Rose Gamgee cleaned out Bag-End one day and found a trunk of letters written by Bilbo Baggins himself (local legend) Most of the letters have been lost, here are the few that survived the years. Each letter has been donated to the local Hobbiton Mathom House.
A series of letters from Bilbo’s POV from a timeline ranging from just after he returns to Bag-End to before LOTR canon
Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield – Bilbo Baggins & Hamfast Gamgee – Bilbo Baggins & Thorin’s Company – Bilbo Baggins & Balin – Bilbo Baggins & Gandalf | Mithrandir – Bilbo Baggins & Frodo Baggins – Bilbo Baggins & Primula Brandybuck – Bilbo Baggins & Drogo Baggins – Bilbo Baggins & Bell Goodchild
ok so i was mulling over this tired argument of “thorin doesn’t bring anything to the relationship” (which is probably coming from the fact that bilbo is indeed the only self-sufficient and non-problematic member of the company, that he proves to be much more capable than expected in dealing with other people’s problems and doesn’t seem to have any problems himself, but seeing as thorin employed him it was kinda obvious that he would offer services and not expect help in return, what with being promised the 14th share of the treasure (which he also didn’t need but still))
and i got thinking about how bilbo actually ran off to take part in the quest that would most likely end up with him being incinerated (here on a side note we could say that HIS was the original suicide mission), which can only indicate how miserable he had actually been in his old world and how happy being needed and having someone to fuss over made him;
and also about the fact that he ran so quickly not because he enjoyed dwalin eating his biscuits or balin accepting his apologies, kili wiping his feet on his furniture or fili dumping a pile of swords in his hands, ori holding on to his tomatoes or bombur ridding him of cheese (although maybe the plate-throwing camaraderie had
charmed
him somewhat)
he changed his mind after hearing thorin and the others sing, feeling his longing, catching a spark of his flame, seeing very uncomfortable dreams. in the broadest sense, cheesy though as it might sound, thorin made bilbo feel alive and wanting for the first time in years, and then i thought “manic pixie dream dwarf” and i haven’t been able to stop laughing ever since
Thorin as a manic pixie dream dwarf just made my friggin’ day
My bagginshield feels have come back full force and I still can’t get over how utterly gay the hobbit movies are they’re like a damn disney movie
Case and point:
Two people who initially have a bit of a rocky start, mainly due to the taller grumpyish one
Then one of them risks their life to save the other
Which brings about a mutual respect between them
And a friendship begins to blossom
Then they’re separated and the not-so-grumpy anymore one has to fight the bad guy
They manage to kill the bad guy, but not before being mortally wounded. The other one had been desperately trying to reach them but didn’t get there in time
The dying one states that they’re glad the other is there and begin to say goodbye. The other replies that everything is going to be fine and not to say otherwise but then watch the other slip away.
But then a final declaration of love breaks the spell and the dying one is brought back to life and everything is magical and they live happily ever after
Aw Yiss 