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ineffible-chaos · 1 month

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thorin this, thorin that,

what about how Bilbo probably couldn’t meet pippin and merry’s eyes for the longest time because every time he saw them, all he could see was fili and kili ☹️

how many times did bilbo almost slip up and call the hobbits by names that were not their own but all bilbo could see was that same mischievous twinkle he saw in those two young dwarves eyes?

how many years would it be before the hobbits realized why gandalf was so hard on them? why bilbo had stopped looking at them with such devastation on his face but could not hide the anguish in his eyes?

bilbo never told any of the young hobbits his full journey, always making everything seem more heroic and thrilling than the profound loss everyone suffered in The Company. It probably wasn’t until Frodo left with his uncle that merry and pippin realized why the old hobbit could never truly meet their eyes when sam let them read the book containing both of their journeys ☹️

#bilbo baggins #we always talk about bilbo and thorins tragedy #but never about how that heartbreak and devastation rolled over into the rest of bilbos life #i just know he couldn’t bring himself to tell frodo to not bring merry and pippin around #logically he knew fili and kili were dead #but at least for a split second when he saw the hobbits he could fool himself into thinking they were still there with him #frodo baggins #merry brandybuck #pippin took #merry and pippin #lotr makes me wanna sob all of the time #i wonder if that final goodbye in rivendell was the only time bilbo was able to truly meet the hobbits eyes and see them for themselves #and not for his long lost friends #still fully believe that it was a struggle for him to see frodo too #his curls looked EXACTLY like thorins #no wonder why bilbo became such a shut in #the whole world was a reminder of what he lost #lord of the rings #the hobbit

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