Is this long bearded Thorin pic old news?

Faenoriel

Faenoriel

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Am I just really out of the loop?

I am?

Okay.



(Originally posted by thehobbitdiaries in Tumblr.)

The long beard looks fine, btw. But if Richard felt it hindered his performance, he must have know what he was doing.


(Resized photo attached - Ataahua.)

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What little you can see of the other page looks like in the Art of the Lord of the Rings series. (Which are awesome.)
 
Wish he had kept it. More regal and dwarf-like i think.

Ah well, hair rock/glam rock Thorin is ok to i guess - love his costume.
 
I love that pic of Thorin on the right. THAT'S the Thorin I want!! Well, I have an action figure of Thorin... maybe I can sculpt a longer beard and moustache to match the look of that pic. Love it!

I'm not terribly unsatisfied with the Thorin we'll be getting in the films.. i just wish he had a longer beard.
 
At least it seems they at first tried to match Tolkien's descriptions.

I'm guessing the long beard was removed because Richard Armitage wanted to use his own beard for acting purposes?
 
Thorin looks far more regal in these designs - I wonder if they were design ideas for the younger Thorin we've seen in V-log 8 (in what looks to be defending Erebor)?

!'ve got the Weta Chronicles on pre-order as well - looks like it's going to be amamzing!
 
I'm just asking because I see they have two different (?) versions listed and I'm confused as to which I should pre-order [:/]
 
If PJ is including backstory that shows Smaug SPOILERS destroying Dale and Erebor I wonder if Thorin will look this way. (More regal and royal.)

To me, that would be very effective. To see him in his prince like state looking magestic, to where we see him in Hobbiton... more worn down and wild.

Just a thought.
 
before you get too excited, I believe that it's a manip. But I must admit that the person who did it has been very clever and, even though I like RA's current beard, I also like the one on the right.

This seems to be the favourite with others too - and it is the current beard with a plaited bit stuck onto it. Is that why we all like it because it's so reminiscent of what we've already got - quite neat and tidy and not long, flowing and bushy?

However, if RA had tried this in real life, I can imagine that, when he spoke, it would wiggle up and down in quite a silly way. And perhaps that's why he finished up with his own short beard.
 
I wonder if PJ is going for that, giving him a more haggard and worn look at the beginning of the story. Aragorn saw a similar transformation, after all.

His shorter beard also makes me wonder if we'll see some beard tearing. Witnessing the genocide of ones people and the ruination of ones home has to have been devastating. Perhaps Thorin tore his beard in anguish, as Tolkien dwarves have been known to do, after fleeing into exile. It might be a stretch, but perhaps he chooses to keep it short as a visual representation of his loss. A dwarf without a beard is akin to a dwarf without a home/throne.
 
and is a good theory. To the point some have confused the "Dwarves cut their beard short when in mourning" fanon for canon.

But perhaps it is the route they've taken. It would explain why all the Dwarves of this particular family are short bearded - their close family members have died, and they've all cut their beards. Because Kili is so young, and movie!Dwarves grow beards slower when they're young (fanon, fanon!), he's still behind Thorin and Fili in the business of growing it back.
 
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