(okay but Dis with Angelica’s part in The Reynolds Pamphlet and facing Thorin’s grave while raw with grief and fury)
[DIS]
I knew my children like I know my mind…
You could never find Dwarves so devoted and so blind!
I loved my children more than anything in this life!
And I chose their happiness over mine every time!
Put what we had aside!
Damn this Mountain and our pride!
You could never be satisfied!
Thorin, are you satisfied?!
SO: King George III Thranduil has a few words to say in light of these developments…..
Lyrics are the work of the fiendish @culturalrebel, and are here!
[THRANDUIL]
You say…the price of my peace is not a price that you’re willing to pay.
Insane! You cheat with that Hobbit.
Now my army’s encamped on the plains.
Why so blue?
I thought that we’d make some arrangements
When you went away.
Your will, mine to subdue!
Well, even despite our estrangement,
I’ve got a small query for you:
What comes next?
The Mountain’s freed.
Did you know gold would create such greed?
You’re on your own.
AWESOME! WOW!
Do you have a clue what happens now?
The Greenwood will rise.
Erebor will fall!
Don’t make this harder, Thorin: it’s your call.
All alone, starved and besieged.
When your brethren say they hate you.
Don’t come crawling back to me!
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da dat
Da da ya da…
You’re on your own.
Ooooh, well, that’s a great question, Nonnie!
I like to think that Dwarves have EXCELLENT vision in the dark, myself. Not necessarily in bright sunlight, however… huh, maybe their pupils just don’t contract enough, perhaps, idk, I am no good at anatomy. But it’s such a great concept!
Stone-sense is another one I like. Being able to feel/sense directions underground, like certain animals are able to. Perhaps this comes from a sensitivity to magnetic pressures?
Echolocation would also make sense for an underground race, too. People in our own world are able to learn to use it! So maybe this is a learned skill, and not intrinsic to Dwarves as a species.
FIRE TOUCH YIIIIIIISSS I do like this concept! Myself, I wrap this idea up with Tolkien’s writings about Dwarves being heartier and more resistant to illness, injury and age than the other mortal races of Middle-Earth. Mahal knew his children would have to face Morgoth’s evil creations, and so he made them INCREDIBLY durable.
We know that Dwarves can run for a hell of a long time while carrying ENORMOUSLY heavy loads. In the Hobbit, we get the lines: “The Dwarves are exceedingly strong for their height” and also “the Dwarves can carry very heavy burdens, and nearly all of Dain’s folk, in spite of their rapid march, bore huge packs on their backs in addition to their weapons.” (The Clouds Burst”). So, Dwarves are BLOODY STRONG, can carry a shit-ton of weight, and still they can keep going for days.
whoop there’s the reason i get irritated about Gimli’s cross-country line in TTT
The Hobbit Cast: Civil War!
Also Galadriel might be joining the party for Thor: Ragnarok
everyone is doing an A++ job of making me AUGH into my tea which you throw in the sea when you see me walk by
…goddamn it.
Bilbo at the end of AUJ: I am not throwing away my shot!
Bilbo at the end of DoS: Just stay alive, that would be enough
Bilbo at the end of BOTFA: Let me tell you what I wished I’d known, when I was young and full of glory
DAIN AS LAFAYETTE IS
ACTUAL
FUCKING
PERFECTION
the chorus shouting “IRONFOOT! IRONFOOT!” throughout, ofc
(ooooh and when they change to “Hamilton”… hmm… wellllll, Oakenshield fits, metre-wise!)
[FRIS]
There are moments that the words don’t reach
There is suffering too terrible to name
You hold your child as tight as you can
And push away the unimaginable
The moments when you’re in so deep
It feels easier to just swim down
[EREBOR CITIZENS]
The Lady Dis moves up north
And learns to live with the unimaginable
[DIS]
I spend hours in the smithy.
I walk alone through the stores.
And it’s quiet up north
…I never liked the quiet before.
I tend to their graves on Sundays
A sign to Mahal at the door
Then I pray…that never used to happen before
[FRIS/ FEMALE CITIZENS]
If you see her in the halls
Walking by herself, talking by herself
Have pity.
[DIS]
Nidoyith, did you like it up north?
Was it quiet up north?
[CITIZENS]
She is working through the unimaginable.
[MALE DWARVES]
Her hair is gone grey. She passes every day.
They say she walks the length of the city.
[DIS]
You knock me out, I fall apart.
[CITIZENS]
Can you imagine?
[THORIN FROM MAHAL’S HALLS]
Look at where you are, look at where you started.
I know I don’t deserve this, my sister
But hear me out: that would be enough.
If I could spare their lives!
If I could trade their lives for mine!
They’d be standing there right now.
And you would smile, that would be enough.
…I don’t pretend to know, the challenges you’re facing
I know there’s no replacing what you’ve lost, and you need time.
But I’m not afraid. I know you, namadith.
[looks to Gimli] Just let him stay here by your side.
…That would be enough.
[CITIZENS]
If you see him in the street.
Walking by her side, talking by her side.
Have pity.
[GIMLI]
Aunt Dis, do you like it up north?
It’s quiet up north.
[CITIZENS]
He is trying to do the unimaginable.
See them walking through the park, long after dark
Taking in the sights of the city.
[THRAIN]
Look around, look around! Oh, nathith…
[CITIZENS[
They are trying to do the unimaginable.
[FRIS]
There are moments that the words don’t reach.
There’s a grace too powerful to name.
We push away what we can never understand.
They are standing in the tombs now.
Gimli by my Dis’ side.
…She takes his hand.
[DIS]
*smiles down at Thorin’s grave for the first time*…It’s quiet up north.
[CITIZENS/DWARVES OF MAHAL’S HALLS]
Forgiveness! Can you imagine?
Forgiveness! Can you imagine?
If you see him in the street, walking by her side.
Talking by her side, have pity.
They are going through the unimaginable.
Aw Yiss 