#the ​hobbit fandom

[death220467]

Petition to make [#the glorious hair of glorfindel] an actual tag

#the glorious hair of glorifindel #glorfindel #silmarillion #tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #the lord of the rings #petitioning the fandom #silm fandom #lotr fandom #the ​hobbit fandom #glorfindel deserves this

[allythistle]

‘GET OFF THE ROAD - QUICK!!’

Heylo darlins! This is what I’ve been working on this week.

Next up, Bilbo, as per the results of my last poll :D

#artists on tumblr #character art #art #digital art #fan art #small artist #lotr #traditional art #writing #fantasy art #lord of the rings #lotr fanart #the hobbit #hobbits #ring wraiths #tolkien #middle earth #character design #lotr fandom #lotredit #the fellowship of the ring #jrr tolkien #original art #procreate

[retellingthehobbit]

Retelling The Hobbit Chapter 16: The Song of the Lonely Mountain First chapter / Previous / Next

To view full comic: Webtoon/A03 / Tumblr post with links to all chapters

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*crumbles into dust after finishing this* Thank you for reading! This The Hobbit webcomic adaptation thing takes a lot of effort to put together and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate every comment. I also really appreciate the people who’ve spread the word of this comic to their friends! <3

And finally, we’re at the Song of the Lonely Mountain! Within Tolkien’s canon, The Hobbit is an in-universe book that was “written” by Bilbo Baggins, who occasionally lies/embellishes/exaggerates things. The tonal differences between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are explained by Bilbo and Frodo/Sam being different kinds of storytellers, with different relationships to “the truth.” This idea is the core of how I’m adapting the novel!  Bilbo is an unreliable narrator who is literally ‘drawing’ from his own limited experiences;  the different art styles reflect the different perspectives of other characters.   The “dwarf art style” in this chapter is inspired by stonework/metalwork in general— but especially by a mix of art deco, Celtic art, and European folk art. 

The central tension of the comic is between Bilbo and Thorin, who each have wildly different ideas about what kind of  story they’re in. Thorin is in a grand fantasy epic, while Bilbo is in a lighthearted children’s book adventure.  The tragedy is, obviously, that only one side of the story ever gets to be fully told.

On a sillier note, a few years ago I had my first gay crush on a lesbian who sang while playing the piano. This chapter is dedicated to the piano lesbian. I hope they’re doing well, wherever they are. XD

I think I might need a bit of a break but I’m hoping for the next chapter, titled “Dawn,” to arrive on January 13th. And your comments/support really do help motivate me to get more done! ^_^

#lotr #the hobbit #bagginshield #the hobbit comic #retelling the hobbit #lord of the rings #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET #anyway *crumbles into dust* #the slowest burn bagginshield fic of all time??? #it will become canon in approximately 84 years #i would say its the most high effort fanfic in the hobbit fandom but ive got lots of competition for that #god works hard but Hobbit fans work harder and etc etc #long post

[prismatoxic]

"chilchuck isn't a twink, he's a DILF!" now i get why you're saying that but i feel like you've maybe forgotten what chilchuck tims canonically looks like

i'm sorry but this man is a twink. also DILF isn't a body type it's a status (and technically, an opinion) so he can be both

"but he's middle-aged!" look at him. look with your eyeballs. his age has nothing to do with the fact that he Looks Like That. he's a twink. the sooner you accept this the less angry his fandom will make you

edit bc this post has become the bane of my existence:

FAQ

Q: wtf do you mean he's a dad? he looks like a kid. A: he is 29 years old, and a half-foot. half-foots are dungeon meshi's halflings, or hobbits, or whatever you want to call them.

Q: wait, if he's 29, why the fuck are you calling him middle-aged? A: half-foots have an average lifespan of 50 years. chilchuck was originally drawn with grey hairs (you can see that in the manga fullbody) but the mangaka gave up on that over time. he's middle-aged for his race.

Q: hey, doesn't that look like a little angry face on his boot in the manga drawing? A: yea kinda

#as a proud member of the chilfucker fandom i think we should all accept his canon appearance even if we draw him way different #if you can only love him if he looks like a hobbit do you really love him at all? #by all means draw and think of him however sparks joy for you. but this is who he is in the manga and anime and you need to accept that #i love all chilchucks but i just love him in general. ideal man #chilchuck tims #tox.txt #edits made because the tags on this post are my villain origin story #i have now muted notifs!

