Custard has at least one big flouffy pillow in her regular haunts. The fanciness varies – the one in Hrera and Thror’s sitting room is Durin-blue velvet with gold braided edging, the one in Thrain’s workroom is green-gray stripey wool, Thorin’s room has an older yellow cotton one, etc.

Custard is a LUCKY PUDDY TAT

it feels like time for another HEADCANONPALOOZA!

(sorry so sorry, I would love to answer these individually but they’ve piled up on me again, and I am currently devoting my miniscule free time to writing. Oh what a joy it is to be back at work, with two people’s workloads…)

These are freaking adorable! (I like all these new piggies, but Petal is still prettiest piggy. tbh I don’t think Dain even asks people if they want one any more. Too many refusals. They just materialise. Inexplicable pigs!) THAT THRAIN ONE W THE GOATS. And warm snuggly Gloin is mmmmm yes yes okay, lucky girl Mizim. You hug that warm soft furry Dwarf. YES YES TO FRERINITH WITH PAINTED NAILS. yESSSS. Custard, you – you cat you!!! and awwww, Mirkwood elves are putty before the power of the tiny Dwarf child 🙂

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12,

Halls!Dain is always with pigs. He raises some pigs and gives them away. Hrera has a lap-pig. Thrain and Fris have a pig too. This pig (let’s call her Meringue) gets along really well with Custard. Meringue also does some good stuff for Thrain, like cuddling him when he’s cold.

*bangs gavel* HEADCANON SOLD

Angsty bit … After Azanulbizar, Thrain and Groin have six kids to mind between them. Trying to keep them all fed and clothed is a challenge, especially while remembering all the dead folks.

oh fuck of course they would, oh my god OF COURSE

Thorin, Balin, Dwalin, Oin, Gloin and Dis

owwwwwwww

now I need the Angsty Ongoing Adventures of Thrain and Groin, both of whom are mourning the loss of family and spouse and damn-near EVERYONE, even as they try to care for six of the most stubborn, traumatised, determined and badass teens & kids everrrr

(Groin would shoot off his mouth when worried, as though arguing with Fundin like he always does… and Thrain ofc cannot respond the way his brother did. It falls flat, they both fall silent…

Groin saying ‘Haban’ thoughtlessly, without thinking, and

Thrain freezes in place, Groin’s throat trying to choke the next words, after …

Thrain sighing over the kids as they discuss what to do about them, this time, Dwalin’s so young, he’s so angry, and wee Gloin doesn’t quite understand, and he absently says, ‘I’ll see what Da thinks…’ or perhaps ‘Thorin, Frerin and Dis…’ before he remembers that it isn’t anymore, there’s no Da, it’s not Thorin-Frerin-and-Dis…

and oh GOD the silence. The awful silence that follows.)

One of Custard the Kitty’s Best Toys is a big peacock feather. Thrain will move it around for her to chase, and she will go wild following it. (This also begs the question of where the feather came from)

LMAO

PEACOCKS: NATIVE TO AMAN OR MIDDLE-EARTH OR BOTH. DISCUSS?

(also – AWWW, Thrain and Custard Quality Time, AWWW)

Thorin and Frerin are giving Dain more of the tour of the Halls and they decide to stop for a pint at one of the many bars. Dain is surprised to find Thrain, Fris, Nain, and Daeris already there. It turns out this place is famous for afterlife!dwarf karaoke. Fris and Daeris are an award-winning combo, and Nain and Thrain are there to cheer and hold flowers. Frerin is proud, Thorin is resigned/amused.

AAAAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA Fris and Daeris doing the ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ bwaaaaaaaa

(Fili and Kili are banned. The bar is run by Borin. He Does Not Forget.)

Dain would immediately request the Dwarven equivalent of Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ and proceed to roar it with great sentiment – and with the whole audience roaring along, ofc.

Just think … dwarf music boxes. Thrain and Nain probably do a lot of really cool ones together. Thrain does most of the technical stuff while Nain makes up music for them. They do design work together. They make lots of cute gifts of them.

THAT’S A LOVELY IDEA

ALSO I WANT ONE

Custard looooves Hrera’s knitting. Loves it. Will squish herself up in it and pur. Thrain has a big basket for Custard with an old blanket and some larger test swatches from Hrera, now all marked by Custard’s teeth and claws. It is one of Custard’s fave places, very good for snuggling in. Also good for Thrain, since he can move Custard around easily and safely.

AWWWW

[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?

If you see him in the street, walking by her side.

Talking by her side, have pity.

They are going through the unimaginable.

Thror watching Azanulbizar from the Halls (I think you once mentioned that Azanulbizar followed books canon and happened bc of Thror’s death?), unable to do anything. Watching his grandson die and his son descend into madness after being captured. Knowing it was al because he went and got himself killed on a suicide mission.

so this is exactly what happened in Sansukh hey

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