From the inscription of the tomb of Balin !

Personally I really enjoy Dwalin’s badass look. The bald head with the tattoos is so cool.

I apologize if this is a common question. I tried searching the sub for an answer and didn’t find one. I’ve read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to my son (7), and he has played the Lego game version, so he knows what the story is pretty well, but I don’t know what is an appropriate age for kids to start watching the films.

I’m a bad judge at these kinds of things because I was watching movies like Predator at 7, which clearly isn’t an appropriate age. 😂

Thanks for all your help!

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Recently finished reading "The Fellowship of the Ring" and interested to know what Youtube channels dedicated to the books, world, and author are highly recommended by fellow passionate fans. Please share links to them below, I'm eager to delve more into the world of Middle Earth and Tolkein himself.

So, I had an idea for a fanfic where Smaug is sent to Westeros after his death at Lake Town. (Movie Smaug)

How would the GOT world react to a 400+ foot long Dragon who could plan, speak, and was not affiliated with the Targaryens?

Mine is riddles in the dark, pretty much just becauseI love Gollum, plus its where the one ring is found. What about you guys?

Hello fellow Hobbit lovers! I finished rewatching the series a few months ago and I haven’t been able to get the Misty Mountains song out of my head. I’m listening to it on repeat but it’s only a minute and a half. I found some compilations on YouTube that are around 20 minutes. They’re great but I need more! I was hoping others might share similar music they’ve found. I’d love some stuff that isn’t based on fiction but I’m open to any music that gives that same deep feeling as the beautiful Misty Mountains song.

So I really really love the architecture and stone work from the hobbit movies and the lord of the rings and I was just wondering if anyone knew anywhere to buy stuff like that.

What medium of media do you feel would be the best way to capture the sense of adventure and varied settings that the book has?

We've all heard of the Jackson films and all the extra stuff added there that ultimately drag them down. I've thought of a duology but wouldn't really be sure where would be the best way to cut the first film and have the second film begin for them to still be good films in the process.

I also feel that a single film isn't enough to cover everything in the book. The old animated film has its moments but I feel it doesn't spend enough time in certain parts.

What are your guy's thoughts?

I recently rewatched the second hobbit film for the first time in a few years, and while it was actually a lot better than i remembered one thing really stuck out to me. Thorin floating down the chutes of molten gold in a wheelbarrow. Now I don't know what the wheelbarrow was made of but assuming some kind of steel or even stone surely with the insane temperature required to melt gold whatever item you're floating on would heat up incredibly fast and basically turn you into a piece of bacon. I get it's a fantasy world but legolas running up falling rocks I can kind of look past as "he's an elf" or whatever but this really really stood out to me as a hang on this is completely ridiculous. How does something like this make is past development in pre production. Surely this isn't possible.

I am currently working on an assignment for my English class, and we are required to write a paragraph explaining Bilbo's best example of character development throughout the book. I am having an unnecessarily large amount of trouble finding a good example, and I thought I'd come here to see what you guys think. There isn't necessarily a correct answer, but something to show how far Bilbo has come since he had left his Hill House at the beginning; something to show that he has truly changed.

(These examples must be from the book, nothing from the film.)

My teachers' instruction page reads this: Bilbo's story involves many important themes, such as a ring of power, a map, several swords, his home, and even several characters themselves. Identify an important symbol in the story thus far. Discuss the meaning of the symbol on this journey. Explain what the symbol means, and use textual evidence that shows how this is developed in the text. Write this paragraph in 3rd person, present tense.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.