Tag: headcanony things

Could a dwarf ever find their One in the halls of Mahal? I know that sort of happens with Ori and Bifur, but they knew each other while they were alive. What about two dwarves who lived hundreds of years apart? Mostly I’m curious about what that would be like, but I’m also specifically remembering Zhori being so unlucky in love during her lifetime.

Yeah, totally! Dwarves can fall in love in the Halls, and it doesn’t matter whether they knew each other in life or not. That has no bearing on the connections they make in the Halls.

It takes a LOT longer, though, because of the enormous emotional intertia of the Halls. They make things slooooooow dooooooown – which is awesome for healing, because it gives you time to process things! But a little less brilliant for grappling with attraction, I am guessing. 

Talk about the slowest of slow burns, heh

Out of curiosity, do you write or headcanon Legolas as autistic? I noticed some of my own tendencies of confusion and strange lacks of shame in your writings of him.

I hadn’t! I tend to explicitly state all the representation I have put into the fic, so that there’s no erm… Dumbledoring.*

But what a great interpretation, I love it! Nonnie, if autistic!Legolas is what you see, then it’s as valid a reading as any other. 

I’m now reminded of a quote from Boojum!: “Still, if words mean more than we mean to express when we use them, and if there are some good meanings in the book, I’m very glad to accept them.”

So, if there’s anything in the story that works for you, I’m very glad to accept it 🙂

*by this, I mean any minority representation that is not openly stated in the text itself, but is added as an afterthought through word-of-author. Like Dumbledore

So I attended a thing where I needed to wear a lot of glitter (like, a lot, I’m still finding it) but the only thing I could thing of was that I’m sure dwarves love glitter? When things are peaceful and they can do things purely for the aesthetic you cannot tell me that dwarves don’t have glitter beards or something. OR the glitter war paint because what is worse than fight in the sun and blinding people? Also glitter is gorgeous and so are dwarves so. I just needed to share. You’re the best ❤

THAT IS THE BEST.

YOU ARE THE BEST.

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My mom always talks to me about having ‘Mom…

Wasn’t there also mention of her having dandled King Brand on her knees, too? So maybe she just gloms onto any kid that spends sufficient time in her vicinity?

Yes, she knew Brand when he was a little bubba. But no, Dis isn’t the one who gloms onto kids, actually – she’s a bit too wounded for that, her heart is just a bit too sore.

The reason Gimli (and by extension Gimris) wormed their way into her nearer affections? Gimli is a stubborn lil so and so, who is 300% Gloin’s AND Mizim’s son. He does Mizim-things in a Gloin way, lmao He refused to leave without letting her know she was cared for, and that she was not alone. 

It’s more that kids (such as Gimizh and Wee Thorin etc) want to be more affectionate with Dis… but she won’t really allow them to be. She’s not warm with them. She’s a bit distant and chilly. Oh, she cares, but she won’t let them grow too close. It’s an unconscious form of self protection. 

Gloin’s and Mizim’s kids are the only ones she’s really let into her heart since the day her sons died. 

(she barely lets Dwalin, Thira, Orla and Dain, her best friends, get too affectionate with her. This is one of the reasons why Vili cannot ever relax his vigil… he can’t let Dis be all alone, he simply CAN’T.)

My mom always talks to me about having ‘Mom Instincts’ which is like when I get hurt she knows something’s wrong without me telling her. That got me to thinking maybe Dís had ‘Mom Instincts’ and thinking about that just makes me want to cry.

(holy shit, when do I develop these instincts, all I have is the SW-esque ‘i got a bad feeling about this’ and the ‘it’s quiet. TOO quiet’ instincts so far…)

Also – ARGRGHRBSFKSLGJKSFS no wonder she latched onto gloin’s kids so hard, when you put it like that. Ouuuuuch. 

If all dwarves devote their lives to a craft, does that mean Nori’s craft is stealing? XD

Well, a bit! I’ve answered this before 🙂

It boils down to: Nori’s craft is less ‘stealing’, and more TRICKERY/GRIFTING. Because it’s not about keeping score, it’s about how much fun the game is. 

He’s always loved the adrenaline rush. That’s why being stationary was so difficult for him in life, after the battle. 

Do you think that polysexuality would exist in dwarf culture or does their custom of having a One prevent those sorts of relationships from developing? Can two dwarves have the same One? I’m so interested in this concept.

Hey Nonnie! 

I have answered this question a couple of times before! Try here, and here 🙂

TL;DR – Tolkien says that Dwarves fall in love once. That’s it. There’s nothing – NOTHING – there about “””soulmates””” or destined partners. That’s fanon only. 

There’s also nothing to say that a Dwarf mightn’t fall in love once… but with more than one person!