Its so bad that even Thorin, the greatest dwarf alive, basically says this is bullshit and they need to find somewhere to get out of the rain. Also, the rot13 comments this time are ridiculous . They came scurrying round the corner in full cry, and found Goblin-cleaver and Foe-hammer shining cold and bright right in their astonished eyes. said Gandalf, who was feeling very grumpy, and was far from happy about the giants himself. "Yes, yes!" they said, though everybody knew they could not have been long about it; they had come All of the racial members behave evilly, because let's face it Star Trek would've been really boring if Kirk had to interview every Klingon he met before punching them out. Garth2007. Vf ersrerapvat "bar evat gb ehyr gurz nyy" n fcbvyre? Now there came a glimmer of a red light before them. I've always loved the idea of a thunder-battle, though I always imagined it as the actual thunder-storms battling, and nothing to do with the stone giants themselves. I would love to see someone ACTUALLY ask Tolkien this. My stars and guarders, half the stuff in there could be used in a theology class! Shit has barely even BEGUN to get real as far as The Hobbit is concerned. In that sense, I know more about their behavior than their physical appearance; perhaps that is intentional. J.R.R. I love him. I will try to refrain from further fangirling over the spellcaster in future comments, but dear god I hope there is more of Gandalf's badassery further in this book. The Hobbit Audience Project was a pioneering transnational, longitudinal, Q methodology study of audience responses to Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy (2012-14). Granted, a lot of them turn up in other mythologies, as well. Yeah, the goblins are pretty one-note, but I never really minded it in storytelling terms. Tolkien borrowed from so many different sources, and there are a lot of parallels to be found, but I've always felt that is just because that was Tolkien's worldview and that flows into the stories he wrote. Jbhyq fbzrobql gel gb fryy zr ba gurfr guvatf unccravat va bhe jbeyq, V'q obttyr ng gur pbvapvqraprf, ohg va Zvqqyr Rnegu guvatf qb graq gb unccra guvf jnl, ng yrnfg sbe gur vzcbegnag guvatf. A GOOD IDEA, Id say. 
_>. and I was like "Of course it was Gandalf!" Bu, V pna'g JNVG sbe gbzbeebj! I can't verify any of it, but he certainly put a lot of time and energy into his analysis. Because I'm about halfway through that book right now and holy tragedy, Batman! Then again that was years ago and it's all a bit fuzzy so I may be getting that wrong. ", that would make life so much easier someone smart here please make that possible. I adore Tolkien, but I can't help but feel sad that it's taken fantasy lit about 40-50 years to discard the tropes he invented and/or brought to popularity. as he created those species), and Bad Guys were basically Bad Guys through and through. The Lord of the Rings Films Fail to Convey Saruman's Treachery Against Sauron From the Books. I think the Christian overtones are actually what's kept me from really enjoying the Simarillion. said the Great Goblin. Ah, good, I wasn't the only one who thought of that! Where you tend a rose, a thistle cannot grow. "Have you thoroughly explored it?" said the wizard, who knew that caves up in the mountains were seldom un-occupied. "It isn't all that big, and it does not go far back.". TROLLS LIVE IN CAVES RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. The entire group settles into the cave (rather quickly, I might add), getting comfortable and taking advantage of the dryness and the warmth, and its not long before they all drift off to sleep. Yikes! Who is he speaking to? "Yes, yes!" they said, though everybody knew they could not have been long about it; they had come back too quick.
_>. and I was like "Of course it was Gandalf!" Bu, V pna'g JNVG sbe gbzbeebj! I can't verify any of it, but he certainly put a lot of time and energy into his analysis. Because I'm about halfway through that book right now and holy tragedy, Batman! Then again that was years ago and it's all a bit fuzzy so I may be getting that wrong. ", that would make life so much easier someone smart here please make that possible. I adore Tolkien, but I can't help but feel sad that it's taken fantasy lit about 40-50 years to discard the tropes he invented and/or brought to popularity. as he created those species), and Bad Guys were basically Bad Guys through and through. The Lord of the Rings Films Fail to Convey Saruman's Treachery Against Sauron From the Books. I think the Christian overtones are actually what's kept me from really enjoying the Simarillion. said the Great Goblin. Ah, good, I wasn't the only one who thought of that! Where you tend a rose, a thistle cannot grow. "Have you thoroughly explored it?" said the wizard, who knew that caves up in the mountains were seldom un-occupied. "It isn't all that big, and it does not go far back.". TROLLS LIVE IN CAVES RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. The entire group settles into the cave (rather quickly, I might add), getting comfortable and taking advantage of the dryness and the warmth, and its not long before they all drift off to sleep. Yikes! Who is he speaking to? "Yes, yes!" they said, though everybody knew they could not have been long about it; they had come back too quick.