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When the Fellowship of the Ring was formed in Rivendell, Gloin met with Bilbo and they chatted for a long time remembering the old times and especially those who were no longer there. After that meeting, Bilbo cried all night remembering his lost love

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girl help i’m overcome with the inherent and heartbreaking romanticism of an exiled dwarf king with a dark past but a noble heart dying in the arms of the bookish hobbit he pulled out of his home for the adventure of his life who helped him reclaim his kingdom and who never loved another like him for the rest of his life again

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他好辣🥵昨天晚上看了这个视频醒来发现我已经在冥府，原来是被我自己的口水淹死了🤤🥵

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i think dwarves should have scent glands under their chins like rabbits and they rub their beards on things they like

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Here’s the thing.

Many Bagginshield shippers, especially in fics, focus on how Bilbo never got over Thorin, to the point where some describe Bilbo’s life as sad and unfulfilled because of that loss.

Don’t get me wrong: I do agree that he suffered terrible loss and undeserved torment by the Ring. And the fact that he never marries probably does have some connection to the memory of Thorin.

But, y’all, don’t forget or ignore the fact that, in Tolkien’s text, Bilbo does move on from grief and live the rest of his life well.

He does not become bitter from his pain. He retains his kind heart.

He is generous with his wealth, helping in every way he can the very community that ostracizes him.

He sees in Frodo a kindred spirit and takes it upon himself to be the parental figure that Frodo so badly needs as an orphan.

He and Frodo develop an uncle-nephew (really more like father-son) relationship built on trust, keeping no secrets from each other, to the level where he tells Frodo the truth about his encounter with Gollum. (And probably the truth about his feelings for Thorin, too.)

He and Frodo have so much fun, going for walks every day, studying the Elvish languages, and throwing big birthday parties to show the community a good time. It’s plain to see that caring for Frodo filled that massive void inside Bilbo, finally giving him someone to love and devote himself to looking after, after his first chance at that (albeit the first being a different kind of love) was taken from him.

He does not see himself as superior to the lower class despite his riches, and always treats the Gamgees with the utmost respect.

He teaches Sam to read and write.

He tells his story to the younger hobbits, inspiring more of them to want to learn more about the outside world and not be so sheltered and ignorant…an effort which ultimately saves Middle-earth because the Travelers learn from him to be curious and interested in the lands outside the Shire, and he inspires them daily, as they constantly say to themselves “if Bilbo could go there and back again and face great danger, so can we.”

He even learns to love having a tarnished reputation, ultimately taking advantage of being “mad” to play a fun prank.

When he is no longer at rest in the Shire, he gifts Frodo all his property which will ensure Frodo is set for life, and through all his passive aggressive gifts to his relatives, he gives the Gaffer genuinely useful items that he knows will help him, including ointment for creaky joints.

He gets a peaceful retirement among his Elven friends, which he spends writing his memoir so that future generations will know all about his lost friends.

And ultimately, he embraces the special gift of an exception from the Valar and rare permission to set foot in the Blessed Realm for one last adventure, where he will continue to look after his beloved nephew.

And the fact is, he never would’ve gotten any of these things if he’d stayed in Erebor. He would never have developed that special bond with Frodo - he may never have even met him - and consequently, Frodo may never have met Sam.

Yes, a lot of his life was lonely and somber. But much more of it, even after experiencing such a tragedy, was full of love and joy and fun and excitement. He became an invaluable caretaker and mentor to the next generation of hobbits, got a taste of fatherhood, passed on his expertise and his story, and spent his last years surrounded by friends and family.

Bilbo Baggins may have lost the love of his life, but he did not give up on life itself, and he lived a full one. Don’t forget that.

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Another little story about mushrooms

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I couldn't stop thinking about Dwobbit Frodo for the love of me and just HAD to draw him. It certainly didn't help seeing @mathelaw 's headcannons for Dwobbits lmfaoo. I still can't decide if I want to keep his style more Ereborian or lean more towards the Reshirement style. Either way I wanted to draw Thorin looking proudly at his son for the sake of my own soul.

Flower symbolism (There wasn't enough space so I'm gonna put it here):

-Frodo's sword: Ivy - Endurance, friendship

-Frodo's red jacket: Oak leaves - strenght

-Bilbo's shirt: Nemophilia - Happiness, you're my one and only (haha get it? One? yeah)

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我死了，被帅死，死得彻彻底底

He will always be 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓫𝓲𝓮 to me 💅🏻✨

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Omg 仙品，仙品，这两个字我已经说厌了！！立刻马上，结婚！！！

(it's sad bagginshield hours again) bilbo was never afraid of thorin, not for a second, not while he was trying to kill him, never.

gandalf tells him he should be afraid of thorin, afraid of what he'll do to him, but i don't think he understands bilbo's actions at all! when he sneaks past alfrid and goes back to the dwarves, and when he confesses he stole the arkenstone, he does this fully knowing what could happen next. thorin has already threatened him twice before... and both times he snapped out of it! he trusts thorin will be stronger than the sickness in the end, and he's right.

