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dreamflower02

More from The History of The Hobbit

Feb 05, 2010 10:17

Well, most of us are familiar with the fact that Frodo was subject to prescient dreams, and that even Pippin and Merry had them at Bombadil's house, while Pippin had flashes of foresight on at least three canonical occasions, and Frodo was downright prophetic at the end of LotR ( Read more... )

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shirebound February 5 2010, 16:58:15 UTC

I was happy to remember about that dream of Bilbo's, too! I used it in a short Tol Eressea piece I wrote. It's really interesting about the difference between dreams in The Hobbit and LOTR.

dreamflower02 February 5 2010, 20:24:50 UTC

It really is. I am really enjoying HotH!

labourslamp February 5 2010, 17:26:12 UTC

No comment on "The Sight"...

But man, this stuff's interesting! And now you've got me wanting to write weird dreams all over again...

Although - let me add that Frodo did have at least one dream along the lines of Bilbo's: when he saw Gandalf pacing in Orthanc! The timing didn't line up perfectly, but it worked.

dreamflower02 February 5 2010, 20:26:36 UTC

Weird dreams are canon! (Should that be on a T-shirt?)

Yes, it was very close in time, though not quite so immediate in distance!

These books are totally fascinating.

lily_the_hobbit February 5 2010, 17:46:22 UTC

Dreams are a wonderful thing to work with. So is the Took Sight as you know ;)

dreamflower02 February 5 2010, 20:27:16 UTC

Dreams can be very useful to a writer! *grin*

It's a fun fanon in the right hands!

claudia603 February 5 2010, 22:33:34 UTC

I remember that dream! How cool (er..or not so cool in that case, since it didn't save them necessarily)

dreamflower02 February 6 2010, 06:03:43 UTC

Well, it at least gave Gandalf time to plan a rescue!

Dreams were apparently a big deal with JRRT! He included them in a lot of his stuff!