Lament of Roses. Thorin with a tattoo of three roses. Sads under the cut.
Bagginshield version: Not to be a downer, not to bring the sads, gonna talk in code here for those of us who might be sensitive just gonna say… BUT AU where three people whose names rhyme with uhhhh Leelee and uhhhhh Pillbow die but Thorin lives. So Thorin gets a really visible tattoo of three roses as a symbol of those three.. people… who were so important to him.
He is ashamed of his actions that may have led to his loss but he is never ashamed of those three… people.. he lost. -_-
Excuse me while I go ugly cry and kick my brain for going there.
Thorinduil version: Thorin’s hair and beard have turned snow white. It happened so quickly. He had thought he’d have so much longer with Thranduil but… he knew his time would come very soon. Thorin and Thranduil picked out a tattoo to symbolize their love (and after much sqabbling, tantrums, and a thrown vase) and they decided upon roses. (Thorin veto’d Thranduil’s initial… LEWD suggestion. -_- )
The tattoo is so Thorin can bring a bit of their love with him to Erebor when his body is interred there.
*SOBS* Okay, but srsly. I spend so much time imagining what the funeral procession from Mirkwood to Erebor would be like and how Thranduil would be trying not to lose it in front of the dwarves…
Jfc. More ugly crying? Why do I do this to myself? Wrrrryyyyyyyy?
More Bagginshield: Ooh or maybe Thorin was kidnapped by ferocious hobbits and they have decided to make him one of their own? The Thain declared Thorin would belong to the rose clan, on account of his being royalty, and that is also the clan Bilbo belongs to.
HA! No ugly crying this time. Fierce flower warrior hobbit clans are fun!
Honestly, half the time when I draw something I have two or three or more stories going on in my head about what is going on. I just really wanted to draw Thorin with a rose tattoo. Oh! And I adapted the pattern on his collar from a Russian folk art design.
My normal Pentel 0.3mm pencil with HB lead on Paris Bleedproof paper. I actually drew this because I accidentally bought the wrong coloured red ink so I thought I’d draw something with flowers so I could use it up.