Tag: mahal

You know what is a sureway to make me sad? Think of when the race of dwarves diminishes and dies out. Who are the last dwarves? Who was the last dwarf to die? Was there nobody to properly bury them? Did they die in their bed in their quiet mountain, or did they go and lay into their own timb before falling asleep for the last time? Did they close the gates of khazad-Dum forever before doing so? Did Mahal greet them hemlsef with word ‘Finally all of my children are with me’?

lsjdhgafalshgLJHGALJHJAJALDLAJGALJSADLJH I have thought this thought in passing once or twice, and every time it makes me 

*whimpers*

Hi! So I can’t remember if you used the phrase in Sansukh or not but I’ve seen it in other fics and I’m confused by it. What does Mahal weep/Mahal wept mean? I know who Mahal is of course but I’m just really confused about the saying.

Hey Nonnie!

I certainly have used it! It’s a play on the phrase ‘Jesus wept.’ Famous for being the shortest phrase in the Christian Bible. 

Here in Australia it’s often used as an expletive to express your disbelief over someone or something! 

e.g. “Sorry I won’t be able to help you move this weekend. Barry’s gone and totalled the ute.” 
“Aw, geez, Barry, not again? What’s that make it, five times in two years?” 
“Five!? Jesus wept! The man shouldn’t be allowed behind a fuckin’ wheel!”

poesiariptide:

A recent incident that left me really rattled later set me thinking, and that led to this idea- being dead and able to watch
the world of the living doesn’t always turn out in your favour, not even when
you’re someone with the genius of Narvi. In fact, especially not then. Featuring aro!Narvi, set in Sansukh-verse. 

I do not own any of the named characters, Haban belongs to @determamfidd and everyone else belongs to JRR Tolkien (though I’ve followed Dets’ characterisation and portrayal of them). 

Keep reading

ohhhhhh rippy

i love it, i love it so much, and ohhh her rage is perfection, whaddaya mean this isn’t my Narvi, that’s her rage!!! THIS IS AMAZING, thank you so so much! *hugs*

Mahal is such a good dad ❤

Does Mahal ever get really angry or disappointed with his dwarves? If a dwarf who stole or harmed others stood before him, how would Mahal act?

Of course Mahal would get disappointed in his Dwarves, though I feel he has a certain indulgent attitude towards them… but still, I doubt that for instance, the Dwarves who killed Elu Thingol got re-embodied in the Halls somehow. 

Mahal obvs doesn’t mind a bit of petty larceny and theft, though. I mean, Nori’s still there! But those who commit grievous and premeditated harm, those who are actually malicious, doing evil with full intent and enjoyment, yes… I don’t think Mahal would have any time for them at ALL. 

I also think that Mahal doesn’t really get ANGRY-angry easily… the guy is impatient, sure, but he is also, as Tolkien goes to some pains to say, very humble. Also, as the Maia of stone and minerals and craft, his temper would run slow and cool, like rock… until it REALLY gets hot. 

Then, of course – boom. 

flamesburnonthemountainside:

slithertoes:

Valar week: 09/14 – Aulë

– Aulë with his sons his Maiar (Curumo left, Mairon right)

– Aulë giving tiny smith hammer to tiny dwarf (nearly sent me into cardiac arrest just sketching it, I can’t deal,,)

– Aulë having to/realizing he’s not able to destroy the dwarves

If Aulë ’s taught me anything, it’s that fatherhood must suck tremendously (what with not one, but two of his maiar going bad and never returning– at least it’s not at once)

If anything though, I consider him the “patron father” figure out of the Valar; someone who loved as a father does before the concept was fully hammered out. (Hah. ”Hammered”. I’m funny. . )

OMG!!!!! 

This is an awesome depiction of Mahal :O @determamfidd have you seen this?

I wanted to say that you are awesome ^^ Also I wanted to ask a question: Do some dwarves in the halls call Mahal ‘papa’ or something? And if yes then what does Mahal think about it?

Ahhh thank you!!! You are also awesome! :>

Ohh great idea! I just did a bit of a trawl on the Khuzdul dictionary, and came up with something. 

And here it is: many in the Halls call Mahal Ze‘adad. It means first-father. It is often customarily shortened to Ze’da, an affectionate mishmash of Khuzdul and Adunaic that would translate roughly to ‘First Da’. 

He not-so-secretly loves this name. 

fishfingersandscarves:

Pages 25-32 of the sansûkh graphic novel,,,,hahahah…ha..what even is consistency????

AUGH

AUUUUUUUUUGH I AM BLEEDING FROM THE HEART HERE OH Y GOD

THORIIIIIN
MAHAAAAAAAL

FISHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

*Cries hot tears bc OH MY GOD THESE POOR BABY IDIOTS GAAAAAH HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE, HOW AMAZING IS THIS ART, THE SYMBOLISM AND IMAGERY AND SUGGESTION AND CAMERA ANGLES OKAY I DIE NOW BC 

auuuuughhhhhhh

I wondered, where does all of the food/materials/supplies in the Halls of Mahal come from?

You and Thorin both. It bakes his brain every so often: where the hell is it all coming from?

Ori gets freaked out by paper in the Halls, of all things. I mean, it’s a product? Where is it coming from? Does Mahal have a wood-pulping factory somewhere? WHAT.

Bloody ineffability. It can be very confusing. 

(Mahal can make mountains and living beings, I don’t think he’s going to have any trouble with a sandwich or a notebook, somehow 😉