gimli headcanons:
likes doing laundry. finds it soothing
history nerd!! loves reading old tombs/biographies of his ancestors
is incredibly intelligent. beats frodo in chess. would beat gandalf but gandalf cheats. has been in a stalemate with aragorn for two and a half years.
well mannered but chooses to forgo his politeness to make a point. especially around elves.
does NOT like horses. not just riding them, which is canon, but actually dislikes the animal itself. the reasons why include (but are not limited to) :
he does not like being not on ground. he does not have a fear of heights so much as a fear of… feet not on ground. as evidenced by refusal to jump, treehouses, and well, horses
he does not like their faces. they are long and have eyes on the side like prey. gimli thinks this is deceiving as horses are very large and can kick in someone’s skull. not his skull.
gimli believes that in a one on one match with a horse, he could easily win. he has thought of several, very specific, scenarios of this and has a detailed plan of attack should this situation occur.
they so easily turned against their home for an evil overlord (read: sauron stole all the black horses from rohan) and therefore cannot be trusted. as a rule, anything that willing you let you ride it cannot be trusted. they can’t be satisfied with this life. they are plotting something.
believes he would be great at drums. it’s just hitting things hard and he’s pretty strong.
ok, another thing about horses: they are fragile to a ridiculous extent. you breath wrong and it breaks. they have bad bones and bad blood flow in their legs, and their legs are all that they’re used for. he doesn’t understand why humans invested so much time into horses when they’re genetically bad at what they are meant to do. he’d feel bad for the horses if they weren’t so awful.
drinks coffee, not tea
takes great with the up keeping of his gear. he sharpens his axes, polishes his boots, shines his armor and waxes his mustache. that’s not gear, but he takes great pride in looking groomed and caring for his belongings.
has an axe for every occasion. battle axe? do you want throwing or slashing. a day on the town? have you seen this intricately carved masterpiece that also is a weapon? doffing a hole? PICKAXE. cutting a cake? how about an axe???
hates the rain because it ruins his hair and beard. also loves the rain because it ruins legolas’s hair and clothes.
will eat anything. has a great tolerance for spice. contrary to popular belief, dwarves are not shy of seasoning but are very cautious around other races in fear of poisoning their friends
will also eat some rocks. salty is his favorite (halite, hanksite, glauberite) but also likes to add chunks of chalcanthite to his food for a slightly sweet yet metalic flavor. this is also slightly (SLIGHTLY) poisonous as evidenced by sharing his trail mix with boromir
also calls dirt the “local seasoning”
will taste dirt to try and get a feeling for the land. this tells him the acidity, weather, possible wildlife, and also pisses off legolas
actaully genuinely likes the taste of dirt. (note: if you desire to eat clay/dirt that is a symptom of iron deficiency. for gimli, he eats spoonfuls of the stuff like their supplements because as a kid it was fed to him like multivitamins)
OK SO HEAR ME OUT: lack of sunlight can cause really low hemoglobin and ferritin (a blood protein that contains iron) sooo being constantly in dark caves can cause some forms of iron deficiency. because dwarves are conscious of their young, dwarf children often grow up not often being in direct sunlight.
the solution? dirt. dirt contains iron and other tasty minerals that are good for the body. charcoal has natural antioxidants. so does clay. am i saying that momma gimli (unnamed) fed her son ash and clumps of dirt? yes. also bits of broken pottery. it’s also good of the immune system.
fr tho clay/dirt/charcoal are the dwarven multivitamins. you have a tummy-ache? here, have a rock. i truly believe this was scientifically proven by dwarves and only FOR dwarves (plz do not eat dirt)
fuckin loves mushrooms. has a mushroom log at home. whenever dwarves find some fungai in a cave they go feral
likes dogs. thinks it’s great that they dig holes. thinks it’s fantastic that the bury things in holes. absolutes loves when they get muddy, and then shake off all water and dirt all over you.
when he came back home with the name lockbearer, a lot of the dwarves thought it was really cool and he has some sort of elven puzzle that requires a code to unlock something. imagine their surprise when he rocks up and is like: no, even better. HAIRS. three of them.
enjoys making mudpies- made them as a kid with his cousins, (mostly with rock slurry) and continues to, even even as an adult.
made them on the fellowship with the hobbits. taught them all about the best types of dirt and the water-to-soil- ratio needed.
while cutting up slices of his pie, he offered one to boromir, who in good nature, took it, clearly thinking it was just part of the bit.
poor boromir was locked in a stalemate after gimli cut his own slice, and began eating it.
to his credit, boromir did brave a few bites, but had to stop once he nearly had a mouthful of maggots
“protein”
gimli is like crazy good at hair. can braid quickly and efficiently in elaborate styles
picked up eleven hair style techniques in lorien (quicker than legolas) and was forced to relay them to the elf through twine as there is no way he’s letting grubby elf fingers to touch his glorious mane that’s been decades in the making
would ask for a drink “on the rocks” and get slightly upset if it did not come back with actual rocks
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Hi hi! Since were talking about rocks, do you have any tips on storing/cleaning them, esp in regard to moisture and sunlight? Im a beginner collector and id love to hear if you have some insight, because im kind of lost. Thank u love your blog <3
Welcome to the hobby!! Rockhounding is the most fun thing in the world; I hope you're having a blast.
