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bilbo: “he was my friend”

a terrible interpretation of this line entered my head and i realized that bilbo baggins never had a friend before thorin. he lives alone, he goes to the market in hobbiton alone, basically no one talks to him there. he’s preparing to eat a meal alone, and the preparation of the meal and everything about that scene is so cold and ritualistic?? like they literally could have chosen to show us how bilbo had lots of warm relationships in the shire, all these friends that made home home for him, but no. instead they literally showed us a lonely guy trying to fit in where he doesn’t quite belong, other hobbits disapprovingly shaking their heads as he runs off but not appearing to give af, coded all queer “confirmed bachelor” status going on, who takes the length of time it takes to walk halfway across middle earth to finish the sentence, "to me he was………………………………………. he was my friend"

this is awful. thorin oakenshield was bilbo’s first(?) and likely only real friend ever and he had to watch him die. in his arms.

and for the two characters that talk about “home” the most often, and seem to think it’s a physical place they need to return to, they actually end up realizing that “home” is about people and specifically, their homes are with each other. TOO LATE THO BECAUSE THORIN IS DYING WHEN THEY HAVE THIS NICE LITTLE JOINT REALIZATION.

please shoot me in the face.

lavenderbagginshield

Hi? Hi. So, THAT HURTS

legolascontacts

just found this on pinterest and IMMEDIATELY had to share

legolascontacts

bringing this back with a new addition

iron-dogwood

Progress on my stained glass Narsil.

frog-thief

I periodically return to The Hobbit(*^.^*)

fantasyinallforms

Thorin makes a big show of running up the hill and looking out on Dale, only to turn around like a dork when he realizes Bilbo has just caught up.

And just in case you missed it, here it is again, slowed down.

He looks RIGHT AT HIM and turns around to survey the scene he just surveyed. My work here is done. The gif speaks for itself.

noka-exe

oh Frodo…

noka-exe

Some frames from my latest animation…

drunkbeefstudio

gracefuldisasters

frodo' s departure (very sad)

verkomy

what if it was bilbo who did not survive the battle

pilkypills

Reductively going in circles in my brain over who is the most “unusual” dwarf among the company (Kili’s human appearance, Fili’s association with plants, Bofur’s geniality, Ori’s cut hair and Bilbo-like mannerisms, Dori’s tidiness, etc etc) when its honestly actually pretty correct to say that they are ALL odd. Among the population of dwarves across Middle Earth these are the only ones willing to go with Thorin to Erebor in the first place. A fool’s errand. Likely to end in failure or death. They are the small few who will try anyway. That decision in itself makes it very clear that none of them are normal. Pretty freakin cool.

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it always confused why everyone would arrive at bilbo’s house separately if they all traveled to the shire together but then i realized. that trick gandalf pulls on beorn. where he has everyone come in slowly instead of all at once. its the same thing hes doing to bilbo.

now the question remains: is this gandalf’s go-to plan when trying to make someone okay with having 13 dwarves in their house, or does he view bilbo and beorn as both uniquely unhinged individuals who need to be handled like a wild animal that could bite at any minute? i need to Know