Curious, clever, intent little Balinith is exactly the right person to entrust Ori’s old books to, to Dori’s mind. Gimizh would rip them to shreds, Wee Thorin barely cares, and Frerinith just chews on them.
Uh, not sure what is meant by ‘ff’ – if you mean FFN, there’s no picture on FFN specifically for Sansukh… just my old author pic (which was the delightful and delicious Eddie Izzard himself, wearing a tiara).
Oh god, hello wonderful story idea. Wow.
Well, for a start, I suspect that she and Boromir would have INSTANTLY understood each other. Also, that people would have TALKED about the Ring’s effect upon them. Y’know, instead of trying to hide it, and so struggle in isolation… and eventually succumb.
I also think that Legolas would have been even more discombobulated. Considering. I mean, one Dwarf is bad enough, the son of one he imprisoned… but hey, let’s throw in the sole surviving member of that branch of the family.
Gimli would have been less alone. He’s the only Dwarf we get to know in any depth in the whole of LOTR, after all.
I actually HUGELY doubt they would have gone through Moria. She LIVED through that bloodbath – she saw fully one half of her people die before that gate. It cost her her King and grandfather, and her brother, and many of her cousins. If I were Dis, I wouldn’t want to see a pebble of that place.
This means that the Balrog lives. This also means that Gandalf is not reborn as Gandalf the White… which means that Saruman keeps his rank as the head and most powerful of the Istari… nnngh, possibly. Possibly… there’s an argument to be made there, but let’s leave that for now.
No Lothlorien. No light of Galadriel. No three hairs. No friendship between Gimli and Legolas.
Perhaps they go via the Gap of Rohan after all, Dis supporting her friend Boromir’s suggestion. He is encouraged to speak about his fears and the increasing pull of the Ring upon his thoughts. So by the time they enter the lands of the horse-lords, he is very aware of his danger and is ready to go back home in order to keep the Quest safe and secret.
Merry and Pippin do not get captured by Orcs. Gimli said he would go to Mordor with them, and so the four Hobbits and Gimli, traipse off towards the Black Gate. “Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens” etc.
But entering Rohan would bring new problems – Saruman, and the Wild Men, and Grima, and the enchantment of Theoden.
But Theodred is still alive. If they pass through Rohan and Gandalf overthrows Saruman’s hold on Theoden’s mind earlier, then his son still lives. Dis, Boromir, Aragorn, Legolas and Gandalf are the new Five Hunters, but what they hunt is not Hobbits captured by Orcs. I can see Dis encouraging the Rohirrim to throw off Grima’s twisted policies and the sly sweet subtleties of Saruman before his stranglehold upon their kingdom becomes complete: his bid for power would be aborted before it could even begin…
Damn, this answer got long, and there’s even more I could go on with, but I am sure this is enough to be going on with for now (before I wrITE ANOTHER 400K MONSTERFIC)
lkjfh;ashdfgaljshdfgsjhasldkfjhasldhfa oh god, THANK you. I am sorta proud of that work, actually, it’s in my top 3 favourites of everything I’ve ever written. *wibbles* so happy that you like it and that you find it worth re-reading!
AHHHHH A FUNERAL FOR DWALIN’S HAIR BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh, poor Dwalin. And there’s Thorin and Gloin and Oin, looking like overgrown yaks, all laughing at him. I’d be drinking too, Dwalin!
AWWW. Repeating ‘Nohshe!’ in a loud and cheery voice as he yanked on it, I’ll bet. (The Dwarfling loves to point at face-parts this way. She says, “nohshe! Mouw! Eye! Haaaaair! Eeeeeyah!” and I die from the cuteness of it.)
lmao bby Gloin would have been a HELL of a toddler. Proper howling meltdowns in public places, snot and tears everywhere, arching back and throwing himself onto the floor. He has such a mighty temper, it would have taken a little Dwarf a little while to control it!
Aw Yiss 