’M SO PROUD.
His brags about Moria essentially being “Guys, you’re going to have such a nice time, my people are going to spoil the shit out of you, Legolas, suck it, you’re going to be SO RESTED AND RELAXED.”
His big old crush on Galadriel that led him to ask just for a strand of hair as his parting gift and she gave him three, which is big symbolically, because she could see into his heart and saw that he was so pure and he adored them and had like no idea why this was a big deal and just UGH.
Gimli and Legolas’ nature hikes in Lothlorien where they became super close friends because like imagine baby Gimli in this super strange place where everyone hates him and he’s just found out a whack ton of his family died horribly but Legolas is like screw you other elves, I’m going to go comfort my new bff and fall in love and it’s SO CUTE.
Okay, so it’s in the LEGO game and shouldn’t count but this GIF ITS OKAY BABY GIMLI WE WILL PROTECT YOU FROM THE GHOSTS!
He fell so in love with the Glittering Caves that the Rohirrim were like sure, you can move on in with your people, and then Gimli a) made it a shared fortress with the Rohirrim and then b) rebuilt the gates of Minas Tirith with FREAKING MITHRIL because he’s got your back, Aragorn, there ain’t nothing getting at you, you just enjoy your honeymoon, friend.
Okay, so I know in the Legolas post I mentioned the
Undying Lands, but like seriously, Gimli leaves his home that he adores
to go to a place full of elves who hate him because he wants to be with
his best friend for the rest of his life and he’ll go in this presumably
shitty boat that Legolas built because Legolas is his Ann Perkins and a
BEAUTIFUL STARFISH.
In short, if you want to fight Gimli, you will have to go through me first because he deserves flower crowns and pretty rocks.
Whoo! Art Marathon completed. I probably shouldn’t have done that but whatever I wanted to do this.
So, I wanted to do a little something for my Other Favorite Lord of the Rings fanfic–Comes Around Again by @scarletjedi. I think it’s no secret that I have a huge weakness for Time Travel fic, and this one does it so, so well. Gimli feels like a person transplanted from the future–he has that aura of badass he won so hard through the Quest.
And now he’s taking it on the quest for Erebor to change things and fuck up somemore bad guys. ‘Cause that’s what Gimli does. (And he’s married to Legolas, who also went back in time. It’s great. Read this fic.)
Aw Yiss 