Let's Not Forget The Other Dwarves, Now

Because I think everyone needs to see dancing Nori.

With bonus Peter Jackson apparently thinking, "I don't want to know what they're doing behind my back, do I?"

More Nori dancing:

Also, dancing with Nori and Bifur:

And now, for Bombur dancing (sort of):

And now for Dean O'Gorman and someone who I presume is Stephen Hunter (Bombur)... sitting in an airplane or a bus, I'm not sure which. Probably a bus. Airplanes do not have windows that big, generally.

Also, Dwarves having too much fun in the Pelorus River filming the barrel sequence:

Bofur seems to have liked it:

Bofur in Laketown (I'm betting you anything they stay with Bard's family, and that will be hilarious since Bard's daughters are played by James Nesbitt's daughters... the potential!):

Bofur's ability to hang on to his hat and scarf is truly phenomenal. I'm wondering if he uses superglue... Nope, wait a moment. I think when Bilbo opens the door to the group of Dwarves at Bag End Bofur is in the front and falls flat at Bilbo's feet. I think his hat might actually come off there. Must check for it the next time I watch AUJ.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

Not All Fanart Is Creepy (Though A Lot Can Be)

Some is very good. I feel the need to demonstrate this point. Therefore, this point shall be demonstrated with pictures. Everything on this blog lately has been demonstrated with pictures. Pictures are sort of taking over this blog. That is not exactly a bad thing, however.

I do make a point of adding some commentary occasionally, if only to keep this from being too Tumblrified.

Yes, I just coined a new word. Forgive me. However, I do know the rules, so I think I can break them occasionally. XD

Done by kadeart on Tumblr. And possibly on Deviantart. They usually keep the same user names, which, I must say, is mighty convenient for those of us who are less tech-savvy and just sort of stumble around the Internet, going, "Ooh, shiny," and clicking on stuff.

Not sure who this was by. The writing was all in a foreign alphabet! It was on pixiv.net, though. It should link back to the original if you click on it... above individual drawings of all the Dwarves going from their usual selves to blood-spattered red-eyed vampires. Or something like that. o.O

You wouldn't believe it, but the Bombur one might actually be the scariest. Yikes!

Now for a blast from the past:

Yep. Someone (kanapy.tumblr) did this. The first image is from the Rankin/Bass animated Hobbit movie. Fili and Kili were actually some of the least terrifying Dwarves in that. Don't believe me? Go look it up for yourself.

Seriously. I once looked up some videos from it (I saw it once in like third grade and all I remembered of it were Smaug's eye beams and Bilbo running around with his heels on fire going, "EXTINGUISH ME!!!", so I had a natural curiosity). My siblings happened to be around. My sister promptly declared that it was horrifying and creepy in the extreme and almost ran away. My brother and I watched with a sort of Bile Fascination - it was so bad we couldn't look away.

So, yes, the fact that Fili and Kili started off looking like that and ending up SO MUCH better has been mentioned a lot in the fandom. Basically, everyone improved with age. We're not complaining. XD

 
This one is by karama-wari on Deviantart. I just thought it was too cute not to blog. Little Gimli with the axe and then Kili's silly grin... yep, had to blog it.

And now three from seidrs.tumblr:



Aggressively Plays Peaceful Folk Harp Solo

Far Over the Metal Mountains Cooooooold

Then, from zwtfanart.tumblr we get this:

And, yes, I have seen the Doctor Who video where they sing this song and do this dance. Is it a dance? They do whatever is going on here, let's leave it at that. So I got the joke.

This one is by bridgioto on Tumblr, who has done some nice stuff with the Brothers Ur, as I have seen them called somewhere. Never mined that Bifur is their cousin, not their brother. It's still a good designation, like the Brothers Ri. (Who wants to bet that their mother was called Glori or something?)

She also did this adorable work:

And for those of you who noticed that, right before Dori's, "Could I tempt you with a cup of chamomile?" scene, Ori is polishing a plate with his sleeve and setting it down carefully (and Bofur in the background picks up a cookie, takes a bite out of it, nods approvingly, and puts it back), there is this from caylren.tumblr:

Now this one looks like it's actually art from one of the LOTR online games:

Yay for Radagast!

Okay, okay, I'll admit it - I thought this one was cute:

The source appears to be here. Once again, it is in some foreign language and I have no idea what it's saying. Grr.

But lovely art, though.

