i have this pet theory that the shire is the Entwives garden and the hobbits are what happens when you make entings by parthenogenisis. maybe the entwives are gone and maybe not. maybe Goldberry is one of them. but like what if the hobbits have big feet because they get nutrients through the ground sometimes? what if they're so resilient because they have barkskin? they're described as having a deep love of green growing things and for orderliness. idk, i just like the idea that Treebeard is unknowingly telling the tale of the Entwives to their unknowing descendants.












