#the hobbit thoughts

[caniinae]

[theidlespoon]

nothing, just tolkien originally writing down the hobbit because his son christopher kept complaining that he'd change the details from night to night and then christopher later being so crucial in taking tolkien's notes and turning them into fully written novels of worldbuilding. loving someone to the point of creation and then having them help you finish the job.

[inkskinned]

sometimes we just need someone to pay enough attention.

for the longest time i had been trying to read The Lord of The Rings. everyone had sung the praises for it, over and over. i'd seen clips of the movie and it seemed like it could be fun, but actually reading it was fucking horrible.

my parents had the omnibus - all the books squished into one big tome - and in the 4th grade i started sort of an annual tradition: i would start trying to read TLR and get frustrated after about a month and put it back down. at first i figured i was just too young for it, and that it would eventually make sense.

but every time i came back to it, i would find myself having the exact same experience: it was confusing, weird, and dry as a fucking bone. i couldn't figure it out. how had everyone else on earth read this book and enjoyed it? how had they made movies out of this thing? it was, like, barely coherent. i would see it on "classics" list and on every fantasy/sci-fi list and everyone said i should read it; but i figured that it was like my opinion of great expectations - just because it's a classic doesn't mean i'm going to like experiencing it.

at 20, i began the process of forcing myself through it. if i had to treat the experience like a self-inflicted textbook, i would - but i was going to read it.

my mom came across me taking notes at our kitchen table. i was on the last few pages of the first book in the omnibus, and i was dreading moving on to the next. she smiled down at me. only you would take notes on creative writing. then she sat down and her brow wrinkled. wait. why are you taking notes on this?

i said the thing i always said - it's boring, and i forget what's happening in it because it's so weird, and dense. and strange.

she nodded a little, and started to stand up. and then sat back down and said - wait, will you show me the book?

i was happy to hand it over, annoyed with the fact i'd barely made a dent in the monster of a thing. she pulled it to herself, pushing her glasses up so she could read the tiny writing. for a moment, she was silent, and then she let out a cackle. she wouldn't stop laughing. oh my god. i cannot wait to tell your father.

i was immediately defensive. okay, maybe i'm stupid but i've been trying to read this since the 4th grade and -

she shook her head. raquel, this is the Silmarillion. you've been reading the Silmarillion, not the lord of the rings.

anyway, it turns out that the hobbit and lord of the rings series are all super good and i understand why they're recommended reading. but good lord (of the rings), i wish somebody had just asked - wait. this kind of thing is right up your alley. you love fantasy. it sounds like something might be wrong. why do you think it's so boring?

[mysandwichranaway]

doing the lineart for this was so hard i literally wanted to cry at one point lmao. But i'm really happy with how it looks <3 i hope you guys like it

[trianna-phoenix]

At a dinner party, bilbo is first seen by the public, nobody knows who he is or why there’s a hobbit in the company of the king but rumors spread quickly.

Later the next day, bilbo is reading a book and minding his own business

Kili and fili bursting into the room: “did you sleep with uncle???”

Bilbo, blankly: “I mean? Not yet”

[royaltea000]

Frodo smoking behind the camera rn 

[shellshooked]

one korok to rule them all, one korok to find them. one yahaha to bring them all and in the darkness bind them...

[serendippertyy]

HAPPY 86TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE HOBBIT 🗣️🗣️🥳🥳

[lonicera-edulis]

Not particularly funny as the result, and faces could be funnier, but yeh, still ok.

[fluentisonus]

also really funny when tolkien is like 'now I am satirizing small town english xenophobia' and people are like 'wow! the ideal society'

[thorinsghivashel]

Guys, His Majesty Thorin Oakenshield who's under dragon sickness and is ready to kill everyone for the Arkenstone, trusts Bilbo more than his own kin,to stand next to his Kingly throne!!! Basically the King's right-hand. Balin and Dwalin are fired...

😘😘😘Bilbo are you rehearsing for the King's Consort role already???👀 👀 👀

[thechaoticfish]

i really love the idea of terms of endearment being food-themed in hobbit culture so hear me out

Bilbo referring to Thorin as his blueberry pie?? or literally anything with blueberry at this point, since, you know Thorin usually wears blue clothes, has blue eyes and is kind of associated with this beautiful dark blue colour

[tilions]

Do you ever think about how none of the Hobbits died in the Shire? They all left it when their time had come, as if they couldn't bear it to face death in the land they all went through so much for.

I mean, imagine how those goodbyes must have been for them and for their families. We know of Sam and Elanor but what about Pippin and his son Faramir? Or Merry and his potential children? How did they say goodbye to them, presuming that they knew this journey east would be their last one? That they would never see their loved ones again? Had they made peace with that?

Also the way how their final destination mirror eachother: Frodo, Bilbo and Sam's last destination, the undying lands, the west, the home of immortal heroes from ages past; and Merry and Pippin's last destination, Minas Tirith, the east, the home of mortal heroes of the present.

Just thinking about the fact that none of the Hobbits stayed in the Shire until the very end

[crowleys-dark-sunglasses]

Thinking about the fact that in sophomore year chemistry I wore a lotr shirt to school one day after winter break and apparently my chemistry teacher was a total lotr nerd and was feeling generous cause this was our exact conversation

"Hey! You like lotr?"

"Yeah :)) we actually watch the movies every year on new years"

"Ohh cool! Who's your favorite character"

"Pippin, he's actually a very underrated character and most people don't realize it"

"That's true, yeah. Have you read the books?"

"No, I don't own them and can never find them at the library"

"Do you want the books?"

"What?"

"I have so many copies of the books I can give you the whole set if you want"

"Sure, I mean yeah if that's okay!"

"Ofc, give me a day or two"

And then literally the next day he comes to my desk and dramatically slams the whole lotr trilogy AND the hobbit on my desk right after class starts and just goes "I threw in an extra for you"

I loved that teacher so much he was actually the best, the whole class was staring at us like we were insane tho lmaooo

[lucradiss]

Concept art for a Wild West!Thilbo au I’m calling ‘An Outlaw Called Wyrm’ !! Think Middle-Earth but cowboy-ified.

Image one: From right to left- Gandalf, Thorin, Bilbo, Dwalin, Kíli and Fíli.

[clarabow-mp3]

i've been thinking about this all day so here's my thoughts on @sillylotrpolls 's "which member of the fellowship fucks":

frodo: too busy Brooding and perhaps even Yearning. maybe once or twice in his youth but to me just doesn't seem like the type of person to have casual sex.

sam: also too busy Yearning, but also just doesn't seem the type. he has a job, he's busy, he's in love with his boss AND the girl at the pub, it's a whole thing.

pippin: for all intents and purposes is like. 17. so again maybe once or twice but in very awkward, fumbling ways that made everyone involved think "wait, did that count?"

merry: fucks severely. confident, kind, intelligent, always there to lend a helping hand (😏). of course he pulls hobbits of all genders constantly. the only potential wrench in the works is the fact that he at the very least is already acquainted with his future wife, so maybe they've got something going on in which case he is probably not out romancing other hobbits.

gandalf: be so serious. who is he fucking? hobbits? saruman? shame those big naturals are going to waste but he does not fuck.

boromir: next after merry, imo. has been around, fighting battles and in taverns and such, and is prone to temptation so has definitely fucked at some point, probably multiple times. however he does hate himself for it.

aragorn: lives in the woods singing about his one true elven love. no way.

legolas: is not married, and therefore has not had sex. elf marriage is the one time tolkien wrote about sex and you're all ignoring it.

gimli: sure. why not? gimli fucks. good for him.