Someone has drawn an utterly glorious fanart of the Dwarves bathing in the river and Bilbo looking somewhat put out (and Bifur lurking in the shallows)...I shall have to see if I can dig it up, but I'm not browsing tumblr at work, that seems like a bad idea.
I think their plan for this Quest went something like: 1. Assemble Company. 2. Travel to Erebor. 3. ??? 4. Profit! (By the time they reach the Mountain the "???" has been replaced with "Burglar does something," and the Burglar is not happy about it.)
...you have made me wonder if there are Ents in Mirkwood. I suspect not, I don't think they'd put up with the spiders, and the Necromancer would have had a harder time taking it over if there were Ents. But were there ever? Once upon a time?
Nono, the best part is that Thingol (who was Elwë at the time) had gone off to meet Finwë in the forest for Unspecified Reasons and then ran into Melian and kind of never came back. So eventually Finwë got tired of waiting for him and everyone elected Thingol's brother Olwë to be king instead if their other king was apparently not coming back and then they all fucked off to Valinor and next time anyone sees him he has a wife and a daughter and a new language and a giant system of caves and trade routes with Dwarves and all Finwë got was dead. (Well, and a shitty son.)
BILBO KILLING SPIDERS WITH ROCKS, he is my hero. (I am a little arachnophobic; not badly, but this scene in the movie will cause me to hide behind my hands. Killing spiders is obviously a Good and Heroic Thing.)
I think he's referring to Valinor as Faerie, that magical other-place that isn't really part of the mortal world, more than making any distinctions about Faeries and Elves. Besides, it's vastly more likely that, if Elves were intermixing with Hobbits, it'd be Sindarin Elves. (Can you picture any of the Noldor marrying a Hobbit? Good lord.)
Thorin and Thranduil's epic sass-off is going to be the greatest thing that happens this year, I cannot wait.
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I think their plan for this Quest went something like:
1. Assemble Company.
2. Travel to Erebor.
3. ???
4. Profit!
(By the time they reach the Mountain the "???" has been replaced with "Burglar does something," and the Burglar is not happy about it.)
...you have made me wonder if there are Ents in Mirkwood. I suspect not, I don't think they'd put up with the spiders, and the Necromancer would have had a harder time taking it over if there were Ents. But were there ever? Once upon a time?
Nono, the best part is that Thingol (who was Elwë at the time) had gone off to meet Finwë in the forest for Unspecified Reasons and then ran into Melian and kind of never came back. So eventually Finwë got tired of waiting for him and everyone elected Thingol's brother Olwë to be king instead if their other king was apparently not coming back and then they all fucked off to Valinor and next time anyone sees him he has a wife and a daughter and a new language and a giant system of caves and trade routes with Dwarves and all Finwë got was dead. (Well, and a shitty son.)
BILBO KILLING SPIDERS WITH ROCKS, he is my hero. (I am a little arachnophobic; not badly, but this scene in the movie will cause me to hide behind my hands. Killing spiders is obviously a Good and Heroic Thing.)
I think he's referring to Valinor as Faerie, that magical other-place that isn't really part of the mortal world, more than making any distinctions about Faeries and Elves. Besides, it's vastly more likely that, if Elves were intermixing with Hobbits, it'd be Sindarin Elves. (Can you picture any of the Noldor marrying a Hobbit? Good lord.)
Thorin and Thranduil's epic sass-off is going to be the greatest thing that happens this year, I cannot wait.