Tag: headcanony things

I know that you’ve talked about your ideas for daemon aus for the Company/fellowship, but do you have ideas for your oc’s and/or some of the other or minor characters in the hobbit/lotr? Like, Hrera might have a nice tastefully-coloured parrot. Very pretty, very smart, very people-oriented.

Oh cripes, lmaoooo – yeah

Um, it will not surprise anyone to discover that Baris’ daemon would totally be a lyrebird.

Hrera with a parrot is PERFECT, oh my sldjhgfsjh. The parrot would preen everyone in sight. It would also be quite noisy… and a flock parrot too, so perhaps a rainbow lorikeet? We have thousands of them around here, they’re beautiful… and BOSSY.

Lessee. Jeri? Would probably have a pony for a daemon, tbh. I’d say horse, but that’s WAY too large for a Dwarf!

Barur – Brown bear. Omnivorous, protective, big and clever? BEAR.

Genild – badger

Bani – Woodpecker

Beri – bobcat

(why do I like the idea of Bomfris’ daemon being Tuac???)

Thorin Stonehelm – tigress

Laerophen – a white-and-grey rat! (HIM A CLEVER CLOGS)

Laindawar – Elephant (YES HIS DAEMON WOULD BE BIGGER THAN HIM. ALSO VERY PROTECTIVE WITH A MEMORY LIKE WHOA. BWAAHAHAHAHA)

Gimizh – raccoon!!!! LITTLE SNEAK-THIEF, LITTLE BRINGER OF MAYHEM

Mizim – Red Bird-of-paradise

Gimris – snake, a nice pretty-patterned one

Thira – Beaver

Wee Thorin – Polar bear

Balinith – ring-tailed lemur, clever lil hands

Frerinith – marsupial possum!

Selga – Himalayan tahr

Merilin – NIGHTINGALE (what else lmao)

Orla – Cassowary (BE WARNED)

Okay, that’s all I can think of right now! If I’ve missed a character you really wanted to see, I’m very sorry, just let me know 🙂

Here’s the ones I did before, too!

Courtesy of the Gimizh & co., Gimli and the remainder of the company send a package to Bilbo and the hobbits of the Fellowship. In it? A set of fake beards and mustaches for them, all in the correct colors, made by Dori, Dis, and even one made by Wee Thorin, since, “They don’t got no hair on their faces at all!” Merry and Pippin often wear theirs, especially when they finally *visit* Erebor. Bilbo and Frodo’s *might* make their across the sea with them.

Sam: “Well, look at me, Mister Frodo! Why, I could be as Stoorish as a Breelander!” It gets Frodo to smile. That means it’s worth its weight in gold, as far as Sam’s concerned. 

(Tiny little Elanor finds it one day. She looks HYSTERICALLY FUNNY in it.)

Merry & Pippin: *die of laughter, use them to prank each other and everybody else*

Frodo: sends a very polite ‘thank you’ letter… and never wears it.

Bilbo: secretly tries it on in the mirror when nobody else is watching, checks himself from all angles, preens and prances about a bit and chuckles and uses all the Dwarvish swear-words he remembers… and then grows quiet, letting the funny beard fall to his knees and sighing. 

So I was re-reading the wonderful Sansûkh and various writings it inspired, and I had a thought: Just as Thorin is the first (probably only) dead Dwarf to be given some tangible connection to the living, Gimli is the first (probably only) living Dwarf to get some tangible connection to the mysteries and the dead. And that served some purpose in defeating the Shadow, obviously, but that wasn’t the explicit reason for which Thorin got his gift, and that certainly had nothing to do with Gimli’s

…when he rejoins living dwarfs, especially others known to those who have passed? Will it be obvious to them? Will he tell them? I don’t know how I’ve avoided asking these burning questions to date, to be honest. I was so caught up in the amazing drama of Sansûkh that I didn’t even think them until the One Ring was finally destroyed.

(I think I am missing an ask in the middle here, Nonnie!)

YES, that’s absolutely spot on! The first Dwarf ever to see into the mysteries, to know more than the living are permitted to know? is Gimli, (That Legolas knows also… and Aragorn… well, please refer to Oin and Balin’s attitudes there)

The reason Thorin got his gift? the pity of Mahal.

The reason Gimli grows to hear him so clearly? Practice and proximity.

And yeah, their connection does has a role in the Ring War in Sansukh, definitely! BUT it was not the intent behind Thorin’s Gift, not at all. (of course, Irmo had to meddle… :DDD )

Oooh, I am guessing a little bit here – but yes, I believe the changes in Gimli will be immediately apparent to those who know him well. Whether they can guess why he has changed, and what those changes are, depends entirely on how perceptive they themselves are. For example: Gimris and Mizim are both quite perceptive, but uh. Bomfris. Is not. 

We’ll find out how much Gimli tells when we get there, Nonnie! *hugs* thank you, this was an amazing ask, thank you so very very much!

Sorry to bother you, but where do you find your names for your dwarf and elf OCs? I’ve tried a few different naming sites, but none of them really sound like they would really belong in the Tolkien universe like yours do.

Hey Nonnie!

I make ‘em up 🙂 For Dwarven names, I made myself a loose set of rules to follow. It appears that the names from the Völuspá have a certain predictability, and so I improvised from there.

There’s one or two that don’t fit: Genild, for instance. 

With the Elven names I make up, I usually trawl the dictionary at Hisweloke with a specific goal in mine. Laerophen’s name means “Tree Song” for example, and I wanted a name that meant ‘whispering of the trees’… so what I did was collect Sindarin branch-words until I was able to find a combination I liked!

(I have a whole flotilla of Elf names I haven’t used yet, heheheh)

Imagine … the Trouble Troupe helping Dori cook. Balinith is measuring Very Carefully. Gimizh is a mess, flour everywhere, all sticky. Wee Thorin is happily helping. Frerinith has abandoned cooking for snacking on the fruit/jam/sweets.

Wee Thorin would probably be trying to pry Gimizh out of whatever it is that he’s stuck in, lmao. And Frerinith would be ‘telling’ everyone what to do, very importantly, while Balinith cheerfully ignores him and Dori tries to turn a blind eye to the CHAOS