[once-and-future-fandoms]

i completely forgot that most people don't find new shows by scrolling tumblr and seeing someone being obsessed with a character/show/ship and going "yeah i'm going to invest hours into my this show so i can be obsessed with it too"

#fandom #supernatural #the hobbit #destiel #bagginshield #ofmd #our flag means death #gentlebeard #good omens #ineffable partners #ineffable husbands #bbc sherlock #johnlock #bbc m #bbc merlin #merthur #this is how i got introduced to all these fandoms #i mean i watched the hobbit years ago but the bagginshield brainrot came from this site #ao3 #tumblr

[thethirdtreeofvalinor]

elrond sipping his tea: how nice of you to join me for breakfast, thranduil. it’s certainly been a while hasn’t it. you remember bilbo, the hobbit from like seventy years ago? he has a kid now. i know you would just love frodo

thranduil:

thranduil: elrond, where’s my son

#love elrond sending thranduil’s son off without a word of warning #the fellowship of the ring #lotr memes #tolkien #lotr #the lord of the rings #lotr fandom #incorrect tolkien quotes #incorrect lord of the rings quotes #hobbit shitpost #elrond #thranduil #bilbo baggins #frodo baggins

[nelyos-right-hand]

I think there's no better fandom to be a nerd in than the Tolkien fandom. Mostly thanks to the professor himself. People I know be like "You're learning a language just because of a book?! Girl, you're so obsessed!"

Well, at least I'm just learning a language, not inventing one! And at least it's just one language, not ten! You think my hour long rants are annoying? You can be glad my current obsession-level is maybe 5% of Tolkien's, or we'd be having an entirely different conversation right now.

Really, Tolkien was the worst of all of us, and no one can tell me otherwise. You can also see in the way he wrote his characters that he was just fangirling the entire time. I literally see him waking his wife in the middle of the night, like "I can't sleep, I just keep thinking about Fingon, he's so cool and epic and tragic and aahhhhhh!". I also think nothing makes a better story than the author being just as much in love with the characters as the fans are.

#tolkien #silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #the silmarillion #my post #the hobbit #fingon #silm fandom #tolkien fandom

[prokopetz]

The fun thing about how American fandom culture seems to have settled the perennial What Is Anime debate by deciding in favour of "anything that was physically animated in Japan is anime, regardless of any other dimensions of its production" is how it interacts with all those American/Japanese and Canadian/Japanese co-productions from the 1970s and 1980s. If applied with an even hand, this rule would oblige us to conclude that the 1977 Rankin/Bass adaptation of The Hobbit is anime, which is both ridiculous and objectively correct.

#media #cartoons #animation #anime #the hobbit #jrr tolkien #tolkien #history #animation history #fandom #taxonomy

[silmarillion-ways-to-die]

#Kuno's Classics #feanorean war crimes #feanor #feanorean follies #feanorians #losgar #silmarillion #the silmarillion #the silm #the silm fandom #lord of the rings #the hobbit #tolkien #jrr tolkien #lotr #lotr rop #lotr trop #lotr memes #tolkien memes #lord of the rings meme

[elfwithantlers]

#lotr #lord of the rings #tolkien #middle earth #the lord of the rings #lotr memes #tolkien memes #the hobbit #hobbits #fantasy #hobbit memes #lotr fandom

[tenaciousgeckos]

Shakespeare: So, in Macbeth, the forest doesn't actually move, it's just an army holding branches

C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien: And we took that personally

#shakespeare #funny #macbeth #literature #narnia #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #prince caspian #dawn treader #ben barnes #lord of the rings #ents #aragorn #legolas #fandoms #bilbo baggins #hobbit #orlando bloom #lion witch wardrobe #christian #books #movies #series #book rec

[winwin17]

Are you afraid of Scary Bilbo?

Maybe, but ...

Does it change your view of Bilbo's entire character? Does it make you decide Bilbo is evil and corrupt at heart? Does it cause you to deride Bilbo for greed and selfishness in spite of all his heroic deeds?

No?

Then why do you do that to Boromir?

When Boromir tried to take the Ring from Frodo, it was his equivalent to the "HRRAAGHH!!" Bilbo moment.

