Tag: headcanony things

You know, this is probably kind of morbid, but I can’t keep off thinking about scene in DoS where Thorin and Co run into a chamber full of dwarven corpses. And the bodies look like porcelain dolls. And I’ve been thinking ever since, what if dwarves do turn back into stone after their death? that’s why they have to be burried inside mountain, that’s why Burnings after Azanulbizar were such a tragedy – they couldn’t return back to stone Mahal made them from.

AHH NONNIE – you’ve put your finger on one of my own headcanons!

I use this idea in Sansukh! We know from the Silmarilion that the elves believe that the dwarves ‘return to the earth and stone of which they were made’ (though in context this is sorta derogatory and suggests that Elves believe dwarves have no souls)

anyway, when I read that phrase i sorta gasped a bit – and then went slightly worldbuildery bonkers.  

So, the fic is peppered with phrases like ‘returned to the stone’ or ‘sleeps in stone’, and it’s not just figurative. 

We see skeletons in Moria, so I though ‘BONES OF STONE, BODIES OF EARTH PERHAPS?  Or maybe even dust?’ IDK, but it is such a great and slightly alien, nonhuman sort of concept aaaaaaaaaah 

Do you think the peanut gallery would have followed the Company’s journey to Erebor the way they follow the Fellowship? Without being able to influence them of course, but taking it in turns to watch over them?

Hey there Nonnie!

They didn’t watch in the same organised, scheduled manner as they have over the Fellowship. They didn’t really take turns, there was no roster, etc. That particular rota system was set up in response to the threat of the Ring War – and because Thorin couldn’t do it all on his own. 

(remember, he had to pass out in Gimlin-zaram before he finally accepted the necessity of it, lmao)

But yes, the peanut gallery did watch the Erebor Quest, absolutely, though it was in a disorganised, scattered and individual fashion. I’ve answered some questions before on who watched, and when!

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Hi Dets! :D so I’ve been wondering if Yavanna is going to show up on Sansûkh~ She is my favorite Valar and since your ladies are such awesome badasses it made me curious about how you would write our lovely greenery queen <3 You don't need to tell me if you are going to make it a surprise, but do you mind sharing your headcanons about her? Love ya and looooove your writing, keep being kind and precioussssss <333333

Hi there Nonnie!

Yes, we are going to see Yavanna! She will turn up 🙂 Quite soon, in fact!

I’ve written a bit about how I see her before, here! But here we go, I’m a little inspired now, and so have a wee flight of fancy: 

She is my untamed goddess of moss and jungles and algae and scrubland. She loves the flytrap and the fennel, the grass and the deathcap mushroom alike. She fills the needles of her mammoth conifers with near-indigestible resin so that they cannot be eaten. She covers the cactus in thorns, covers the apple in flowers and fruit, and covers the spreading fig in tangling vines that will one day pull the giant to the ground. She cups the fern-leaves to house a tadpole, and fills the pitcher-plant in acid to kill its prey. She pours scents both sweet and stinking from her hands. She scatters the wheat that is grown and harvested – and then covers the resulting bread in fungus. Rot and renewal make up the rhythm of her steps – and they are slow and inexorable. She has the endless dry patience of the Resurrection plant, its heart curled tight, waiting for rain in the desert.

Her Ents stride in her wake, and their feet soak up the decay and rebirth of her passing.

Bees sing in her retinue, and beautiful flowers nod their poisonous heads as she goes. 

🙂

(so, i may have recently re-watched ‘Life of Plants’, and it makes me think all over again that ‘HOLY HECK YAVANNA MUST BE FIERCE AS FUCK’)

What do u think of Legolas and Tauriel being 2 Of some of the only elves to fall in love w/ dwarves, and both of them having raised by just Thranduil and not Thranduil + his wife? Is it a coincidence or something else lol hope u had a good holiday vacation. Ur stories r amazing ❤️

Hey Nonnie! Nice to be back, and yes, I had a wonderful time with my lil family 🙂

IDK, there are several layers of answer here, and I went on a bit of a ramble. Please remember that these are only my opinion, bc you asked! If you want to explore these, or the question, in any other way, then GO FOR IT.  But here we go (and I’m gonna go in point format, because it makes my brain less messy):

– We know that Thranduil is not a fan of Dwarves. At all. Any softer feelings Tauriel and Legolas develop for Dwarves come near-wholly from their own experiences, personalities and observations, and not from him. 

– Sometimes children rebel against their parents when selecting a partner, true enough – but I don’t feel that either Tauriel or Legolas would have kept Thranduil foremost in their mind when they fell in love – that is sorta creepy, for one!

– Dwarves are very very private by nature. Tolkien uses the word ‘secretive’. There’s only a few places in the whole of the history of Middle-Earth when Dwarves and Elves have lived in close proximity to each other (e.g. Hollin) – and even then, they didn’t really mingle. They didn’t live together in the one city/place, but remained apart, nearby in their own kingdoms.

– Falling in love (actual love, not just lust or hero worship) requires reciprocal contact of some kind. There’s no internet in Middle-Earth, and so Elves need proximity to whomever it is in order to fall in love. If Erebor was situated in Harad or Rhun, then Tauriel never would have met Kili. If another Dwarf had been chosen for the Fellowship, Legolas would never have met Gimli. They would never EVER have sought Dwarves out, thanks to the climate in which they were raised by Thranduil. So, location and opportunity is a big factor.

– Adversity builds tremendous bonds between people (I am Captain Obvious now). Tauriel fights for what is right, which is ultimately for Kili and the dwarves’ cause… and that stirs up passionate emotions. We do get passionate about our causes, after all! They face terrible dangers as a consequence. Gimli and Legolas are side-by-side the whole quest, they are glued to each other by the end. They face overwhelming danger and darkness, together. That sort of bond goes deep.

–  Timing is also a factor, though it’s a little more… eeehhhh *wiggles hand side to side*. But there’s this: Tauriel and Kili’s story happens long before the War of the Ring, and Legolas watches it all. Would Legolas have bothered to look deeper at Gimli if he had not already seen Tauriel’s story unfold? IDK, a lot of that is entirely movie-based and there’s not much to support it in the books. But they’re interesting questions. 

so, back to the question – my opinion is that Legolas and Tauriel came to their relationships with Dwarves through other factors, ones which came from their own experiences and observations and passions. I don’t think that Thranduil’s parenting was the deciding factor in these relationships. But that would also make an interesting avenue to explore!

idk, I hope that’s an answer! And I’m really glad you like the stories, thank you so very very much! ❤ Have an awesome 2017!

Hey dets! I was just wondering, if you wrote a dedication page for sansukh, what would it say?

I had to think about this, very hard. My first thought was to dedicate it to perhaps my family, or the Sansukh Podfic Cast, and truly both deserve it for all their love and support. But then I thought: without a particular legacy, Sansukh would simply never have happened at all. So I changed tack. Here it is:

To the fic writers, past and present, who wrote us into the story.