Tag: gimli

Sorry if this has been said before, but imagine Gimli working on the Glittering Caves. Right next to the great many Dunlending POWs conscripted into rebuilding the Hornburg. Imagine him getting to know some of them pretty well and becoming sympathetic to their grievances about being colonized by the Rohirrim, and using his influence to support their cause in getting Rohan to give them rights and lands, a line of thought already opened up by Theoden’s promise to the Druedain and Ghan-Buri-Ghan.

*YODELS IN RAPTURE*

oh

my 

GOD YES

YES YES YES ALL OF THIS

*wraps self in post and cries tears of joy*

the-french-belphegor:

I find designing tattoos super difficult, because it’s mostly geometrical

abstract

shapes and I’m rubbish at those. But I wanted something special for Gimli, even though they’re hidden 90% of the time. So I doodled the one on the left (and coloured it really quickly) and the one on the right is more a final result.

So the patterns on his right shoulder (our left) are for his childhood in the Blue Mountains while the one on his left shoulder echo the Arkenstone and the fact that he lived most of his adult life in Erebor; on his right forearm he bears the arms of his mother’s family, on his left forearm his father’s; he’s got a (differently-shaped) star on the back of his right and left hands, one because “Gimli” means “star” in Adûnaic – I don’t think Tolkien revealed his true Dwarvish name – and the other because it’s one of the emblems of the Line of Durin and he’s proud of his heritage.

Also, any excuse to draw buff Dwarves :3

giggle-fit:

Inks done on pic for Sansukh. Not pleased with Thorin; he’s a difficult one to draw.

*SCREAMS IN AMAZEMENT AND JOY*

OH MY GOD THAT IS AMAZING LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS, THOSE SWEET PERFECT HOBBITS AND OHGOD LEGOLAS AND BRAAAAAAID AND HOT DAMN BILBO AND THORIN YAAAAS AND SWEET LORD HAVE MERCY DAT GIMLI

I DIE OF DELIGHT RN, YOU ARE A GEM AND A GIFT AND I AM ASTONISHED BY YOUR WORK, EVERY TIME, HOLY GOOD GRAVY

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!

That sneak peek! Dis! Thranduil being dragged kicking and screaming into character development! Vili! I just want to cuddle all of them and you. -sniffles-

Heeeeeeee, I am SO GLAD! Thank you, Nonnie! 

And yeah – Thranduil is absolutely resisting this new knowledge, he can’t find out ANYTHING terrible about Gimli – but he’s being forced to confront some of his own less-than-compassionate decisions heh. YOU’RE GONNA DEVELOP – WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, MISTER. :DD

Vili is such a goddamn sweetheart, I wanna hug him forever. And Dis needs all the love, god. So much love. 

Hi! So I’ve never actually reached out to a fanfic author before (because shyness) but I just really want to say how much I love Sansukh – on my third re-reading! I especially love how you have dealt with Fili; your approach to people realising how much potential he had but never got to achieve is so well done. Just wondering if we’re going to get more between Thorin and his nephews? (for example, how do they feel about Thorin’s relationship with Gimli – any jealousy when he calls him ‘son’?)

AHHH THANK YOU NONNIE! I am stunned and stoked that you enjoy it so much! And eeee, yes, I’m so glad you like Fili’s trajectory in the fic! He is my Golden son, my word yes. He’s come SO FAR.

There’ll be some more! But at this stage I think it will be interactions in combination with other characters… not entirely sure! *cough*DIS*coughcough*FRERIN*cough*

Oooh, I’ve covered a bit of that in the story through their reactions etc: They’re not jealous, no way. Really early on, they saw that Gimli was helping Thorin connect and re-centre himself. That’s a GOOD thing. 

Like, if someone close to you is self destructive and imploding slowly, and you personally are not the one that gets through and helps them (despite trying or whatever), it doesn’t really make sense to be jealous of the person that does. You’re relieved and happy that the one close to you is doing better. 

Thorin has a special name for his nephews: they are his Undayûy. It means ‘greatest boys’. They are special to him in ways that Gimli can’t replace (and vice-versa). Thorin will always feel protective and paternal towards them: he helped raise them. 

He’s not the primary parental figure to Fili and Kili – Dis is and always will be THE parental figure – but he is absolutely one of the most formative pillars of their lives, is there for them, teaches them, cares for them. He loves them unconditionally. 

At first, Gimli was a touchstone for Thorin, he’s been a way back to the world and to life. That’s an entirely different thing, and he loves Gimli for it in a different way. I love my students entirely and with all my heart, I’ve watched them grow up and change and learn and BECOME, and I am stupendously proud of them. But I don’t love them exactly the way I love my niblings. 

Too, much like a teacher-student relationship after a long long time, Thorin and Gimli are moving slowly towards a friendship of equals now. 

Thorin has a gigantic damn heart. There’s a lot of love there for a lot of people. 

(PLUS Fee and Kee love Gimli too. They were playfellows and friends as children, and he helped their uncle AND their mother. They’re all ‘AW YEAH GO GIMMERS!!!’)