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dreamflower02

History of The Hobbit

Jan 29, 2010 16:59

I was sent home early from work today, so I thought I'd finish reading my first volume of The History of The Hobbit.

It's really been fascinating-- it a lot of ways it was easier to read than HoMe-- there were still a lot of footnotes and so forth, but I think there was far less "messing about" with The Hobbit. It seems that before the ( Read more... )

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My guesses... labourslamp January 29 2010, 23:05:30 UTC

1). The Bullroarer rode a horse in canon, not a Shetland pony (would the Shire have had a Shetlands? :-P)

2). Golfimbul (the goblin) is Fingolfin (an elf's name!) in this version!!! O_o

To be fair, I had a little help with number two since I remember already hearing that. Now, who will write the crack!Silm!crossover that must inevitably result?

Re: My guesses... dreamflower02 January 30 2010, 01:08:53 UTC

Well, yes, those are what I had in mind.

As to number 1, it's an indication to me that hobbits were originally smaller in his mind, since it was only the largest that could ride a large pony-- not a horse!

And yep! Number two is right as well! I'd love to see that crack!crossover myself!

thunderatiger January 29 2010, 23:18:14 UTC

Methinks this may have precipitated a terrible misunderstanding between hobbits and elves had the hobbits not been quick enough and clever enough to blame Fingolfin's death on Morgoth. Nice touch in composing a heroic story about it, too. :)

shirebound January 29 2010, 23:42:15 UTC

*giggles*

dreamflower02 January 30 2010, 01:12:07 UTC

Ah! So your take is that the Bullroarer was good at PR?

But I wonder, what *was* Fingolfin doing leading that pack of goblins? Perhaps Morgoth turned him into a zombie? That could explain why it was so easy to knock his head off. *snerk*

I'd love to see a lot of crack explanations of this!

thunderatiger January 30 2010, 03:13:28 UTC

Ah! So your take is that the Bullroarer was good at PR?

Well, anybody who can go down in the annals of history with the moniker "Bullroarer" needs to be good at PR. That's not something I see the quiet Shire-folk coming up with on their own without some encouragement.

Or maybe he was just habitually loud... In which case he really would have needed to be good at PR.

But I wonder, what *was* Fingolfin doing leading that pack of goblins? Perhaps Morgoth turned him into a zombie? That could explain why it was so easy to knock his head off. *snerk*

Makes you wonder if various Middle-earth cultures had filed away some plan or another for dealing with the rampaging hordes should zombies ever try to take over the Hinter Lands. I can just see Bilbo pouring over the books in Elrond's library and coming across an old copy of "Plans for Surviving the Zombie Invasion." ::grins:: I'd love to see some crack!fic about that, too! :)

shirebound January 29 2010, 23:36:46 UTC

'Fingolfin' must have been what all the cool kids were named in Middle-earth, LOL!

I look forward to any tidbits you can throw our way. *is greedy*

dreamflower02 January 30 2010, 01:14:46 UTC

Can you imagine the goblin-king's reaction when his queen names their son: "You're naming him *WHAT*?"

claudia603 January 30 2010, 00:42:00 UTC

hee! This is fascinating! Thanks for sharing! :D

dreamflower02 January 30 2010, 01:15:15 UTC

It's really a fun read!

ex_lbilover January 30 2010, 01:47:57 UTC

That is pretty funny, considering what an important Elf Fingolfin was!!

And shetland pony is a bit of an anachronism, there being no Shetlands Isles in Middle-earth, so that may be one reason he changed it?

dreamflower02 January 30 2010, 02:00:27 UTC

I know! And apparently he had already written some things with the Elf Fingolfin when he used the name for the Goblin Fingolfin! There are a lot of odd TH/Silm connections made that are pointed out in HotH!

And, yes, I am imagining that is exactly why he dropped it.

*giggle* Love your icon!