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I like Bilbo's style of taking care of business so much more

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Jul 12 2009, 2:45pm

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than Thorin's. He's much better at getting to the point :)

I'm always impressed with how much Bilbo sticks to his plan. He's pressed for time and he grows impatient with the interruptions and suspicions. I think he was so focused on getting to the leaders and stating his case/handing over his trump card that he forgot that he would be considered an invader from the enemy camp. A flaw of the pure-of-heart, I'm afraid. Very na�ve at some level.

And I love that the letter would survive when he'd been through fire and water and months of hardship. It's so Tolkien, for me, to have this delightful unlikelihood... like Sam carrying his box of salt or Pippin carrying his extra pipe to share with Gimli after being in the wild and kidnapped by Uruks.

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'Half a moment!'; said Pippin. Putting his hand inside the breast of his jacket he pulled out a little soft wallet on a string. 'I keep a treasure or two near my skin, as precious as Rings to me. Here's one: my old wooden pipe. And here's another: an unused one.

Wonderful!

"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West."
~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..."

I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.

TORn's Observations Lists

Subject	User	Time
A Thief in the Night -- Part 4	weaver	Jul 10 2009, 3:53am
here goes	Twit	Jul 10 2009, 10:10am
Letter consistency	Dreamdeer	Jul 11 2009, 12:17am
Thoughts.	Curious	Jul 10 2009, 2:19pm
Letter	Dreamdeer	Jul 11 2009, 12:14am
Bilbo makes them an offer they can't refuse	squire	Jul 11 2009, 5:24am
Good for you to have done it!	sador	Jul 12 2009, 7:27am
�Bilbo is not honest yet� - ??	squire	Jul 12 2009, 2:28pm
Quite so!	N.E. Brigand	Jul 12 2009, 5:26pm
Perhaps "find out" was too strong	sador	Jul 13 2009, 6:41am
The Mind as Iceberg	Dreamdeer	Jul 13 2009, 6:36pm
It may be in the author's mind,	Curious	Jul 13 2009, 6:45pm
If Bilbo lied to his neighbors about his adventures,	Curious	Jul 13 2009, 6:47pm
"His magic ring he kept a great secret..."	N.E. Brigand	Jul 13 2009, 7:15pm
Oops!	sador	Jul 13 2009, 7:24pm
Not lied?	sador	Jul 13 2009, 7:22pm
As N.E.B. notes, there's no obligation to tell everything.	Curious	Jul 13 2009, 8:32pm
Well, you know	sador	Jul 14 2009, 6:15am
Bilbo told Frodo the whole story, but	Curious	Jul 14 2009, 8:55am
The Quest for Power	Dreamdeer	Jul 14 2009, 6:56pm
Tolkien wanted to put the genie back	Curious	Jul 14 2009, 7:46pm
"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"	squire	Jul 14 2009, 9:39pm
Or Capitalist or Colonialist	Curious	Jul 14 2009, 10:39pm
Consensus is a matter of opinion.	Dreamdeer	Jul 15 2009, 2:53am
You got my point	Dreamdeer	Jul 15 2009, 2:42am
A few answers	sador	Jul 12 2009, 7:52am
Ah, the "note-paper"!	squire	Jul 12 2009, 2:47pm
Water-resistant ink	Kimi	Jul 13 2009, 1:14am
Excellent!	squire	Jul 13 2009, 1:38am
Fascinating!	dernwyn	Jul 13 2009, 3:19am
I like Bilbo's style of taking care of business so much more	grammaboodawg	Jul 12 2009, 2:45pm

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