So there’s no easy answer for this question, because it’s going to be different for every single rock. Halite should be stored somewhere dry, and never get wet. Laumontite should be stored in water, and never get dry. You see how this can quickly become complicated. Here’s some general advice.
Direct sunlight is bad for rocks. Don’t display them in a windowsill unless you’re okay with their colors fading. Not every rock will fade, but fluorite is especially notorious for this. Artificial light should be okay, but some rocks are SUPER reactive to any kind of light. Proustite will permanently darken and discolor when exposed to light, and realgar will disintegrate into a super toxic dust. Keep rocks like that stored in complete darkness. Fused/reconstituted quartz (the stuff crystal balls are made of) will focus sunlight like a magnifying glass and burn your house down. Keep that one covered with a cloth or something.
Humidity is also generally bad for rocks, but especially hematite, meteorites… basically anything with iron. They’ll rust. Halite (rock salt) will actually absorb moisture in the air, weep it out later, and make a mess wherever you’re displaying it. Store them somewhere dry! If you just have them on a shelf or something they’re probably fine, as long as they’re not in your steamy bathroom. But if you live somewhere super humid, or if you’ve got a meteorite in your collection, your rocks might benefit from a dehumidifier. (I currently do not have a dehumidifier, but the two meteorites in my collection are doing okay. So it’s really up to you if you want to sink money into that extra bit of protection. Your rocks might be fine without it.)
On the flip side, some rocks do need to stay wet, or they’ll become brittle, spontaneously crack, or slowly disintegrate into dust. The best solution is to store these rocks in water, but I have an excellent specimen of laumontite which I’ve given a coating of diluted clear craft glue, which has made it fairly watertight and able to be displayed on a shelf. Hanksite is another mineral that can change its moisture level and fall apart, but simply rubbing some mineral oil on it about once a year is all it needs. Don’t try that with opals. If an opal was sold to you in water, keep it in water. If it was sold to you dry, it’s probably fine to let it stay dry.
Never never never get pyrite wet. Pretty much all specimens of pyrite will get Pyrite Disease and disintegrate eventually just due to small amounts of moisture in the air, but a stable specimen could last for decades. Get it wet, and you guarantee it an early death. If you have a pyrite specimen with Pyrite Disease (it will be turning powdery, brittle, and blue-grey), store it away from your other rocks. It’s giving off fumes that could potentially damage them.
Cleaning! Most moisture-safe rocks can be cleaned with some warm, soapy water and a toothbrush. Be gentle when scrubbing softer rocks, like anything below 3 on the mohs scale. Quartz is basically indestructible, you can totally run quartz through a dishwasher.
To remove rust stains and dirty-looking discoloration, soak your rocks in Iron Out for a few hours. Rinse and repeat with a fresh bath as needed. Most rocks will be fine with this. Not hematite. For obvious reasons, don't use Iron Out on hematite.
To remove crusty white coatings on quartz or agate (probably a layer of Ugly Calcite), soak them in dilute acid. You can buy a jug of muriatic acid at Walmart. Add a little bit of acid to some water in a pyrex bowl, and soak the rocks overnight. Some rocks will NOT be fine with this, so look up whether your $800 specimen is acid soluble BEFORE you put it in the acid bath. (This is a mistake you will only ever make once.) Quartz is fine, quartz is immortal.
If your rock is comprised of hair-thin crystals like rutile or aurichalchite, looks “fuzzy” like okenite, or has a velvety texture like rosasite or velvet malachite, don’t clean it! Try to touch it as little as possible! Handling the rock can easily break those delicate crystals.
In that vein, some rocks give off nasty fumes or dangerous dust. Native mercury, or anything radioactive or asbestiform, should be kept in sealed glass or plastic jars/boxes. Don’t try to clean or handle them! (You may have heard the myth that tiger eye is asbestiform. This is a common misconception! Tiger eye is a form of quartz, which is safe to handle and does not require special storage.)
If you’ve used a dish for cleaning or storing rocks, don’t use it for cooking or eating! Some rocks contain arsenic, lead, mercury, or about a billion other toxic substances that you don’t want making their way into your body. Get in the habit of washing your hands after handling your rocks, even “safe” rocks like quartz, which can contain traces and inclusions of other, more dangerous stuff. (Although, as someone who has touched WAY too many incredibly toxic minerals with my bare hands - it’s not gonna instantly kill you. Seriously, just wash your hands, you’re fine.)
