kooriicolada:

I started out doing a doodle of Thorin for @determamfidd because I am spiteful, and when people hate something I often what to produce more content of it, but as I was trying to decide what to do with the rest of him, my dear Sama sent me this link so I wound up with Thorin unhappily glowering at my Elf Knowledge.

ANYWAY, the point I want to make is Thorin might be a Giant Trash Bag, but he’s Our Giant Trash Bag.

Also, as another person who suffers chronic depression and fights it day in and day out, and who cannot stand to read really sad characters who’s sad slogs on and on and slog–Sansukh never did that for me.  It was always moving.  Thorin was always growing and improving and fighting even when he didn’t seem to be.

Maybe Dets doesn’t capture the way depression feels for everyone, but that’s always going to be the case.  Depression isn’t the same for each and every one of us.  Just as there is no two people who are exactly the same, we don’t suffer mental illness the same.

Point is; as always, thank you for the fic Dets and I hope this gets a laugh outta you. 😉

P.S. still dunno what to do with the rest of his pose so I guess he’ll just be cranky and glarey. 

I AM CACKLING OH M Y GOD KOORII

that is the fucking best lmao, look at his dear disgruntled face, growling at the words ‘tolkien elf’ bwahahahahahaha ilu, you taciturn Dwarf with the gigantic soul ❤

I imagine that he’s flipping the bird, at Elves and haters both!

Gosh, never thought of it that way. I never set out to make Thorin an everyman (everydwarf?) for people with depression. Just me. One of my coping mechanisms is to deal with shit by writing it out of me. So, Sansukh is very like how my depression manifests. It is important to me to write this story.  Some people with depression will have a bit more in common with this depiction, some a little less I guess.

Thank you SO much Koorii, you goddamn awesome person. I’m still smiling :)))