#i have no responsibilities that would impact my ability to feed myself rn

[dreamofbecoming]

so i am embracing the adhd and starting the hobbit trilogy over (bc i like lotr better and i want to finish with the best ones, and also its chronological lol) and i gotta say one thing i really appreciate about bilbo is how he’s never remotely self conscious asking questions. he’s just about the most out of his element that anyone has ever been, so he has approximately none of the necessary “common knowledge” of everyone around him, and having been in that situation i personally can find it really scary and embarrassing to feel foolish and ignorant by admitting the things i don’t know. but bilbo just asks every question he has, no hesitation. “you’re going on a quest? who’s smaug? are there other wizards? what happened to azog?” and like yeah, obviously, he has no way of knowing these things! of course he has to ask! but as someone who has been in therapy for most of my adult life dealing specifically with learning to let go of my need to appear as though i know everything and have no questions at all times, i’m just really impressed with him and grateful for this portrayal. we should all be a little more like bilbo i think