I love comparing book Thorin and to movie Thorin especially when they first meet Bilbo and book Thorin lands flat on his face being crushed by Bifur, Bofur and Bombur, pulls out a beautiful harp that he’s been carrying the whole time to the shire and even after they leave the shire, gives compliments to Bilbo about being a generous host and talks about the hair on his feet and movie Thorin just saunters in looking like a sexy mysterious man in the night ready to whisk away poor Bilbo but his brain wasn’t working quick enough to keep up with the charade and insults Bilbo instead.
And I love both of them and would love it if they both met and thought the other version was a complete moron.
“While there was still a king [the Hobbits] were in name his subjects, but they were, in fact, ruled by their own chieftains and meddled not at all with events in the world outside. To the last battle at Fornost with the Witch-lord of Angmar they sent some bowmen to the aid of the king, or so they maintained, though no tales of Men record it.” ~ Prologue, Concerning Hobbits, The Fellowship of the Ring (Art: “Hobbit Archer” by Aleksander Karcz)
Thank you @xxtoxicknightaestheticsxx @firelightinferno @meluiloth-of-rivendell for the suggestion, and thank you to everyone else that gave suggestions I go through all of them 🙏🏻
we don’t talk enough about the fact that there was a period of time when bilbo was in possession of the one ring, the arkenstone, and a mithril shirt. that’s one hell of a collection and he was most excited about an acorn…
Farewell, Master Burglar. Go back to your books... and your armchair... plant your trees, watch them grow. If more people... valued home above gold... this world would be a merrier... place...
Bilbo Baggins:
No! No, no, no! No! Thorin! Thorin... don't you dare! [cradles Thorin, who has already died] Thorin... hold on. Hold on. Look. The Eagles. The Eagles. The Eagles are here. Thorin! [realizing Thorin's dead] The Ea - [breaks down and begins to weep]
We have the king who married the hobbit and was insane and obssesive about him even when he had the dragon sickness
A young prince dating an elf who was banished from the elf kingdom
(At least they had Fili who was responsible when he had to)
And then Gimli came. Someone responsible, intelligent and amazing in every way and he ends up with the weird prince elf who is the son of the elven king that kept the company prisioners
Thorin: I am Turing you greedily man away and ignoring you in your time of need
Bilbo: Who are you, Thranduil???
Thorin, going through the five stages of grief, the shock of being compared to Thranduil immediately kicking the goldsickness out of his body: I have changed my mind
Ok I know we all like to joke about how the Battle of the Five Armies is only a page long in The Hobbit but like. Sometimes I think about how what if Tolkien wrote it that way because he didn’t want his kids to hear about war.
I’m watching The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies and when he’s saying goodbye to the dwarves, he says, “Don’t bother knocking.”
And I know that’s meant to be: “You’re welcome to just walk in and take a seat and hang out.”
But really, when we watch their introductions, they all ring the doorbell to show they’re at the door. Except. EXCEPT Thorin. He specifically knocks. He’s the only dwarf who does.
So in this essay, I will say:
Bilbo wants to keep in contact with the dwarves, but. He knows if he hears a knock at the door, he will assume it’s Thorin every time.
But when he’s older, he’s bitter when Gandalf knocks at the door. Most likely from forgetfulness and the Ring, but a piece of him remembers the feeling of why he doesn’t like knocking.