One Of My Fav Things About Gandalf Is, He Can & Canonically Does Full Name Hobbits When He’s Angry

i wish ao3 allowed people to give kudos per each chapter. These 100k word NOVELS need more love than 200 tiny digital hearts ☹️

YES

I had such an experience of swimming with giant sea creatures and they are so GENTLE while you tiny funny thing are around

and the feeling they produce in you with their presence, the calmness and imperturbability especially when above water it is stormy and restlessly

this is unforgettable

Small child Fili is insistent on sleeping with his knife collection at night and has even taken to sneaking them under his pillows and Dis and Thorin are at their wits end bc he keeps nicking himself in his sleep and whats more Kili will outgrow his crib soon and need to share Fili’s bed and knives added to the mix is just a disaster waiting to happen. They try to coax Fili and get him to leave his knives on the nightstand (“look, you can still see them right there, ok dear?”) but nothing works and he’s a shrieking mess and wont go to sleep for ANYTHING but his knives.

Everyone is at their wit’s end when its Dwalin who comes up with a solution: using his sewing skills (which are actually pretty good, even Dori thinks so) he fashions a bean-filled doll that resembles the knife Fili’s father gave him (the prize of Fili’s collection, naturally) and gives it to the lad. Everyone holds their breath and thinks its not gonna work but Fili is over the moon and the doll is his new best friend (after Kili of course).

He takes it everywhere and tries to feed it soup at dinner and of course he sleeps with it, being extra careful to keep his collection on the nightstand so his doll doesn’t get hurt. He names it Zugragur (khuzdul constructed diminutive of blade, so like “Bladey”) and he still has it to this day

writing a novel in english when it’s not your first language fuels my anxiety like nothing else, like am i even using the correct grammar here??? why is my vocabulary so limited??? no publishing company in my country will accept this because they don’t accept english books??? do i need a translator or just a really good therapist??? will anyone ever understand my protagonist’s nuanced emotions, or am i just screaming into the void???

Me now that it’s autumn, when The Fellowship of the Ring takes place:

I had a fantastic time working with Jack Stockdale-Haley of Jack of All Blades! It’s a huge testament to his skill and patience that we were able to get these clips despite my complete lack of stage combat experience!

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Something I need the fix it AU writers who use Frodo as Bagginsgields child to focus more on:

Gimli meeting a hobbit that looks strangely like Thorin Oakenshield but has the last name Baggins before connecting the dots:

The road goes ever on and on…

…and Thorin Oakenshield will pass into legend.

sketching) Gandalf and Gandalf 8) Or Olorin - in Valinor & in Middle-Earth