FIC: Letters from Erebor [Clarity of Vision]

[mithen]

Title: Letters from Erebor
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Thorin, Kili, Fili, Balin, Dwalin, Dís
Fandom: Hobbit
Continuity: A continuation of "Clarity of Vision."
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1700
Summary: Selected and edited by Mr. Frodo Baggins from a trunk full of letters and documents bequeathed to him

Comments

[mithen]

I knew there would be trouble the minute Thorin asked him to leave the ring at home, and the payoff of all that pain and transparent avoidance in the last letter makes my heart ache.

Urrrgh, ugh, it was like this trap springing shut, curse that Ring.

(also, OMG FRODO IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS AU YAY)

*grin* I had a feeling you'd notice the implications of that! And that you'd notice his hiring of the Gaffer (the Gaffer actually gets married shortly after Bilbo hires him, and his first son is born near the end of the letters here--no Sam yet, he's a much younger son...)

It was one of those shocking reminders about the scale of time in LoTR when I looked and realized that Theoden and Denethor's grandfathers are in charge during the Hobbit. And they both die in the same year, which I must assume was Tolkien deciding he couldn't be bothered to pick two different years. :)

Also, I must say I can't shake the image now of Bilbo's aunt as queen of Khazad-Dum

BELBA BOLGER, QUEEN OF KHAZAD-DUM is an awesome image! Sadly, she dies shortly before Balin retakes Moria at the fine age of 100, but I like to think they had a very fun flirty correspondence until then...