Litsy

The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien

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This is a re-read that I try to do every year. I borrowed my stepdad's copy of the book this year to read cause my copy is a mass paperback and I just wanted larger print this time. I love this book. The characters and the story is great. It is something I look forward to reading every year. I rated the book a 5 out of 5 stars. My stepdad is who got me to reading Tolkien when I was 16 years old.

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Cuilin

Villains: Novellas | Rhiannon Paille

#TLT @dabbe

This was fun!! The bottom three are villains that frightened the life out of me as a child!! I‘m sure they meant the singular man in Bambi, I‘m using it to mean mankind. Also, if you‘re playing a fascist/Nazi automatic villain!! Missing from the list are my two favorite villains, Moriarty from Sherlock and Loki. (if you get redemption arc, are you still a villain?)

Care to play?

mcctrish, CogsOfEncouragement, Read4life, Sace, kelli7990, AllDebooks

lil1inblue Loki! 😍 😍 😍 1y

dabbe I bet if AFI updated the list, it would include SHERLOCK's Moriarty. “Miss me?“ 😱 And excellent question. I'd have to say yes because Darth Vader got redemption, right? Though most of these on the list were evil all the way to the end. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🧡🩶 1y

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GatheringBooks

Poems from The Hobbit | J R R Tolkien

#SummerSouls Day 2: #mountains reminded me of a Poetry Friday feature Iphigene once shared on GatheringBooks with the ballad Far Over the Misty Mountain here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-8PY

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs So dreamy 🩵🏔️🩵 1y

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shortsarahrose

The Hobbit, Or, There and Back Again | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“The only person thoroughly unhappy was Bilbo.”

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Robotswithpersonality

The Hobbit | J. R. R. Tolkien

so-so

This will likely not find favour with Tolkien fans, but if I were to rank the three interrelated pieces of media, the original novel, the films made from this material and the fanfic made as a result of the films, my rating would go: 1) fanfic, 2) films, 3) novel. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? While a good deal of this rating is based on my being a Bagginshield shipper, the fanfic tends to do the best job of filling out pieces where readers or viewers may have wanted to see more detail.
And of course, the wealth of fix-it fic where Thorin doesn't fucking die!
2y

Robotswithpersonality 3/? Most will find this an unfair assessment of the original work, as there really isn't enough in the original text to infer a romantic relationship between Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield, it's not the point of that story. The subtext is present in the films chiefly because of the performance of the actors, even more so than the script, and fans just ran with it to expand on canon and fulfill the suggestion. It's not just this romance that flourishes in fanfic, though, you get all kinds of more complex windows into other characters and side ventures, that, while up to the transformative author's interpretation, enriches the world that Tolkien built. 2y

Robotswithpersonality 4/? The message at the heart of The Hobbit is present in the films and the better fanfic, though the fic I favour does its best to show that characters learn the lesson without the same tragedy. It's why I don't find myself spending much time with Tolkien-related media outside the fix-it realm. He had good reason for telling the stories he did, but they're all so goddamn sad. 2y

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 And I can say with confidence now, having run back through his four most well known books, this ventures a little further into the high fantasy, and a narrative style that I don't love. I doubt I'll be investigating other works by this author. To each their own. 🤷🏼‍♂️

⚠️ Fatphobia 2y

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JazzFeathers

The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

This is happening on Instagram, but maybe we can play along too 😜

JazzFeathers @Daisey @wordslinger42 @BookwormAHN @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BethM @TheAromaOfBooks @Susanita @Roary47 @Light_of_Aether @TheBookDream @dabbe @Vansa @IndoorDame @Chrys @majkia @Fortifiedbybooks @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean @Born.A.Reader @Larkken @Clare-Dragonfly @mabell @Liatrek @tdrosebud @curiouserandcurioser @Desha @slategreyskies @AmyK1 @wisherwishinguponastar @gossamerchild 2y

BookwormAHN I think that would be fun 😺 2y

wisherwishinguponastar Would it be posting a related picture for each day? I am not good at the whole social media thing. My bad. 2y

BethM @wisherwishinguponastar I don‘t get it either 😂 2y

JazzFeathers @wisherwishinguponastar @BethM Yes. Every day you post a picture related to the day's theme.😁 2y

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mabell

The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien

I love how Thorin went from:

"You are not making a very splendid figure as King under the Mountain,'” said Gandalf.
"But things may change yet."

To:

Out leapt the King under the Mountain, and his companions followed him. … In the gloom the great dwarf gleamed like gold in a dying fire. … "To me! To me! Elves and Men! To me! O my kinsfolk!" he cried, and his voice shook like a horn in the valley.

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipofTolkien

Daisey, JazzFeathers

Daisey It is quite a transition, and all it took was finding a common enemy. 2y

JazzFeathers I love Thorin's character arc so much. He's such a complex character. But then, my fellow #FellowshipOfTolkien companions know my soft spot for Dwarves 😂 2y

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Roary47

The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien

Intense! Bilbo sees and even talks to the dragon Smaug!! His riddle talk is impressive. I would never be able to talk to a dragon that likes riddles. Bilbo even finds a way that the dragon can be defeated! So brave! #FellowshipofTolkien #LotRChapterSDay @Daisey @JazzFeathers

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Fortifiedbybooks

The Annotated Hobbit | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Douglas A. Anderson

I'm so behind in the #FellowshipOfTolkien reading of The Hobbit, as well as the other books I've been reading that I'm joining #20in4 with a goal of reading for 20 hours this weekend. I don't have to work tomorrow, so I should be able to pull it off.

Andrew65

Andrew65 Best of luck 😁 2y

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JazzFeathers

The Hobbit | J.R.R. Tolkien

#LotRChapterADay #FellowshipOfTolkien

I reread The Hobbit only a few months ago for Hobbit Day, but this reread already feels special 😍

BethM Yes! 2y

Daisey Completely agree! Last night was busy but hoping to have time to sit down read and peruse all the posts again this evening. 2y

JazzFeathers @Daisey l'm enjoying all the posts so very much 🤩 2y

JazzFeathers @BethM 😜 2y

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