It's actually so insanely important the way Thorim gifted Bilbo mithril. In that time Mithril was so fucking rare, the vein only found in Moria which was inaccessible. Mithril became priceless, even a piece of it was worth ten times it's weight in gold. For Thorin, in the hold of sickness that made him suspicious of everyone and his kin of taking his treasure and him revering it, for him to gift Bilbo a WHOLE coat of mithril in FRONT of witnesses as a TOKEN of his intentions ("friendship"). Hold me back. Imagine if Bilbo just walked around Dain (and other dwarves) and other Kings just casually mentioning this precious thing he was wearing was just something Thorin gave him. They would kneel over in shock. It. is. that. insane.

in 2026 i am wishing for all of us the energy of bilbo baggins, who was headhunted for an extremely well paid role he had no qualifications or experience for, blagged the interview, and within his first week found a magic ring that does the job for him

For the love of GOD turn the volume on

every day someone thinks of an art form no one did before