Think back to the moment when Bilbo at Rivendell asked Frodo just to see the Ring, and in one fleeting instant Frodo saw, not the Bilbo he knew, but "a little wrinkled creature with a hungry face and bony groping hands." The flash of vision scared Frodo so bad he felt a desire to strike Bilbo. Frodo was terrified.

And then the next moment, Bilbo was himself again. The book itself describes the moment thus: "Bilbo looked quickly at Frodo 's face and passed his hand across his eyes. 'I understand now,' he said. 'Put it away! I am sorry: sorry you have come in for this burden; sorry about everything.'"

My friends, this is not that different from what happened with Boromir. He pressed Frodo to show him the Ring, and then became so intense about it that Frodo was terrified Boromir would take the Ring by force. Just like he'd been terrified of Scary Bilbo. Because, just as that was frighteningly not like the true Bilbo, this action was also not like the true Boromir.

Sadly, Frodo did not get the chance to hear Boromir's repentant apology and weeping once the moment of madness had passed. He got to hear Bilbo say, "I am sorry; sorry about everything!" But he did not get to hear Boromir say, "What have I said? What have I done?" nor his confession to Aragorn, "I tried to take the Ring from Frodo. I am sorry."

And what did Bilbo want the Ring for at that point in his life anyway? What would he do with its power? Get revenge on his petty relatives? Acquire riches and pipe-weed to last a lifetime? On the other hand, Boromir wanted the Ring as a final desperate hope to save his city, his home, his family, and his people. Being of a noble heart, he viewed the Ring as the only possible way to protect and defend others. It could be said that he was somewhat selfish and desired glory of his own through his efforts, but then again, wouldn't it be called selfishness for Bilbo to get revenge on the Sackville-Baggins, or store up wealth and riches for himself, or hoard all the pipe-weed he could want? Perhaps he would have had loftier thoughts and intentions to use it against Sauron - but then that would simply be a twin vision to Boromir's.

The point is, no one loses confidence in the character of Bilbo or his true-heartedness because of that one scary moment when he is almost overcome by lust for the Ring. And yet Boromir gets villainized for the same thing.

Say it with me, folks: "Boromir was no more of a villain in his temporary madness for the Ring than Scary Bilbo was!"

#lotr #i will stand for hero boromir #you may stick me full of arrows but i will die defending him #not with swords but with my words which are their own swords #lord of the rings #lotr fandom #boromir #lotr boromir #bilbo baggins #the hobbit #rivendell #frodo baggins #the one ring #lotr books #books and reading #book nerd #aragorn #aragorn son of arathorn #scary bilbo

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for stealing this homeless dude's necklace?

So how this story begins is that I (51M) got cajoled by a big group of my friends into going on this backpacking trip, which they know that I hate.

A few days out in the mountains, I got separated from the group (long story) and ended up wandering around down by this lake trying to find everybody again.

Down by the water I found this chain lying on the ground and didn't know whose it was, I just thought it was interesting and picked it up.

It was dark and this dude startled me by just showing up behind me. He seemed a bit crazy and started threatening to rob me, at least I think thats what he meant because he kept asking me what I have in my pockets.

Finally I realized that the necklace must be his, because he kept saying he lost his most precious possession. But I didn't want to let on that I had it so I just bandied words with him for a bit and then when he started getting aggressive I ran away and eventually got back with the group.

AITA for keeping the jewelry?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #btw this is like. the IDEAL way to write a fandom post to get it posted #very very well done #fandom aita #unreality #good enough to post on purpose

[camille-lachenille]

#tolkien #the silmarillion #the hobbit #the lord of the rings #tolkien polls #lotr poll #tolkien fandom #hyperspecific poll

[thecoolblackwaves]

#weekly poll wednesdays #my posts #tolkien #the hobbit #lotr #lord of the rings #silm #silmarillion #silm fandom #lotr fandom #hobbit fandom #dwarves #elves #hobbits #ents #wizards #balrogs

[meteors-lotr]

I think Smaug had the right idea, the ultimate weighed blanket of thousands upon thousands of pounds of gold laying on top of you as you sleep, like shit I’d take a sixty year long nap too man

#lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #Smaug #Smaug the dragon #Lotr fandom #The hobbit fandom