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I noticed that Dain seemed to know the significance of Merry and Pippin being related to Bilbo without Thorin telling him directly. How did he find out about it? Did the members of the Company talk about Thorin and Bilbo’s relationship? Is it common knowledge? Is there some dwarven epic being penned in Erebor entitled “The Tragic Love Story of Thorin Oakenshield” or is it still a bit awkward due to Bilbo being (a) not a dwarf and (b) still alive? I am so interested in this you have no idea.

Ahhhhhh, Dain is a fun character to write – because he is so blunt and honest and funny, but he is not necessarily forthcoming. He is very, VERY smart – easily one of the smartest characters in the whole story. He is also very perceptive. He can conceal all of this behind his loud, bluff, good-humoured exterior. People don’t expect that savagely sharp brain: they expect a Dwarf like that to be dumb. 

Last mistake they’ll ever make, lol.

Dain knows his cousin. He knows that Thorin tends to latch onto causes, and he knows that they always have huge personal significance to him.

So, Thorin knew a hobbit – and there would have been rumours about that floating around the remainder of the Company the whole time Dain ruled Erebor. Nothing explicitly said, just hints here and there, but Dain is easily intelligent enough to pick up on nuance. He’d know that there was  something unsaid, something there, between Bilbo and Thorin. 

Therefore, Dain would know that Thorin’s interest in these two hobbits must have personal significance as well. It’s not too hard to put two and two together to make four: particularly after discovering that Merry and Pip are Bilbo’s cousins. 

kazimakuwabara:

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“Reunion”

Since i’m sick i lucked out and was awake to see the new chapter of Sansukh! 

There are so many touching moments in this chapter! I have a lot that i want to draw for it, but i decided to first start with Merry and Pippin. Pippin cradling Merry in the streets-what a sad reunion. ;3;!!!

the feet were a bitch!><;;; and i referenced the movie outfits to get the hobbits’ wears. :>

kind of a sloppy background but i messed up on layering…<<;;; it’ll have to do. I hope you like it :>

AUGH MERRYYYY

Kazi!!! It’s gorgeous, I love it I love it so so much!!! OH PIPPIN’S FACE AUGH MY HEART totally not my fault that was the bit that Tolkien is responsible for i stg And the colours! Merry’s dazed face OH *clutches heart* It’s gorgeous, thank you thank you thank you!!

Hi! So I was scrolling through your head cannony things tag, and I saw you said that you were writing something about Legolas’ childhood. I was wondering if that’s been posted, and if not are you still planning on it? That would be such a great story! Also, I got to wondering, how would the fellowship hobbits feel about gigolas? I know you said hobbits generally don’t approve of LGBT+ relationships, but would they feel differently, and why? Thanks ❤️😊

OHGOSH, I was totally planning that, approximately one zillion years ago, as a present for the lovely flukeoffate. And I still intend to write it. Funny, I was just mentioning the whole ‘being stuck’ thing, coincidentally…

I WILL get to it eventually! But Chapter 36 comes first 🙂

Ahhhhh! Well, Merry was initially rather taken aback. We’ll go into further detail later concerning his views. But as we see before the Paths of the Dead, he’s totally on board the Gigolas Train, and in the most practical of Hobbit ways:

(Chapter 32)

“I hope so,” Merry said underneath his breath, and he let out a gusty sigh. “All right, go watch him. He’ll brood himself into fits if you don’t. Get him to eat more, it’s frightful how little he eats. And you two: sort yourselves out! I’ve known tweens better organised than you!”

Pippin’s attitude I have answered here. 

What is the peanut gallery’s favorite hobbit? Thorin’s is obvious enough but I’m betting that by the end Merry is Frerin’s.

(That last bit – AUGH OUCH but also spot on, yep. MERRY AHHHH, FRERIN IS GONNA FLIP HIS LID)

Welp, Sam is Fili’s favourite. Absolutely. He thinks Sam is the most sensible Hobbit he’s ever seen: calls him an ‘honorary Dwarf.’ 

Pippin is actually extremely popular amongst the watchers. He manages to impress everyone when he lets the brooch of Lorien slip – that’s a bit of cunning that Dwarves can appreciate. There’s a certain ‘Oh, you!’ attitude, along with indulgent smiles and shaking of heads that happens when he is around: Hrera calls his antics his ‘nonsense’, but for many of the Company Pippin reminds them very strongly of Bilbo. Of course, Pip is very young whereas Bilbo was not, but they were both hopelessly out of their depth when they began, and they both grew so very fast and very far. Also: Tooks and disasters. Heh. 

Yeah, Thorin is obvs very fond of Frodo. He’s watched him for a LOT longer than the Ring Quest, after all – he’s known Frodo from a young tween, 21 years old, all those years ago when Bilbo adopted him. But he also feels rather protective towards Merry and Pippin (no points for guessing why aha more pain). He calls Merry ‘brave little laughing warrior’, and Pippin ‘little Bullroarer, child of adventurers.’ And then there’s Sam. He admires Sam: calls him ‘lion of the Shire’; ‘a lion under his soft skin.’ He admires his care for Frodo, his refusal to give up, his steadfastness in the face of nightmares.

Ori is generally amazed at how Hobbit eyes go all sad and big and teary. How do they DO that?!

Frodo is also very important to Thrain and Thror but for a very VERY different reason. 

They actually understand (in a way that the others cannot) what Rings of Power can do to you, all unknowing, whispering constantly in your ear. 😦