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Hi All! It’s been a hot minute. I was inspired to make a video (messily, please be kind!) to show how the Pity of Bilbo was the lynchpin for defeating Sauron. (By the way mods, feel free to move this to the appropriate location!) It’s not professional by any means, but was made with love...

Who is your favorite: Frodo, who resisted the Ring longer than anyone else and brought it to Mordor, or Sam, the faithful, and selfless friend who helped him do so? (Frodo and Sam from the book, not the movie.)

Hello! I've got a question regarding Frodo's childhood. If Bilbo carried the ring around constantly in his pocket, that must've meant it's presence was felt by the other hobbits around him- especially Frodo, who must've spent a lot of time with him. Does that mean Frodo heard the ring as a...

Because currently watching "The Three Musketeers " 1993 movie on Disney+, and he plays the character D'Artagnan. And everytime i see him ride a horse i imagine Robin on a horse from Batman Forever for some reason. I would imagine same way if he played Frodo Baggins. Just curious to how you think...

Before getting a share of the dwarves treasure, Bilbo was already very well to do. I wonder where he got his wealth. He doesn't seem to work, and he is "upper class" hobbit. I wonder if he is a landowner with tenant farmers. Anyone know anything or have some ideas?

Did Frodo, of his own free will, agree to take the Ring to Mordor? Or, was he a piece on a chess board being moved by one of the Valar? Note Tolkien's wording: "...some other will was using his small voice." The Council of Elrond: Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to...

So, not to put too fine a point on things, did Bilbo actually steal the Ring? He found it, for sure, but he knew that it wasn't his, and then fairly quickly knew (from Gollum's mutterings and cursing) that it was Golllum's. The fact that it wasn't Gollum's at all doesn't hold any relevance, as...

Frodo Baggins convicted of trespass and trespass to chattel and terrorist destruction to property by prosecutors in Mordor courts. Sauron sues [in separate civil action] for return of ring .... In the related civil action, Sauron’s attorney (the Mouth of Sauron) puts forward character witnesses...

Hail and well met! I'm brand new to this forum and this is my first post. I've been reading so many postings today - all very interesting and informative. I've read the LOTR many times and have listened to the audiobooks even more and I have yet to understand how Gollum knew that Frodo was a...

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Leonard Nimoy, a.k.a. Spock from Star Trek, is on YouTube singing a little ditty called “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins”. I guess from the look of Nimoy and the dress of all the lovely young ladies that this is from the late 1960s.

"May the hair on your toes never fall out!" You'll hear that and other inspired blessings from J.R.R. Tolkien as ACTORS presents the story of Bilbo Baggins' famous underground journey beginning Nov. 19. Veteran directors Amanda Lloyd Julson and Ruthellen Cunnally and more than 30...

I was just reading some old posts and found a member (Bucky's) disgust at learning that in original drafts Tolkien called Frodo "Bingo." He said he would rather not have known this. I thought, 'Gosh, Bingo isn't so bad. It could've been so much worse!" I don't even like the name Frodo too...

From "An Unexpected Party"... "Of course there is a mark," said Gandalf. "I put it there myself. For very good reasons. You asked me to find the fourteenth man for your expedition, and I chose Mr. Baggins. Just let any one say I chose the wrong man or the wrong house and you can stop at...

Consigning him to the imaginative netherworld. The whole story would have been tarnished by the silly triviality of the name. No one would take the story seriously with a lead character called Bingo. It just goes to show the Tolkien started out writing a children's story sequel to The...

(Due to the out break of hobbit smoking threads and me not being able to resist doing the same joke on each smoking thread. . .I am starting a law firm for Hobbits. . .). Welcome to the firm of Baggins, Baggins, and Bracegirdle, attorneys at law, office in Hobbiton, the Shire. We represent...

She's always intrigued me. I love to hate her. I find her very funny. ..how do you feel about Lobellia? Do you like her? Hate her? Loathe her? Pity her? In some ways I pity her. . .but mostly she just amuses me. You? Personally my favorite bits are when she yells out "I'LL GIVE YOU...

Bilbo Baggins of the Shire BILBO BAGGINS born:TA2890 passed into the West:FA29 Son of Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took THE BEGINNING One summer afternoon in 1930, Professor J.R.R. Tolkien was marking exam papers. He said later… “One of the candidates had mercifully left one of the...

We never do learn what Bilbo's ancestors did to make money, do we? Maybe they owned farms, were landlords, carried out dubious business transactions with Dwarves? Does anyone know?

Today I was going through my mp3 collection and I came across The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins which I downloaded sometime ago from Kazaa. This track being by Leonard Nimoy, yes that is Leonard Nimoy as in Spock. It is really rather funny and I wondered if anyone else had happened upon it? If you...