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Just like my Miduo

So cute

I love him dearly

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One true pair of human history

thinking of goldsick thorin, not wanting to part with a single coin, searching through the treasury for the best thing to gift bilbo. finding the mithril shirt (the most valuable item in the mountain if you don't count the arkenstone) and in the middle of his madness thinking "we're going to war tomorrow bilbo needs this"... INSANE

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あなたの怒りは美しい(2024.3.21)

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Wow that’s very cool I’ll read it later

Holidays in Middle Earth

There are a lot of holidays celebrated in Middle Earth (though not necessarily by all cultures or during all time periods.) I’ve listed what I think is all the holidays below, in a vaguely chronological order:

Sovalle: This is a very mysterious holiday, as all we know about it is it’s name (included in the Quenya lexicon.) We know that the name means “the purification”, and the root of the word has to do with washing/bathing/cleansing. It’s likely that this event took place some time in February, given the similarity in names (“Sovalwaris”). Given that the name is a Quenya one, this holiday would most likely have been celebrated by the Noldor and/or Vanyar.

SPRING FESTIVALS: The elvish calendar began in spring, around early April, so the elvish new year was celebrated at this time. There aren’t any details about how the new year was celebrated, but we know that there are two days set aside on the calendar for the even: Mettare, the last day of the year, and Yestare, the first day of the year. In Numenor, the spring festival was called Erukyerme (“Prayer to Eru”), and was one of the three days that the king would make a prayer and a (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. For the men of Gondor, the beginning of spring (for them, this fell around late March) was called Tuilere (how exactly the day was celebrated is unknown.) After the War of the Ring, Aragorn reworked Gondor’s calendar so that the year began on the equivalent of March 25, the day of Sauron’s defeat. So the Gondorian new year’s festival would have taken place in spring, like the elves’. In the Shire, it’s said that the hobbits would always feast and dance in the Party Field in early April. This was to celebrate Sam’s birthday as well as the first time the Golden Tree flowered.

Nost-na-Lothion: Described as the “Birth of Flowers”, this festival was known to be celebrated by the elves of Gondolin, and most likely ocurred in the beginning of May.

MIDSUMMER: This holiday had variations in a few different cultures, and was referred to by different names. The elves of Gondolin called it Tarnin Austa (“passage into summer”), and celebrated it with a “solemn ceremony at midnight, and no voice was uttered in the city from midnight until the break of day, but the dawn they hailed with ancient songs.” In the calendars of Numenor (and, by extension, Gondor and Arnor) Midsummer was called Loende. How Loende was celebrated in Gondor is unknown, but in Numenor the day was also called Erulaitale (“Praise of Eru”), and was one of the three days that the king would make a prayer and (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. In the Shire, Midsummer was celebrated in a three or four day festival called Lithe. There was lots of feasting, a special market was held, as well as the election for the Mayor of Michael Delving.

Comare: Also called Ring-day, this was another holiday established in Gondor during Aragorn’s rule. It fell in late September, on Frodo’s birthday, and it was made a festival to celebrate the start of the War of the Ring, essentially. Interestingly enough, there’s no record of this day being celebrated in the Shire.

HARVEST FESTIVALS: There are a few versions of harvest festivals celebrated throughout Middle Earth, and most of them don’t have names that we know of. On the day Morgoth stole the silmarils, the Valar and elves of Valinor were celebrating this festival, and it’s said that Manwe thanked Iluvatar for the harvest, and all the elves celebrated with music. The Calendar of Imladris (which was likely the elvish calendar used by most elves during the later Ages) included Enderi (“Middle Days”), which were three days (12 on leap-years) inbetween two other months. On our modern calendar, Enderi would have landed somewhere in early October. In Numenor, the harvest festival was known as Eruhantale (“Thanksgiving to Eru”), and was one of the three times a year that the king would make a prayer and (bloodless) offering to Iluvatar on the top of Mount Meneltarma. It’s also mentioned that those witnessing the ceremony would wear white. The men of Gondor celebrated a harvest day called Yaviere (but the details of the celebration are unknown.)

Durin’s Day: The dwarvish new year falls during the harvest season, but depending on each year’s lunar cycle, could fall before or after solar harvest festivals. As explained by Thorin, Durin’s Day occurs on the first day of the last moon of autumn. (For an idea of when this occurred in 2013, check out this post.) Dwarves love being mysterious, so it should come as no surprise that we really don’t know how this day was celebrated at all.

Battle of Bywater: This holiday doesn’t actually have a name, but in Buckland each year on the night before the anniversary of the Battle of Bywater the hobbits blow the Horn of the Mark, and then burn bonfires and feast long into the night.

MIDWINTER: This was another holiday with variations across cultures. During Erio/Aelfwine’s visit to Tol Eressea it’s said that the elves were celebrating Turuhalme (“logdrawing”), which included games in the snow, gathering logs, drinking, and songs. The calendars of the men of Middle Earth began and ended in winter, so Midwinter was basically a new years festival for them. Interestingly, the calendars of Numenor and Gondor used the same names as the elves for these days: Mettare for the last day of the year, and Yestare for the first day of the new year. The men of Rohan also celebrated their new year on Midwinter, though we don’t know what they called this day. In the Shire, Midwinter and the new year) was celebrated in a six day festival called the Yuletide, and was known as a time of feasting and celebration.

I’m sure I’ve missed something, but I think this is a fairly thorough list of known holidays in Middle Earth. Let me know if you can think of something to add!

SOURCES: The Silmarillion, LOTR Appendices, The Unfinished Tales (“A Description of Numenor”), The Lost Tales, “Elven Holidays and Festivals” by Darth Fingon

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aragorn's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week:

the fellowship breaks on his watch

forced to choose who to follow

runs over 200 kilometers in under four days

thinks merry and pippin are dead

meets the reborn gandalf (a rare win), immediately has to do a 180 and ride to edoras

immediately after that needs to ride to battle

takes part in a battle which takes place over the whole night

gets maybe 20 hours of sleep over the course of the whole week

and, I cannot stress this enough, this is all still very far from over