Tag: headcanony things

depressing quesiton – does every dwarf make it mahal’s hall? what happens to the ones that don’t?

idk, Nonnie. I’ve mentioned before that Mahal re-embodies his Dwarves in the Halls (there are a few answered asks regarding that, actually, if you check my ‘dwarves’ tag or ‘headcanony things’ tag). It’s a bit of a system, tbh, the way it has worked out. I’ll break it down, step by step, and see if that sparks any ideas…

Dwarf – Made by Mahal

Dwarf – Dies, is sent to Mandos’ Halls.

(canon bit: we know that the Dwarves believe that their halls of waiting, whilst still a part of Mandos’ domain, are set aside from other people’s halls. There they are looked after by Mahal until Dagor Dagorath, whoop)

Dwarf – in Halls, is re-made by Mahal in their eternal body (this guy takes a warranty seriously)

Previously, I have mused that perhaps those Dwarves who are truly awful souls, who are corrupted beyond help and are truly irredeemable, would not have been re-made by Mahal. Not sure where their fea goes. Perhaps Morgoth in Space has an Evil Dwarf Army, beyond the Door of Night? 

a while ago you said something that all of the elven bros (legolas, laindawar, laerophen) were older than what the usual age for elves to marry at. so, what i wanted to ask is how old do you think they would be in human years if that makes any sense. so, as an example, if legolas as an elf is 2,000 and something or whatever (i don’t know his age), then he would about 34 in human years?? i’m sure if that makes anymore sense, sorry!.

god, I don’t know if there really IS a comparison to be made to human ages here, Nonnie. There is effectively no end to an Elf’s life, if they are not killed or do not become weary of living, and so there’s no real thing as a human equivalent of 30′s, 40′s, middle-aged, old-age, etc. 

That said, we do know from Tolkien that most Elves are married at around 100 years of age. So that’s why that line is there.

We also know that some Elves are OOOOLD. But doesn’t mean that they are frail or their life is drawing to a close, like it would for a human? Their bodies simply do not age. So yeah. 

As Elves go, Legolas is young-ish. Arwen is older than him. But Tauriel was meant to be only 600? But she’s an Elf that is 600, not a ‘twenty-something’ human, nnngh. 

I don’t want to make you feel like I’m totally negative towards the idea, or that I’m being a snob about it. I’m glad you asked me, Nonnie, even though I feel like am not explaining this well! But I find it really hard to think of Elves and immortality and all that jazz being at all similar to the assumptions we make of mortal age brackets. 

IDK, I can’t see Legolas (or any Elf, for that matter) having an equivalence to a human age, considering their agelessness. To me there’s just Elves, and older Elves and younger Elves… and the difference is: Young Elves aren’t as tired – or as wise. Older Elves CAN GROW BEARDS (hey Cirdan!) and get weary of unchanging life. 

Other people who know Elves better than me might have some notions to put here, and I’d be glad to hear em! But that’s my little understanding of it, Nonnie, I’m sorry if it isn’t helpful *sheepish sort of look, pushes the cookies over*

So one of Bombur’s kids is a dancer. Maybe Gimizh gets into their dancing stuff and goes around for a while covered in fancy dancing clothes.

Yes! Bofrur, a dancer and musician who specialises in drums (and in dancing on the drums, BECAUSE WHY THE HECK NOT)

pfffffft Gimizh in the best dancing gear, wearing the special shoes and with the tails of the jewelled and belled shirt trailing along behind him, lmaaaaao

jingle jangle, little Dwarf…!

very important question- is laindawar ticklish? cause i love the idea of a really serious and uptight character being reduced to squealing when only the slightest bit toughed as they are so goddamn ticklish. i mean of course ya better run like hell when ur done because he will commit mass homicide but ive been thinking about this a lot and i love it.

Laindawar: I AM NOT TICKLISH. AT ALL. NOT ONE BIT. 

Laerophen (whispers): try the backs of his knees. 

Laindawar: WHAT WHO SAID THAT, WHO SLANDERS ME SO

Laerophen: *innocent look*

Legolas (whispers): and his ribs. Elbereth Gilthoniel, his ribs are the jackpot

Laindawar: LIES! DO NOT PAY ANY HEED TO MY FOOLISH BROTHERS THEY ARE LIARS WHO LIE. ALSO I AM NOT TICKLISH.

Laerophen (whispers): soles of his feet…

Laindawar: shut UP. 

Re: Sneak Peak 2 – Loving the letter fomat! Poor Leggy. I can feel the anxiety radiating off that letter. All those false starts and cautious wording. (Also Poor Laindawar – all those short jokes XD) Gimli’s letter is absolutely everything and makes me so incredibly happy.

