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I am finally catching up with then latest chapters of Sansûkh, and they are such a delight, I can’t even tell you!! And weirdly, in all that’s been happening, the thing that probably touched me the most in an unexpected way is… Thorin growing out his beard. I feel like there is so much cultural and personal significance in him looking in the mirror one morning and just. not taking up the scissors today. He’s come so damn far, it’s incredible. (Also, I adore the image of long-bearded Thorin!)

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I am so not-so-secretly proud of that moment. It’s a big BIG moment, wrapped up in a small one. Like, his shorn beard is an actual physical symbol of Thorin deciding to remain mired in grief and the past.

And one day he just quietly chooses to let it grow. 

lsdjhagjlasgfaj MY BABY HE IS SO BRAVE AND LOOK AT HIM GROW AND LEARN JSHFDGLSJGFLJHGSLJFGSLJF

giggle-fit:

Inks done on pic for Sansukh. Not pleased with Thorin; he’s a difficult one to draw.

*SCREAMS IN AMAZEMENT AND JOY*

OH MY GOD THAT IS AMAZING LOOK AT THEM LOOK AT ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CHARACTERS, THOSE SWEET PERFECT HOBBITS AND OHGOD LEGOLAS AND BRAAAAAAID AND HOT DAMN BILBO AND THORIN YAAAAS AND SWEET LORD HAVE MERCY DAT GIMLI

I DIE OF DELIGHT RN, YOU ARE A GEM AND A GIFT AND I AM ASTONISHED BY YOUR WORK, EVERY TIME, HOLY GOOD GRAVY

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH!

“No, Frerin. You cannot tease them for reminding Gimli of Hobbits or vice-versa. Or I shall tell them about the incident with the cheese and the bedclothes and the crown and Father’s beard.” “Killjoy,” Frerin muttered. ..what happened

oooooh, lmao naughty Dwarf children playing pretend. Thorin was dressed as his grandfather, and he had pilfered Thror’s crown (!!!) and was wearing a coverlet as a cape. There was cheese involved (it was the Arkenstone). Dis-the-baby was standing in for Hrera with a rattle for a sceptre. Her scowl was on-point. 

Frerin was to be Thrain, and he was doing his very best to draw the scar over his eye in ink. He couldn’t quite get it right, and so he used his sleeping father as a model. Thrain is tall, and Frerin couldn’t see properly, so he clambered up onto the settee to see better. 

He was carrying the ‘Arkenstone’.

He fell. Thorin tried to catch him. He tripped on his ‘cape’.

Ink and cheese everywhere – over everyone, but most especially on Thrain. The crown ended up with cheese all over it. It was a memorable awakening.

Dis was the only one who emerged unscathed. Fris walked in at precisely that moment, took one look, and walked straight back out.

Thrain’s beard was blue for a good time afterwards, and it took a while for the smell of goat cheese to fade. 

Hi! So I’ve never actually reached out to a fanfic author before (because shyness) but I just really want to say how much I love Sansukh – on my third re-reading! I especially love how you have dealt with Fili; your approach to people realising how much potential he had but never got to achieve is so well done. Just wondering if we’re going to get more between Thorin and his nephews? (for example, how do they feel about Thorin’s relationship with Gimli – any jealousy when he calls him ‘son’?)

AHHH THANK YOU NONNIE! I am stunned and stoked that you enjoy it so much! And eeee, yes, I’m so glad you like Fili’s trajectory in the fic! He is my Golden son, my word yes. He’s come SO FAR.

There’ll be some more! But at this stage I think it will be interactions in combination with other characters… not entirely sure! *cough*DIS*coughcough*FRERIN*cough*

Oooh, I’ve covered a bit of that in the story through their reactions etc: They’re not jealous, no way. Really early on, they saw that Gimli was helping Thorin connect and re-centre himself. That’s a GOOD thing. 

Like, if someone close to you is self destructive and imploding slowly, and you personally are not the one that gets through and helps them (despite trying or whatever), it doesn’t really make sense to be jealous of the person that does. You’re relieved and happy that the one close to you is doing better. 

Thorin has a special name for his nephews: they are his Undayûy. It means ‘greatest boys’. They are special to him in ways that Gimli can’t replace (and vice-versa). Thorin will always feel protective and paternal towards them: he helped raise them. 

He’s not the primary parental figure to Fili and Kili – Dis is and always will be THE parental figure – but he is absolutely one of the most formative pillars of their lives, is there for them, teaches them, cares for them. He loves them unconditionally. 

At first, Gimli was a touchstone for Thorin, he’s been a way back to the world and to life. That’s an entirely different thing, and he loves Gimli for it in a different way. I love my students entirely and with all my heart, I’ve watched them grow up and change and learn and BECOME, and I am stupendously proud of them. But I don’t love them exactly the way I love my niblings. 

Too, much like a teacher-student relationship after a long long time, Thorin and Gimli are moving slowly towards a friendship of equals now. 

Thorin has a gigantic damn heart. There’s a lot of love there for a lot of people. 

(PLUS Fee and Kee love Gimli too. They were playfellows and friends as children, and he helped their uncle AND their mother. They’re all ‘AW YEAH GO GIMMERS!!!’)

arkenburglar:

– i want to know! why did you come back?

 – look, i know you doubt me, i know you always have. and you’re right, i often think of bag end. i miss my books. and my armchair. and my garden. see, that’s where i belong. that’s home. and that’s why i came back, cause you don’t have one. a home. it was taken from you. but i will help you take it back if i can.

abbibithasart:

If the sky comes falling down for you,
There’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do.

Frerin watches over his siblings from the Halls of Mahal, wishing he could reach them

Also known as when you get too deep in the Sansukh wormhole and Avicii makes you cry thinking about it. So thanks @determamfidd for the influx of emotions

Here’s Sansukh

OH BABY FRERIN OH MY DARLING GOLDEN BOY AUGH

this is absolutely gorgeous! I love what you’ve done with the light and colour to make Frerin so ghostly and otherworldly, and a;ksdjfhlakdf their faces and expressions, all the detail in their haaaaair (omg Dis’ hair is gorgeous) 

I am whimpering quietly at those quotes, oh my heart, oh mY HEART

*hugs and HUGS* thank you SO SO SO MUCH, this is fantastic, thank you, thank you, thank you so so much!