This is by kaciart on Tumblr (watch out for that blog, some major NSFW stuff on there! ...Believe me, the burned hand teaches best about fire, and after that the warnings go to the heart, to quote Gandalf. *shivers* So this is one of the... um... NOT creepy fanarts on that blog. Just take my word for it):

But I thought this one was funny.

By lanimalu on Tumblr. Ahahaha. Can't you just see it happening? Because I sure can!

Here's something else very cute by lanimalu: Dwarf Cats!

This is from deckitout.tumblr. She (I assume it is a she) commented: "I don't know about you but I think Fili and Kili would be allstar beerpong players. HOWEVER Bilbo would wipe the floor with them."

AHAHA.

I just love Bifur in the bottom right corner. Gandalf looking on. The fact that one of the tags is legitmately #Thorin Smokenshield. Ahahaha.

In Pace Christi,

Elyse

And The Madness Continues

Yay! People like pictures! People like Sherlock pictures! (Okay, my sister doesn't usually get them, but I post other things that she likes, so all is well... hopefully...)

I don't know why, but I thought these two were absolutely hysterical:

 

 

 

 

And then here we have holiday!Balin, dressed up like Santa Claus... Honestly, I've already started referring to him as 'the Santa Claus Dwarf', for the benefit of those people who didn't memorize all the Dwarves' names long ago.

 

Thinking of which, in cal 3 today (my favorite class - we have such fun and such interesting discussions. I'm not even being sarcastic!) somehow we started talking about reading and one guy said that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are okay, but that, "There are better science fiction writers out there."

 

My response? The only proper response:

 

 

Take that!

 

This one, however, is a bit nicer:

 

 

Yes, I do pity them, Dumbledore. They have no idea what they are missing - what great characters they could be rooting for, what great villains they would wish to see toppled, what great happy fandoms they could be rejoicing with... what great tears they could be sobbing, also, for it is part of a fangirl's lot in life to shed a few tears now and then. Sad things happen in just about every fandom.

 

Now this is either priceless or downright scary. Or both:

 

 

 

Bahahahahahaha! I can't look at it without cracking up. Basically, you can take anything and add Smeagol/Gollum and it instantly becomes 200% funnier. Someone has probably scientifically proven that. If not, they should. Put science to a worthy cause and all that.

 

 

This is NOT my art, once again; it belongs to papermachette on Tumblr (which is mysteriously not letting my lurk on it, grr).

The funny thing is, if you watch The Hobbit with subtitles you can catch a lot of what the other Dwarves are saying in the background. As Bilbo walks away from the campfire to give the bowls of stew to Fili and Kili just before the troll scene, you can hear Gloin saying something like: "That was very good stew, Bombur!" Then Nori chimes in with: "Yeah, maybe even Dori could have made it!"

 

Dori's reaction: "Hilarious."

 

Also, when Bilbo is running to catch up with the Dwarves, you can hear Dori talking about how going to meet Bilbo was useless since he would be too timid to come along with them anyway. Gloin agrees with him. Bilbo, of course, shows up at that moment.

 

(Humorously, you can see Gloin having a hard time with his pony at this point. Interviews with the actors also revealed that Graham McTavish, a.k.a. Dwalin, had a hard time with ponies in general. Since another movie he's in, a western, is coming out soon, the other actors were heckling him by asking him how he dealt with the horses in it. He said, deadpan, "I shot them.")

 

I also find it funny that the three who bet that Bilbo would show up were: Gandalf (who had the idea to bring Bilbo along in the first place), Oin (who is deaf and therefore still believes Bilbo is an expert), and Kili. Awww, that was awfully sweet of you, Kili, trusting that Bilbo would come along. Kili does seem to take a shine to Bilbo - notice he attacks the troll before any other Dwarf, and is very concerned for him when the trolls threaten to rip his arms off.

 

Oh, and my response to the Bilbo Adventure Time thing is this:

 

 

Done by lissinator on Tumblr. She does wonderful art (including a lot of genderbending Dwarves, which I don't mind near so much as slash - in fact, it can be pretty funny and/or awesome under the right circumstances), so go check it out. Yes, I'm too lazy to put in a link at the moment.

 

 

I've always said that, based on the number of times they repeat, "We are the fighting Uruk-hai!" in the book, they should have some sort of song and dance routine to go along with it...

 

In Pace Christi,

 

Elyse