HELLO THERE HOOPY FROOD, HOW YOU BEEN *hugs*

yeah, Legolas is a lot more cautious than Gimli. Like, a lot. A LOT. It’s not that he’s more afraid? He’s doing this, after all, he’s putting pen to paper and writing it down, which is a very brave thing to do. But he has over 2000 years of family history with these people, and he is a prince, he has a high station to uphold… and he knows what his father has lost. nnngh idk, I wanted to find the young Legolas in that letter, the child we see in Midwinter. Like all his years and layers strip away. These are people he’s always looked up to, and he is

almost more

frightened of disappointment than he is of disapproval. 

Gimli has plenty of trepidation too – but he’s very much of the ‘RIP THE BAND-AID OFF IN ONE GO, FAST AS POSSIBLE’ school of thought, lmao!!! “here’s the situation, I know you’re gonna hate it, someone stop Bofur laughing, do it for me please.” End of story. 

he’ll chew it endlessly in his own mind, of course. But as he said before, what can be more scary than facing the entire horde of Mordor without a hope of victory? he’s totally riding on wings of HOLY SHIT WE WON, SOMEONE BUY ME A LOTTERY TICKET, audacious little thing!

HAHAHAHAHAHA LAINDAWAR THE GRUMPY TERRIER ELF AND HIS TEASING TALL YOUNGER BROS welp I’m definitely shorter than him, so he’d be able to look down his long aristocratic nose at me as well 🙂

HI ITS ME IM PROBABLY BOTHERING YOU BUT I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS. 1. When will you update sansukh because i am dying? 2. so, the dwarves in the halls are dead, but they can get tired and need sleep and have real bodies, etc., so what happens if idk someone accidentally gets stabbed (cause that happens all the time) would they die again? I NEED TO KNOW

HELLO HELLO! I promise you’re not bothering me!

1.    SOON. No really, I mean it! I wanted to have the update done last week – but then my LAPTOP DIED and I am cross about it. The absolutely excellent computer repair folks have recovered my data, thankfully, and so the 9K I have written of ch41 isn’t lost (PHEW). I can’t get to all my notes, sadly, but I have bits and pieces put together here on Mr Dets’ PC. 

I pick up my new laptop this afternoon. 😀

I posted a little sneaky peek here, if that helps tide you over! I will post another sneak-peek in a moment, too. Thank you for being patient!

I am sorry that I can’t give you an update schedule. I am a mum and a wife and a sister and an aunt and a teacher and I have an incredibly pressure-and-paperwork-filled job and a very busy sort of existence in general, and sometimes my mood sinks through the floor, so it’s very hard to predict. My little hobby is usually the thing that gets shunted to the side when things get rough. But please rest assured that I will never abandon the fic, and I will ALWAYS be thinking of the next update.

2.   WHOA

UM

IDK 

THAT’S A P EXTREME QUESTION THERE WHOA WHOA WHOA

uhhh… well, assuming? that this injury is a mistake and an accident (I SURE HOPE SO) I expect that Mahal would probably step in and help his kiddies out of their predicament. 

But he’d totally be doing the concerned-parent-rant the whole time: “YOU HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL, YOU WORRIED ME, FOR ERU’S SAKE WATCH WHAT YOU’RE DOING NEXT TIME YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK, I’D BE GROUNDING YOU UNTIL DAGOR DAGORATH IF I WASN’T ALREADY”

Angsty bit … After Azanulbizar, Thrain and Groin have six kids to mind between them. Trying to keep them all fed and clothed is a challenge, especially while remembering all the dead folks.

oh fuck of course they would, oh my god OF COURSE

Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin and Dis

owwwwwwww

now I need the Angsty Ongoing Adventures of Thrain and Groin, both of whom are mourning the loss of family and spouse and damn-near EVERYONE, even as they try to care for six of the most stubborn, traumatised, determined and badass teens & kids everrrr

(Groin would shoot off his mouth when worried, as though arguing with Fundin like he always does… and Thrain ofc cannot respond the way his brother did. It falls flat, they both fall silent… 

Groin saying ‘Haban’ thoughtlessly, without thinking, and

Thrain freezes in place, Groin’s throat trying to choke the next words, after … 

Thrain sighing over the kids as they discuss what to do about them, this time, Dwalin’s so young, he’s so angry, and wee Gloin doesn’t quite understand, and he absently says, ‘I’ll see what Da thinks…’ or perhaps ‘Thorin, Frerin and Dis…’ before he remembers that it isn’t anymore, there’s no Da, it’s not Thorin-Frerin-and-Dis… 

and oh GOD the silence. The awful silence that follows.)