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A closer look at some of the hobbits (+1 bunny, +1 dwarf) from my guide

We have:

Bunny :3

Nora (from Tales of the Shire)

Rorimac (Merry's grandfather/Frodo's Uncle)

Lobelia (Bilbo's cousin)

Maiev and Gilly (ocs)

missing them everyday

okay so i’m rewatching the hobbit for the billionth time and this time i’m not even trying to be normal about it. full shipping goggles on, analysing every microexpression like it’s my job. and i know i’m probably pointing out stuff everyone’s already noticed, but hear me out because it only just clicked for me, years later.

basically Thorin is a whole tsundere (i’m sorry i said it). from the very beginning, Thorin makes it crystal clear that he doesn’t trust Bilbo - he calls him a grocer, a burglar who can barely burgle, a burden. he constantly snipes at him for being for slowing them down, for not belonging with dwarves. on the surface, it reads like straight‑up contempt. but here’s the catch - Thorin says one thing and does the exact opposite.

remember the scene before the misty mountains? Bilbo almost slips off the cliff and Thorin catches him literally risks his own life to pull him back. and then what does he do? he snaps at Bilbo, tells him he’s not fit for this quest. but the action was pure protection. he didn’t have to save him - he chose to. and that pattern repeats. every time Bilbo is in actual danger, Thorin is the first to react, even if it means putting himself or the whole company at risk. he just masks it with anger afterwards.

then we get to that scene in the goblin caves. the company escapes, Bilbo is left behind, and Thorin storms into the middle of Gandalf and the others panicking, and he goes: "the master burglar abandoned us." on a first watch, you take that at face value - he’s pissed. but watch his face. watch his tone. he’s not just angry ? he’s hurt. because deep down, he told Bilbo to turn back multiple times, but he never actually expected Bilbo to listen. and when bilbo does disappear, Thorin takes it personally. not as a tactical loss ,as a betrayal.

then Bilbo pops back out of nowhere, takes off the ring, and Thorin’s expression does a relief, confusion, and a flicker of hope all at once.

Gandalf tries to brush it off with "it doesn’t matter how he did it", but Thorin insists:

 "why did you come back?"

 and the way he asks it -leaning in, almost desperate - it’s like he’s waiting for Bilbo to say "because of you" or "i couldn't leave you". Bilbo gives a much more practical answer, but Thorin accepts it anyway.

he’s relieved that bilbo chose to stay.

so here’s the thing - thorin spent the whole journey pushing Bilbo away, telling him to go home, insisting he’d be safer there. but the moment Bilbo actually does leave (or seems to), Thorin is devastated. he wants Bilbo safe, but he also wants him by his side. and those two wants are at war with each other the entire time. that’s why all his insults read as worry in disguise. that’s why he’s so harsh - because caring about a hobbit makes him vulnerable, and he hates that.

not only is that their first battle, they're fighting alongside their uncle and the man who raised them. he trained them to be warriors. he took them up there because they and dwalin were his best warriors.

and now look at their faces. they're worried and scared, of course they are. and also, amazing work done there placing kíli behind fÍli to point out that he's the youngest. also the sentence "fíli, take your brother [...]" is genuinely so important here. as the older it's his task to lead them and also keep them safe. and so obviously he's scared. but it was also made obvious that fíli's so much better at hiding his emotions than kíli was.

and thorin, directly talking to them - to him. they both look up to him. and he gives them that important task. neither wanna disappoint him. and actually, thorin is more the uncle who loves those two boys, rather than the fierce leader in this moment. he trusts them and he knows what they are capable of.

and thorin directly speaks to fíli. he looks him in the eyes, makes sure he understands. kíli makes it obvious that he'll do it, even if scared. he'll stay at his big brothers side - no matter what. and fíli worried expression changes into something more sure as he looks at his uncle. as if thorin is giving him the strength he needs to do this.

it's amazing, because you can literally see that fíli mirrors thorins determination. while kíli spins around, looking as scared as they are all feeling in that moment. fíli bolsters up on thorins trust and own will to get this done.