#the hobbit text post

[mountkennedie]

Kili: Would you love me if I was a worm?

Balin: Sure

Dwalin: Why would you be a worm

Fili: I would feed you to the birds

Thorin: Why are you asking me this

Ori: yes i would :)

Nori: I don't love you now

Dori: Why on earth would you be a worm?

Bofur: I love you now

Bombur: Disgusting

Oin: IF YOU WERE A WHAT?

Gloin: Don't turn into a worm

Bifur: *Khudzul*

Bilbo: I'm sorry. What?

Gandalf: *makes a face* anyway

[gandalf-the-fool]

Sleepwalking at midnight, pretending to be a hobbit, journeying to the fridge for a midnightses snack. The Desolation of the Cheese Drawer.

[nyxshadowhawk]

Which Lord of the Rings characters say fuck:

Aragorn: definitely says fuck, and has to catch himself and tone it down when he becomes king

Boromir: yes. "They have a fucking cave troll."

None of the hobbits do; at least, not at first. Pippin picks up swears from Boromir, and Sam will swear under duress

Gimli: swears all the time, but mainly in Khuzdul. He definitely tries to teach Khuzdul swears to Legolas

Legolas: swears very rarely, and usually in Sindarin, which sounds so pretty that it goes unnoticed. Gimli often tries to goad him into swearing

Gandalf: knows all the swears, but doesn't say them

Galadriel: used to swear when she was younger, but that was thousands of years ago, and she no longer does.

Eowyn: swears constantly. every other word.

Faramir: swore once, and still regrets it.

Gollum: doesn't know any swears, but would say them if he did.

@fadedkat

[theidlespoon]

nothing, just tolkien originally writing down the hobbit because his son christopher kept complaining that he'd change the details from night to night and then christopher later being so crucial in taking tolkien's notes and turning them into fully written novels of worldbuilding. loving someone to the point of creation and then having them help you finish the job.

[brethilach]

did you know that Tove Jansson's protrayal of Gollum in her illustrations of the 1962 Finnish translation of the Hobbit is what caused Tolkien to rewrite his description of Gollum's appearance his second edition of the Hobbit because he found it so incredibly monstrous but realized that it was still wholly accurate to the original text

imagine that the author of a story you loved thought your intepretation of what a character looks like was so egregious that he went back and changed the canon description just so it didn't happen again

[lotrreactionmemes]

Hobbits + text posts

[dyingroses]

Happy Middle Earth Monday!

[themistymountainscold]

how thorin see’s bilbo

but bilbo taking as being seen as just another piece of gold

[lacunases]

i’m actually so upset hobbits don’t have tails

[winwin17]

An exchange between Gandalf and Saruman, probably.

[soni-dragon]

a bunch of silly things that are just edits of my art with text posts (what a guy)

[smoking-old-toby]

hobbit textposts are consuming me

[brethilach]

thinking about how Bilbo followed a group of strangers to help them reclaim their home after it was sacked by a dragon, only to return and find his own home sacked by people he calls "family". But no one followed him back to help him

[lotrreactionmemes]

Hobbits + text posts, battery acid spaghetti edition

[metaphoricallyrose]

Dungeon meshi really does embody the Tolkien fantasy genre in that “guy that vibes and eats good food” is the best thing you can be

[verkomy]

okay so I’m rereading the hobbit and I want to make a list of my favorite quotes and parts so here we go:

“bilbo (…) got something a bit queer in his make-up from the took side” I chuckled

“mr. baggins was very fond of flowers” of course he was he’s a blorbo

“it was a beautiful golden harp, and when thorin struck it the music began all at once, so sudden and sweet that bilbo forgot everything else” bombastic side eye

“as he lay in bed he could hear thorin still humming to himself in the best bedroom next to him. bilbo went to sleep with that in his ears, and it gave him very uncomfortable dreams” criminal offensive side eye

“the explanation did not seem to explain” my brain 24/7 (but also when someone’s trying to explain the rules of any board game to me)

“bilbo was wearing a dark-green hood and a dark-green cloak borrowed from dwalin. they were too large for him, and he looked rather comic” bilbo in dwarven clothes, just throwing it out there

“bilbo baggins, a bur — a hobbit,” said poor bilbo, shaking all over, and wondering how to make owl-noises before their throttled him” this one made me laugh

“trolls simply detest the very sight of dwarves (uncooked)” this one too

“his house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all” I want to go to there

“dori, who was at the back next to bilbo, and a decent fellow. he made the hobbit scramble on his shoulders as best as he could with his tied hands, and then off they all went at a run. (…) that sent them on faster than ever, and as poor bilbo could not possibly go half as fast, they took it in turn to carry him on their backs” WE WERE ROBBED

“why, o why did I ever leave my hobbit-hole!” said poor mr. baggins bumping up and down on bombur’s back “why, o why did I ever bring a wretched little hobbit on a treasure hunt!” said poor bombur” comedic duo

gandalf answered angrily “I brought him, and I don’t bring things that are of no use” we love a supportive friend

“(gandalf) gave bilbo a queer look from under his bushy eyebrows” live gandalf reaction

“you ought not to be rude to an eagle, when you are only the size of a hobbit” good life advice

“here they sat on wooden benches while gandalf began his tale, and bilbo swung his dangling legs and looked at the flowers in the garden” a short king <3

“that only makes eleven and not fourteen, unless wizards count differently to other people” I LOVE BOOK BEORN SO MUCH and this whole chapter is probably my favorite by far

“the hobbit felt quite crushed, and as there seemed nothing else to do he did go to bed” what a mood

“long noses are sometimes useful you see” do with that information what you want

“they knew only too well that they would soon all have been dead, if it had not been for the hobbit; and they thanked him many times” AS THEY SHOULD, too bad thorin didn’t see any of what happened

“he did not like being dependent on by everyone, and he wished he had the wizard at hand” honestly, same

“never laugh at live dragon, bilbo you fool” another hopeful advice

“you are more worthy to wear the armour of elf-princes than many that have looked more comely in it. but wonder if thorin oakenshield will see it too” ouch

“then bilbo turned away, and he went by himself, and sat alone wrapped in a blanket, and, whether you believe it or not, he wept until his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse” this one hurts

“he was in fact held by all the hobbits of the neighbourhood to be queer” of course he was :D