Anyway, all that being said, your best friend is google. “How to store (rock),” “how to clean (rock),” “is (rock) toxic,” “is (rock) water soluble” are all things you should look up whenever you get a new specimen! You might go down a rabbit hole and end up learning something really cool!
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Hey witches and witchlings, I hope you’re all having a wonderful new year so far!
I know this time of year is when a lot of new baby witches start emerging, like Samhain its a big magik bubble where people want to try kicking off something new, and this year my “New Thing” is crystals.
I’ve never really been into crystals, I know it’s a big witch staple, but they just didn’t call to me like other parts of the craft, until now and now that I’ve started compiling all this new information?
Lets just say I want to share. Because I came to the realization one of my favorite crystals is actually poisonous to ingest (letting it sit in water, then drinking the water could cause Serious problems)
So! Here we are and this one, like most of my original posts, is gonna be a long one so sit back, grab your crystal babies and lets categorize them by toxicity.
A-Z List of Crystals and Gem stones to keep out of your potions and ingestable materials. Good luck witches!
Abalone - Organicly grown and probs contains bacteria and pollutants from toxic sh*t from the water it forms in.
Acanthite - Hella soft and likely to completely dissolve, which is something you don’t want in general
Actinolite - Probs gonna contain a stringy, hard to see asbestos growth which could seriously f you up
Adamite - Seriously don’t put this anywhere near your face, it contains arsenic, zinc, and copper, all of which are big no go’s for human immune systems
Ajoite - This sh*t has aluminum and copper which could semi-dissolve in water and then get into your system and cause health problems especially if you have a weak a*s immune system like me
Alexandrite - Has aluminum, same warning as the last one
Algodonite - Contains Arsenic. Have you ever heard of Arsonic poisoning? If my warning isn’t enough for you, look it up and then keep this as far from your orifices as possible.
Altaite - Lead based, need I go on?
Alum - Totally dissolves in water, any kind of water, if you want to keep it don’t get it wet
Amazonite - Contains copper which is hella toxic
Amber - Toxic in general, don’t grind it up, don’t disolve it, don’t add it to anything you’re going to put in your body, just don’t do it
Amblygonite - Contains aluminum
Andalusite - Contains aluminum
Andersonite - This is on the list for the crystals safety, not yours, if you really want to use it go ahead but it’s a really delicate stone and will probs break
Angelite - Super soft and will dissolve, but more importantly contains lead and sulphur, both of which are toxic to our flesh prisons
Antimonite - Contains lead
Apollo Stone - Contains uranium
Aquamarine - Contains aluminum
Atacamite - Contains copper
Aurichalcite - Contains zinc and copper
Axinite - Contains aluminum and iron
Azurite - Contains copper, likely to dissolve in contact with water (ho don’t do it)
Barite - Contains lead, zinc, and barium
Bastnaesite - Contains toxic sh*t that reacts when combined with water.
Beaverite -The mineral is crumbly af and would dissolve if used in water
Beryl - Contains aluminum.
Bindheimite - Contains lead
Bismuth - Heavy metal, and not the musical kind
Brazilianite - Contains aluminum
Bronchantite - Contains copper
Cavansite - Contains copper
Celestite - Will dissolve and contains strontium
Cerussite - Wash hands after touching, legit, don’t ingest it at all contains sulphur and molybdenum
Chalcanthite - Hella fragile and contains copper, don’t put it in sunlight or water in order to keep it safe for general use.
Chalcopyrite - Contains copper and sulfur
Chrysoberyl - Contains aluminum
Chrysocolla - Contains copper
Chrysotile - Contains asbestos, shouldn’t be ingested or mixed with water, and it can cause lung disease if not handled properly ( why would you even have this is your house?)
Cinnabar - Contains mercury and quicksilver
Cobaltocalcite - Contains cobalt
Conichalcite - Contains copper
Copper - Contains copper, and trace amounts of iron, silver, bismuth, tin, lead, and/or antimony. Should never come into contact with water, or directly ingested
Coral - Organicly grown and probs contains bacteria and pollutants from toxic sh*t from the water it forms in
Corundum - Contains aluminum
Covellite - Contains copper and sulfur
Crocoite - Contains chromium do not allow contact to eyes/mouth while holding
Cumengéite - Contains lead
Cuprite - Contains copper **Wash hands after holding. Do not touch hands to eyes or mouth while holding**
Desert Rose - Will dissolve easily
Diaboleite - Contains lead
Diamond - Easily irradiated
Diopside - Contains copper
Dioptase - Contains copper
Dumortierite - Contains aluminum
Colusite - Contains arsenic
Eilat Stone - Contains copper
Elöllingite - Contains arsenic
Emerald - Contains aluminum
Epidote - Contains aluminum
Euchroite - Poisonous, wash your hands thoroughly after using in any way
Feldspar - Contains aluminum
Galena - Contains lead and is water sensitive
Garnet - Contains aluminum
Garnierite - Contains nickel
Gem Silica - Contains copper
Goshenite - Contains aluminum
Granite - Contains uranium
Gypsum - Super soft and will probs dissolve
Halite - Easily dissolves in water
Hancockite - Contains lead
Hanksite - Easily dissolves in water
Heliodor - Contains aluminum
Hematite - Will rust like hella
Hiddenite - Contains aluminum easily irradiated
Iolite - Contains Aluminum
Jadeite - Contains aluminum and iron
Jamesonite - Contains lead
Jet - Shouldn’t come in contact with water or sunlight during cleaning or charging.
