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Hello there fellow Tolkien fan! I recently covered an often overlooked topic about the Were-worms briefly mentioned by Bilbo in The Hobbit book and also (wrongfully according to me) depicted in The Hobbit film Trilogy. In the video I go through the quote by Bilbo and try to discuss what...

I purchased some artwork for a book I am writing but will have no more need of them once the book is published. I will send the original file and all rights to the pictures including rights to make a profit in any way you wish. I only reserve the right to continue to include them in any future...

While Bilbo is sleeping, it's a beautiful morning in the Shire, the birds are singing, the sun is shining and everything is peaceful...Enjoy this music & ambience video of Bilbo's Bedroom that I made for you to feel like you are exactly there!

Is Bilbo a particularly special hobbit because he was able to give up the ring freely, when even Frodo couldn’t? Or was this just a function of distance from the fires of Mount Doom?

In this thread https://thetolkien.forum/threads/how-old-is-bilbo-in-the-lord-of-the-rings.7159/, it only discussed the timeline for the Lord of the Rings. I wanna know how old was Bilbo in the Hobbit?

As everyone should know, it is both frodo’s and bilbo’s birthday today! Yay! What mathom are you getting them?

Seven was enough for the Brothers Grimm and they knew how to tell a tale or two. Having just finished reading The Hobbit it occurred that not all the dwarfs have fully fleshed out characters and it can be difficult to remember who is who. Do we know why Tolkien chose thirteen?

... on the eagles' mountain ledge at the end of chapter 6 "Out of the Frying-Pan and into the Fire" He slept curled up on the hard rock more soundly than ever he had done on his feather-bed in his own little hole at home. But all night he dreamed of his own house and wandered in his sleep into...

When bilbo had the ring in the Hobit why where the ring wraiths not drawn to him like they were to frodo.

I don't think Shelob ever spoke in the book (though Gollum appeared to have some alliance with her, so maybe he at least figured out how to communicate with her), and I'm not sure if Ungoliant ever spoke to anyone but possibly Morgoth (who was a Valar and had near divine abilities, perhaps...

Happy Birthday! Time to party!

Sauron: Didn't part with it of his own free will. Had it cut from his finger. Isildur: Didn't destroy it and only parted with it when killed by orcs. Deagol: Didn't seem willing to part with it and only parted with it when murdered by Smeagol. Smeagol*: Lost it unwillingly when it slipped off...

I keep wondering this. He nearly came to the point of attacking Gandalf with Sting. What if he point blank refused to part with the Ring? What was Gandalf meaning by "You shall see Gandalf the Grey uncloaked!" and how was that a threat? I don't see how Gandalf, even in Valinor Mair-form...

Gollum even remarked that he feared that the goblins would capture Bilbo and end up getting the Ring. How did he ever figure out that Bilbo was not a prisoner of the goblins but was even alive? (Bilbo had plenty of places he could have died: Mirkwood, Smaug's lair, the Battle of Five...

There was a tense scene where he had to break his waist coat in order to get out. But what if he was a trifle fatter and couldn't get out? Would the goblins kill him (he's a hobbit, something they probably don't even know what it is, and not a dwarf)? Would they know what the Ring was and...

So-The Hobbit and Bilbo's departure date..So frustrated!! 1."Just before May"(Roast Mutton) 2."Started their journey that May morning"(Flies And Spiders) 3."Under the clock on his mantlepiece in May"(Thief In The Night) 2 and 3 contradict 1-however,1 is validated by Tolkien when he confirms a...

Just in case anyone's interested. I built a pretty close(on the front at least) replica of Bilbo's house. It is for sale by the way, if anyone's interested. It took far longer than I expected to build, and I don't fancy ever doing another. Quite a bit of Maths to get the curves. I recon the...

In "Shadow of the Past", Gandalf says that he it was "clear from the first" that Gollum had a Great Ring. And Gandalf says that he KNOWS that a Great Ring is perilous to a mortal. So, even if he wasn't sure if it was the One Ring, he HAD to have known that it was hazardous to poor old Bilbo...

This one has always bugged me. Bilbo said "Today, I pass up the Old Took." and he was going through the Shire to get through the Grey Havens. Why didn't he go to Hobbiton to celebrate his 131st birthday, which, for all we know, could well have been a historic event given his great age...

Gandalf sounded like he suspected that something was amiss about the Ring even when he discovered its existence during the timeline of the Hobbit. It seems odd that he NEVER consulted Saruman, Radaghast, or the Blue Wizards about it. It's not like Gandalf told NOBODY about it either, as I...