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(pretty sure anon’s talking about this post)

IN THE DEATH SCENE

IF YOU WANT ANOTHER SHOT (AND GIFS OF THORIN GRABBING AT BILBO’S ELBOW BEFORE BILBO TOOK HIS HAND?????????????? I’M SO DEAD FOREVER??????????????????????????) HERE’S A GIFSET

aldksfjklajsf how do i even choose just one thing????????????????

i think it’s how well they fit together? like they complement each other so well, and in doing so they show all these aspects of love that you rarely see all at once with other pairings. and just getting to explore and recognize all those great nuances in meta and fic plus see them in the movies!!!! is awesome

it’s not a stupid question, anon! “the night in laketown” refers to the gap in the movies between thorin and co. being accepted as guests by the master and them leaving the next morning. 

that anything actually happened between thorin and bilbo that night isn’t canon per se, but let’s look at the facts:

there was clearly alcohol involved that night, see: bofur waking up drunk

before the gap, bilbo had just vouched for thorin…

…and thorin had looked at him with Extreme Heart Eyes™

it was possibly their last night on earth and therefore time to make the most of things

they were given beds

it was bilbo’s birthday (i’m not saying birthday sex but…)

when we see them the next morning, bilbo and thorin are wearing matching red cloaks

and bilbo’s is described as ‘trailing behind him like a wedding train’

bilbo then sits in the place of honour (behind thorin) in the boat

bilbo and thorin are in love

so yeah draw your own conclusions, you know, i just report the facts

Thorin wants nothing more than to escape palace life, which feels more and more like a prison cell with every new suitor Thrain presents him with, and Bilbo longs for a life in which he doesn’t have to wander Middle Earth, stealing food to stay alive. Of course Thorin runs away and meets Bilbo on the streets of Dale and he doesn’t tell him who he is but Bilbo seems to actually like him just for him and yeah basically they almost fall in love but then they’re both captured by Erebor’s guards and taken back to the mountain where Thror, mad with gold sickness, hires Bilbo to enter the cave of wonders to fetch him the legendary magic lamp.

Cue Bilbo finding a genie and wishing to be a prince so he can marry Thorin and then a load of lies and misunderstandings happen and Thror goes even crazier and tries to marry Thorin off to Thranduil instead or something idk but my point is it would all end up happily with Bilbo turning back into a simple hobbit and Thorin wanting to marry him anyway

me: thorin speaks once and i start vibrating and have to pause while i try not to make noises

me: i've clearly not seen this recently enough

michelle: omg bab

me: okay i think i can keep going

me: I'VE NEVER BEEN SO WRONG IN ALL MY LIFE

michelle: were you wrong

me: HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUG