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mithen

Clarity of Vision Chapter 28

Jan 13, 2014 12:51

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 28
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin, Kili, Fili, Balin, Dwalin, Dís
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3600
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn ( Read more... )

ch: bilbo baggins, series: clarity of vision, ch: thorin oakenshield, fandom: hobbit, ch: balin, ch: dis, ch: dwalin, ch: kili, ch: fili, p: thorin/bilbo

Comments 16

starsandsea January 14 2014, 19:13:53 UTC

"But I do miss seeing the sky and the trees and everything."

"What a hobbit you are," said Thorin, amused. "One tree is much like another, and the sky is merely the sky, after all."

"A birch is nothing like a beech, and they're both completely different from a pine," Bilbo retorted. "And as for the sky--it's different every day and every hour. Who could tire of watching it? How you can bear to live sealed up in stone, I don't know."

Oh, Bilbo... *pets him*

In general we have two words for trees: zurm-khubûb-ghelekh and zurm-khubûb-zuz."

Bilbo rummaged through his meager Khuzdul. "Tree-forge-good and tree-forge-bad?"

Thorin nodded. "Trees good for burning and trees not good for burning."

Oh my, I wonder what Yavanna thinks of that! (I'm re-reading the Silmarillion, so it's on my mind!)

"I suggest a trade," Thorin said. "I shall continue with our Khuzdul lessons, and in return you can teach me the names of the trees and plants we see ( ... )

mithen January 16 2014, 06:41:01 UTC

Oh my, I wonder what Yavanna thinks of that! (I'm re-reading the Silmarillion, so it's on my mind!)

I know! That line of Aule's "They shall still have need of firewood" strikes me as one of the funniest in the Silmarillion (admittedly, not a book known for its punchlines!) I don't think I can get them to meet Treebeard in the continuation, but there must be Ents to the east too, right?

Wait, wait! However, prior to the Third Age, the Entwives abandoned the Ents in order to start a garden east of Fangorn in what became the Brown Lands; following the end of the Second Age, they disappeared. When Treebeard went searching for them, he could not find them.

CAN THEY FIND THE ENTWIVES? Apparently Tolkien said he thought they were destroyed in the Second Age, but maybe they moved further East? *ponders*

Aww :( But yes, I do wonder what Elrond's reaction would have been to dozens of dwarves turning up on his doorstep! :PEven the most well-behaved dwarves would probably cause him to throw his hands up in despair and fumigate the ( ... )

starsandsea January 16 2014, 19:09:46 UTC

CAN THEY FIND THE ENTWIVES? Apparently Tolkien said he thought they were destroyed in the Second Age, but maybe they moved further East? *ponders*

YES. YES. THE ENTWIVES!!!!! YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THEM, PLEEEEEASSSSE! I so desperately want Thorin and Bilbo to meet an Ent, somehow...

I spent a long time talking with Dan about it--I kind of wanted them to have a totally different take on how they were created, but since the Silmarillion is historical fact, not a myth, within the world, I decided to stick closer to it. The canon says that Aule "and his people" made the vessels, and I'm pretty sure Tolkien meant the Noldor or his own Maiar, BUT it could totally be the dwarves, couldn't it? Oooh, now that I think of it, it would be maybe better if the Noldor made the sun and the dwarves the moon, so they had a special connection with it? I sort of imagine that after years living in the mountains with only starlight, the dwarves found the sun almost unbearable and preferred the moon...Ooooh! I really like all those thoughts, it would make ( ... )

mithen January 18 2014, 08:32:12 UTC

YES. YES. THE ENTWIVES!!!!! YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THEM, PLEEEEEASSSSE! I so desperately want Thorin and Bilbo to meet an Ent, somehow...

I have to re-read how Gimli responds to them! Because they're...sort of racial enemies, more than elves and dwarves are, after all! I suspect the "Entwives" call themselves just "Ents" and have lost their "Enthusbands," too. :) I know they're smaller, so now I'm imagining some rather cute ents based on lilac bushes and apple trees...who could still probably crush you pretty easily...

ilovetobefree January 14 2014, 21:30:28 UTC

There was a long pause as the wagon jolted along. "I suggest a trade," Thorin said. "I shall continue with our Khuzdul lessons, and in return you can teach me the names of the trees and plants we see."
"Oh," said Bilbo, "That sounds quite nice! It's a shame there are no flowers blooming right now, but perhaps I could sketch some for you and we could study that way."
Thorin nodded gravely. "Acceptable," he said.
AWWW, they’re going teach each other. Good. :)

And at some point when the wagon hit a particularly rough patch of road, Thorin put his arm around him to steady him, and Bilbo decided he didn't mind wagon travel so much after all.
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"Well, of course I'm right," Bilbo snapped, his outrage rekindled. "Can't you go out there and tell that murderer of meals to stop it? You're his prince, after all!"
:D :D

"Not just Balin and Dwalin," said Bilbo. Thorin looked at him, and he smirked. "I believe Fíli and Kíli have learned not to take you too seriously either."
"That's a comfort," Thorin retorted, feeling obscurely relieved.:LOL ( ... )

mithen January 16 2014, 09:48:18 UTC

AWWW, they’re going teach each other. Good. :)

Trading language lessons is always really romantic and sexy to me somehow! :D

Don’t blame Bilbo for not wanting to hear the long version. poor Balin though. :D

But he liked it just fine when he heard it from Thorin, didn't he? *grin*

Fili and Kili teasing each other is always so fun to write, I love their banter! And I'm really looking forward to the next chapter too--Mirkwood and Thranduil and the Most Awkward Dinner ever! :)