Kasolite - Very radioactive
Kernite - Easily dissolvable
Kunzite - Contains aluminum, easily irradiated
Labradorite - Contains aluminum
Lapis Lazuli - Contains pyrite, copper, and sulfur due to pores your shouldn’t cleanse it with water or saltwater
Lazulite - Contains aluminum
Lazurite - Contains aluminum and sulfur
Lepidolite - Contains aluminum
Löllingite - Contains arsenic
Marcasite - Contains sulfur
Mica - Flaky af, choking hazard
Minium - Contains lead
Mohawkite - Contains copper and arsenic !Keep Away From Children!
Moldavite - Contains aluminum
Molybdenum - Toxic
Morganite - Contains aluminum
Mother of Pearl - Organicly grown and probs contains bacteria and pollutants from toxic sh*t from the water it forms in.
Muscovite - Is one flaky bro and hard to work with but can /be/ worked with
Newberyite - Dissolves super easy
Olivenite - Contains arsenic
Orpiment - Contains arsenic. **Wash hands after use, do not put hands near eyes or mouth before washing hands** !Keep Away From Children
Orthoclase - “Contains aluminum.”
Pargasite - Contains aluminum
Pearl - Organicly grown and probs contains bacteria and pollutants from toxic sh*t from the water it forms in and is easy to irradiate
Pietersite - Contains aluminum and asbestos
Pollucite - Contains cesium
Prehnite - Contains aluminum
Psilomelane - Contains barium
Pumice - Soft bean
Purpurite - Water and humidity sensitive
Pyrite - Don’t let it come in contact with water, it contains sulfur and will dissolve completely
Quantum Quatro Silica - Contains copper
Quartz, Smoky - Easily irradiated
Realgar - Contains sulfur and arsenic ** Wash hands after use. Do not put hands near eyes or mouth before washing hands** !Keep Away From Kids!
Record Stone - Likely to dissolve and water and may contain toxic minerals
Rhodizite - Contains cesium
Rhodochrosite - Contains lead
Rubellite - Easy to irradiate
Ruby - Contains aluminum
Saléeite - Contains uranium
Sandstone - Soft bean
Sapphire - Contains aluminum
Scapolite - Contains aluminum
Selenite - Extremely sensitive to water and humidity and can/will splinter off into thin spiky pieces in water
Serpentine - Contains asbestos
Slaty Shale - Probs going to dissolve in water bro
Smithsonite - Contains zinc and copper
Sodalite - Contains aluminum
Spinel - Contains aluminum and zinc
Staurolite - Contains aluminum
Stibnite - Contains lead and antimony, remember to wash your hands because it’s toxic and will make you sick as hell
Stilbite - Contains aluminum
Sugilite - Contains aluminum
Sulfur - Is prone to dissolving and, you won’t believe this, it contains sulfur
Sunstone - Contains aluminum
Sylvinite - Will 10/10 dissolve in water
Tanzanite - Contains aluminum
Tiger’s Eye - May be radioactive and/or contain asbestos depending on where you get it
Tirolit - Contains arsenic
Topaz - Contains aluminum and might also be radioactive depending on where you get it, so watch out for that witches
Torbernite - Radioactive
Tourmaline - Contains aluminum.
Tremolite - Contains asbestos, and will fuck you up so wash your damn hands after use
Turquoise - Contains copper and aluminum, don’t try to dissolve it or clean it in general. Reg water and salt water are equally dangerous
Tyrolite - Contains arsenic
Ulexite - Contains boron and is super soft and sensitive to water and humidity
Uranium - Radioactive mineral
Uranophane – “Radioactive.”
Vanadinite - Contains lead and vanadium
Variscite - Contains aluminum
Vesuvianite - Contains aluminum
Wad - Is one soft bean
Wavellite - Contains aluminum
Wulfenite - Contains lead and molybdenum
Zincite - Contains zinc and copper
Zircon - Contains zirconium, uranium and thorium and oh yeah, it’s literally radioactive. Make good choices famparticles.
Zoisite - Contains aluminum
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