Tag: wee thorin

Dwalin’s kids seem to be appropriately named, even if they were named in honor of his friends and family. Wee Thorin and his Thorin II worthy scowls, Frerinith is cheerful like Frerin himself is, and Balinith has Balin’s focus on a project, admittedly amplified. I’m not saying that they’re carbon copies, but it’s kind of neat that they each have traits similar to their namesake.

They do! I love that you like that about them! Yes, I deliberately injected a couple of similarities. 😉

Though Wee Thorin is the exasperated, put-upon, voice-of-reason friend (I think if he were on tumblr his most-used tag would be ‘GIMIZH NO’ – and Gimizh would answer gleefully ‘GIMIZH YES’), he does have a very mighty scowl!

Balinith is nowhere near as silver-tongued or diplomatic or even as gregarious as his namesake…. but he is very very good at getting to the bottom of things. 

And Frerinith is a bubbly, sunny little fellow, yes – but he is also a bossy little boots and very imperious. He loves to get his own way!

Happy headcanon: Dwalin totally writes back and forth with Bilbo, has done so for years. He lets his kids put in a bit of stuff as well. Frerin scribbles, maybe puts an “F,” Balinith goes on about his newest project (currently growing beans), and Wee Thorin talked about his pie heist for half a page.

I like to think that Dori, Dwalin, Gloin and Bofur & Bombur write to Bilbo on the regular 🙂

(Bombur and Bofur write theirs together!)

Bilbo would giggle at Dwalin’s letters, particularly at Wee Thorin’s descriptions. He knows a young Took who would get on with this Gimizh like a house on fire. Screaming, smoke, people running away – that sort of thing. 

(He’d absolutely write back with a few pointers for Balinith, possibly after a little chat with Hamfast.)

Ohmygod, Balin the aggressively proud uncle with almost obscenely fat baby Wee Thorin. Balin would cart him around when it was his turn to babysit, and use him to distract people in meetings so he could get his way. The sound of cooing dwarves followed Balin and Wee Thorin everywhere – “look at that dapper old fellow with the adorable baby!” Balin smiles and Wee Thorin sticks his foot in his mouth determinedly.

OH NONNIE 

I love this. And I will carry it around in my head all day, bc it is adoooorable. ohgod yes baby gymnastics while you’re trying to carry them hahahaha

(and now I wish that Balin had had the chance to cart his own little namesake around with that fond pride.)

Any ideas about which Sansukh characters have the biggest sweet tooth? (Also Thrain is a bear for maple candy. No regrets, even when it gets all in his beard and Hrera Disaproves.)

(*whispers* I… have never tried maple candy is it nice)

I think that Bomfris might actually have something of a sweet tooth, actually! Her whole family would know that when she comes in from the raven-heights, hide the lollies, because she will chomp ‘em all. 

Balin is particular to cake – especially Bombur’s lovely Shire-inspired cakes. Mmmm.

Jeri has been known to make toffee. It is very, very good. (it is also very VERY HARD. The children call it ‘tasty quartz’, and one piece can last all day – if you’re careful about it.)

And Gimizh, of course, is a great and notorious Cookie-Thief! Wee Thorin actually prefers pie, but try telling Gimizh that when he’s in a cookies mood. Impossible.

So Bofur knows that some of Bilbo’s cousins dress up their Dwalin dolls in skirts and play tea party. So Bofur makes up some Dwarrowdam dolls and sends them over. They are most popular with fauntlings, and are often found at tea-tables. The gag gift of a Dwalin-doll in a formal court gown has pride of place in Bilbo’s study.

kailthia:

dain-mothafocka:

determamfidd:

AWWWWW ❤ ickle Hobbits with their pretty and ferocious Dwarf toys, sipping tea from toy cups. I love it.

(and everyone expects Dwalin to be annoyed by it. The first time he comes across one of his dolls in a lovely red gown, he picks it up and frowns at it. The room takes a collective breath. 

Then Dwalin whirls upon Bofur and shoves the doll into his face. “Red? RED? Line of Durin, remember? Bofur. Should be blue. Get it right.” 

Then he purses his lips and squints at the doll a little more. “Nice lace though.”

He buys one for Orla, who puts it with the others. Wee Frerinith likes to play with its hair.)

The dwarves being confused as to why the hobbit parents are so embarrassed  at their kids dressing up Dwalin in dresses.

Then they REALISE

it’s only that goddamn GENDER BINARY

The collective face palm can be heard from Erebor to the Shire

determamfidd, does Orla have a collection of Dwalin dolls? Because I am imagining her going by the shelf every day and looking at it in approval. Thorin would laugh so hard the first time he saw  he saw it. 

TBH I imagine that it started as a collection of Dwalin-dolls? It most likely began with the toy that Wee Thorin won from Gimizh. 

And then it soon grew out of control. 

Orla would totally become the undisputed champion doll-collector of Erebor. She would get the whole Company a couple of times over (in their different outfits, naturally), several of the small-run limited edition dolls such as Azaghal, Narvi and Telchar. She would have every edition of her own doll. She would casually walk by the toy-shop every day and stare into the window with worrying intensity.

She treasures that first Dwalin doll, though. That was the one that began it all.